• Song:

    Cardiff Afterlife

  • Artist:

    Manic Street Preachers

  • Album:

    Lifeblood

Intro - guitar riff is...
G2(A), B1(C), G0(G), B1(C), D3(F), B1(C), D2(E), A3(C), A2(B), A0(A)

Am / Fmaj7 / G / Em / Fmaj7  / Dm7 / Bm then dropdown (E E, D D, C C, B B)

       Am (x02210@1)             Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)       G (320003@1)    EmIf (022000@1)the love between us    has faded away
     Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)  Dm7                   Bm (x24432@1)    (E E, DD, (xx0232@1)CC, (x32010@1)BB) (x2444x@1)Left in the rain, scratching at the stains
       Am (x02210@1)         Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)             G (320003@1)     EmThe (022000@1)paralysed future, the past sideways scrawl
            Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)     Dm7                        BmI (x24432@1)must give up on this,       it makes no sense at all
         Fmaj7Makes (1x3210@1)no sense at all

               AIn (x02220@1)the Cardiff afterlife,
               AIn (x02220@1)the Cardiff afterlife
                      AmWe (x02210@1)sense the breaking of our lives
               AIn (x02220@1)the Cardiff afterlife
               Play opening guitar riff again...
In the Cardiff afterlife

...and its basically the same pattern all the way through.

A truly beautiful song about the disappearance of Richey James Edwards.



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