If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next — Manic Street Preachers
Chords and lyrics for If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next by Manic Street Preachers (key of Am).
Verse 1
I play this song acoustically but if you wish to play it like the song hit
the note instead
of the chord (for example hit the A string for Am) and try and find the
right distortion. Listen
to the song for where to play the distorted parts, which I think is the
verses and the solo, the chorus
is chords.
[Intro] x2
[Am][Em](play [F]intro[C] [G]once before each verse)
Verse 1
[Am]The future teaches you to [Em]be alone
The [F]present to be afraid and [C]cold
So [F]if I can shoot rabbits
[C]Then I can shoot [G]fascists
[Am]Bullets for your brain [Em]today
But[F] we'll forget it all [C]again
[F]Monuments put from pen to paper
[C]Turns me into a gutless [G]wonder
Chorus
And if you [Dm]tolerate this
[Am]Then your children will be [G]next
And if you [Dm]tolerate this
[Am]Then your children will be [G]next
Will be next, will be next, will be next
Interlude
[Am] [Em] [F] [C] [G]
Verse 2
[Am]Gravity keeps my head [Em]down
Or [F]is it maybe [C]shame
At [F]being so young
[C]And being so [G]vain
[Am]Holes in your head [Em]today
But[F] I'm a [C]pacifist
[F]I've walked La Rambas but
[C]Not with real [G]intent
Chorus
And if you [Dm]tolerate this
[Am]Then your children will be [G]next
And if you [Dm]tolerate this
[Am]Then your children will be [G]next
Will be next, will be next, will be next
Solo
[F] [C] [G] [G] [Dm] [Am] [G] [G]
Verse 3
[F]And on the streets[C] tonight
An old man [G]plays
With [Dm]newspaper [Am]cuttings
Of his glory [G]days
Chorus
And if you [F]tolerate this
[C]Then your children will be [G]next
And if you [Dm]tolerate this
[Am]Then your children will be [G]next
Will be next, will be next, will be next
Outro
[F] [C] [G] [G] [Dm] [Am] [G] [G]
[F] [C] [G]
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