Manic Street Preachers – 30 Year War (Guitar)

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Intro (brassy sound/maybe strum once on each) C G Em Am C G E/Em Am Strum: F C E Am

       F
It's the longest running joke

In history

   C
To kill the working classes

In the name of liberty

    E
The lies of Hillsborough

The blood of Orgreave

Am
All the evasion at the BBC

    F
And thirty years of war

To darken all our class

C
Black propaganda, lies and mistrust

E
See it in our eyes, the fire dimming away

      Am
The old-boy network won the war again

The old-boy network won the war again The old-boy network won the war again A Am

       C
So you hide all Lowry's paintings

 G
For thirty years or more

E
'Cos he turned down a knighthood

Am A
And you must now settle the score

C
And the endless parade of old Etonian scum

G
Line the front benches so what is to be done?

E
All part of the same establishment

A
I ask you again what is to be done?

I ask you again what is to be done?

         Am
I ask you again what is to be done?

F
These verses at attention stand

C
Ready for the immortal command

E
The armies of my pages may never fight again

Am                                     Dm     F
Happy for the order to meet eternal flame

F
Blame the poor

Praise the rich

C
Make the connections

Put them in print

E
Keep 'em boxed in

Keep 'em kettled in

 Am
Create a mistruth

So bewildering

 Am
Create a mistruth

So bewildering Create a mistruth So bewildering

C
So you hide all Lowry's paintings

G
For thirty years or more

E
'Cos he turned down a knighthood

Am
And you must now settle the score

C
And the endless parade of old Etonian scum

G
Line the front benches so what is to be done?

E
All part of the same establishment

Am
I ask you again what is to be done?

   A
I ask you again what is to be done?

I ask you again what is to be done? Interlude/Solo: Am F Dm C E Bb Bm C Am D F C Dm C Em Am

 C
So you hide all Lowry's paintings

G
For thirty years or more

E
'Cos he turned down a knighthood

A
And you must now settle the score

C
And the endless parade of old Etonian scum

G
Line the front benches so what is to be done?

E
All part of the same establishment

Am
I ask you again what is to be done?

A
I ask you again what is to be done?

                   Am
I ask you again what is to be done?

Am A Am A