Manic Street Preachers - FROM DESPAIR TO WHERE
Transcribed by Fung Mak fmak@globalnet.co.uk

[VERSE 1]
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    I write this alone in my bed, I've poisoned every room in the house
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  The place is quiet and so alone, pretend there's something worth waiting for

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There's nothing nice in my head, the adult world took it all away,
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    I wake the same spit in my mouth, I cannot tell if it's real or not

[CHORUS]
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GUITAR 1
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GUITAR 2
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[VERSE 2]
GUITAR 2
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   Outside, open mouthed crowds, pass each other as if they're drugged,
GUITAR 2
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 Down stale corridors of routine, as life falls un-atoned,
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     The weak kick like straw, till the world means less and less
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      Words are never enough, just cheap tarnished glitter
[CHORUS]
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                                               From dispair to where
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[BRIDGE]
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      Where  -  ere  -  ere  -  ererre
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[CHORUS]
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     From    des - pair to where