...FROM DESPAIR TO WHERE... by Manic Street Preachers ---------------------------.......................... *from 'Gold Against the Soul' (1993)* Verse 1:

I ^Gwrite this alone on my ^Am7bed; I've poisoned ^Cevery room in the ^Ghouse. The ^Gplace is quiet and so a-^Am7lone, Pretend there's ^Csomething worth waiting ^Gfor.

^G There's nothing nice in my ^Am7head; the adult ^Cworld took it all a-^Gway. G Am7 Bb (G) I wake up with same spit in my mouth; I cannot tell if it's real, or not.

Chorus 1:

^G ^C I try and ^Cmwalk in a straight ^Gline. ^G ^C An imi-^Cmtation of digni-^Gty. G C, Cm G From despair to where? G C, Cm (G) From despair to where?

Interlude: G Am7, C G (x2) Verse 2:

Out-^Gside open mouthed ^Am7crowds, pass each ^Cother, as if they're ^Gdrugged. Down ^Gpale corridors of rou-^Am7tine, where ^Clife falls una-^Gtoned.

^G The weak kick like ^Am7straw, 'till the ^Cworld means less and ^Gless. G Am7 Bb (G) Words are never e-nough; just cheap tarnished glit-ter.

Chorus 2:

^G ^C I try and ^Cmwalk in a straight ^Gline. ^G ^C An imi-^Cmtation of digni-^Gty. G C, Cm G From despair to where? G C, Cm From despair to...

Bridge 1: Em Eb5 D5 A, C G, B Where... Em Eb5 D5 A, C G, B (x2) Chorus 3:

^G ^C A cripple ^Cmwalks in a straight ^Gline. ^G ^C An imi-^Cmtation of digni-^Gty. G C, Cm G From despair to where? G C, Cm G From despair to where?

CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- G Am7 C Bb Cm EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 320003 x02013 x32010 x13331 x35543 Em Eb5 D5 A B EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 022000 x688xx x577xx 577655 x24442 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2008 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Manic Street Preachers - From despair to where