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Manic Street Preachers tabs

SPECTATORS OF SUICIDE

Riff A 
 P.M.       Guitar 3
   A                                   D
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Riff B      Guitar 4
   D                                   E                                   
e-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B-|-7-----7-----7---|-7-----7-----7---|-9-----9-----9---|-9-----9-----9---|
G-|---7-----7-----7-|---7-----7-----7-|---9-----9-----9-|---9-----9-----9-|
D-|-----7-----7-----|-----7-----7-----|-----9-----9-----|-----9-----9-----|
A-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Riff C      Guitar 3
   A    A/B    A/C#  D
B-|-----------|-----------|
G-|-----------|------2----|
D-|-2----2----|-2----0----|
A-|-0----2----|-4---------|
E-|-----------|-----------|

Fill 1      Guitar 3
   D
e-|-0-2-5--0-2-5--0-2-bu-(3)-rb-po-0---|
B-|----------------------------------3-|
G-|------------------------------------|

Fill 2      Guitar 4
   A(sus2)             D(6sus2)
e-|----0-------------|----0-----2------|
B-|-------0---2------|-------0----3----|
G-|-------------2----|--------------2--|
D-|---------------2--|-0---------------|
A-|-0----------------|-----------------|
E-|------------------|-----------------|


This song contains a total of four guitars and a hammond organ.

  Guitar 1 is a 12 string acoustic which plays chords from begining to end

  Guitar 2 is the main guitar which has a thick flanger effect and plays
 stacato chords most of the way through (except for the Pre-Chorus)

  Guitar 3 is the solo guitar which is distorted and plays the Riffs A and
 C, Fill 1 and the Solo

  Guitar 4 is the clean electric which plays Riff B and Fill 2
         

Arrangement

Intro
 
 (drum intro)

  Guitar 1 begins and guitar 3 plays the Fill
            (fill 1)
 |A      |D      |

  Then guitars 1 and 2 play this

 |A      |D      |

Verse 1
  Guitars 1 and 2 play the chords while 3 plays Riff A

(riff A)
 A                        D 
 Obedience to law is free desire

(riff A)
 A                             D
 Under curfew from neon barbed wire


Pre-Chorus
  The organ begins in the Pre-Chorus and plays chords along with guitar 1
while guitar 4 plays Riff B

(riff B) 
 D                          E
 Wasting away this country, wearing like a born dead

(riff B)
 D                     E 
 Free heroin shots for those who never beg


Mid-Section 1
  The organ and guitars 1 and 2 play the chords (let guitar 1 chords ring)

 |Asus2 A  |Asus2 A  |Asus2 A  |D       |


Chorus 
  Again the organ and guitars 1 and 2 play the chords

 A                 D           A                   D
 Spectators of suicide         Export in society's eyes

 A                     D       A                        D
 Democracy is an empty lie     Dead like our yesterdays tonight


Mid-Section 2
  Guitars 1, 2 and the organ play chords while guitar 3 plays Riff C
followed by Riff A

(riff C) 
 |A       |A/B    |A/C#    |D      | x2

(riff A)
 |A       |D      |
 

Verse 2: Repeat Verse 1

Pre-Chorus: Repeat Pre-Chorus

Mid-Section 3: Repeat Mid-Section 1

Chorus: Repeat Chorus


Mid-Section 4
  Guitars 1, 2 and the organ all play chords while guitar 3 plays Riff C

(riff C)
 |A       |A/B    |A/C#    |D      | x4


Outro 
  Guitar 1 and 2 play chords, guitar 4 plays Fill 2 (let guitar 2's chords
ring)

  (fill 2)
 |A       |D      | x2

           (fill 2)
            A(sus4)            D(6sus2)  
 Your gonna shoot us dead with decadence

           (fill 2)
            A(sus4)            D(6sus2)
 Your gonna shoot us dead with decadence


Solo
  The guitar solo is played by guitar 3 with a slide on your 1st finger
using your 2nd finger to play the notes in the stars * * (this sounds
complicated but with a bit of practice it works well). Guitars 1 and 2
play chords underneath (let guitar 2's chords ring) 

   A                             D
e-|-----------------------------|---------------------------|-
B-|------14-------*15*--14------|-----7------*10*--*8*--7\--|-
G-|-/14-----14-------------14\--|-/7----7-------------------|-
D-|-/14--------14---------------|-/7------7-----------------|-
A-|-----------------------------|---------------------------|-
   A                             D
e-|-----------------------------|------------|
B-|------14-------*15*--14------|-/7---------|
G-|-/14-----14-------------14\--|-/7---------|
D-|-/14--------14---------------|-/7---------|
A-|-----------------------------|------------|

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