Manic Street Preachers – Prologue To History (Guitar)

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[Intro] Bm G D F# x2 [Verse 1]
Bm
Were we the kinnock factor

G
Am I talking private sector

D
Do I think I'm Shaun William Ryder

F#
Or my former friend who's now undercover

G
He's gone, I'm no deserter

D                 F#
Perhaps I'm hard, all the same
[Chorus]
G       D
Today a poet who can't play guitar

G               D
Tomorrow steve ovett has injured his calf

Bm
Next year the world's greatest politician

Em
Yesterday the boy who once had a mission

A                  Gm               D
I don't wanna be a prologue to history

  Gm
A prologue to histor...
[Interlude] D# D D# Bm [Verse 2]
Bm
So I water my plants with evian

G
A brand new dyson, that is decadent

D
Read the papers and the business section

F#
Check out the tessas and the pensions

G
Call my friends and they're all right

D                  F#
So I pray for the safety of the night
[Chorus]
G       D
Today a poet who can't play guitar

G               D
Tomorrow steve ovett has injured his calf

Bm
Next year the world's greatest politician

Em
Yesterday the boy who once had a mission

A                  Gm               D
I don't wanna be a prologue to history

  Gm
A prologue to histor...
[Interlude] D# D D# Bm [Verse 3]
Bm
Remember ethnic cleansing in the highlands

G
No one says a thing in the middle of england

D
I'm bruised fruit but still taste so nice

F#
But if you look at me, you better look twice

G
I'm talking rubbish to cover up the cracks

D                   F#
An empty vessel who can't make contact
[Chorus]
G       D
Today a poet who can't play guitar

G             D
Tomorrow phil bennet's playing outside half

Bm
Next year the world's greatest politician

Em
Yesterday the boy who once had a mission

A                  Gm               D
I don't wanna be a prologue to history

  Gm               D
A prologue to history

  Gm               D
A prologue to history

  Gm       D
A prolo----ogue
[Outro] D# D D# Bm G D F# G D F# Gm D Gm D