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Tuning: Standard
Intro/Verses: (In the video I used to write this, he hits the A and Am at the end 
as full chords sometimes)
             Em  Em/        D#              A  Am  
e|------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------8------------8------------2------------1-------|
g|-----9---9--------9---9--------2---2--------2---2-----|
d|---9-------9----9-------9----2-------2----2-------2---|
a|-7-----------6------------0------------0------------0-|
e|------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
      Em  Em/D#  
Beauty finds refuge
Ain hersAmelf
    Em  Em/D#  
Lovers wrapped inside
Aeach others lAmies
   Em  Em/D#  
Beauty is such a 
Aterrible thinAmg
     Em  Em/D#  
She is suffering
AYet more than deathAm  
Chorus: (Played as barre chords)
GShe Bis   Emsuffering
GShe Bsucks you deeper A5in
GShe Bis   Emsuffering
GYou Bexist within her A5shadow
Verse 2:
      Em  Em/D#  
Beauty, she is scarred
Ainto man's sAmoul
       Em  Em/D#  
A flower attracting
Alust, vice and sinAm  
     Em  Em/      D#  
A vine that can strangle
Alife from a treeAm  
       Em  Em/D#  
Carrion, surrounding,
Apicking on leavesAm  
Chorus: (Played as barre chords)
GShe Bis   Emsuffering
GShe Bsucks you deeper A5in
GShe Bis   Emsuffering
GYou Bexist within her A5shadow
Bridge: (Power chords) x4
D#  C  D  A
Verse 3:
     Em  Em/D#  
Beauty she poisons
Aunfaithful alAml
      Em  Em/D#  
Stifled, her touch is
Aleprous and paleAm  
       Em  Em/D#  
The less she gives the more
Ayou need hAmer
          Em  Em/D#  
No thoughts to forget when we were
AchildrenAm  
Chorus: (Played as barre chords)
GShe Bis   Emsuffering
GShe Bsucks you deeper A5in
GShe Bis   Emsuffering
GNatuBre's luke-warm plA5easure
That's it. Took much longer to write out than expected.
In the third verse, he just strums the chords, rather than picking them. I think 
he plays the A and Am like this:
e|-A5-| e|-Am5-|
b|-5-| b|-5-|
g|-6-| g|-5-|
d|-7-| d|-7-|
a|---| a|---|
e|---| e|---|

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She Is Suffering

by Manic Street Preachers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Tuning: Standard

Intro/Verses: (In the video I used to write this, he hits the A and Am at the end

as full chords sometimes)

Em Em D# A Am

e|------------------------------------------------------|

b|-------8------------8------------2------------1-------|

g|-----9---9--------9---9--------2---2--------2---2-----|

d|---9-------9----9-------9----2-------2----2-------2---|

a|-7-----------6------------0------------0------------0-|

e|------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1:

Em Em D#

Beauty finds refuge

A Am

in herself

Em Em D#

Lovers wrapped inside

A Am

each others lies

Em Em D#

Beauty is such a

A Am

terrible thing

Em Em D#

She is suffering

A Am

Yet more than death

Chorus: (Played as barre chords)

G B Em

She is suffering

G B A5

She sucks you deeper in

G B Em

She is suffering

G B A5

You exist within her shadow

Verse 2:

Em Em D#

Beauty, she is scarred

A Am

into man's soul

Em Em D#

A flower attracting

A Am

lust, vice and sin

Em Em D#

A vine that can strangle

A Am

life from a tree

Em Em D#

Carrion, surrounding,

A Am

picking on leaves

Chorus: (Played as barre chords)

G B Em

She is suffering

G B A5

She sucks you deeper in

G B Em

She is suffering

G B A5

You exist within her shadow

Bridge: (Power chords) x4

D# C D A

Verse 3:

Em Em D#

Beauty she poisons

A Am

unfaithful all

Em Em D#

Stifled, her touch is

A Am

leprous and pale

Em Em D#

The less she gives the more

A Am

you need her

Em Em D#

No thoughts to forget when we were

A Am

children

Chorus: (Played as barre chords)

G B Em

She is suffering

G B A5

She sucks you deeper in

G B Em

She is suffering

G B A5

Nature's luke-warm pleasure

That's it. Took much longer to write out than expected.

In the third verse, he just strums the chords, rather than picking them. I think

he plays the A and Am like this:

A Am

e|-5-| e|-5-|

b|-5-| b|-5-|

g|-6-| g|-5-|

d|-7-| d|-7-|

a|---| a|---|

e|---| e|---|

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