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The Girl Who Wanted to Be God

Manic Street Preachers
Bass Tab

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Song

Manic Street Preachers

From the album "Everything Must Go"

Track 7 - The Girl Who Wanted to be God

Intro

x3

G-|--------------|-------||
D-|--------------|-------||
A-|--------------|-------||
E-|-3--3--3--3-5-|-3-3/5-||

Chorus

x3

G-|--------------------------------|-------------------------||
D-|--------------------------------|-------------------------||
A-|--------------------------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-5-||
E-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--0-|-------------------------||

Verse

x2

G-|------------------|-------------------------------------||
D-|------------------|---------------------------------5---||
A-|-3--3--3-3-0--3-5-|-6--6--6-6-3-6-/7--5--5-5--5-5h7---7-||
E-|------------------|-------------------------------------||

"Hold me, she said..."

G-|----------------------------||
D-|----------------------------||
A-|------------2---4--5------5-||
E-|-5-----0-5-------------5----||

Alternative Verse

x2

G-|-----------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------|
A-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-0-|
E-|-----------------------------|
G-|--------------------------------------------------------||
D-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
A-|--------------------------------------------------------||
E-|--------------------------------------------------------||

Alternative Chorus

x3

G-|----------------------------------|
D-|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-|
A-|----------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------|
G-|----------------------------------||
D-|----------------------------------||
A-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
E-|----------------------------------||

Outro

x3

G-|---------------------------|---------------||
D-|---------------------------|---------------||
A-|---------------------------|-3--3--5-3-5---||
E-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------3-||

Structure:

Intro x1

Chorus x2

Verse x4

Chorus x2

Verse x4

Chorus x2

"Hold me..." x1

Alt. Verse x2

Chorus x2

Alt. Chorus x1

Outro x1

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