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Manic Street Preachers
Die in the Summertime
Track 11 - The Holy Bible
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D-|-------------------3---3---3---4-3----------------------3---3---3----------|
A-|-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4---4---4---4-----4--4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4---4---4---4-----2--|
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Verse
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D-|---------------3-3-3-------------------------------------------------
A-|-4-5-5-5-5-2-4-------4-4--4-5-5-5-5-2-4------------------------------
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Pre-chorus bit
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A-|-0-0-----0-4-4-4-0-4-4-4-0-0-0-----0-4-4-4-2---2-0-------------------
E-|-----0-2-----------------------0-2-----------------------------------
Chorus
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A-|-----------------4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-----------------3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-----
E-|-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-----------------2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3---------------------
Bridge
transcribed by Adam and Paul Firth
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
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Scuba Steve Average |
#1 by Scuba Steve usry at Mar 13, 1983 at 12:25 AM EST |
| Yeah i agree with both ReActor and my nothing's views on this one. the song is about the despair and sadness of an older individual longing for his days of youth, when he was happy. But you can't help but assume that these lyrics represent personal views of Richey, like so many of his holy bible era songs. | |
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Tom Rhythm Player |
#2 by Tom at Oct 10, 1986 at 6:17 PM EST |
| why the hell hasn`t anybody commended on this one? pfffff ;) Actually its one of my fafourites, i dont know, maybe its insane, but it makes me happy! :) | |
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Scuba Steve Average |
#3 by Scuba Steve usry at Oct 14, 1988 at 6:39 PM EST |
| It's definitely about an old person wanting to die, but I think 'the summertime' actually refers to dying when they were young and happy, before they knew how terrible it is being grown up. It's a common Manics (and particularly, Richey) theme, that we were happy and free when we were young and now we have to be adults things are shite. And there was that Smash Hits interview when old Richey told everyone to kill themselves before they reached adolescence, or something. | |
