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The Intense Humming of Evil

Manic Street Preachers
Bass Tab

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

Song

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THE INTENSE HUMMING OF EVIL - Manic Street Preachers

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Tuning: EADG

(with distortion)

Verse

G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------| x 12
E|0---------------|1---------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------| x 4
E|0-----0---0---0-|1-----1---1---1-|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|2-----2---2---2-|3-----3---3---3-|4-----4---4---4-|5-----5---5---5-|6-----6---6---6-|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|7-----7---7---7-|8-----8---8---8-|9---------------|

Chorus- no bass

Repeat verse

Chorus

"Drink it away..." Bridge

G|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D|------------0-3-|--3---0-3---3----|------------0-3-|--3---0-3---3----|
A|------0-2-3-----|-----------------|------0-2-3-----|-----------------| x 4
E|0-2-3-----------|-----------------|0-2-3-----------|-----------------|

Guitar solo

G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|0-------------0-|3-------------3-| x 4
E|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|                         |----------------|-----------|
D|---[PlmMute]----|---[PlmMute]----|                         |----------------|-----------|
A|0---0-0-0-0-0---|3---3-3-3-3-3---| x 8 On last repeat play:|0-------------0-|3----------|
E|----------------|----------------|                         |----------------|-----------|

Outro

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|2-----2---2---2-|3-----3---3---3-|4-----4---4---4-|5-----5---5---5-|6-----6---6---6-|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------| x 2
E|7-----7---7---7-|8-----8---8---8-|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|2---------------|

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

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