Manic Street Preachers-Born A Girl
CHORDS USED:
D7 : X5767X
D : X5775X
Bm : X2443X
A : 577655
G# : 466544
G : 355433
F# : 244322
F : 133211
E : 022100
C : 335553 (8.10.10.9.8.8)
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*NOTES:The D F part in "Not this mess of a man*
* could possibly be A and F so try them *
* both and use what you prefer... *
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*INTRO*
D7 D7 Bm Bm
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A¦---5--------5--------2-------2------------------------------
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G¦-----6-6------6-6------4-4-----4-4--------------------------
B¦------7--------7--------3-------3---------------------------
e¦------------------------------------------------------------
D7 D7 Bm Bm
E¦------------------------------------------------------------
A¦---5--------5--------2-------2------------------------------
D¦----7---7----7---7----4---4---4---4-------------------------
G¦-----6-6------6-6------4-4-----4-4--------------------------
B¦------7--------7--------3-------3---------------------------
e¦------------------------------------------------------------
*VERSE 1*
D7 D7 Bm Bm
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A¦---5--------5---------------2-------2-----------------------
D¦----7---7----7---7-----------4---4---4---4------------------
G¦-----6-6------6-6-------------4-4-----4-4-------------------
B¦------7--------7---------------3-------3--------------------
e¦------------------------------------------------------------
Do I look good for you tonight?
D7 D7 Bm Bm
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A¦---5--------5--------------2-------2-----------------------
D¦----7---7----7---7----------4---4---4---4------------------
G¦-----6-6------6-6------------4-4-----4-4-------------------
B¦------7--------7--------------3-------3--------------------
e¦------------------------------------------------------------
Will you accuse me as I hide
A G# G F# F D
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A¦---7------------6------------------5---------------4------3-------5----
D¦---7------------6------------------5---------------4------4-------7----
G¦---6------------5------------------4---------------3------2-------7----
B¦---5------------4------------------3---------------2------1-------5----
e¦---5------------4------------------3---------------2------1-------X----
Behind these layers of desguise in the mirrors of my own happiness
D7
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A¦---5---------5b6~------------
D¦----7----7-----7b8~----------
G¦-----6--6--------6b7~--------
B¦------7------------7b8~------
e¦-----------------------------
VERSE 2
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D7 Bm
I've loved the freedom of being inside
D7 Bm
Need a new start and a different time
A G# G
Something grows in the space between me and
F# F D
Its twisting and changing this fragile body
*CHORUS*
C E A G F D F
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A¦----------10--2------7----5------3---------------------5----3----
D¦----------10--2------7----5------3---------------------7----3----
G¦----------9---1------6----4------2---------------------7----2----
B¦----------8---0------5----3------1---------------------7----1----
e¦----------8---0------5----3------1---------------------5----1----
And I wish I had been born a girl instead of what I am
C E A G F D F
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A¦----------10--2------7----5------3---------------------5----3----
D¦----------10--2------7----5------3---------------------7----3----
G¦----------9---1------6----4------2---------------------7----2----
B¦----------8---0------5----3------1---------------------7----1----
e¦----------8---0------5----3------1---------------------5----1----
Yes I wish I had been born a girl and not this mess of a man
F D F D F
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A¦---3-------------5--------3-------------------5---------3-------
D¦---3-------------7--------3-------------------7---------3-------
G¦---2-------------7--------2-------------------7---------2-------
B¦---1-------------7--------1-------------------7---------1-------
e¦---1-------------5--------1-------------------5---------1-------
And not this mess of a man And not this mess of a man
Verse 3
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D7 Bm
The censorship of my skin
D7 Bm
Is screaming inside and from within
A G# G
Theres's no room in this world for a girl like me
F# F D
No place around there where I fit in
Chorus
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C E A G F D F
And I wish I had been born a girl and not what I am
C E A G F D F
Yes I wish I had been born a girl and not this mess of a man
D F D F
And not this mess of a man, and not this mess of a man
D F D F
And not this mess of a man, and not this mess of a man
Outro
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D C D C D C
Oooooooh Ooooooooh Wooh Ooooh Oooh
REPEAT D AND C A FEW TIMES THEN END ON A "D"
Written and Transcribed by Adam Cook
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