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So Why So Sad

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Verse 1:-
AThings get clear when I feel fBmree
C#m7Then what happens next comes eaDsily
EWhat gentle hands give life to mF#me
When your Aeyes fill witGh tiny teAars
Verse 2:
When I'm in still you are my life
When I'm in still you are my life
So at ease in the midnight sky
So at ease in the midnight sky
My insides will look like war
My insides will look like war
Paralysed except through my thoughts
Chorus:
F#mSo why so sad
C#mYou live and you love
F#mSo why so sad
Dependant on C#maboveCm  
BmSearching for tEhe dead sea scrolls
GSo why, so F#why so sad
Verse 3:
My smile as real as a hyena's
My smile as real as a hyena's
Burns an express-way to my skull
Burns an express-way to my skull
Well I will stick myself together again
Spirit so low I no longer pretend
Chorus:
So why so sad
You live and you love
So why so sad
Dependant on above
Searching for the dead sea scrolls
So why, so why so sad
Solo
Chorus:
so why so sad
You live and you love
So why so sad
You've given all the love
Searching for the dead sea scrolls
So why, so why so sad
So why, so why so sad
So why, so why so sad

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So Why So Sad

by Manic Street Preachers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#m7

F#m

C#m

Verse 1:-

A Bm

Things get clear when I feel free

C#m7 D

Then what happens next comes easily

E F#m

What gentle hands give life to me

A G A

When your eyes fill with tiny tears

Verse 2:

When I'm in still you are my life

So at ease in the midnight sky

My insides will look like war

Paralysed except through my thoughts

Chorus:

F#m

So why so sad

C#m

You live and you love

F#m

So why so sad

C#m Cm

Dependant on above

Bm E

Searching for the dead sea scrolls

G F#

So why, so why so sad

Verse 3:

My smile as real as a hyena's

Burns an express-way to my skull

Well I will stick myself together again

Spirit so low I no longer pretend

Chorus:

So why so sad

You live and you love

So why so sad

Dependant on above

Searching for the dead sea scrolls

So why, so why so sad

Solo

Chorus:

so why so sad

You live and you love

So why so sad

You've given all the love

Searching for the dead sea scrolls

So why, so why so sad

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