Its Hard To Be Religious When Certain People Are Never Incinerated By Bolts Of Lightning Chords
Its Hard To Be Religious When Certain People Are Never Incinerated By Bolts Of Lightning by Mayday Parade is a guitar song played in the key of D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tuning: Drop D (DADGBe)
Here's my cover on YouTube!: https://youtu.be/aMevvlKxm_g
Guitar 1 - Brooks Betts
Guitar 2 - Alex Garcia
verse 1
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------2x-|-----------------|
B|----------------------------------|-----------------|
G|----------------------6-----4-----|-9~-9~-----------|
D|-7------6------7------6--x8-4--x8-|-9~-9~-9~-7~-6~--|
A|-7--x16-7--x16-7--x16-4-----2-----|-7~-7~-9~-7~-7~--|
D|-7------6------7------------------|-------9~-7~-6~--|
Guitar 2
e|------------------------------------------------|------------------3x-|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|---------------------|----------------17~-----------------|
G|-9------9------9------13-----11----9~---8~--9~--|-16~-9~-9~-16~-8~-9~-|-11~--14~--13~------16~-16~-18~-16~-|
D|----x16----x16----x16-----x8----x8--------------|---------------------|----------------14~-----------------|
A|-7------7------7------11-----9-----7~---6~--7~--|-14~-7~-7~-14~-6~-7~-|-9~---12~--11~------14~-14~-16~-14~-|
D|------------------------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------------|
Chorus
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------6-----------------------------------------------6-----4-----2-----4-----|
D|-2------6------6--x16-7------2------9-9-9-9-7-----6-6-6-6-xxxx-6--x8-4--x8-2--x8-4--x8-|
A|-2--x16-7--x16-4------7--x16-2--x12-9-9-9-9-7--x8-7-7-7-7-xxxx-4-----2-----0-----2-----|
D|-2------6-------------7------2------9-9-9-9-7-----6-6-6-6-xxxx-------------------------|
Guitar 2, 2x
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-13-13-13-14-16-16-16-16-16-16-14-14-14-13-14-13-14-13-13-13-13-9-9-9-16-16-16-14-14-14-13-13-13-14-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-11-11-11-12-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-11-12-11-12-11-11-11-11-7-7-7-14-14-14-12-12-12-11-11-11-12-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-13-13-13-9-9-9-11-----13-13-13-9----------------|
D|-------------------x16-------------x8------------|
A|-11-11-11-7-7-7-9------11-11-11-7----------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
verse 2
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------6-----4-----------------------------------------9~-9~------------------|
D|-7------6------7------6--x8-4--x8----------------------6------4-------9~-9~-9~-7~-6~---------|
A|-7--x16-7--x16-7--x16-4-----2-----7--x32-7--x32-7--x32-4--x16-2--x16--7~-7~-9~-7~-7~---------|
D|-7------6------7------------------7------6------7---------------------------9~-7~-6~---------|
* * * * *gradually lift palm mute
Guitar 2
e|------------------------------------|---------------------------4x-|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------12-----10----|-------16~--17~---------------|-17~---------------------|
G|-9------13------9------13-----11----|-16~------------16~--14~--13~-|-----16~-16~-18~-16~-----|
D|----x16-----x16----x16-----x8----x8-|-------13~--14~---------------|-14~---------------------|
A|-7------11------7------11-----9-----|-14~------------14~--12~--11~-|-----14~-14~-16~-14~-----|
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------|
Chorus
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------6-----------------------------------------------6-----4-----2-----4-----|
D|-2------6------6--x16-7------2------9-9-9-9-7-----6-6-6-6-xxxx-6--x8-4--x8-2--x8-4--x8-|
A|-2--x16-7--x16-4------7--x16-2--x12-9-9-9-9-7--x8-7-7-7-7-xxxx-4-----2-----0-----2-----|
D|-2------6-------------7------2------9-9-9-9-7-----6-6-6-6-xxxx-------------------------|
Guitar 2, 2x
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-13-13-13-14-16-16-16-16-16-16-14-14-14-13-14-13-14-13-13-13-13-9-9-9-16-16-16-14-14-14-13-13-13-14-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-11-11-11-12-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-11-12-11-12-11-11-11-11-7-7-7-14-14-14-12-12-12-11-11-11-12-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-13-13-13-9-9-9-11-----13-13-13-9----------------|
D|-------------------x16-------------x8------------|
A|-11-11-11-7-7-7-9------11-11-11-7----------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
Bridge
Guitar 1 (clean)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------6~------4~-------16\14~--13~---------|
D|-7~------------6~------------7~-------6~------4~---------------------------|
A|-7~------------7~------------7~-------4~------2~-------14\12~--11~---------|
D|-7~------------6~------------7~--------------------------------------------|
^orchestra
Guitar 2 (clean)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6~------------9~------------6~-------9~------8~---------------9~----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4~------------7~------------4~-------7~------6~---------------7~----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
orchestra^
Final Chorus
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------6-----------------------------------------------6-----4-----2-----4-----4~---|
D|-2------6------6--x16-7------2------9-9-9-9-7-----6-6-6-6-xxxx-6--x8-4--x8-2--x8-4--x8-2~---|
A|-2--x16-7--x16-4------7--x16-2--x12-9-9-9-9-7--x8-7-7-7-7-xxxx-4-----2-----0-----2-----2~---|
D|-2------6-------------7------2------9-9-9-9-7-----6-6-6-6-xxxx-------------------------2~---|
Guitar 2
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-13-13-13-14-16-16-16-16-16-16-14-14-14-13-14-13-14-13-13-13-13-9-9-9-16-16-16-14-14-14-13-13-13-14-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-11-11-11-12-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-11-12-11-12-11-11-11-11-7-7-7-14-14-14-12-12-12-11-11-11-12-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------|----1.-|--------------------------2.-||
B|--------------------------------|-------|-----------------------------||
G|-13-13-13-9-9-9-11-----13-13-13-|-9-----|-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-9-9-13~-||
D|-------------------x16----------|----x8-|-----------------------------||
A|-11-11-11-7-7-7-9------11-11-11-|-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-7-7-11~-||
D|--------------------------------|-------|-----------------------------||
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~ - let note ring
* - palm mute
x - mute note