30 Year War Chords & Lyrics - Manic Street Preachers

Intro (brassy sound/maybe strum once on each) [C] [G] [Em] [Am] [C] [G] [E]/[Em] [Am]

Strum: [F] [C] [E] [Am]

It's th[F]e longest running joke
In history
To [C]kill the working classes
In the name of liberty
The [E]lies of Hillsborough
The blood of Orgreave
[Am]All the evasion at the BBC

And [F]thirty years of war
To darken all our class
[C]Black propaganda, lies and mistrust
[E]See it in our eyes, the fire dimming away
The ol[Am]d-boy network won the war again
The old-boy network won the war again
The old-boy network won the war again

[A] [Am]

So you [C]hide all Lowry's paintings
F[G]or thirty years or more
[E]'Cos he turned down a knighthood
[Am]And[A] you must now settle the score

[C]And the endless parade of old Etonian scum
[G]Line the front benches so what is to be done'
[E]All part of the same establishment
[A]I ask you again what is to be done'

I ask you again what is to be done'
I ask you[Am] again what is to be done'

[A]

[F]These verses at attention stand
[C]Ready for the immortal command
[E]The armies of my pages may never fight again
[Am]Happy for the order to meet eternal fla[Dm]me [F]

[F]Blame the poor
Praise the rich
[C]Make the connections
Put them in print
[E]Keep 'em boxed in
Keep 'em kettled in
C[Am]reate a mistruth
So bewildering
C[Am]reate a mistruth
So bewildering
Create a mistruth
So bewildering

[C]So you hide all Lowry's paintings
[G]For thirty years or more
[E]'Cos he turned down a knighthood
[Am]And you must now settle the score
[C]And the endless parade of old Etonian scum
[G]Line the front benches so what is to be done'
[E]All part of the same establishment
[Am]I ask you again what is to be done'
I a[A]sk you again what is to be done'
I ask you again what is to be done'

Interlude/Solo: [Am] [F] [Dm] [C] [E] [Bb] [Bm] [C] [Am] [D] [F] [C] [Dm] [C] [Em] [Am]

S[C]o you hide all Lowry's paintings
[G]For thirty years or more
[E]'Cos he turned down a knighthood
[A]And you must now settle the score
[C]And the endless parade of old Etonian scum
[G]Line the front benches so what is to be done'
[E]All part of the same establishment
[Am]I ask you again what is to be done'
[A]I ask you again what is to be done'
I ask you again wha[Am]t is to be done'

[Am] [A] [Am] [A]