Ballad Of The Bangkok Novotel chords by Manic Street Preachers

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Verse 1
The
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Ballad  (C major) of the
Bangkok
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Novotel  (E major)  (C major)  (E major)  (C major) 
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 (E major)  (E minor) 
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 (C major)  (E major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor)  (E major) 
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 (E minor) 1, 2, 3, 5,  (E major)  (E minor) 6,   (D major) 7,
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 (C major) Nibbly  (E minor)  (E major) -s ized
apples filled with z's
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 (E minor) Even  (C major) the water tastes like tea
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On  (E minor)  (E major) a  diet I'll get the scon (E minor) e
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 (C major) Look at me, I'm fuckin' gone
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A  (E minor)  (E major) live watch five times a day
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 (E minor) My  (C major) dollar's fuckin' on her again
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On  (E major) the phone ten times a day  (E minor) 
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Hid (C major) in' under the table again
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 (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
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Break (E major) fast,
my mouth tastes like piss
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Masturbation,  (C major) there's nothing left
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In (E major) ner days, anorexic haste
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 (E minor) Look  (C major) outside and join the insane
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But inside  (E major) of me won't go
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 (C major) Egg and chips is all I want
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So hungry  (E major) I can't taste home
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Wake  (C major) up screaming on all fours  (E major)  (E minor) 
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 (E major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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Knock (E major) in' knock knockin' on my door
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 (E minor) My   (C major) life is a disaster
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Giant  (E minor)  (E major) ice keeps
rollin' in floors
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 (E minor) Someone  (C major) help me, dear
God
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Everybody  (E major) has fixed smiles  (E minor) I  (C major) 
am losin' my fuckin' mind
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I've  (E minor) had  (E major) enough of bein' alone  (E minor) I'd  (C major) give
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anything to save my soul  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor) 
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I think that I  (E major) have seen
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the dev (E minor) il,
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 (C major) Satan smiles at me in the mirror
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 (E minor) Revolution in  (E major) the
Golden
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Palace,  (E minor)  (C major) four city boys  (E minor) 
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are  (C major) losing their distance
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So  (E minor) much porn and alcohol,
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 (C major) I'm so numb to my hormones
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But  (E minor) my purity is  (C major) winning
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Five years later,  (E minor) I'm still shaking