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Symphony of Tourette

Manic Street Preachers
Tab

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

INTRO

Riff 2 Riff 1 x3 Riff 2

VERSE 1

Riff 1 x4

Stutter stutter says the little boy

Riff 1 x3 Riff 1

I wanna blow a hole in my head

Riff 3 x2

I swear what this world wants to hear

Riff 3 x2

Trapped in what we know as truth syndrome

Riff 1 x2 Riff 4 x2

Stutter stutter silence no friend

CHORUS

A5 D5

Children can be cruel she said

A5 D5

So i smashed her in the fucking head

A5 D5

Sorry dear that's the nature of tourette

[VERSE 2] (same as verse 1)

Stutter stutter nothing else but me

I twitch and turn while underneath

My contemporaries are so in control

Fuck you fuck you i grunt and groan

Stutter stutter can't keep it no more

REPEAT CHORUS

SOLO

Guitar 1

e||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||--/19v-(19)\-17v-15-15-15p14------------------------------------15--------|
G||-------------------------------------------------------------------14-b16-|
D||------------------------------------------17--16-16\-14--16\-14-----------|
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e||---------------------------------------10--9-7----------------------------|
B||--7---7---7---7-----------------------------------------------------------|
G||----9b--9b--9b--9p7h9p7-7--5-----9b11-------------------------------------|
D||------------------------------5-------------------------12-11-------12b14-|
A||------------------------------------------------7/10----------7/10--------|
D||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (plays this under the solo of guitar 1)

e||-----------------------------|
B||-----------------------------|
G||-----------------------------|
D||-----------------------------|
A||-9----9----8---7--6--5--2--5-|
D||-9---------------------------|

VERSE 3

Riff 1x4

Stutter stutter are your eyes closed

Riff 1 x4

You know a hole through which you can fall

Riff 3 x2

But i can't even be bothered to hang on

Riff 3 x2

When you're this numb news don't register

Riff 3 x2 Riff 5 x2 Riff 1x3

I just opened my eyes

OUTRO

e||-----------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------|
G||-----------------------------------|
D||-----------------------------------|
A||-3-3--5-5--7--9-3-3--5-5--7--9--3--|
D||-3-3--5-5--7--9-3-3--5-5--7--9--3--|

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