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Manic Street Preachers is an alternative rock band from Blackwood, Wales, formed in 1986. Often referred to as "the Manics", they are James Dean Bradfield (vocals, guitars), Nicky Wire (bass, occasional vocals) and Sean Moore (drums, backing vocals, occasional trumpet). The band were originally a quartet: lyricist and rhythm guitarist Richey Edwards mysteriously vanished on 1 February 1995. He was declared presumed deceased in November 2008.
The Manics released their debut album Generation Terrorists in 1992.
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- Can't Take My Eyes Off You
- I'm Just A Patsy
- If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
- Indian Summer
- Ocean Spray
- Suicide Is Painless
- Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
- 1404
- 1985
- 3 Ways To See Despair
- 30 Year War
- 4St 7Lb
- A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun
- A Design For Life
- Always Never
- Anthem For A Lost Cause
- As Holy As The Soil That Buries Your Skin
- Australia
- Auto Intoxication
- Behave Yourself Baby
- Black Dog On My Shoulder
- Black Square
- Blackpool Pier
- Born A Girl
- Born To End
- Builder Of Routines
- Cant Take My Eyes Off You
- Cardiff Afterlife
- Design For Life
- Didnt My Lord Deliver Daniel
- Distant Colours
- Divine Youth
- Dont Be Evil
- Door To The River
- Doors Closing Slowly
- Dylan Caitlin
- Emily
- Europa Geht Durch Mich
- Everything Must Go
- Facing Page Top Left
- Faster
- Fearless Punk Ballad
- Firefight
- From Despair To Where
- Further Away
- Futurology
- Glasnost
- Golden Platitudes
- Hazelton Avenue
- His Last Painting
- Hold Me Like A Heaven
- I Live To Fall Asleep
- I Think Ive Found It
- If You Tolerate This
- If You Tolerate This Your Children Will
- Im Just A Patsy
- In Eternity
- International Blue
- Its Not War Just The End Of Love
- Jackie Collins Existential Question Time
- La Tristesse Durera
- Last Christmas
- Let Robeson Sing
- Let Robseon Sing
- Leviathan
- Life Becoming A Landslide
- Little Baby Nothing
- Liverpool Revisited
- Masses Against The Classes
- Methadone Pretty
- Motorcycle Emptiness
- My Little Empire
- New Art Riot
- Next Jet To Leave Moscow
- No Surface All Feeling
- P C P
- Peeled Apples
- People Give In
- Picturesque
- Postcards From A Young Man
- R P Mcmurphy
- Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head
- Ready For Drowning
- Removables
- Rendition
- Revol
- Rewind The Film
- She Bathed Herself In A Bath Of Bleach
- She Is Suffering
- Show Me The Wonder
- So Why So Sad
- Solitude Sometimes Is
- Some Kind Of Nothingness
- Strip It Down
- The Descent Pages 1 2
- The Everlasting
- The Next Jet To Leave Moscow
- The Second Great Depression
- Theme From Mash Suicide Is Painless
- This Is The Day
- This Is Yesterday
- This Joke Sport Severed
- This Sullen Welsh Heart
- Together Stronger
- Tsunami
- Virginia State Epileptic Colony
- Walk Me To The Bridge
- Wattsville Blues
- Why So Sad
- Williams Last Words
- You Stole The Sun From My Heart
- Youre Tender And Youre Tired
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From: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 12:29:34 -0500 (EST)
Subject: TAB:Elvis Impersonator: blackpool pier by the manic street preachers
Chords:-
Gmaj7/B-x2403x
Gmaj7/C-x3403x
Dsus2-xx0230
F-133211
Am-x02210
Bb-688766
C#-x4666x
Ab-466544
C-8(10)(10)988
C(2)-x3555x
A-x02220
A5-x022xx
D-x5777x
C#m-x46654
F#5-244xxx
Bm-x24432
C#m7-x46454
C#7-x46464
Intro:-
Gmaj7/B
Gmaj7/B Gmaj7/C
Twenty foot high on blackpool promenade
Dsus2 Em
fake royalty second hand sequin facade
F Am
Limited face paint
Bb C#
And Dyed black quiff
Ab C
Overweight and out of date
Gmaj7/B Gmaj7/C
Twenty foot high on blackpool promenade
Dsus2 Em
fake royalty second hand sequin facade
F Am
Limited face paint
Bb C#
And Dyed black quiff
Ab C(2) A(strum these two chords once)
Overweight and out of date
A5 D C#m F#5
American trilogy in Lancashire pottery
A5 D C#m F#5
American trilogy in Lancashire pottery
Bm F#5
Its so fucking funny dont you know
Bm C#m7 C#7
Its so fucking funny dont you know
A5 D C#m F#5
All American trilogy in used up cars and bottled beer
A5 D C#m F#5
All American trilogy the futures dead fundamentally
Bm F#5
Its so fucking funny its absurd
Bm C#m7 C#7
Its so fucking funny its absurd
Solo:-
A5 D
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I
B I----------------------------I----------------------------I
G I----------------------------I----------------------------I
D I----------------------------I-0-2--2b3r2----0----2h4-----I
A I-0-2--2b3r2----0---2h4------I----------------------------I
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I
C#m F#5
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I
B I----------------------------I----------------------------I
G I------4--4h6---4------------I----------------------------I
D I----6---------------6---4---I4-----4s11-------------7----I
A I-4--------------------------I------------0--0-7h9--------I
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I
A5 D
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I
B I----------------------------I----------------------------I
G I----------------------------I-7---9--9b10r9--7----9s4----I
D I-7--9--9b10r----7---9h11----I--------------------------6-I
A I----------------------------I----------------------------I
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I
C#m F#5
E I-----------------------------------I----------------------------I
B I-----------------------------------I----------------------------I
G I8h9-8---8--------------------------I----------------------------I
D I-----11--11-9--9---9-11-11b12-11-9-I-11---11---11---11s4--------I
A I-------------11-9h11---------------I------------------------0---I
E I-----------------------------------I----------------------------I
then:-
|Bm |F#5 |Bm |C#m7 |C#7 |
C#m7(strum once) C#m7(strum once)
Twenty foot high on blackpool promenade
Note:-After all of the C#m7 and C#7 you strum once and pick the bottom 3
strings twice(i.e strum-1-2-3-1-2-3)
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
#
From: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 12:29:34 -0500 (EST)
Subject: TAB:Elvis Impersonator: blackpool pier by the manic street preachers
Chords:-
Gmaj7/B-x2403x
Gmaj7/C-x3403x
Dsus2-xx0230
F-133211
Am-x02210
Bb-688766
C#-x4666x
Ab-466544
C-8(10)(10)988
C(2)-x3555x
A-x02220
A5-x022xx
D-x5777x
C#m-x46654
F#5-244xxx
Bm-x24432
C#m7-x46454
C#7-x46464
Intro:-
Gmaj7/B
Gmaj7/B Gmaj7/C
Twenty foot high on blackpool promenade
Dsus2 Em
fake royalty second hand sequin facade
F Am
Limited face paint
Bb C#
And Dyed black quiff
Ab C
Overweight and out of date
Gmaj7/B Gmaj7/C
Twenty foot high on blackpool promenade
Dsus2 Em
fake royalty second hand sequin facade
F Am
Limited face paint
Bb C#
And Dyed black quiff
Ab C(2) A(strum these two chords once)
Overweight and out of date
A5 D C#m F#5
American trilogy in Lancashire pottery
A5 D C#m F#5
American trilogy in Lancashire pottery
Bm F#5
Its so fucking funny dont you know
Bm C#m7 C#7
Its so fucking funny dont you know
A5 D C#m F#5
All American trilogy in used up cars and bottled beer
A5 D C#m F#5
All American trilogy the futures dead fundamentally
Bm F#5
Its so fucking funny its absurd
Bm C#m7 C#7
Its so fucking funny its absurd
Solo:-
A5 D
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I
B I----------------------------I----------------------------I
G I----------------------------I----------------------------I
D I----------------------------I-0-2--2b3r2----0----2h4-----I
A I-0-2--2b3r2----0---2h4------I----------------------------I
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I
C#m F#5
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I
B I----------------------------I----------------------------I
G I------4--4h6---4------------I----------------------------I
D I----6---------------6---4---I4-----4s11-------------7----I
A I-4--------------------------I------------0--0-7h9--------I
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I
A5 D
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I
B I----------------------------I----------------------------I
G I----------------------------I-7---9--9b10r9--7----9s4----I
D I-7--9--9b10r----7---9h11----I--------------------------6-I
A I----------------------------I----------------------------I
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I
C#m F#5
E I-----------------------------------I----------------------------I
B I-----------------------------------I----------------------------I
G I8h9-8---8--------------------------I----------------------------I
D I-----11--11-9--9---9-11-11b12-11-9-I-11---11---11---11s4--------I
A I-------------11-9h11---------------I------------------------0---I
E I-----------------------------------I----------------------------I
then:-
|Bm |F#5 |Bm |C#m7 |C#7 |
C#m7(strum once) C#m7(strum once)
Twenty foot high on blackpool promenade
Note:-After all of the C#m7 and C#7 you strum once and pick the bottom 3
strings twice(i.e strum-1-2-3-1-2-3)
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