Manic Street Preachers – Dear Stephen (Guitar)

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As recorded by Manic Street Preachers (From the 2025 Album CRITICAL THINKING) [Intro] G Em C F G Em C F [Verse 1]
G       Em                  C     F
You're, you're still my bad habit

G  Em             C      F  D
My, a dark little secret

Em         Bm     C     D
My illicit unseen drug

   Em     Bm     C
My secret hidden love
[Chorus]
D                                 G
Dear Stephen, please come back to us

    Bm                                 C
I believe in repentance and forgiveness

     D                                    G
It's so easy to hate, it takes guts to be kind

   Bm                                  C     D C G D
To paraphrase one of your heartbreak lines
[Verse 2]
G  Em              C              F
I'm still ill, I'm cursed to stay

G         Em         C           F
Under your spell for all my days

D           Em          Bm      C
I'm still a prisoner to you and Larkin

D    Em      Bm      C
Even as your history darkens
[Chorus]
D                                 G
Dear Stephen, please come back to us

    Bm                                 C
I believe in repentance and forgiveness

     D                                    G
It's so easy to hate, it takes guts to be kind

   Bm                                  C    D
To paraphrase one of your heartbreak lines
[Guitar Solo] G Am D C [Bridge]
G                                       Am
I've been the boy with the thorn in his side

D                        C
I want you vivid in your prime
[Chorus]
D                                 G
Dear Stephen, please come back to us

    Bm                                 C
I believe in repentance and forgiveness

     D                                    G
It's so easy to hate, it takes guts to be kind

   Bm                                  C
To paraphrase one of your heartbreak lines
[Outro] D C G Am G