You're Tender And You're Tired
Manic Street Preachers



OPENING: Em Em, Asus4 A, F#m F#m, Bsus4 B, G G, D D, Cadd2 C, Cadd2 C
(played by piano, drums and background guitar join in at the first G)



VERSE 1:
Em			 A
    You're so fragile tonight
F#m		    B
    Been up hurting all night
G		      D
    It's not trivial like they think
		C			 Cadd2 C
    Yes you're desperate and you're hurt



VERSE 2:
Em			 A
    Thought about it so many times
F#m		 B
    To afraid to open your eyes
G			 D
    To see the sadness that's inside
	  C			Cadd2 C
    Just sit back and stop time



CHORUS:
F                            Am   F                      Esus4 E
  You're tender and you're tired  You can't be bothered to decide
Am            Em                       Csus4          F
  Whether to live or die   or just forget about your life



PIANO MIDDLE PIECE W. GUITAR CHORD Em



VERSE 3:
Em			     A
    But it's too late to be real
F#m		     B
    No time to be strong enough
G			  D
    Just time to leave it all behind
	 C		   Cadd2 C
    Memory has become pain



VERSE 4:
Em			     A
    Rebuild the voids with flowers
F#m				 B
    Sad eyed destruction build around sand and sea
G			   D
    Yes you can build yourself around
	       C
    Build yourself around me
     Cadd2	  C
    Self around me



CHORUS:
F                            Am   F                      Esus4 E
  You're tender and you're tired  You can't be bothered to decide
Am            Em                       Csus4          F
  Whether to live or die   or just forget about your life
F                            Am   F                      Esus4 E
  You're tender and you're tired  You can't be bothered to decide
Am            Em                       Csus4          F
  Whether to live or die   or just forget about your life



INSTRUMENTAL SOLO (USE OPENING CHORDS x1)
Em Em, Asus4 A, F#m F#m, Bsus4 B, G G, D D, Cadd2 C, Cadd2 C



CHORUS:
F                            Am   F                      Esus4 E
  You're tender and you're tired  You can't be bothered to decide
Am            Em                       Csus4          F
  Whether to live or die   or just forget about your life
F                            Am   F                      Esus4 E
  You're tender and you're tired  You can't be bothered to decide
Am            Em                       Csus4          F
  Whether to live or die   or just forget about your life
     Csus4	    F
    Drift away and die
     Csus4         F
    Never say goodbye
     Csus4	    F
    Drift away and die
     Csus4         F
    Never say goodbye
     Csus4	    F
    Drift away and die
     Csus4         F
    Never say goodbye
     Csus4	    F
    Drift away and die




by Mikkel Jensen, Denmark
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