Author: Manic Street Preachers
Title: ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit'sworlwouldfallapart
by Neill Turner
Intro:
w/distortion
Play Four Times
e --------------------------------------
b --------------------------------------
g -----------------------------9----11--
d ----------------9----11---------------
a ---9----11----------------------------
e --------------------------------------
Verse:
Riff 1
w/rev. & delay
e ----------------------------------
b ----------------------------------
g -------------------0--------------
d ---------------6-------6-------6--
a -----------7---------------7------
e ---0---0--------------------------
Riff 1 X 4
Riff 1 Riff 1
Images of perfection, suntan and na____palm
Riff 1 Riff 1
Grenada, Haiti, Poland, Nicaragua
Riff 1 Riff 1
Who shall we choose for our morality?
Riff 1 Riff 1
I'm thinking right now of a holywood tragedy
Riff 1 Riff 1
Big mac, Smack,Phoenix R; Please smile y'all
Riff 1 Riff 1
Cuba, Mexico can't cauterize our discipline
Riff 1 Riff 1
Your idols speak so much of the abyss
Riff 1 Riff 1
Yet your morals only run as deep as the surface
e ---------------------------------------------------
b ---------------------------------------------------
g ---9--9--9--9-------9-9-9-9--9-------9-9-9-9--9----
d ---x--x--x--x-------x-x-x-x--x-------x-x-x-x--x----
a ---7--7--7--7-------7-7-7-7--7-------7-7-7-7--7----
e ---------------------------------------------------
Bridge:
w/heavy dist.
C#5 - X466XX A5 - X022XX E5 - 022XXX B5 - X244XX C5 - X355XX
C#5 A5 E5 B5 C5 C#5
Cool, groovy morning fine. Tipper Gore was a friend of mine
A5 E5 B5
I love a free country Stars and stripes and an apple for mommy.
Chorus:
w/dist.
e -----------------------------------------------------------------
b -----------------------------------------------------------------
g --9--9---------9-------11--------13--13---------13-----------14--
d --x--x---------x--------x--------x----x----------x------------x--
a --7--7---------7--------9--------11--11---------11-----------12--
e --0--0------0--0--------0--------0----0-------0--0--------0------
e ------------------------------------------------------------------
b ------------------------------------------------------------------
g -13-13--------13------11-------9--9-----------9----------11-11-11-
d --x--x---------x-------x-------x--x-----------x----------x---x--x-
a -11-11--------11-------9-------7--7-----------7----------7---9--9-
e --0--0------0--0-------0-------0--0--------0--0-----0--------0--0-
e -------------------------------------------------------------------
b -------------------------------------------------------------------
g ----11--------9-------7-11--------9--9----------9-----------9--6-4-
d -----x--------x-------x--x--------x--x----------x-----------x--x-x-
a -----9--------7-------5--9--------7--7----------7-----------7--4-2-
e --0--0--------0-------0--0--------0--0-------0--0--------0--0--0-0-
e --------------------------
b --------------------------
g ---5--5--5--5--5--5--5\\\
d ---x--x--x--x--x--x--x\\\--
a ---3--3--3--3--3--3--3\\\-
e ---------------------------
Outro:
w/dist. & phaser
*palm mute the open E string
e -----------------------------------------------------------------
b -----------------------------------------------------------------
g --2-------0-------9--------------6---------------7-------------2-
d --2-------0-------9--------------6---------------7-------------2-
a --0---------------7--------------4---------------5-------------0-
e ----------------------------0-------------0--------------0-------
e -----------------------------------
b -----------------------------------
g ------------------------4----------
d -------5----------------4----------
a -------5----------------2----------
e --0----3--------0--------------0---
Solo:
w/dist.
Pm ------------------------------------
e -----------------------------------------------------------------
b ----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----12-------9-------10-------
g --------------------------------------------14b16---11b13--12b14-
d -----------------------------------------------------------------
a -----------------------------------------------------------------
e -----------------------------------------------------------------
e ----------------------
b --5-------3-------7---
g --7b9---- 5b7----9b11-
d ----------------------
a ----------------------
e ----------------------
e -------------------------------------------------------------------------
b -12h15po12----12---------------------------------------------------------
g --------------14------14---12h14po12-----12------------------------------
d -----------------------------------------14------14---12-------12h14po12-
a ------------------------------------------------------------14-----------
e -------------------------------------------------------------------------
e -----------------------------------------
b -----------------------------------------
g ---12h14po12-----12h14po12-----12--14b16-
d ----------------14--------------14-------
a -----------------------------------------
e -----------------------------------------
After the solo, play this riff over the intro riff over the *fuck the brady bill* bit
e -------------------------
b -------------------------
g -------------------------
d -------------------2---4-
a -----------2---4---------
e ---2---4-----------------
Finish on D5 - X577XX