Manic Street Preachers - Why So Sad Chords & Tabs

 

Why So Sad Chords & Tabs

Manic Street Preachers Chords & Tabs

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Why So Sad Chords

   
Why So Sad       -     From the album 'Know Your Enemy'
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Manic Street Preachers
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I have got this together using loads of other tabs and using what i think sounds right.
This one should be right.  Thanks to all whose tabs I used!
johnmmcp
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Intro
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A  (3 bars)

Verse 1
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A                             Bm
 Things get clear when I feel free
C#m                           D
 But whatevers next comes easily
E                                 F#m
 What gentle hands you brought to me
          A                  Cm             A
When your eyes feel weak and tired it truly hits

Verse 2
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A                              Bm                                  C#m
 When I missed you you were my life (When I missed you you were my life)
                           D                               E
So at ease in the midnight sky (So at ease in the midnight sky)
                          F#m
My insides will look like wire (My insides will look...)
   A          Cm            A
Paralysed as if to prove my thoughts

Chorus
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F#m
 So why so sad
C#m
 You live and you love
F#m
 So why so sad
             C#m            C#m Cm Bm (single downward strums)
You've given all the love
              E
Searching for the dead sea scrolls
   G       F#
So why, so why so sad

Verse 3
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A (2 bars)
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A                         Bm                              C#m
 My smile as real as a hyena's (My smile as real as a hyena's)
                            D                                 E
Burns an express-way to my skull (Burns an express-way to my skull)
                           F#m
Well I will stick myself together again
    A               Cm                 A
My spirit, soul and body know I can't pretend

Chorus
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F#m
 So why so sad
C#m
 You live and you love
F#m
 So why so sad
             C#m            C#m Cm Bm (single downward strums)
You've given all the love
              E
Searching for the dead sea scrolls
   G       F#
So why, so why so sad

Mid Section       N.B. This section is actually played on a stylophone
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D G (x2)

A Cm Bb

Chorus
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F#m
 So why so sad
C#m
 You live and you love
F#m
 So why so sad
             C#m            C#m Cm Bm (single downward strums)
You've given all the love
              E
Searching for the dead sea scrolls
   G       F#
So why, so why so sad
   G       F#
So why, so why so sad
   G       F#
So why, so why so sad

(repeat last line as neccessary - don't fade out)

Chords
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A:   X02220
Bm:  X24432 (barre 2nd fret)
C#m: X64654 (barre 4th fret)
D:   XX0232
E:   022100
F#m: 244222 (barre 2nd fret)
Cm:  466544 (barre 4th fret)
G:   320003
Bb:  X13331 (barre 1st fret)