Manic Street Preachers – New Art Riot (Guitar)

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[Intro] E E D E B B A B A E B [Verse 1]
E E D E
        Vintage aromas

B B A B
        And vintage ideals

A                      E               B
  Old men greying to a dying country's needs

E E D E
        Waiting for a knighthood

B B A B
        To while away the hours

A                           E                 B
  Listen and learn now it's time to kill your betters
[Chorus]
G       D        C          Em      D    C D
Museums are dead take a new art sta-ance

G          D       C          Em         D   C D
Paint mass suicide on the aspiration dik-tat
[Instrumental] E E D E B B A B A E B [Verse 2]
E E D E
        Hospital closures kill

B B A B
        More than car bombs ever will

A                            E                 B
  And it saves money because people are expendable

E E D E
        Cold shoulder insurgents

B B A B
        And love arms dealers

A                                E                  B
Everybody's taking drugs because it makes governing easier
[Chorus]
G       D        C          Em      D    C D
Museums are dead take a new art sta-ance

G          D       C          Em         D   C D
Paint mass suicide on the aspiration dik-tat

G            D        C        Em  D   C D
Sell out the past and learn to obe-ey

    G            D       C   Em      D    C D
You spit out and douse a Molotov cocktail
[Instrumental] E E D E B B A B A E B [Verse 3]
E E D E
        Revolution soon dies

B B A B
        Sold out for a pay rise

A                             E                   B
  China, Russia, England, all washed up in power abuse

E E D E
        Terrorism is an excuse

B B A B
        That the ruling class use

A                         E                       B
Wipe out aristocracy now, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill
[Chorus]
G             D             C          Em    D     C D
England makes judgements of old school propa-ganda

    G              D         C        Em      D        C D
The only threat to heads are silenced by dumb pleasure

G       D        C          Em      D    C D
Museums are dead take a new art sta-ance

G          D       C          Em         D   C D
Paint mass suicide on the aspiration dik-tat
[Instrumental] E E D E B B A B A E E