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Stay Beautiful

Manic Street Preachers
Tab
★4.7(5)

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

Song

Manic Street Preachers - Stay Beautiful

Generation Terrorists (1992, Columbia)

Music by James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire and Sean Moore

Standard Tuning

Intro

||-------------------|------------------|
||--/7--7------------|------------------|
||--/7--7------------|------------------|
||--/7--7----4-----7-|-----5-5--5-5-5-5-|
||--/5--5----4-----7-|-----5-5--5-5-5-5-|
||---------x-2-----5-|-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|
|-------------------|------------------||
|--/7--7------------|------------------||
|--/7--7------------|------------------||
|--/7--7----4-----7-|-----5-5--5-5-5-5-||
|--/5--5----4-----7-|-----5-5--5-5-5-5-||
|---------x-2-----5-|-----3-3--3-3-3-3-||

Verse

Guitar 1

  PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
  PM----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------||
|-----------------|-----------7-7-7-|-5---------5---|-------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5---------5---|-5-----||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3---------3---|-5-----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------0-|-3-----||

Guitar 2

PM| PM| PM PM PM------------| PM| PM PM PM------|

||-----2-----2---5-|-----3-----------|-----2-----2---5-|-----3------------|
||-----3-----2---5-|-----3-----------|-----3-----2---5-|-----3------------|
||---2-------------|-----------------|---2-------------|------------------|
||-0-----0-0---0---|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----0-0---0---|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0--|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

| PM| PM| PM PM PM|

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

Bridge between verses

PM PM

|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|-/7--7------------|------------------|-/7--7------------|----------------0--||
|-/7--7------------|------------------|-/7--7------------|----------------0--||
|-/7--7----4-----7-|-----5-5--5-5-5-5-|-/7--7----4-----7-|-----5-5--5-5-5-0--||
|-/5--5----4-----7-|-----5-5--5-5-5-5-|-/5--5----4-----7-|-----5-5--5-5-5----||
|--------x-2-----5-|-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|--------x-2-----5-|-----3-3--3-3-3----||

Chorus

Guitar 1

|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------0--|
|-2-----2-2-------|-2-----2-2---2p0---|-5-----5-5-------|-5-----5-5-----0--|
|-2-----2-2-------|-2-----2-2---2p0---|-5-----5-5-------|-5-----5-5-----0--|
|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0---0p0---|-3-----3-3-------|-3-----3-3--------|
|---------------|----------------------------|
|-7--7--7-7-7-7-|-7--10b12--10b12r10~~~~-----|
|-7--7--7-7-7-7-|-7---9b11---9b11r9~~~~------|
|-7--7--7-7-7-7-|-7--------------------------|
|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-5--------------------------|
|---------------|----------------------------|

Guitar 2

| PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-8-8-7---8-8-7---|-8-8-7---8-8-7-----|-8-8-7---8-8-7---|-8-8-7---8-8-7----|
|-------9-------9-|-------9--------9--|-------9-------9-|-------9-------9--|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------------------------|
|-7--7--7-7-7-7-|-7--------------------------|
|-7--7--7-7-7-7-|-7--------------------------|
|-7--7--7-7-7-7-|-7--------------------------|
|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-5--------------------------|
|---------------|----------------------------|

Third guitar on second time the "don't wanna see your face" part is repeated in the chorus

|-2-------2-------|-2-------2---------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2---------|
|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3----3--|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3-------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----0-------0---|-----0-------/4----|
|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2-----|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|

Bridge between choruses, both guitars

|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-2-------------2-|-----------2-------|
|-0-------------0-|-----------0-------|
|----3--2h3-------|-----3-2h3---3-2p0-|

Guitar Solo

Guitar 1

|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--3---3--------3--3----3-|-------3--3----3-----------3--3-3-3--|
|--3---3--------3--3----3-|-------3--3----3-----------3--3-3-3--|
|--1---1--------1--1-0--1-|-------1--1----1-----------1--1-1-1--|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--5-5--5--5-----5--5-5--5-|---5----5-----5-----5-----5----5--5----|
|--5-5--5--5-----5--5-5--5-|---5----5-----5-----5-----5----5--5----|
|--3-3--3--3-----3--3-3--3-|---3----3-----3-----3-----3----3--3----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--3---3--------3--3----3-|-------3--3----3-----------3--3-3-3--|
|--3---3--------3--3----3-|-------3--3----3-----------3--3-3-3--|
|--1---1--------1--1-0--1-|-------1--1----1-----------1--1-1-1--|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-7-----7-----7------------|-----------------------------------|
|-7-----7-----7-------5----|---------5--5-5----5---5---5-------|
|-5-----5-----4-------5----|---------5--5-5----5---5---5-------|
|-------------------0-3----|---------3--3-3----3---3---3---0---|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-5-----5-----5------------2-|------2-2-2-2----2--2------2-|
|-5-----5-----5------------2-|------2-2-2-2----2--2------2-|
|-3-----3-----2----------0-0-|------0-0-0-0----0--0------0-|

Repeat last 4 bars twice

Guitar 2 |pre-bend

|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----12-12-12-12------12-|-------------------------------------|
|-10--12-12-12-12-10---12-|------10-12b14---------14r12-10------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------12-12-12-12------12-|----------------13h15-15b17r~~13-10-|
|-10---12-12-12-12-10---12-|----------12h14---------------------|
|--------------------------|----12h15---------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------------|

|hold bend

|----------------------------|
|-----12-12-12-12------------|
|-10--12-12-12-12-10---12b14-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|

hold note|------------

|--------------------------|---------7-------------------------|
|-7-----7-----7-------7----|(7)----------10-7h10p7-------------|
|-9b11--9b11--9b11--x-9b11-|-9b11r9------------p7-------7h9----|
|--------------------------|-------------------------9-9-x-----|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|pre-bend

|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-7-----7--------------------|-----10---7-8b10--------10r7-|
|-9b11--9b11--9b11r9p7-------|--------9--------------------|
|------------------------9-9-|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|

|pre-bend

|-----------------------------9b10-|-9-9-b107----------------------------------|
|-7-----7-----7--------------------|------------10b12-12r10rb12r8-8-------------|
|-9b11--9b11--9b11--9b11rx---------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-10b12r10b127-10p7---7-10p7-----------------|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------9--------9p7-9p7---7-|--9p7--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------9---|------9p7-9p7---7-9p7-------7--------||
|---------------------------------------------|--------------9-------9p7-9---9p7----||
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||

Outro

Both guitars

||---------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------||
||---------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------||
||--7--7--7------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------||
||--7--7--7----5-|-----5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5---5--5----2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
||--5--5--4----5-|-----5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5---5--5----2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
||-----------0-3-|-----3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|--3---3--2--0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|| repeat last 4 bars

Outro 2

guitar 1

|---------------------------------|
|-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-|
|-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-|
|-5-x-x-x-5-x-x-x-5-x-x-x-5-x-x-x-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

hold chord

|-2--------------|
|-3--------------|
|-2--------------|
|-0--------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|

Guitar 2

|---------------------------------|
|-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-|
|-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-|
|-5-x-x-x-5-x-x-x-5-x-x-x-5-x-x-x-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|----------------|------------------|------------------|--------------||
|-7--------------|------------------|------------------|--------------||
|-7--------------|------------7-----|--------7---------|-----7--------||
|-7--------------|--9p7-------7-9p7-|--------7-9p7-----|-----7--------||
|----------------|------9p7-9-------|--9p7-9-------9p7-|--9-----------||
|----------------|------------------|------------------|--------------||

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