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Condemned to Rock N Roll

Manic Street Preachers
TabTuningD Tuning

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro - 00:00

A

d||-------3----2---0-----------------------------------------||
A||-------------------3----5h7p5h7b(8)b7p5-2-----------------||
F||---/4----4--------------0(r)------------2-----------------||
C||----------------------------------------2-----------------||
G||----------------------------------------0-----------------||
D||----------------------------------------------------------||

D

d||-------3----2---0-----------------------2-----------------||
A||-------------------3----5h7p5h7b(8)b7p5-3-----------------||
F||---/4----4--------------0(r)------------2-----------------||
C||----------------------------------------0-----------------||
G||----------------------------------------------------------||
D||----------------------------------------------------------||

Verse Riff - 00:18

G5 F5 D#5 F5

d||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
F||--2--2--2-2-2--------------------------------------------------------||
C||--2--2--2-2-2------5--5--5-5-5-----3---3---3----3---3---3/5-5--------||
G||--0--0--0-0-0------5--5--5-5-5-----3---3---3----3---3---3/5-5--------||
D||-------------------3--3--3-3-3-----1-0-1-0-1-0--1-0-1-0-1/3-3--------||

G5 F5 D#5 F5

d||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
F||--2--2--2-2-2--------------------------------------------------------||
C||--2--2--2-2-2------5--5--5-5-5-----3---3---3----3---3---3/5-5--------||
G||--0--0--0-0-0------5--5--5-5-5-----3---3---3----3---3---3/5-5--------||
D||-------------------3--3--3-3-3-----1-0-1-0-1-0--1-0-1-0-1/3-3--------||

Verse - 00:32

G5 F5 D#5 F5

d||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F||-2------------------------------------------------------------------------||
C||-2------------------------5----3---3---3---3---3---3-5-5------------------||
G||-0------------------------5----3---3---3---3---3---3-5-5------------------||
D||--------------------------3----1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1/3-3------------------||

Always Feeling torn and slow, love song cull destroy poem

G5 F5 D#5 F5

d||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F||-2------------------------------------------------------------------------||
C||-2------------------------5-----3---3---3---3---3---3-5-5-----------------||
G||-0------------------------5-----3---3---3---3---3---3-5-5-----------------||
D||--------------------------3-----1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1/3-3-----------------||

Misery and trauma making love, best go shoot the fucking doves

B5 G5 F5 G5

d||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F||------5-------------------------------------------------------------------||
C||------5-----------------5-------3---3---3---3---3---3-5-5-----------------||
G||------3-----------------5-------3---3---3---3---3---3-5-5-----------------||
D||------------------------3-------1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1/3-3-----------------||

The past is so beautiful, the future like a corpse in snow

G5 F5 D#5 F5

d||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F||---2----------------------------------------------------------------------||
C||---2--------------------------5-----3---3---3---3---3---3-5-5-------------||
G||---0--------------------------5-----3---3---3---3---3---3-5-5-------------||
D||------------------------------3-----1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1/3-3-------------||

I think it's all the fucking same, it's a life sentance babe

Pre-Chorus 01:01

d||------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F||------------4-2-5--4-4-----4-2-5--4-4---4-2-5--4-4--5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5/7-7-||
C||------------2-0-5--4-4-----2-0-5--4-4---2-0-5--4-4--5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5/7-7-||
G||----------------3--2-2---------3--2-2-------3--2-2--3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3/5-5-||
D||------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

A line of vod-ka tears inside, a shot of boredom helps my mind

d||------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F||----------4-2-5--4-4-----4-2-5--4-4---4-2-5--4-4--5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5/7-7---||
C||----------2-0-5--4-4-----2-0-5--4-4---2-0-5--4-4--5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5/7-7---||
G||--------------3--2-2---------3--2-2-------3--2-2--3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3/5-5---||
D||------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

Staring through a thousabd dead eyes, I know my nerves are brutalised

Chorus - 01:18

F5 C5 A5 D5

d||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
F||--------------------7-------------4-------------------9---------------||
C||--5-----------------7-------------4-------------------9---------------||
G||--5-----------------5-------------2-------------------7---------------||
D||--3-------------------------------------------------------------------||

Lips I kiss just another plague, love can't fix the hole they made

C#5 B5 C#5 B5 A5

d||-------------------------------------------------||
A||-------------------------------------------------||
F||-----8---------5----------8---------5-------2----||
C||-----8---------5----------8---------5-------2----||
G||-----6---------3----------6---------3-------0----||
D||-------------------------------------------------||

Condemned to rock n, Condemned to rock n, roll

Lead Break - 01:32

D||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--13--13b15-12--12b(13)b12----------------------------------------------||
F||-------------------------14--14b(16)b14 12-14-12-11-12-11----11---------||
C||----------------------------------------------------------14----14--12--||
G||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F||---------------------------------------12-------------------------------||
C||-----12-----------------------------------14----------------------------||
G||--15----15-14-12-14-12-----------12h14----------------------------------||
D||-----------------------15-12-15-----------------------------------------||

Verse - 01:41

No innocent exit when hope dies,

And claustrophobia buys my mind,

I ran to breathe contagious lies,

No reason for just living life.

Ripcord opens but my soul is cold,

With you I never felt more alone,

Skin never sweating dignity,

Kept my line beneath ecstacy.

Pre-Chorus - 02:09

This fragile prison of sanity,

An ocean wave to death babe,

Masochistic love going nowhere,

You're nothing, pestilence, a seed.

Chorus - 02:24

Lips I kiss just another plague,

Love can't fix the hole they made,

Condemned to rock N', oblivian's all we know.

Break - 02:40

(Note: The open D in this part is actually played more than once in a kind of chugging manner,

but for clarity's sake I've left the extra notes out.. figure it out yourself, it's not hard)

d||----------------------------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------------------------||
F||----------------------------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------------------------------------------------------------||
D||---0---3--5-7----0---3--5-7-----0---3--5-7----0---3--5-7--------||
d||----------------------------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------------------------||
F||----------------------------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------2-3-----------2-3------------2-3-----------2-3--------||
D||---0---3---------0---3----------0---3---------0---3-------------||
d||----------------------------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------------------------||
F||----------------------------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------3-5-----------3-5------------3-5-----------3-5--------||
D||---0---3---------0---3----------0---3---------0---3-------------||
d||----------------------------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------------------------||
F||----------------------------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------2-3-----------2-3------------2-3b(5)b3-2--------------||
D||---0---3---------0---3----------0---3---------------3-----------||
d||----------------------------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------------------------||
F||----------------------------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------------------------------------------------------------||
D||---0---3--5-7----0---3--5-7-----0---3--5-7----0---3--5-7--------||
d||----------------------------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------------------------||
F||----------------------------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------2-3-----------2-3------------2-3-----------2-3--------||
D||---0---3---------0---3----------0---3---------0---3-------------||
d||----------------------------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------------------------||
F||----------------------------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------3-5-----------3-5------------3-5-----------3-5--------||
D||---0---3---------0---3----------0---3---------0---3-------------||
d||----------------------------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------------------------||
F||----------------------------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------2-3-----------2-3------------2-3b(5)b3-2--------------||
D||---0---3---------0---3----------0---3---------------3-----------||

Break - 03:09

F5 G5

d||----------------------------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------------------------||
F||--------------------2-------------------------------------------||
C||--5-----------------2-------------------------------------------||
G||--5-----------------0-------------------------------------------||
D||--3----------------------------------------0------3(b) ---------||

Lips I kiss just another plague

d||----------------------------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------------------------||
F||----------------------------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------------------------------------------------------------||
D||---0---3--5-7----0---3--5-7-----0---3--5-7----0---3--5-7--------||

F5 G5 B5 C5

d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
F||--------------------2--------------5------------------7-------------||
C||--5-----------------2--------------5------------------7-------------||
G||--5-----------------0--------------3------------------5-------------||
D||--3-----------------------------------------------------------------||

Lips I kiss just another plague, Love can't fix the hole they made

Break - 03:24

d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
F||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
C||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----5-4-2-4-2---2------------------5-4-2-4-2---2--------------------||
D||--0-----------3---3-2-0-2-3-0----0-----------3---3-2-0-2-3-0--------||
d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--2--2--2--2-3-2----2--2--2--2-3-2----------------------------------||
F||--2--2--2--2-2-2----2--2--2--2-2-2----------------------------------||
C||--2--2--2--2-2-2----2--2--2--2-2-2----------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
F||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
C||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----5-4-2-4-2---2------------------5-4-2-4-2---2--------------------||
D||--0-----------3---3-2-0-2-3-0----0-----------3---3-2-0-2-3-0--------||
d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--2--2--2--2-3-2----2--2--2--2-3-2----------------------------------||
F||--2--2--2--2-2-2----2--2--2--2-2-2----------------------------------||
C||--2--2--2--2-2-2----2--2--2--2-2-2----------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
F||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
C||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----5-4-2-4-2---2------------------5-4-2-4-2---2--------------------||
D||--0-----------3---3-2-0-2-3-0----0-----------3---3-2-0-2-3-0--------||
d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--2--2--2---------2----2--2--2--2---------2-------------------------||
F||--2--2--2---------2----2--2--2--2---------2-------------------------||
C||--0--0--0--3b(5)--0----0--0--0--0--3b(5)--0-------------------------||
G||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
F||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
C||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||----5-4-2-4-2---2------------------5-4-2-4-2---2--------------------||
D||--0-----------3---3-2-0-2-3-0----0-----------3---3-2-0-2-3-0--------||
d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
F||--------------------------------------------------------------------||

C||---------------------------------------------------------------xxxx-||

G||----5-4-2-4-2---2------------------5-4-2-4-2---2---------------xxxx-||
D||--0-----------3---3-2-0-2-3-0----0-----------3---3-2-0-2-3-0---xxxx-||

Break - 03:54

d||--------------------------------------------------||
A||---------------------5----------------------7-----||
F||--------------------------------------------------||
C||--------------------------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------------------------||
D||--0-2-3-0---0-2-3-0------0-2-3-0---0-2-3-0--------||
d||--------------------------------------------------||
A||---------------------8-----------------------10---||
F||--------------------------------------------------||
C||--------------------------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------------------------||
D||--0-2-3-0---0-2-3-0------0-2-3-0---0-2-3-0--------||
d||--------------------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------------||
F||--------------------------------------------------||
C||--------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------7\---------------------10\---||
D||--0-2-3-0---0-2-3-0------0-2-3-0---0-2-3-0--------||
d||--------------------------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------------------||
F||--------------------------------------------------------||
C||--------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------12\--------------------------------||
D||--0-2-3-0---0-2-3-0-------0-2-3-0-2-3-0-2-3-0-2-3-0-2-3-||

Break - 04:09

d||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--2-2-2-2-3-2---2-2-2-2-3-2-------4-4-4-4-5-4---4-4-4-4-5-4------||
F||--2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-------4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4------||
C||--2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-------4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4------||
G||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
D||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
d||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--5-5-5-5-6-5---5-5-5-5-6-5-------7-7-7-7-8-7---7-7-7-7-8-7------||
F||--5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-------7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7------||
C||--5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-------7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7------||
G||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
D||-----------------------------------------------------------------||

Break - 04:23

d||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
A||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
F||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
C||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--0-0-0--7-0-0--6-0-0--------------0-0-0--7-0-0--6-0-0-----------||
D||-----------------------3(b)5(b)3------------------------3(b)5(b)3||
d||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
A||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
F||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
C||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--0-0-0--7-0-0--6-0-0--------------0-0-0--7-0-0--6-0-0-----------||
D||-----------------------3(b)5(b)3------------------------3(b)5(b)3||
d||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
A||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
F||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
C||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--0-0-0--7-0-0--6-0-0--------------0-0-0--7-0-0--6-0-0-----------||
D||-----------------------3(b)5(b)3------------------------3(b)5(b)3||
d||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
A||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
F||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
C||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--0-0-0--7-0-0--6-0-0--------------0-0-0--7-0-0--6-0-0-----------||
D||-----------------------3(b)5(b)3------------------------3(b)5(b)3||

Lead Break - 04:31

d||-------------------------------------------------------||
A||--10-10------------------------------------------------||
F||--------12--10-9-10-10-----10-9-10---------------------||
C||------------------------12---------12-10-12-12-10------||
G||-------------------------------------------------------||
D||-------------------------------------------------------||
d||-------------------------------------------------------||
A||--10-10------------------------------------------------||
F||--------12--10-9-10-10-----10-9-10---------------------||
C||------------------------12---------12-10-12-12-10------||
G||-------------------------------------------------------||
D||-------------------------------------------------------||
d||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--10-10-----------------------------------------------------------------||
F||--------12--10-9-10-10-----10-9-10-----------------------------------12-||
C||------------------------12---------12-10-12-12-10--12b(13)b12p10-12--12-||
G||---------------------------------------------------------------------12-||
D||------------------------------------------------------------------------||

Break - 04:45

d||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--2-3--2-3---9-10--9-10--------12-13--12-13---------------------------||
F||--2-2--2-2---9-9---9-9---------12-12--12-12---------------------------||
C||--2-2--2-2---9-9---9-9---------12-12--12-12---------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------0-----5--4--0--5--4--0---||
D||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
d||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--2-3--2-3---9-10--9-10--------12-13--12-13---------------------------||
F||--2-2--2-2---9-9---9-9---------12-12--12-12---------------------------||
C||--2-2--2-2---9-9---9-9---------12-12--12-12---------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------0-----5--4--0--5--4--0---||
D||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
d||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--2-3--2-3-----9-10--9-10------12-13--12-13---------------------------||
F||--2-2--2-2-----9-9---9-9-------12-12--12-12---------------------------||
C||--2-2--2-2-----9-9---9-9-------12-12--12-12---------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------0-----5--4--0--5--4--0---||
D||----------------------------------------------------------------------||

Sterile like a line of piss, Mother-Fucker

d||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--2-3--2-3-----9-10--9-10--------12-13--12-13-------------------------||
F||--2-2--2-2-----9-9---9-9---------12-12--12-12-------------------------||
C||--2-2--2-2-----9-9---9-9---------12-12--12-12-------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------------0-----5--4--0--5--4--0-||
D||----------------------------------------------------------------------||

Review with avaunt guarde lips, Mother-Fucker

d||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
C||---------------------------------------------------------------------5/7-||
G||-0---5--4--0--5--4--0---0---5--4--0--5--4--0---0---5--4--0--5--4--0--5/7-||
D||---------------------------------------------------------------------3/5-||

Break - 05:23

G5 D5 C5 E5 D5 G5 D5 C5 E5 D5

d||------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||------------------------------------------------------------------||
F||-------9---7---11-9----------9---7---11-9---------9---7---11-9----||
C||---7---9---7---11-9------7---9---7---11-9-----7---9---7---11-9----||
G||---7---7---5---9--7------7---7---5---9--7-----7---7---5---9--7----||
D||---5---------------------5--------------------5-------------------||

Solo - 05:34

d||-----------------------------------------------17-----------------------------||
A||---------------------------------14h17--17b(19)---(19)b17p14----14------------||
F||--------------------14h16--14h16-----------------------------16----16h14------||
C||--------14----14h16-------------------------------------------------------16--||
G||--14h16----16-----------------------------------------------------------------||
D||------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
d||--------------------------------------------------------------17----------||
A||---------------------------14---17---12--14----------------17-----15--17--||
F||--14---13--14--------14h16--------------------------14h16-----------------||
C||---------------14h16--------------------------14h16-----------------------||
G||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
d||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--14h15p14----------------------------------------------------------------||
F||-----------16--14---16-16--(14)b12~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------||
C||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||

There's nothing I wanna see,

There nowhere I wanna go.

| x(b)y Bend from x to y (i.e. 15(b)17 - Fret 15th and bend up one whole step)

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

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