MANIC STREET PREACHERS - Australia

Written from memory, but I think it's basically right

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CHORDS USED

    E   C#m C   D  A5  B5  Am   A   B
e---0---3---x---x---x---x---0---5---7---
B---0---4---5---7---0---x---1---5---7---
G---1---5---5---7---2---4---2---6---8---
D---2---5---5---7---2---4---2---7---9---
A---2---3---3---5---0---2---0---7---9---
E---0---3---x---x---x---x---x---5---7---
INTRO

Fig.1

e--0-0-0----0-0-0---0-0-0----------------
B--0-0-0----0-0-0---0-0-0----------------
G--1-1-1----2-2-2---3-3-3---5-5-5--4--2--
D--2-2-2----2-2-2---2-2-2---5-5-5--4--2--
A--2-2-2----2-2-2---2-2-2---3-3-3--2--0--
E--0-0-0----0-0-0---0-0-0----------------
PLAY TWICE


Fig.2
   E
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G-13-13-13-14-16-14-13-13-11-11-9-9--13-13-13-14-16-14-13-13-11-11-9-9-
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------


  A                    B

e----0---------0---------0------0----------------------------------
B-----0---------0---------0------0---------------------------------
G------6---------6-----8---8------8------2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2---
D-7-----7---------7----9----9------9-----2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2---
A-7-------7--------7---9-----9------9----0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0---
E-5---------5-------5--7------7------7-----------------------------


C#m                 C   D
I don't know if I'm tired
    C#m                 C
and I don't know if I'm ill
                      B5
My cheeks are turning yellow
                          A5
I think I'll take another pill


C#m                     C       D
Praying for the wave to come now
C#m                   C
It must be for the fifteenth time
                   B5
I've been here for much too long
                        A5
This is the past that's mine


PLAY Fig2. during chorus
E
I want to fly and run till it hurts
E                              A                B
Sleep for a while and speak no words in Australia
E
I want to fly and run till it hurts
E                              A              B
Sleep for a while and speak no words in Australia
           A5
In Australia


   C#m                          C                             D
e---------------------------------8-10-10b12r10--8-------------------
B---------7----5-7-7b8r7--5-7-5--8-----------------8-8--7h8r7--------
G-------4--6-6------------------9-----------------------------9-7-7--
D---2-6--------------------------------------------------------------
A-4------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------

C#m                     C       D
Praying for the wave to come now
C#m                     C
It must be for the very last time
                         B5
It's twelve o'clock till midnight
                         A5
There must be someone to blame

CHORUS
(With Fig.2 again)
E
I want to fly and run till it hurts
E                              A               B
Sleep for a while and speak no words in Australia
E
I want to fly and run till it hurts
E                              A               B
Sleep for a while and speak no words in Australia
        A5
In Australia


PLAY Fig.1 4 TIMES

THEN SING THE FOLLOWING OVER Fig.2/CHORUS CHORDS
E                      A              B
Australia  Oooh  Oooh  Oooh in Australia
E
I want to fly and run till it hurts
E                              A               B
Sleep for a while and speak no words in Australia
          A5
In Australia
          Am
In Australia
          E
In Australia