• Song:

    Postcards From A Young Man

  • Artist:

    Manic Street Preachers

  • Album:

    National Treasures - Th...

Intro
  F                           C  
e]---------------------------|-----------------------|
B]------6b-6--------6b-6-----|------6b-6--------6b-6-|
G]--5-5---------5-5----------|--5-5---------5-5------|
D]---------------------------|-----------------------|
A]---------------------------|-----------------------|
E]---------------------------|-----------------------|
  Gm                          A#
e]------5b-5--------5b-5-----|------5b-5-------------|
B]--3-3---------3-3----------|--3-3------------------|
G]---------------------------|-----------------------|
D]---------------------------|-----------------------|
A]---------------------------|-----------------------|
E]---------------------------|-----------------------|

Verse
F       C
I don't believe the absolutes anymore
Gm        A#
I'm quite prepared to admit I was wrong
F            C
This life it sucks your principles away
Gm                 A#
You have to fight against it every single day

Chorus
Dm            A#               Gm
These are the postcards from a young man
Gm                A#          Csus4 C
They may never be written or posted again
F             C                Gm
These are the postcards from a young man
Gm                A#          Csus4 C
They may never be written or posted again

Interlude:Gm, Csus4, C. X2

Verse
F          C
It is like so many other things
Gm         A#
As distant as your former sins
F          C
So sad and lonely and so derelict
Gm     A#
As the optimism that we once shared

Chorus
Dm            A#               Gm
These are the postcards from a young man
Gm                A#         Csus4  C
They may never be written or posted again
F             C                Gm
These are the postcards from a young man
Gm                A#         Csus4  C
They may never be written or posted again

Interlude: Gm, Csus4, C. X2

Bridge
Gm                      Csus4        C
I'll send you postcards every single day
Gm                    Csus4  C
Just to prove I still exist
Gm                  Csus4     C
This world will not impose its will
A#
I will not give up and I will not give in
C
And I will not give up and I will not give in

Solo

e]--------------------------|--------------------------|
B]--------------------------|--------------------------|
G]--------------------------|--------------------------|
D]------3b-3---------3b-3---|------3b-3---------3b-3---|
A]--3-3----------3-3--------|--------------------------|
E]--------------------------|--3-3----------3-3--------|

e]-------------------------|---------------------------|
B]-------------------------|---------------------------|
G]-------------------------|---------------------------|
D]------3b-3---------3b-3--|-7-5-3--7-5-3--7-5-3--7-5-3|
A]-------------------------|---------------------------|
E]--3-3----------3-3-------|---------------------------|

Chorus
F              C             Gm
These are the postcards from a young man
Gm                A#         Csus4  C
They may never be written or posted again
F             C                Gm
These are the postcards from a young man
Gm                A#         Csus4  C
They may never be written or posted again

Outro
F, Fsus4. X2

F                             Fsus4
I won't betray your confidence
F                             Fsus4
I won't pretend my way was lost
F                             Fsus4
This world will not impose its will
F                                        F
I will not give up and I will not give in



I find the solo easier if you play it like this

e]--------------------------|---------------------------|
B]--------------------------|---------------------------|
G]--------------------------|---------------------------|
D]------5-3---------5-3-----|------5-3----------5-3-----|
A]--3-3---------3-3---------|---------------------------|
E]--------------------------|--3-3----------3-3---------|

e]--------------------------|---------------------------|
B]--------------------------|---------------------------|
G]--------------------------|---------------------------|
D]------5-3---------5-3-----|-7-5-3--7-5-3--7-5-3--7-5-3|
A]--------------------------|---------------------------|
E]--3-3---------3-3---------|---------------------------|

thanks max
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