heliocentric@breathe.com
23rd March 2001, 1.15pm

WHY SO SAD by THE MANIC STREET PREACHERS

Lyrics by Nicky Wire, Music by James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore

From the album 'Know Your Enemy' (2001).

This is just a brilliant, brilliant song, why it wasn't number 1 is
 beyond me.  Best thing they've done for years.

A

A                             Bm
 Things get clear when I feel free
C#m                              D
 But what happens next comes easily
E                                 F#m
 What gentle hands you brought to me
          A                  C              A
When your eyes feel weak and tired it truly hits


A                              Bm
 When I missed you you were my life
                               C#m
(When I missed you you were my life)
                           D
So at ease in the midnight sky
                           E
(So at ease in the midnight sky)
                          F#m
My insides will look like wire

(My insides will look...)
    A              C           A
Paralysed as if to prove my thoughts


F#m
 So why so sad
C#m
 You live and you love
F#m
 So why so sad
             C#m           (Cm)
You've given all the love
Bm            E
 Searching for the dead sea scrolls
   G       F#
So why, so why so sad


A                         Bm
 My smile as real as a hyena's
                          C#m
(My smile as real as a hyena's)
                            D
Burns an express-way to my skull
                             E
(Burns an express-way to my skull)
                           F#m
Well I will stick myself together again
           A             C               A
My spirit, soul and body know I can't pretend


F#m
 So why so sad
C#m
 You live and you love
F#m
 So why so sad
             C#m           (Cm)
You've given all the love
Bm            E
 Searching for the dead sea scrolls
   G       F#
So why, so why so sad

D G (x2)

A C Bb

F#m
 So why so sad
C#m
 You live and you love
F#m
 So why so sad
             C#m           (Cm)
You've given all the love
Bm            E
 Searching for the dead sea scrolls
   G       F#
So why, so why so sad
   G       F#
So why, so why so sad
   G       F#
So why, so why so sad