Concrete Fields

'Concrete Fields' by Manic Street Preachers
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from the 2018 album Resistance is Futile (Deluxe Edition bonus disc).
Tab by James Glover (Sebadonut)

[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

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My old school has closed its doors
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the once  green  fields are now concrete floors
        Bb                        Gm
and the roads are choking full of misery & fear
       Eb                           F
but my visions getting clearer & my mind it feels so free


[Break]

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[Verse 2]

      Bb                 Gm
& the work is hard & the wages are low
        Eb                        F
but the smiles still appear & the rivers still flow
    Bb              Gm
and all I can do is sit here and moan
       Eb                          F
but my heart still bleeds for this place that I call home


[Chorus]

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[Verse 3]

   Bb              Gm
My boyhood made of dreams of love
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the happiest of times sitting with my mum and dad but the
Bb                     Gm
bridges the houses now dominate
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the vaping & the super schools the breeding grounds of hate
          Bb                      Gm
But those once green fields still live in my mind
     Eb                   F
they seemed so perfect so simple and so kind
     Bb                     Gm
Just me and my brother were kicking a ball
    Eb                 F
the world so close and so beautiful


[Chorus]

Bb  Gm  Eb  F


[Verse 4]

      Bb               Gm
And I got no answers I place no blame
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I just feel longing and I wanna hear you name
     Bb                           Gm
as I walk and I run through these once green fields
    Eb               F
Its easy to see what has disappeared
        Bb                        Gm
and the air is getting heavy with memory and loss
    Eb                      F
the joy and the freedom but freedom at what cost
        Bb                        Gm
and the air is getting heavy with memory and loss
    Eb                      F
the joy and the freedom but freedom at what cost

[Chorus]

Bb  Gm  Eb  F
Bb      Bb


[Break]

Bb  F  Cm  Gm
Eb  Bb  F
Bb  F  Cm  Gm
Eb  Bb  F


[Verse 5]

   Bb                       Gm
Is this your inheritance is this all thats left
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the mountains we climbed are now mountains of debt
        Bb                        Gm
and the air is getting heavy with memory and loss
    Eb                      F
the joy and the freedom but freedom at what cost


[Outro]

   Bb             Gm         Eb             F
We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun yeah we had
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We had joy we had fun we had some seasons in the sun yeah we had
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We had joy we had fun we had some seasons in the sun yeah we had
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We had joy we had fun we had some seasons in the sun

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