The Descent (Pages 1 & 2) chords by Manic Street Preachers

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Verse 1
D 
A 
Bm 
A 
G 
E 
F#sus4 
F# 
 (D major)  (A major)  (B minor)  (A major)  (G major)  (E major)  (F sharpsus4)  (F sharp major) Will my
D 
C#m 
F#m 
Bm 
 (D major) kingdom disap (C sharp minor) pear  and  (F sharp minor) fade  away  (B minor) 
A 
G 
 (A major) Will sleep  (G major) overcome the
Em 
F#sus4 
 (E minor) hurt and then de (F sharpsus4) cay
F# 
D 
 (F sharp major) I can't be  (D major) poisoned and
A 
Bm 
you  (A major) will not make me  (B minor) cry
A 
G 
 (A major) I've cleansed my  (G major) ugliness and I've
Em 
F#sus4 
 (E minor) cleansed my paranoi (F sharpsus4) a
F# 
 (F sharp major) The winner

Verse 2
Bm 
 (B minor) takes it all
D 
E 
My  (D major) baby teeth are gone  (E major) 
Bm 
Into a  (B minor) better place
D 
E 
That  (D major) I  have yet to go  (E major) 
Bm 
F#m 
Will  (B minor) I burn or  (F sharp minor) will  I pray
Am 
Em 
Will  (A minor) sleep consume my  (E minor) waking days
Bb 
A 
 (B flat major) Des cent is getting steeper day by  (A major) day

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Verse 3

This is my last descent

I hope I'm making sense

I've lost my last defense

This is my last descent

Verse 4
D 
A 
Bm 
A 
Have my  (D major) expectations  (A major) gone too far again  (B minor)  (A major) 
G 
Em 
Do I  (G major) have the courage  (E minor) of  the
E 
F# 
F#sus4 
F# 
 (E major) books I've read  (F sharp major)  (F sharpsus4)  (F sharp major) 
D 
A 
Do you  (D major) understand the  (A major) pain
Bm 
we're going through  (B minor) 
A 
G 
 (A major) There is no  (G major) need to leave
Em 
F#sus4 
 (E minor) us* beaten black and blue  (F sharpsus4) 
F# 
 (F sharp major) The winner

Verse 5
Bm 
 (B minor) takes it all
D 
E 
My  (D major) baby teeth are gone  (E major) 
Bm 
Into a  (B minor) better place
D 
E 
That  (D major) I  have yet to go  (E major) 
Bm 
F#m 
Will  (B minor) I burn or  (F sharp minor) will I pray
Am 
Em 
Will  (A minor) sleep consume my  (E minor) waking days
Bb 
A 
Des (B flat major) cent is getting steeper day by  (A major) day

Verse 6

This is my last descent

I hope I'm making sense

I've lost my last defense

This is my last descent

Verse 7
D 
F#m 
Bm 
F#m 
This  (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (B minor)  (F sharp minor) 
Em 
Bb 
D 
A 
 (E minor)  (B flat major)  (D major)  (A major) 
Bm 
D 
E 
Bm 
D 
E 
 (B minor)  (D major)  (E major)  (B minor)  (D major)  (E major) 
Bm 
F#m 
Am 
 (B minor)  (F sharp minor)  (A minor) 
Em 
Bb 
A 
D 
 (E minor)  (B flat major)  (A major)  (D major) 
F#m 
Bm 
F#m 
Em 
 (F sharp minor)  (B minor)  (F sharp minor)  (E minor) 
Bb 
D 
A 
D 
F#m 
 (B flat major)  (D major)  (A major) is my last des (D major) cent  (F sharp minor) 
Bm 
F#m 
I hope I'm making  (B minor) sense  (F sharp minor) 
Em 
Bb 
I've lost my last de (E minor) fense  (B flat major) 
D 
The pages that you  (D major) left
A 
D 
 (A major)  (D major) 