Manic Street Preachers - The Convalescent guitar tab
Band: Manic Street Preachers
Album: Know Your Enemy
Song: The Convalescent
Year: 2001
Versions: 2
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The Convalescent
(Wire/Bradfield/Moore)
Transcribed by Daniel Bamsey (drbams@yahoo.com)
standard tuning (eadgbe)
Chords:
Em Esus2 D Am Asus2
-7----7------2---5-0---5-0-----------
-8----7---7--3---5-1---5-0-----------
-9----9---7--2---5-2---5-2-----------
-9----9---7--0---7-2---9-2-----------
-7----7---5------7-0---7-0-----------
-----------------5-----5-------------
F E Am7 D7 F G G# C C7
----------0---2---1-------4---0---0---
-10--9----1---1---1-------4---1---1---
-10--9----0---2---2---4---8---0---3---
-10--9----2---0---3---5---6---2---2---
-8---7----0-------3---5---6---3---3---
------------------1---3---4-----------
INTRO: Em RIFF A x2
Em
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-/7-7-7---5-7--------------------||
--------8-----8--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
Am
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-/7-7-7---5-7---/8-8-8-8-8-8-8---||x2
--------8-----8------------------||
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Verse:
Em Esus2 Em Esus2 D
---7--7---7-7-----7-7---|---7--7---7-7-----7----
---8--8---7-7-----7-7---|---8--8---7-7-----7--7-
---9--9---9-9-----9-9---|---9--9---9-9-----9--7-
-9-9--9---9-9--9--9-9---|-9-9--9---9-9--9--9--7-
-7-------------7--------|-7-------------7-------
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Am Asus2 Am Asus2
---0--0---0-0-----0-0---|---0--0---0-0-----0-0-
---1--1---0-0-----0-0---|---1--1---0-0-----0-0-
---2--2---2-2-----2-2---|---2--2---2-2-----2-2-
-2-2--2---2-2--2--2-2---|-2-2--2---2-2--2--2-2-
-0-------------0--------|-0-0-----------0------
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repeat verse x2
Pre-chorus: F E Am7
D7 x2
F E Am (let ring)
D (let ring) RIFF B
RIFF B (Bass arr for guitar)
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-5-4-2--0-2-4--
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Chorus: C C7 Am F
F G G# C C7
Am D(with RIFF C x2)
RIFF C
D l.r
-2-------10-(10)--10-10-10-10-||
-3-------10-(10)--10-10-10-10-||
-2-------12bu14---------------||
-0----------------------------||
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in 3rd verse play RIFF D over chords
RIFF D
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-/12-10------------------|| ---------------------||
--------12-11-9/7-7/9--9-||x2 -7/9-/11-11/12-12/14-||
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x2
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-/12~~~~---12/15--12~~~~~~-||
-12-10----------------||
---------------------------||x2-------12-11-9/7-7/9-9||
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x2
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-5-(5)-\--
-7bu9--\--
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Outro: Em D C Am
with crescendo of the following riffs over above
chords
(in E minor: E F# G A B C D E) just ad lib it sounds
just as good
RIFF E
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-11--11--11-11-11-11-11-11-9/11/12-11\9---||
-x---x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x--x--x--x---|| x4
-9---9---9--9--9--9--9--9--7/9-/10-9-\7---||
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-4-4-4---2-2-2--0-0-0------------||
-----------------------4-4--2--4-|| x2
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-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-|| x2
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RIFF F
l.r l.r
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-12-(12)-----12-(12)------||
-14bu16------14bu16-------||
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hold and repick
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-8---(8)-(8--8--8--8-)-----||
-10bu12--(12-12-12-12)-----|| x2
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hold and repick
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-7--(7)---5-(5)-(5--5--5--5-)---||
-9bu11----7bu9--(9--9--9--9-)---|| x2
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RIFF G
Am l.r
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-7--(7)-----------|| -1------
-9bu11------------|| x12 -2------
-----------2bu4---|| -2------
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End on Em
("Scream until the war is over")
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The Convalesent - Tabbed by Dezfriel
Em-x79977
Am-577555
F-133xx
A-577655
A#-68866
D-x57755
C-x355x
G#-466xx
intro/verse-- Em Am
Bridge/Chrous-F G# A Dx3 A D, C A# A D, G# C A#,A D A D
outro- Em D,Am D
