Prologue To History Chords & Lyrics - Manic Street Preachers

[INTRO]
[Bm]
[G] [D] [F#] x2

[VERSE 1]
[Bm]Were we the kinnock factor
[G]Am I talking private sector
[D]Do I think I'm Shaun William Ryder
[F#]Or my former friend who's now undercover
[G]He's gone, I'm no deserter
[D]Perhaps I'm hard, [F#]all the same

[CHORUS]
[G]Today a [D]poet who can't play guitar
[G]Tomorrow steve o[D]vett has injured his calf
[Bm]Next year the world's greatest politician
[Em]Yesterday the boy who once had a mission
[A]I don't wanna be a [Gm]prologue to histo[D]ry
A [Gm]prologue to histor...

[INTERLUDE]
[D#] [D] [D#]
[Bm]

[VERSE 2]
[Bm]So I water my plants with evian
[G]A brand new dyson, that is decadent
[D]Read the papers and the business section
[F#]Check out the tessas and the pensions
[G]Call my friends and they're all right
[D]So I pray for the s[F#]afety of the night

[CHORUS]
[G]Today a [D]poet who can't play guitar
[G]Tomorrow steve o[D]vett has injured his calf
[Bm]Next year the world's greatest politician
[Em]Yesterday the boy who once had a mission
[A]I don't wanna be a [Gm]prologue to histo[D]ry
A [Gm]prologue to histor...

[INTERLUDE]
[D#] [D] [D#]
[Bm]

[VERSE 3]
[Bm]Remember ethnic cleansing in the highlands
[G]No one says a thing in the middle of england
[D]I'm bruised fruit but still taste so nice
[F#]But if you look at me, you better look twice
[G]I'm talking rubbish to cover up the cracks
[D]An empty vessel who [F#]can't make contact

[CHORUS]
[G]Today a [D]poet who can't play guitar
[G]Tomorrow phil [D]bennet's playing outside half
[Bm]Next year the world's greatest politician
[Em]Yesterday the boy who once had a mission
[A]I don't wanna be a [Gm]prologue to histo[D]ry
A [Gm]prologue to histo[D]ry
A [Gm]prologue to histo[D]ry
A [Gm]prolo-[D]---ogue

[OUTRO]
[D#] [D] [D#]
[Bm] [G] [D] [F#]
[G] [D] [F#]
[Gm] [D] [Gm] [D]