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Manic Street Preachers "First Republic"
B-side to: Kevin Carter
transcribed by Michael Bromley


Intro
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  (A7)
e|------------------------|
B|---2------3-2-----------|
G|----0---------0-------0-|
D|-----2-0--------2-0h2---| x 4
A|-0----------------------|
E|------------------------|



Verse
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A      
You are so alone
D 
In Kensington Palace
A
We should be content
G          F
In these damp terraces

A
Thank you for this view
D
From our council estates
A
I hope you have really
G                F         E
Guillotined your own head

Bridge Riff
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Played over the E
e|-5\4--------------------------0--|
B|------0--5---0--0-3-5--0--0h3----|
G|---------------------------------|


Chorus
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A               C#m
I crown myself, myself a king
F#            F       E  
And declare a first republic
A                 C#m
We wanna play yes we wanna play
F#               F                E  (brigde riff x2)
In the burnt out palace ruins   


Intro riff x1

Verse 2
chorus x2

mid section- same chords as verse
chorus

Outro
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two strums of E then:
(E strummed from high to low)
e|-0---1----------------|
B|-0-----0--------------|
G|-1--------------------|
D|-2--------3--2--------| 
A|-2--------------------|
E|-0--------------------|


Lyrics
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You are so alone
In Kensington Palace
We should be content
In these damp terraces

Thank you for this view
From our council estates
I hope you have really
Guillotined your own head

I crown myself, myself a king
And declare a first republic
We wanna play yes we wanna play
In the burnt out palace ruins

You once gave us war
Racism and slavery
Cut out all our tongues
And fucked our industry

Now you've revealed something
You're human after all this
But let's clap our hands
And fuck our dear princess

I crown myself, myself a king
And declare a first republic
We wanna play yes we wanna play
In the burnt out palace ruins

I crown myself, myself a king
And declare a first republic
We wanna play yes we wanna play
In the burnt out palace ruins