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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.
Song
Band: Manic Street Preachers
Title: Of Walking Abortion
Album: The Holy Bible
Tabbed by: grieve
Thanks to Ian and Dave Watson
Any Comments etc or if u just want to talk about the Manics E-Mail me at colin109@hotmail.com
Intro
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Riff 4 and then a hard bend on E|-5-| do this a couple of times until
you start playing Riff 5.
Riff 1: Riff 2:
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D|---------5-4----| D|-----------5-4----------| A|---7-5-7-----5--| A|-----7-5-7-----5--------| E|-5------------5-| E|-5-6-------------6-(7)--|
Riff 3: Riff 4:
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D|-----------------------| D|-----------------------| A|--3/15\3/15\3/15\3/15--| A|--1/13\1/13\1/13\1/13--| E|-----------------------| E|-----------------------|
Riff 5:
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e|----5-X-X--5-X-X-|-6-X-X--6-X-X--6BEND| B|----5-X-X--5-X-X-|-6-X-X--6-X-X--6BEND|
Verse
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Riff 1 Riff 2
Life is dead weights pendulum died
Riff 1 Riff 2
Pure or lost, spectator or crucified
Riff 1 Riff 2
Recognised truth, acedia's blackest hole
Riff 1 Riff 2
Junkies, winos, whores, this nations moral suicide
Bridge
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C5 Bb5
Riff 3 Riff 4
Loser, liar, fake-tan phoney, no-one cares
C5 Bb5 A5
Riff 3 Riff 4
Everyone is guilty, fucked-up,dunno why you poor little boy
Chorus
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Eb5 D5 C#5 C5
We are all of walking abortion
Eb5 D5 C#5 C5
Shalom, shalom, we all love our children
Eb5 D5 C#5 C5
We are all of walking abortion
Eb5 D5 C#5 C5
Shalom, shalom, there are no horizons
Verse
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Riff 1 Riff 2
Mussolini hangs from a butcher's hook
Riff 1 Riff 2
Hitler reprised in the worm of your soul
Riff 1 Riff 2
Horthy's corpse screened to a million
Riff 1 Riff 2
Tisu, revived, the horror of a bullfight
Bridge
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C5 Bb5
Riff 3 Riff 4
Fragments of uniforms, open black ruins, a moral conscience
C5 Bb5 A5
Riff 3 Riff 4
You've no wounds to show, so wash your car in your 'X' Baseball shoes
Chorus
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Eb5 D5 C#5 C5
We are all of walking abortion
Eb5 D5 C#5 C5
Shalom, shalom, we all love our children
Eb5 D5 C#5 C5
We are all of walking abortion
Eb5 D5 C#5 C5
Shalom, shalom, there are no horizons
Outro
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Riff 6 Riff 7
e------------------|---5--6--0--3---| B------------------|---5--6--0--3---| G------------------|----------------| D------------------|----------------| A---0--0--1--------|----------------| E------------0--3--|----------------|
Riff 6 Riff 6
Little people in little houses
Riff 6 Riff 6
Like maggots, small blind and worthless
Riff 6 Riff 6
The massacred innocent blood stains us all
Riff 7 Riff 7
Who's responsible - you fucking are
Riff 7 Riff 7
Who's responsible - you fucking are
Riff 7 Riff 7
Who's responsible - you fucking are
Who's responsible - you fucking are
Who's responsible
end on the "A5" at the last line
CHORDS EADGBE
A5 = x022xx
Bb5 = x133xx
C5 = x355xx
C#5 = x466xx
D5 = x577xx
Eb5 = x688xx
Slide Down = /
Slide Up = \
Bend note to pitch = (7)
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