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Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 16:34:22 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: tab:motorcycle emptiness by the manic street preachers
MotorCycle Emptiness-Manic Street Preachers
I have made this tab from several others. It may be out on some parts but
it should all fit in somewhere. Thanks to Cormac ward for the outro+solo.
Chords:-
-022100(or x7999x)
-799877(but idealy you should play -the bass player playing the (fret
6 string) or you could play x7666x, it sounds better with a bass player)
-x46644
-x02220(or 577655)
-x32010(or x3555x or 8(10)(10)988
-xx232 (or x5777)
-3x0033 (or 355433)
RIFFS:-
Riff 1
e
b
g
d -9b11r9----7-9----7-9---9b11r9----7-9--7-9---9b11r9---11
a
e
Riff 2
e
b
g-13b14r13--11-13-11-13------13b14r13--11-13-11-13----13b14r13---14
d
a
e
Riff 3
e
b--12b14r12---10-12-10-12---12b14r12---10-12-10-12-----12b14r12-----14
g
d
a
e
Riff 4
e
b
g
d-7-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-13-13-13
a
e
Riff 5
e
b
g
d-------7------9-------11--------13
a
e
INTRO:-
( )under Riff 1, Riff 4
( )under Riff 2, Riff 4
VERSE1:-
Culture sucks down words
( )under riff 3, riff 4
Itemise loathing and feed yourself smiles
Organise your safe Tribal War
( )under riff 2, riff 5
Hurt main kill and enslave the ghetto
BRIDGE:
Each day living out a lie
(for 4 bars)
Life sold so cheaply forever, ever, ever
CHORUS:
Under neon loneliness, motorcycle emptiness
Under neon loneliness, motorcycle emptiness
VERSE 2:
( )under riff1, riff 4
Life lives a slow suicide
( )under riff 3, riff 4
Orthodox dreams and Symbolic myths
>From fuedal serf to spender
( )under riff 2, riff 5
This wonderful world of purchase power
BRIDGE:
Just like lungs sucking on air
(for 4 bars)
Survivals natural as sorrow, sorrow, sorrow
CHORUS:
Under neon loneliness, motorcycle emptiness
Under neon loneliness, motorcycle emptiness
MIDDLE 8:
A, B, A, B, C, D, C,
All we want from you are the kicks you've given us
All we want from you are the kicks you've given us
All we want from you are the kicks you've given us
(1 strum)
All we want from you are the kicks you've given us
CHORUS:
CHORUS:
Under neon loneliness, motorcycle emptiness
Under neon loneliness, motorcycle emptiness
SOLO:
( (one strum))under:(this may not b accurate)
e
b--12--13-12-----------------------12---13--17--15--14--15--14
g--------------------13-----------13--------------------------
d-----------------------------14------------------------------
a
e
e
b-12-----------------------------------------12--13---12---------------
g--------14--16--14--11--13---16---------------------13--------13------
d---------------------------------------------------------------------14
a
e
e
b----------12----------17--15-15--15-15-15---15-------------------------
g
d
a
e
VERSE 3:
Drive away and its the same
( )under riff 2, riff 4
Everywheres death row, everyones a victim
Your joys are counterfeit
This happiness corrupt political shit
BRIDGE:
Living life like a comatose
(for 4 bars)
Ego loaded and swallow, swallow, swallow
CHORUS:
Under neon loneliness, motorcycle emptiness
Under neon loneliness, motorcycle emptiness
Under neon loneliness, motorcycle emptiness
Under neon loneliness, Everlasting loveliness
OUTRO:
( )*4 under something like
e
b-----12--10--8--12--10--8--12--10--8--12--10--8--12--10--8--
g
d
a
e
e
b--12-/-14--12----10-12-10-12---12-/14-12-----5-5-5-5-5--7-9-7-5
g
d
a
e
e
b-9-9-9-9-9--11-13-11-9---11-/-13--11--9-11--9--11-----11-/13--11-----13
g
d
a
e
repeat solo and improvise as neccesary.
all guitars end on (one strum)
any comments/queries/corrections/anything e-mail me at
[email protected](note the 0's in c0rdr0y are zero's)
John Morris