• Song:

    From Despair To Where

  • Artist:

    Manic Street Preachers

  • Album:

    From Despair to Where

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

...FROM DESPAIR TO WHERE... by Manic Street Preachers
---------------------------..........................

*from 'Gold Against the Soul' (1993)*


Verse 1:

  G (320003@1)                    Am7I (x02010@1)write this alone on my bed,
              C (x32010@1)               GI've (320003@1)poisoned every room in the house.
    G (320003@1)                     Am7The (x02010@1)place is quiet and so a-lone,
               CPretend (x32010@1)theres something,
              GWorth (320003@1)waiting for.

G (320003@1)                        Am7 (x02010@1)Theres nothing nice in my head,
          C (x32010@1)                GThe (320003@1)adult world took it all away.
  G (320003@1)                          Am7I (x02010@1)wake up with same spit in my mouth,
         Bb (x1333x@1)                (G)
I cannot tell if it's real or not.

Chorus 1:

G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)   I try and,
Cm (x3101x@1)                G (320003@1)Walk in a straight line.

G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)     Cm (x3101x@1)   An imi-tation,
         GOf (320003@1)digni-ty.

G  C, Cm
       From despair,
   GTo (320003@1)where?
G (320003@1) C, Cm (x3101x@1)       From despair,
  (G)
To where?

Interlude:

G  Am7, C  G (x2)

Verse 2:

    G (320003@1)               Am7Out-side (x02010@1)open mouthed crowds,
          C (x32010@1)                 GPass (320003@1)each other as if they're drugged.
     G (320003@1)                   Am7Down (x02010@1)pale corridors of rou-tine,
      C (x32010@1)            GWhere (320003@1)life falls una-toned.

G (320003@1)                 Am7 (x02010@1)The weak kick like straw,
         C (x32010@1)                  GTill (320003@1)the world means less and less.
G (320003@1)                Am7 (x02010@1)Words are never e-nough,
     Bb (x1333x@1)                (G)
Just cheap tarnished glit-ter.

Chorus 2:

G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)   I try and,
Cm (x3101x@1)                G (320003@1)Walk in a straight line.

G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)     Cm (x3101x@1)   An imi-tation,
         GOf (320003@1)digni-ty.

G  C, Cm
       From despair,
   GTo (320003@1)where?
G (320003@1) C, Cm (x3101x@1)       From despair to...

Bridge 1:

Em (022000@1)    Eb5 (xx134x@1)D5 (xx023x@1)A, C (x32010@1)G, B (x2444x@1)Where...

Em (022000@1)Eb5 (xx134x@1)D5 (xx023x@1)A, C (x32010@1)G, B(x2) (x2444x@1)
Chorus 3:

G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)   A cripple,
Cm (x3101x@1)                 G (320003@1)Walks in a straight line.

G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)     Cm (x3101x@1)   An imi-tation,
         GOf (320003@1)digni-ty.

G  C, Cm
       From despair,
   GTo (320003@1)where?
G (320003@1) C, Cm (x3101x@1)       From despair,
   GTo (320003@1)where?


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G (320003@1)     Am7 (x02010@1)   C (x32010@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)    Cm (x3101x@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  x02013  x32010  x13331  x35543

   Em (022000@1)    Eb5 (xx134x@1)   D5 (xx023x@1)    A (x02220@1)     B (x2444x@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 022000  x688xx  x577xx  577655  x24442
                                    ____
           _             __   __   |  __|  __    __
          | |   _   _   |   /  |  | |__      / /
  _____   | |  | | | |  |       |  |__  |    / /
 |  ___|  | |  | | | |  | |_/| |   __| |      /
 | |= =   | |  | |_| |  | | = | |  |____|     | |
 | |      | |  |_____|  | |   | |   = = =     | |
 | |___   | |   = = =   | |   | |             | |
 |_____|  | |           |_|   |_|             | |
  = = =   | |_____       =     =    Tabbed by |_|
          |_______|  Joel from cLuMsY, 2008    =
           = = = =      (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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