Mansun were formed in Chester in 1995 by vocalist/rhythm guitarist Paul Draper, lead guitarist/ backing vocalist Dominic Chad, bassist Stove King and drummer Andie Rathbone. Arriving on the Britpop-dominated scene as a beat-driven art rock band, Mansun liberally mixed progressive rock, psychedelia, art pop, shoegaze, 80's noir and electronic elements; instead of singles releasing numerous multi-format EPs bookended by concept albums, often changing their style (and peculiar uniforms) each release.
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Hope you find this satisfactory, it's a pretty long song and I've attempted to format it as best as possible for ease of reading through it. I believe this is the fullest version of the chords of the song currently online!
GF#BmA And you see, I kind of shivered to conformity GF#BmA Did you see______ the way I cowered to authority GF#BmA You see, my life, it's a series of compromises anyway GF#BmA It's a sham_____, and I'm conditioned to accept it all, you see
_ G (More) than I had before F# (More) than I've presently got | Bm | x2 (More) than I'll ever use up / A / (More) than I really need _/ _ G (More) than I had before F# (More) that I could possibly spend | Bm | x2 (More) than I'll ever use up / AEm (second time only) / (More) than I really need _/
F#A It's more than I can spare A# My religion is caged
E5F#5A5B5 x2
E5F#5A5B5 Safe from progress, E5F#5A5B5 purgatory I know E5F#5A5B5 How does this affect me E5F#5A5B5 Emotionally affect me
D5B5 Will they let me go D5B5 Will they let me go D5B5 Will they let me go F5E5 Equilibrium imbalanced again
D5F5 I feel no pain D5F5 I feel no... D5F5 I feel no pain E5* D#5 The Jabberwocky haunts me, in my memory it's caged
This next bit is between 2:40 and 4:07 It's a lot of swirly parts all intermingling with lots of 'Jabberwocky' and 'i feel no'
At the beginning of this part you can just make out the bass repeating the last section, it plays:
From 2:40 - 3:27 D, F, D, F, D, F, E, D# (x3)
From 3:27 - 3:59 D, D, D, D, D, D, B, A# (x2)
For the last few seconds of this crazy instrumental bit it just fades out over a D.
_ D5F5 I feel no pain (I feel no pain) D5F5 I feel no... (I feel no...) | D5F5 | (x2) I feel no pain (I feel no...) / E5* D#5 / But if you push me in the stomach and I feel it again _/
(Punchy!) D5! D5! D5! D5! D5! D5! D5!
D5D5A5E5
_ GEm Life is a compromise anyway GEm Life is a compromise anyway GEm | Life, it's a compromise anyway | (x2) GEm / Life, it's a compromise anyway / CD / And it's a sham, and I'll accept it all _/
GF#BmA And you see, I kind of shivered to conformity GF#BmA Did you see______ the way I cowered to authority GF#BmA You see, my life, it's a series of compromises anyway GF#BmA It's a sham_____, and I'm conditioned to accept it all, you see
_ G (More) than I had before F# (More) than I've presently got | Bm | Repeat this quite a lot to your content, the record does it about 10 times. (More) than I'll ever use up / A / (More) than I really need _/
F#A It's more than I can spare A# My religion is caged