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Small Black Flowers That Grow in the Sky

Manic Street Preachers
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4.5(4)

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Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 15:44:16 -0500 (EST)

From: C0rdr0y@aol.com

Subject: tab small black flowers that grow in the sky by manic street preachers

Small Black Flowers that grow in the sky-Manic street Preachers

track 6-everything must go

****tuning is DGDGBD**************

CHORDS:

Dm9-0(10)09xx

Gadd4-x0(10)0(12)x

G-x0(12)0(12)x

Gsus2-x0(12)0(10)x

G(2)-x00000

Em7-240000

Dadd4-0240xx

Csus2-(10)(12)00xx

Bmaddb6-9(11)00xx

Bb6-8(10)00xx

INTRO/VERSE(timing is 16/16)

58 beats a minute

Dm9 Gadd4 G Gsus2

D I---------------------------------I----------------------------I

B I---------------------------------I-----12-------12----10------I
G I-----9-------9-------9-----------I----0--0-----0--0-----0-----I
D I----0-0-----0-0-----0-0----------I--10----10-12----12----12---I
G I--10---10-10---10-10---10--10--0-I-0--------0--------------0--I
D I-0-------0-------0-------0---0---I----------------------------I

You have your ve____ry own Num____ber e.t.c

CHORUS:

G(2) Em7

D I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I
B I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I
G I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I
D I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I
G I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-I
D I-----------------------------I-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-I

Wan___na get oyt wont miss you Sen____sa around to

G(2) Em7

D I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I
B I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I
G I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I
D I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I
G I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-I
D I-----------------------------I-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-I

Carry your own dead to swing your tyre tricks

Dadd4 Csus2

D I------------------------I-------------------------------I

B I------------------------I-------------------------------I

G I-----0-------0----------I-------0----------0------------I
D I----4--4----4--4--------I-----0---0------0--12----------I
G I---2----2--2----2--2--0-I---12-----12--12-----12---12---I
D I-0------0--------0--0---I-10---------10---------10---10-I

Wanna Get out__here youre bred dead quick,

Bmaddb6 Bb6

D I------------------------------I-------------------------------I

B I------------------------------I-------------------------------I

G I-------0---------0------------I------0---------0--------------I
D I-----0---0-----0---0----------I-----0--0------0--0------------I
G I--11------11-11------11--11---I--10-----10--10-----10--10--10-I
D I-9----------9-----------9---9-I-8----------8----------8---8---I

For the outside_the small black flowers the grow in the sky_

Bb6

D I----------------------------------I

B I----------------------------------I

G I-------0----------0---------------I
D I-----0---0------0---0-------------I
G I---10-----10--10-----10---10--10--I
D I-8----------8-----------8----8----I

OUTRO:

Dm9 Gadd4 G Gsus2

D

I----------------------------------------I---------------------------------I

B

I----------------------------------------I-------12---------12----10-------I

G

I-------9---------9---------9------------I-----0----0------0--0------0-----I

D

I-----0--0------0--0------0--0-----------I---10------10--12----12-----12---I

G

I--10-----10--10----10--10-----10--10--0-I-0-----------0----------------0--I

D

I-0---------0----------0----------0---0--I---------------------------------I

Here chew__ing your tail is Joy_______

Gsus2

D I--0-------------------------I
B I--10------------------------I
G I--0-------------------------I
D I--12------------------------I
G I--0-------------------------I

D I----------------------------I

SONG STRUCTURE:

VERSE*6

CHORUS

VERSE*5

CHORUS

OUTRO

LYRICS(ONES WHICH ARE NOT SHOWN CLEARLY):

VERSE1:

YOU HAVE YOUR VERY OWN NUMBER,

THEY DRESS YOUR CAGE IN ITS NATURE,

ONCE YOU ROARED NOW YOU JUST GRUNT LAME,

PACE AROUND YOUR PATHETIC POUND GAMES

VERSE2:

THEY DRAG STICKS ALONG YOUR WALLS,

HARVEST YOUR OVARIES DEAD MOTHERS CRAWL

HERE COMES WARDEN CHRIST TEMPLE ELDERS

ENVIORENMENT NOT YOURS YOU SEE THROUGH IT ALL.

this should be a very accurate tab, for any others off this album or

correction/comments/suggestions/anything mail me at

c0rdr0y@aol.com

John Morris

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