30 Year War chords by Manic Street Preachers

Chords with lyrics

Intro (brassy sound/maybe strum once on each) C majorC G+G E minorEm A minorAm C majorC G+G E/Em A minorAm

Strum: FF  C majorC  E MajorE  A minorAm

    FF
It's the longest running joke
In history
  C majorC
To kill the working classes
In the name of liberty
  E MajorE
The lies of Hillsborough
The blood of Orgreave
A minorAm
All the evasion at the BBC

  FF
And thirty years of war
To darken all our class
C majorC
Black propaganda, lies and mistrust
E MajorE
See it in our eyes, the fire dimming away
   A minorAm
The old-boy network won the war again
 The old-boy network won the war again
The old-boy network won the war again

A augmentedA   A minorAm

    C majorC
So you hide all Lowry's paintings
 G+G
For thirty years or more
E MajorE
'Cos he turned down a knighthood
A minorAm A augmentedA
And you must now settle the score

C majorC
And the endless parade of old Etonian scum
G+G
Line the front benches so what is to be done?
E MajorE
All part of the same establishment
A augmentedA
I ask you again what is to be done?

I ask you again what is to be done?
     A minorAm
I ask you again what is to be done?

 A augmentedA

FF
These verses at attention stand
C majorC
Ready for the immortal command
E MajorE
The armies of my pages may never fight again
A minorAm                   DmDm   FF
Happy for the order to meet eternal flame

FF
Blame the poor
Praise the rich
C majorC
Make the connections
Put them in print
E MajorE
Keep 'em boxed in
Keep 'em kettled in
 A minorAm
Create a mistruth
So bewildering
 A minorAm
Create a mistruth
So bewildering
Create a mistruth
So bewildering

C majorC
So you hide all Lowry's paintings
G+G
For thirty years or more
E MajorE
'Cos he turned down a knighthood
A minorAm
And you must now settle the score
C majorC
And the endless parade of old Etonian scum
G+G
Line the front benches so what is to be done?
E MajorE
All part of the same establishment
A minorAm
I ask you again what is to be done?
  A augmentedA
I ask you again what is to be done?
I ask you again what is to be done?

Interlude/Solo: A minorAm FF DmDm C majorC E MajorE Bb majorBb B minorBm C majorC A minorAm D MajorD FF C majorC DmDm C majorC E minorEm A minorAm

 C majorC
So you hide all Lowry's paintings
G+G
For thirty years or more
E MajorE
'Cos he turned down a knighthood
A augmentedA
And you must now settle the score
C majorC
And the endless parade of old Etonian scum
G+G
Line the front benches so what is to be done?
E MajorE
All part of the same establishment
A minorAm
I ask you again what is to be done?
A augmentedA
I ask you again what is to be done?
          A minorAm
I ask you again what is to be done?

A minorAm  A augmentedA  A minorAm  A augmentedA