'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]
Bb
[Verse 1]
Bb Gm
My old school has closed its doors
Eb F
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]
Bb Gm Eb F
[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]
Bb Gm Eb F
[Verse 3]
Bb Gm
My boyhood made of dreams of love
Eb F
the happiest of times sitting with my mum and dad but the
Bb Gm
bridges the houses now dominate
Eb F
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
Eb F
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
Eb F
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
Bb Gm Eb F
We had joy we had fun we had some seasons in the sun yeah we had
Bb Gm Eb F
We had joy we had fun we had some seasons in the sun yeah we had
Bb Gm Eb F Eb
We had joy we had fun we had some seasons in the sun
