Gold Against the Soul

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Song

Band:Manic Street Preachers

Song:Gold Against The Soul

Tabbed by:SLAUGHTER

Tuning:EADGBE

INTRO

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-0-12-0-0-11-0-0-10-0-0-9-0-0-8-0-0-7-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-4-0-0-3^2---
----------------------------------------------------------------3-

x4 (2 gtr. doubles

after 1)

MAIN RIFF

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---7-5---5---5-5---5-7---7-5---5---5-5---7-(8)-(7)-5-
-------7---7-----7-----------7---7-----7-------------
-5---------------------5-----------------------------

VERSE

w/slide

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-/10--------------\-/12---------------/14------------\--

--------------------------------Seperate-guitar-plays---

--------------------------------main-riff-once----------

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Somebody told me to vote conservative,

Tragedy is not known under this dimmest of lights,

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-/10--------------\-/12---------------/14-----\---------

-/10--------------\-/12---------------/14-----\-6/7-6---
--------------------------------Seperate-guitar-plays-7-

--------------------------------main-riff-once----------

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Everybody feels sick by the courtesy of dismay,

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-/10--------------\-/12---------------

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Was I schooled without direction.

CHORUS

clean w/slight delay

(this is only just audible, and sounds more minor than

it is, because of the bass)

-----------------------------------------------------------------

---------0-----------3---------------1-------------------0-------
-----2-----2-------------0---------------0---0-------2-----2-----
---2---2-----2-----4---4---4-------2---2---2---2---2---2-----2---
-0-------------0-5-----------5---3---------------0-------------0-
-------------------------------5---------------------------------

Gold against the soul,

Rock 'n' roll has a conscience,

It supplies convenience,

---------------------------------

---------0-----------3-----------
-----2-----2-------------0-------
---2---2-----2-----4---4---4-----
-0-------------0-5-----------5---
-------------------------------5-

Gold against

Against the soul,

Against the soul.

MAIN RIFF x2 (this time with wah completely pulled

back, and whammy/pitchshifter set

to harmonize 1 octave up)

VERSE

Close the pits sanctify Roy Link an OBE,

Shareholding a piece of this fucking country,

Fossilize make Yorkshire into a tourist resort,

And dream of new ways to humble the poor.

CHORUS

Gold against the soul,

White liberal hate slavery,

Needs Thai labour to clean his home,

Gold erodes,

Erodes the soul,

Erodes the soul.

MAIN RIFF x2 (for 2nd time, change whammy/pitchshifter

to harmonize 2 octaves higher)

MIDDLE

(just distortion-fuck the other effects)

--------------------------------

------8-------------------------
--------7-----------------------
----------7-(8)-(7)-----5^7^5---
-6--6-------------------------7-

-------------------------------- x4

1,000 marlboro deaths ignored every day,

And who gives a shit about sexuality.

Repeat middle riff again x3

At the same time another goes....

--------------------------------

-7--7(8)-(7)-5--7--(8)--(7)~~~~-

--------------------------------

-------------------------------- x2

and the goes....

----------------------------------------

-19--19(20)-(19)-17--19--(20)--(19)~~~~-

----------------------------------------

---------------------------------------- x1

Back to 1st gtr....

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------8-------------8-------------8-------------Other gtr. plays
--------7-------------7-------------7-----------appropriate 19th fret
----------7-(8)-(7)-----7-(8)-(7)-----7-(8)-(7)-bends....
-6--6-------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------

CHORUS

Gold against the soul,

Working class cliches start here,

Either cloth caps or smack victims,

Gold destroyed,

Destroyed the soul,

Destroyed the soul.

MAIN RIFF x2

Over riff x1 + 1/2

-------------------------------14----------------------14-------------------14------xx-
----12-13-12-13-12-------12-13----13-12----------12-13----13-12-------12-13----13~~-xx-
-14----------------14-14----------------14-12-14----------------14-14------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-14-12-------------14-12-------------------
-------13-12-------------13-12-------------
-------------14-12-------------14-12-14-12-

-------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

-7-(9)-(7)~~~~5-7-5---5-7-5-7-7-(9)-7-(9)-7~~~~5-7-5---5\-
--------------------7--------------------------------7----

----------------------------------------------------------

[[G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5

]]

[[------------------------------------------------------------]]

[[------------------------------------------------------------]]Repeat between

[[-------2-2---2-------2-2---2-------2-2----------------------]]brackets 4 times.
[[-------2-2---2-------2-2---2-------2-2----------------------]]
[[-------0-0---0-------0-0---0-------0-0---0-10-0-9-0-5-4-----]]
[[-3-(4)---------3-(4)---------3-(4)----------------------5-3-]]

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-3--(5)-------------------------------------------------------

|Seperate guitar, w/slide

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-2-/3-/4-/5-/6-/7-/8-/9-/10-/11-/12-/13-/14---------------\---
-2-/3-/4-/5-/6-/7-/8-/9-/10-/11-/12-/13-/14---------------\---

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That's it. What a song!

Anyway if ya wanna email about anything you want

please do, or maybe

something's confused you in this tab, as some of it is

complicated.

s_laughter_uk@yahoo.co.uk

Please visit my website!

www.homestead.com/slaughtertabs

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