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4st 7lb by Manic Street Preachers
4st 7lb
Intro: (with heavy distortion and lots of treble)
"I eat too much to die and not
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------6-----------6-------6--|---------6-----------6-------6--|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-5---5-------5-5-5-------5------|-5---5-------5-5-5-------5------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
enough to stay alive, I'm sitting
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------5-----------5-------5--|---------5-----------5-------5--|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-5---5-------5-5-5-------5------|-5---5-------5-5-5-------5------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
in the middle waiting."
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------6-----------6-------6--|---------6-----------6-------6--|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-5---5-------5-5-5-------5------|-5---5-------5-5-5-------5------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------|
B|-5~~----|
G|--------|
D|-5~~----|
A|--------|
E|--------| let ring
Main Riff:
(scrape)
E|-x----|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--x---|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---x--|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----x-|--------3-3---------3-3---------|--------2-2---------2-2---------|
A|-----x|----1-1---------1-1---------1-0-|----1-1---------1-1---------1-0-|
E|------|3-3---------3-3---------3-3-----|3-3---------3-3---------3-3-----|
play three times
Guitar Two (during last main riff before vocals):
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------6-----------6-----------|--------5-----------5-----------|
G|-3-3-5-6---6-5-3-5-6---6-5-3-5-6-|3-3-5-6---6-5-3-5-6---6-5-3-5-6-|
D|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Verses One and Two: (over main riff)
Days since I last pissed, cheeks sunken and despaired
So gorgeous, sunk to six stone, lose my only remaining home
See my third rib appear, a week later all my flesh disappear
Stretching taut cling film on bone, I'm getting better
Bridge: (chords shown)
Am Dm
Karen says I've reached my target weight
G
Kate and Emma and Kristen know it's fake
C
Problem is diet's not a big enough word
B Em
I wanna be so skinny that I rot from view
Chorus:
D# D Cm D D# D Cm D
I-I, I, I-I wanna walk in the snow and not leave a footprint
(riff over chorus chords)
D# D Cm D
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|---3~------4~------1~------4~----|
A|-6~------5~------3~------5~------|
E|---------------------------------|
D# D Cm D D# D Cm D
I-I, I, I-I wanna walk in the snow and not soil its purity
Intro riff x3 with distorted licks in Gminor
Verses Three and Four:
Stomach collapsed at five, lift up my skirt, my sex is gone
Naked and lovely and five stone two, may I bud and never flower
My vision's getting blurred but I can see my ribs and I feel fine
My hands are trembling stalks and I can feel my breasts are sinking
Bridge:
Mother tries to choke me with roast beef
And sits savouring her sole ryvitta
'That's the way your built' my father said
But I can change, my cocoon shedding
Chorus:
I-I, I, I-I wanna walk in the snow and not leave a footprint
I-I, I, I-I wanna walk in the snow and not soil its purity
Outro:
C#, Cmaj7, Cmaj7, Fmaj7, G (pick the chords, letting open B ring)
Cmaj7
Kate and Kristen and Kit-Kat,
Fmaj7 G
All things I like looking at
Cmaj
Too weak to fuss, too weak to die,
Fmaj7 G Asus2 Am Asus2 Am
Choice is skeletal in everybody's life
I choose my choice, I starve to frenzy,
E|-12b13r12~~~-|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
Hunger soon passes and sickness soon tires
Legs bend, stockinged, I am Twiggy
And I don't mind the horror that surrounds me
E|-------------|
B|-12b13r12~~~-|
G|-------------|
Self-worth scatters, self-esteem's a bore,
I long since moved to a higher plateau
This discipline's so rare so please applaud
Just look at the fat scum who pamper me so
Yeh four stone seven, an epilogue of youth
Such beautiful dignity in self-abuse
E|-15-13-12---------------------------|
B|----------13~~----------------------|
G|-------------------------12b14r12~--|
I've finally come to understand life
D|-------12(slowly bend)14---------|
Through staring blankly at my navel
D|-14---14--15--17--15--14-12-14b15r14b15r14~~--|
End on Am
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version 2
The riff below is repeated quite often throughout the song.
Listen to the record to find the exact times when the chords
start.
e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------|
G---------3-3---------3-3-------------2-2--------2-2-----|
A-----1-1---------1-1------1-0----1-1--------1-1-----1-0-|
E-3-3--------3-3---------3----3-3--------3-3--------3----|
I think that the chords for the chorus are C- 032010
and D- XX0232
Hope this helps!!
Lyrics
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verse
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Days since I last pissed
cheeks sunkend and despaired
so gorgeous sunk to six stone
lose my only remaining home
see my third rib appear
a week later all my flesh disappear
stretching taut, cling-film on bone
I'm getting better
Karen says I've reached my target weight
Kate and Emma Kristin know it's fake
problem is diet's not a big enough word
Chorus
======
I wanna be so skinny that I rot from view
I want to walk in the snow
and not leave a footprint
I want to walk in the snow
and not soil its purity
Verse
=====
stomach collapsed at five
lift up my skirt my sex is gone
naked and lovely at 5st.2
may I bud and never flower
my vision's getting blurred
but I can see my ribs and I feel fine
my hands are trembling stalks
and I can feel my breasts are sinking
mother trys to choke me with roast beef
and sits savouring her sole ryvitta
that's the way you're built my father said
but I can change, my cocoon shedding
chorus
======
I wanna be so skinny that I rot from view
I want to walk in the snow
and not leave a footprint
I want to walk in the snow
and not soil its purity
Verse
=====
Kate and Kristin and Kit Kat
all things I like looking at
too weak to fuss, too weak to die
choice is skeletal in everybody's life
I choose my choice, I starve to frenzy
hunger soon passes and sickness soon tires
legs bend, stockinged I am Twiggy
and I don't mind the horror that surrounds me
self-worth scatters, self-esteem's a bore
I long since moved to a higher plateau
this discipline's so rare so please applaud
just look at the fat scum who pamper me so
yeh 4st.7, an epilogue of youth
such beautiful dignity in self-abuse
I've finally come to understand life
through staring blankly at my navel.
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version 3
Am
karen says i've reached my target weight
Dm
kate emma and kristin know it's fake
G C
the problem is diet's not a big enough word.i wanna be so
B5 Em
skinny that i rot from view
Eb5 D5 C5 D5 Eb5 D5 C5 E5
I I I I I want to walk in the snow and not leave a foot print x2
It then goes back to the intro riff followed by this sequence again.
The end of the song is c f g a repeated many times.
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