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Why I Dont Believe In God Tab

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Why I dont Believe in God
So Much For The AFterglow
Music By Everclear
Lyrics By Art Alexakis


Intro - For those of you who know harmonics, 
the intro is played by harmonics on the right 
bar of the fret.

e|---------------------------------|
b|------7--------7---------7-------|
g|-12----7--12----7---12----7--0~--|
D|---12---7---12---7----12---7-----|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

Repeat 4x but on the last time dont do 
the little riff at the end
(Main Riff)
e|--------3-3--------------------------|
b|--------0-0-------0-h3-0----------0--|
g|------0-0-0--------------2------0----|
D|-0----0-----0---0----------0-h2------|
A|-0--2-2-----0---2--------------------|
E|-0-h3-------0-h-3--------------------|

Break into this>
e|--5-/-3--------------------------------------------------|
b|--0-/-0-----------0--------------------------------------|
g|--0-/-0---------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------0------------|
D|--4-/-2--2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2-0-h2-2---0-0-0-h2-0-|
A|--5-/-3--3-----------------------3-3----------2-2--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
I heard the truth about you...

e|--------------------------------------------------3------|
b|----------0-------------------------------0-0-----0------|
g|--------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------------2-2-h4--0------|
D|-2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2------0---------------2------|
A|-3-----------------------2-2-0-h2----2-2----------3------|
E|-------------------------------------3-3-----------------|
and it doesn't really read at all like the whipping stick you raised me with

e|--5-/-3--------------------------------------------------|
b|--0-/-0-----------0--------------------------------------|
g|--0-/-0---------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------0------------|
D|--4-/-2--2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2-0-h2-2---0-0-0-h2-0-|
A|--5-/-3--3-----------------------3-3----------2-2--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
Scared woman in a private hell hushed voice like electric bells

e|--------------------------------------------------3------|
b|----------0-------------------------------0-0-----0------|
g|--------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------------2-2-h4--0------|
D|-2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2------0---------------2------|
A|-3-----------------------2-2-0-h2----2-2----------3------|
E|-------------------------------------3-3-----------------|
Strange talk about Edgar Cayce and the long lame walk of the dark 70's

e|--5-/-3--------------------------------------------------|
b|--0-/-0-----------0--------------------------------------|
g|--0-/-0---------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------0------------|
D|--4-/-2--2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2-0-h2-2---0-0-0-h2-0-|
A|--5-/-3--3-----------------------3-3----------2-2--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
Strange talk about Edgar Cayce and the long lame walk of the dark 70's

e|--5-/-3--------------------------------------------------|
b|--0-/-0-----------0--------------------------------------|
g|--0-/-0---------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------0------------|
D|--4-/-2--2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2-0-h2-2---0-0-0-h2-0-|
A|--5-/-3--3-----------------------3-3----------2-2--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
I heard the truth about you, yeah you

e|--------------------------------------------------3------|
b|----------0-------------------------------0-0-----0------|
g|--------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------------2-2-h4--0------|
D|-2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2------0---------------2------|
A|-3-----------------------2-2-0-h2----2-2----------3------|
E|-------------------------------------3-3-----------------|
Aww Momma they woke me up I was deep in an idiot sleep

e|--5-/-3--------------------------------------------------|
b|--0-/-0-----------0--------------------------------------|
g|--0-/-0---------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------0------------|
D|--4-/-2--2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2-0-h2-2---0-0-0-h2-0-|
A|--5-/-3--3-----------------------3-3----------2-2--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
I was just 8 years old, heard big words with a horrble sound

e|--------------------------------------------------3------|
b|----------0-------------------------------0-0-----0------|
g|--------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------------2-2-h4--0------|
D|-2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2------0---------------2------|
A|-3-----------------------2-2-0-h2----2-2----------3------|
E|-------------------------------------3-3-----------------|
Why'd they have to call my school, tell me my mother had a nervous breakdown?

Repeat 4x
e|--------3-3--------------------------|
b|--------0-0-------0-h3-0----------0--|
g|------0-0-0--------------2------0----|
D|-0----0-----0---0----------0-h2------|
A|-0--2-2-----0---2--------------------|
E|-0-h3-------0-h-3--------------------|

e|--5-/-3--------------------------------------------------|
b|--0-/-0-----------0--------------------------------------|
g|--0-/-0---------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------0------------|
D|--4-/-2--2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2-0-h2-2---0-0-0-h2-0-|
A|--5-/-3--3-----------------------3-3----------2-2--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
I wish i believed like you do

e|--------------------------------------------------3------|
b|----------0-------------------------------0-0-----0------|
g|--------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------------2-2-h4--0------|
D|-2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2------0---------------2------|
A|-3-----------------------2-2-0-h2----2-2----------3------|
E|-------------------------------------3-3-----------------|
In the myth of a merciful god, In the myth of a heaven and hell

e|--5-/-3--------------------------------------------------|
b|--0-/-0-----------0--------------------------------------|
g|--0-/-0---------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------0------------|
D|--4-/-2--2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2-0-h2-2---0-0-0-h2-0-|
A|--5-/-3--3-----------------------3-3----------2-2--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
I hear the voices you hear sometimes

e|--------------------------------------------------3------|
b|----------0-------------------------------0-0-----0------|
g|--------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------------2-2-h4--0------|
D|-2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2------0---------------2------|
A|-3-----------------------2-2-0-h2----2-2----------3------|
E|-------------------------------------3-3-----------------|
Some times it get so much, i feel like letting go

e|--5-/-3--------------------------------------------------|
b|--0-/-0-----------0--------------------------------------|
g|--0-/-0---------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------0------------|
D|--4-/-2--2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2-0-h2-2---0-0-0-h2-0-|
A|--5-/-3--3-----------------------3-3----------2-2--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
Sometimes it gets so hard, i feel like letting it go

e|--------------------------------------------------3------|
b|----------0-------------------------------0-0-----0------|
g|--------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------------2-2-h4--0------|
D|-2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2------0---------------2------|
A|-3-----------------------2-2-0-h2----2-2----------3------|
E|-------------------------------------3-3-----------------|
Sometimes it gets so goddamn hard I feel like letting it all go

Solo (Try a Slide) Second Guitar play main riff
e|---------------------12--------------------12------------|
b|------12-------12------12---10/12---------12--------12--|
g|-----------12----------12---10/12---------------12------|
D|-/12-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-/12-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------12--------------------------|
b|--------------10/12---------12---12-------------10/-|
g|--12----------10/12--------------------12-------10/-|
D|--------12----------------------------------12------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

e|-3-3--3------------|
b|-0-3--0------------|
g|-0-2--0----------0-|
D|-2----2-0-0-0h-2---|
A|-3----3-2-2--------|
E|-------------------|
I ran Away went looking for you back to Culver City and the old neighborhood

e|-3-3--3------------|
b|-0-3--0------------|
g|-0-2--0------------|
D|-2----2-0-0------0-|
A|-3----2-2-2-0-h2---|
E|--------3-3--------|
Need to know if you were really gone, Need to know if you were gone for good

e|-3-3-3-xxxx-3-3-3-3-3-3------|
b|-0-0-0-xxxx-3-3-3-0-0-0------|
g|-0-0-0-xxxx-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0--|
D|-2-2-2-xxxx-------2-2-2-0-0--|
A|-3-3-3-xxxx-------3-3-3-2-2--|
E|-----------------------------|
I ran through the projects at night hide in the dark from my friends in the 
light

e|-3-3-3-xxxx-3-3-3-3-3-3------|
b|-0-0-0-xxxx-3-3-3-0-0-0------|
g|-0-0-0-xxxx-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0--|
D|-2-2-2-xxxx-------2-2-2-0-0--|
A|-3-3-3-xxxx-------2-2-2-2-2--|
E|------------------------3-3--|
Hide from my brother in law, Hide from the things he'd say

e|-3-3-3-xxxx-3-3-3-3-3-3------|
b|-0-0-0-xxxx-3-3-3-0-0-0------|
g|-0-0-0-xxxx-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0--|
D|-2-2-2-xxxx-------2-2-2-0-0--|
A|-3-3-3-xxxx-------3-3-3-2-2--|
E|-----------------------------|
Ya said you werent losing your mind, he said you just needed a rest

e|-3-3-3-xxxx-3-3-3-3-3-3------|
b|-0-0-0-xxxx-3-3-3-0-0-0------|
g|-0-0-0-xxxx-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0--|
D|-2-2-2-xxxx-------2-2-2-0-0--|
A|-3-3-3-xxxx-------2-2-2-2-2--|
E|------------------------3-3--|
Said you'd be coming home soon

e|-3-3--3------------|
b|-0-3--0------------|
g|-0-2--0----------0-|
D|-2----2-0-0-0h-2---|
A|-3----3-2-2--------|
E|-------------------|
Said the doctors there would know whats best, he said that maybe i could
go live with them for a while....

Play a "C"
(Stop Music)
I know the truth about you...
i know the truth about you...

e|----3-3--3------------|
b|----0-3--0------------|
g|----0-2--0----------0-|
D|----2----2-0-0-0h-2---|
A|----3----3-2-2--------|
E|/12-------------------|
I know the truth about you
I know the truth
I know the truth 
I know the truth 
I know the truth
I know the truth about you

e|----------------------------------0----------|
b|------0-------0---0-0-------------0-0-0------|
g|-0------0----0--0-2-0----------0--2-0-0------|
D|----2-----2---------2-2-2-0-h2------2-0------|
A|-3----------3-------3-3-3-----------3-2------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
Momma they woke me up I was just 8 years old
Sometimes it get so hard
I feel like letting it go

Sometimes it gets so hard 
i feel like leting it all go

e|--------3-3--------------------------|
b|--------0-0-------0-h3-0----------0--|
g|------0-0-0--------------2------0----|
D|-0----0-----0---0----------0-h2------|
A|-0--2-2-----0---2--------------------|
E|-0-h3-------0-h-3--------------------|
Letting it all go

e|--------3-3--------------------------|
b|--------0-0-------0-h3-0----------0--|
g|------0-0-0--------------2------0----|
D|-0----0-----0---0----------0-h2------|
A|-0--2-2-----0---2--------------------|
E|-0-h3-------0-h-3--------------------|
Letting it all go

e|--------3-3--------------------------|
b|--------0-0-------0-h3-0----------0--|
g|------0-0-0--------------2------0----|
D|-0----0-----0---0----------0-h2------|
A|-0--2-2-----0---2--------------------|
E|-0-h3-------0-h-3--------------------|
Letting it all go

e|--------3-3--------------------------|
b|--------0-0-------0-h3-0----------0--|
g|------0-0-0--------------2------0----|
D|-0----0-----0---0----------0-h2------|
A|-0--2-2-----0---2--------------------|
E|-0-h3-------0-h-3--------------------|
Yeah letting it all go.........

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Nikki Sixx Badass	#1 by Nikki Sixx Is The Flippin God. at Feb 7, 1970 at 6:43 PM EST
	Wally, who do you think created God? If it's that easy for you to believe that god was "just there," why can't you believe that the mass was just there? Or that the universe is just here? If you want to assume that god wasn't created, why can't you assume man wasn't?

No Picture ... Badass	#2 by ... ... at Jun 13, 1970 at 3:55 AM EST
	this songs about getting to that point in ur life where everythings fucked up and nothings happened the way it was supposed to and you just stop caring and you ask the question, if theres a God, why is everything so WRONG???

No Picture Leigh Average	#3 by Leigh at Jul 21, 1970 at 7:14 PM EST
	yeah psychochic, I think it is about getting one step closer to letting go everyday. I think it really embodies the spirit of giving up and wanting to, but having no reason not to. That is only my interpretation though. I also think we are supposed to gain strength from songs like this, it is comforting to think that someone else has similar experiences and came through.

No Picture Stuart Average	#4 by Stuart Barker at Jun 3, 1971 at 8:15 PM EST
	It's a crappy reason not to believe in God. After all, God can't help you with your personal problems if you don't know him.

No Picture Jared Wanna Be	#5 by Jared van Eck at Jan 21, 1972 at 11:43 PM EST
	After witnessing so many bad things and feeling so much pain it is really hard to believe there is anything else. If all you have ever experienced is pain, how do you know there is anything else? Sometimes the bad just out-weighs the good, sometimes you forget what it is to feel good . . . .

No Picture Dan Average	#6 by Dan T at Dec 6, 1974 at 5:05 PM EST
	I think he's just interpreting what happened into a song; being as that actually happened to him. he does this a lot, and i think that's why art is the best =]

No Picture andy Average	#7 by andy bourgeois at Jan 1, 1975 at 11:18 AM EST
	I love this song as well. And I think the title is fitting, though I like the Colorfinger title a bit better (Culver City)

No Picture tim Lead Player	#8 by tim sears at Aug 16, 1979 at 10:33 AM EST
	This is about a kid who cant believe in anything better for himself. He obviously thinks it would be easier believing in God and that eventually everyone is going to get theirs, but from his own experiance, knows it's never going to happen. Very dpressing, verging suicidal.

No Picture PalaNIN Wanna Be	#9 by PalaNIN at Feb 9, 1980 at 3:05 PM EST
	Ah yeah, Culver Palms, my bad. I forgot for a second :P

No Picture Tony Wanna Be	#10 by Tony Danza at May 27, 1980 at 7:59 AM EST
	Hmm.... wasn't it called "Culver palms" ??

No Picture Alan Average	#11 by Alan Gunderson at Nov 16, 1986 at 1:28 AM EST
	if you listen to this song along with Father of Mine and a handful of other ones, you can really see how art likes to piece his life into songs and distribute it to the world; what i find sad is that a lot of people don't know that he's writing based off of experience

No Picture Jake Average	#12 by Jake Innis at Apr 29, 1987 at 9:27 AM EST
	im saying that how can you believe in the big bang theory and believe that believing there is a god is foolish i guess is what im trying to say. its like the same thing. its like having science as your religion. im not tryin to say that god is scientifically provable, that would make faith worthless really. and people try to prove him scientifically, but its impossible pretty much. get it?? i hope i make myself clear. 1

No Picture Tom Average	#13 by Tom Ott at Sep 6, 1989 at 10:58 PM EST
	Maybe it's a crappy reason not to believe in God for a grown up... You have to remember that Art is writing this as an eight year old boy. I think waking up in the middle of the night to see your mother dragged off to a mental home and getting shipped off to the ghetto is a pretty good reason for an eight year old who can't really grasp a lot of concepts like geometry or cursive writing let alone grace and salvation to lose faith in God for the moment. I think it's a pretty powerful song, not one of my favorites from Everclear, but definatly a solid song on one of the greatest albums of the 90's (So Much for the Afterglow).

No Picture Jay Average	#14 by Jay at Dec 2, 1989 at 12:07 PM EST
	is that what you think the song is about chaos? j/w

No Picture Matt Average	#15 by Matt Vautour at Jan 5, 1993 at 9:47 AM EST
	Love the song. (hate the title though)

No Picture Josh Average	#16 by Josh Braun at Jun 8, 1993 at 4:20 PM EST
	I love this song. One of my favorites that Art wrote. The stories may be different, but the needs are the same.

No Picture Kay Wanna Be	#17 by Kay Grøtbekklien at Jul 20, 1998 at 5:17 AM EST
	i think th basics of this song is the troublesome times that can come when things go wrong in someones life. Like WIDBIG, for example, showing the strains on a boys life trying to come with his mothers mental ilness, it can be really strenous on an individial, and make you feel like giving up and, as Art puts it, "letting it all go".

No Picture matt Average	#18 by matt rigg at May 12, 2005 at 1:57 PM EST
	i can see why people wouldnt believe there was such a thing as a merciful god, because bad stuff happens you know. but i was thinking about the creation of the universe and stuff, and im not trying to preach here, i was just thinking about it and i came up with a good theory. the big bang theory says that the universe started as an infinitely dense mass of matter that had no volume, then exploded and kept expanding and that is why the universe is what it is today and still expands, but there is no explanantion of where this mass started from or how it came to be in the theory, so it is incomplete. THAT is why i think there is a god, because this universe wouldnt be here without someone being a creator, and that is just as inexplicable and unfounded as the big bang theory is. so thats why i believe in a god. im not tryin to preach, just tryin to see if anyone else agrees or disagrees thats all.