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Song

Guitar Tab "Mausoleum"-by Manic Street Preachers

Tabbed By Michael Houston

This is a pretty easy song to play as it consists totally of powerchords. Enjoy!

Synthesised Intro Plays x3 before Guitar Enters

Guitar Intro and Verse

	E--------------------|
	A--------------------|
	D--------------------|
	G--------------6-9-6-|
	B-5-5--5-5--5--4-7-4-|
	E-3-3--3-3--3--------|

Chorus: "Regained your self control......"

(play x4)

       E---------------------|
    B------------------------|
    G------------------------|
    D-6---6-6--6---6--6------|
    A-6---6-6--6---6--6------|
    E-4---4-4--4---4--4------|

(play x4)

	E-------------------|
	B-------------------|
	G-------------------|
	D-4---4-4--4---4--4-|
	A-4---4-4--4---4--4-|
	E-2---2-2--2---2--2-|

(Play x4)

	E-------------------|
	B-------------------|
	G-------------------|
	D-2---2-2--2---2--2-|
	A-2---2-2--2---2--2-|
	E-0---0-0--0---0--0-|
	E-----------------|
	B-----------------|
	G-----------------|
	D-2-4-2-4-2-4-2-4-|
	A-2-4-2-4-2-4-2-4-|
	E-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-|

"No Birds, no birds...." part:

The chords are D#5, C#5 and C5, listen to song to work out the timings etc.

Spoken Part: "I wanted to rub the human face in its own vomit..."

	E----------|
	B----------|
	G----------|
	D----6-9-6-|
	A-5--4-7-4-|
	E-3--------|

"And life can be as important as death...":

	E--------------------------------------------|
	B--------------------------------------------|
	G--------------------------------------------|
	D-4--6--6-6--4--6--6-6--4----------4---------|
	A-2--4--4-4--2--4--4-4--2--6--6-6--2--6--6-6-|
	E--------------------------4--4-4-----4--4-4-|

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