Manic Street Preachers – The Convalescent (Guitar)

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[Intro] Em Em Am x2 [Verse 1]
Em
My bedroom wall recalls whats in my head

Am
A collage constructed and constantly fed

Em
Goya mixes Picasso but it's hardly Spain

Am
Look through the window - pissing down with rain
[Pre-Chorus]
F       E           Am           D
Lovely labradors outnumber musicians

F           E                    Am           D
Bonny and Clyde have made their good intentions

F           E                 Am
Pity poor Payne Stewart in a death bubble

D
But what a swing and so much bottle
[Chorus]
C
So I convalesce

C7
And I ease the stress

F                        Fm
Cos DNA means does not accept

Ab
So I convalesce

C
And I ease the stress

C7                          Am    D
Cos DNA means does not accept
[Verse 2]
Em
Kleenex kitchen towels and Teletext TV

Am
My favourite inventions of the 20th Century

Em
Haile Gebrselassie looks so sweet and young

Am
Eyes quickly shift to Jack Kevorkian
[Pre-Chorus]
F      E             Am             D
Uneven and tidal all with exit policies

F           E           Am        D
Followed by anti-ballistic migraines

F         E            Am
And Brian Warner has a tasty little ass

D
Scared of cash machines and the mardi-gras
[Chorus]
C
So I convalesce

C7
And I ease the stress

F                        Fm
Cos DNA means does not accept

Ab
So I convalesce

C
And I ease the stress

C7                          Am    D
Cos DNA means does not accept
[Verse 3]
Em
Alberto Juantorena unique in his field

Am
These are the things that, that make you feel

Em
Klaus Kinski with love of Werner Herzog

Am
Scream until the war is over

Am
Scream until the war is over
[Pre-Chorus]
F          E      Am         D
Srebrenica cousin of Treblinka

F        E             Am              D
Scream until the war is over, war is over

F             E              Am
And Dante's Inferno slides into dysmorphia

D
So scream until the war is over
[Chorus]
C
So I convalesce

C7
And I ease the stress

F                         Fm
Cos DNA means does not accept

Ab
So I rehabilitate

C
And get my body straight

C7                               Am    D
Cos nothing fits like it used to fit
[Outro]
Em Am 
(repeat until fade]