• Song:

    Blackpool Pier

  • Artist:

    Manic Street Preachers

Intro:-
G7M/B

G7M/B                               G7M/C
Twenty foot high on blackpool promenade

D9                                Em
fake royalty second hand sequin facade

F                Am
Limited face paint

    Bb              C#
And Dyed black quiff

Ab                    C
Overweight and out of date

G7M/B                               G7M/C
Twenty foot high on blackpool promenade

D9                                Em
fake royalty second hand sequin facade

F                Am
Limited face paint

    Bb              C#
And Dyed black quiff

Ab                    C(2) A(strum these two chords once)
Overweight and out of date

A5       D          C#m        F#5   
American trilogy in Lancashire pottery

A5       D          C#m         F#5
American trilogy in Lancashire pottery

               Bm             F#5 
Its so fucking funny dont you know

               Bm             C#m7      C#7
Its so fucking funny dont you know

A5       D              C#m              F#5   
All American trilogy in used up cars and bottled beer

A5       D               C#m               F#5
All American trilogy the futures dead fundamentally

               Bm        F#5 
Its so fucking funny its absurd

               Bm        C#m7      C#7
Its so fucking funny its absurd

Solo:-

   A5                           D
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I
B I----------------------------I----------------------------I
G I----------------------------I----------------------------I
D I----------------------------I-0-2--2b3r2----0----2h4-----I
A I-0-2--2b3r2----0---2h4------I----------------------------I
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I

   C#m                          F#5
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I
B I----------------------------I----------------------------I
G I------4--4h6---4------------I----------------------------I
D I----6---------------6---4---I4-----4s11-------------7----I
A I-4--------------------------I------------0--0-7h(b9)-------I
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I

   A5                           D
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I
B I----------------------------I----------------------------I
G I----------------------------I-7---(b9)-9b10r(b9)-7----9s4----I
D I-7--(b9)-9b10r----7---9h11----I--------------------------6-I
A I----------------------------I----------------------------I
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I

   C#m                                 F#5 
E I-----------------------------------I----------------------------I
B I-----------------------------------I----------------------------I
G I8h(b9)8---8--------------------------I----------------------------I
D I-----11--11-(b9)-(b9)--(b9)11-11b12-11-(b9)I-11---11---11---11s4--------I
A I-------------11-9h11---------------I------------------------0---I
E I-----------------------------------I----------------------------I

then:-
 | Bm    | F#5   | Bm   | C#m7  | C#7   | 


C#m7(strum once)                     C#m7(strum once)             
Twenty foot high on blackpool promenade

Note:-After all of the C#m7 and C#7 you strum once and pick the bottom 3
strings twice(i.e strum-1-2-3-1-2-3)
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