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Manic Street Preachers "Dead Yankee Drawl"
B-side to: Little Baby Nothing
Transcribed by Michael Bromley



Intro
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   G5      A5
e|----------------------------10--10-10----|
B|----------------------------10--10-10----|
G|-2h4-6-4---------------------------------|
D|---------7-4-7-7-7-----------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
              <---let ring------->

   D5                E5                       D5                  Db5      E5    D5
e|-10-------10---------------10-----10---------7~7~7-5-4-7~7~7-5-4---------7-5-4---4----------|
B|-10--10h12---12-10-9---9h10---9h10---10p9----7~7~7-----7~7~7----5--------------7---5h7p5----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8-6|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|




Verse
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D5                    E5
Bill and Ted and Waynes World drawl
D5                        Db5  E5 D5
Just another dull fucking bore
D5                           E5
Vietnams cool now and even Superman's believed
D5                                Db5    E5 D5
Hussein in power as the media war retreats



Bridge
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          A5              D5
Suck your honey until you choke
               A5                      D5
You are a mechanism of social control
               A5               D5
Multi-national aim of one world culture
            Db5         D5          E5 (bend chord slowly)
Turning one dollar into another and another



Chorus
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A                        E
Dead Yankee Drawl hey we got your beat
F#                       D
Dead Yankee Drawl hey we love Oscar
A                                 E
Smothering injustice seen through starving eyes
F#                            D
Tearing down a forest just to earn a buck

Followed by solo over verse chords which I will not even try to decipher...

verse2 - as verse 1
bridge2 - as bridge 1
chorusx2


Verse 3
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   D5                     E5
e|-------------------------------------|
B|---7---5---7---5---7----9--10-9-10-9-|
G|----7---7---7---7---7---9--9--9-9--9-|
D|-----7---7---7---7---7--9------------| x2
A|-5----------------------7------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

D5(with picking)                       E5
Let's go down to Greenwich Village and desecrate
D5(with picking)                  E5
The Noraid slogans that justify 6 counties hate
D5(with picking)                         E5
Let's go down Redondo Beach and wax body company
D5(with picking)               E5
Cos reality for T.V. is Disney not King, Rodney

D5                               E5
Let's go to Indiana Youth Centre quickly
D5                                   E5
Tysons money ain't as free as Junior Kennedys

A5      E5
Yankee
     A5      E5
Dead Yankee
     A5      E5
Dead Yankee
A5   A5 A5  A5
Dead Yankee Drawl



Lyrics
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Bill and Ted and Waynes World drawl
Just another dull fucking bore
Vietnams cool now and even Superman's believed
Hussein in power as the media war retreats

Suck your honey until you choke
You are a mechanism of social control
Multi-national aim of one world culture
Turning one dollar into another and another

Dead Yankee Drawl hey we got your beat
Dead Yankee Drawl hey we love Oscar
Smothering injustice seen through starving eyes
Tearing down a forest just to earn a buck

Killed off literature for sex and violence
Fed a generation the equivalent of silence
Dragged Jack down to self same bigotry
Passive acceptance of a consumer society

Fake sentiments tying up contracts
Making idols of guitars and haircuts
Multi-national aim of one world culture
Turning one dollar into another and another

Dead Yankee Drawl hey we got your beat
Dead Yankee Drawl hey we love Oscar
Smothering injustice seen through starving eyes
Burning down a forest just to earn a buck

Dead Yankee Drawl hey we got your beat
Dead Yankee Drawl hey we love Oscar
Smothering injustice seen through Red Indian eyes
Sideway's walk of some Hollywood lies

Let's go down to Greenwich Village and desecrate
The Noraid slogans that justify 6 counties hate
Let's go down Redondo Beach and wax body company
Cos reality for T.V. is Disney not King, Rodney

Let's go to Indiana Youth Centre quickly
Tysons money ain't as free as Junior Kennedys

Yankee
Dead Yankee
Dead Yankee
Dead Yankee Drawl