Chords for The Story of The Verve's "Bitter Sweet Symphony"

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_ Then, for Bittersweet Symphony, I sampled a few bars of an album that the Stones' manager
at the time, Andrew Lou Goldman, was copying what George [Ab] Martin was doing with The Beatles.
They were doing orchestral versions of the band's songs.
So I copy a little bit of this, and just before it's released, we have to clear the sample,
[Gb] and basically Alan Klein, who owns [E] the rights to these songs, said, it's [F] 100% or the song's
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_ _ [Eb] The very start of the song is original.
There is no _ _ reference to that.
So the bit that everyone loves, that's Will Malone, my string arranger.
That's his [E] genius.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ However, the last time, the song that the Stones recorded, _ is a traditional song, because
a band called The Staple Singers already recorded the song that predates the Stones' one, with
the same melody and the same loop. _ _ _
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The [Gb] _ biggest [D] injustice is for Richard, because he wrote _ _ a big part of Richard on that record.
_ He didn't get any coming back from it.
And he wrote every bit [Abm] of those lyrics.
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they did something really special.
[A] Also, like, do you know what?
You don't need the money.
_ I know the Rolling Stones, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ they needed some renovations done on the houses.
_ You know, _ it's a bit excessive.
God, if I'd written [Gb] Bittersweet Symphony and I didn't get any money for it, I'd be gutted.
I would be livid.
It's a piece of, at the end of the day, it's [F] just someone's name [G] underneath the song.
_ It's the biggest [F] Stones hit since Brown Sugar.
You know, we even write hits for the Stones these [E] days. _ _ _
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[E] _ _ _ [Bm] It's a great song.
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