Tabs
Sex, Power, Love and Money by Manic Street Preachers
from the album Futurology (2014)
Tab by James Glover (Sebadonut)
Standard Tuning
Intro:
A augmentedA few different ways to play this:
e|--------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
BB|--------------------------|---------------------------|--7--8--10--7--8--10--8------|
G+G|----0--2-----0--2--0------|---------------------------|-------------------------9---|
D MajorD|-4--------4-----------2---|--4--5--7--4--5--7--5------|-----------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------|-----------------------7---|-----------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
then the main chorus riff enters:
e|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G+G|--2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-6-5-4-2-|---------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-6-5-4-2-|--4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-5----5-5---|
A augmentedA|--0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-4-3-2-0-|--4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-5----5-5---|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|--2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-3----3-3---|
During the intro, guitar two plays this over the chorus riff (all up bends):
e|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
BB|--5---10--10--2--2----7------5----|--7---7---7----------------------------|
G+G|--7b--12b-12b-4b-4b---9b-----7b---|--9b--9b--9b--9p-7---------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------|-------------------9p-7----------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------|-------------------------9---7-7-9-----|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
Verse:
The slides down are fairly accentuated.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-10-10-10-9\--------------9--7\-------------9--10\-------------10-9\-------|
G+G|-9--9--9--9\--------------9--7\-------------9--9-\-------------9--9\-------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus:
"Obsession, possession, confession, recession..."
e|--2------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--3------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--2------- Hit a D MajorD chord and let it ring ----------------------------------|
D MajorD|--0------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
e|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G+G|--2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-6-5-4-2-|---------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-6-5-4-2-|--4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-5----5-5---|
A augmentedA|--0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-4-3-2-0-|--4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-5----5-5---|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|--2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-3----3-3---|
Another guitar can be heard playing this small riff:
e|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G+G|--9---9h11p9---9h11p9-------------|--6---6h7p6---6h7p9--------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
Solo:
Played over chorus
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------7bu9r7--------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------6h7p6-9--------------9--7--6----6---6---6--4----------------|
D MajorD|--2h4p2----7h9p7--------------------------------------------------7--6--4-------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------10-12bu14r12--10-12----------------------------------|
G+G|--2h4p2----6h7p6----9h11p9---------------------11---11--11----------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------11--9---------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------12--11--9-----|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------12--------------12--------------12------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-10h11h12h13--11-10h11h12h13--11-10h11h12h13--13-12-13-12-9----9-11/13-11-9-11b-11b-11b-9-11--|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------11--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-6h7h8h9--6-----6h7h8h9--6-----6h7h8h9-6---------------------------6--4-------------|
D MajorD|------------7--------------7--------------9--7--6------------------------7--6--4----|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------7--9--7--9---9-------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro:
e|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
BB|--5---10--10--2--2----7------5----|--7---7---7----------------------------|
G+G|--7b--12b-12b-4b-4b---9b-----7b---|--9b--9b--9b--9p-7---------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------|-------------------9p-7----------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------|-------------------------9---7-7-9-----|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--5---10--10--2--2----14--12--10--9---7---7--7---------------------|
G+G|--7b--12b-12b-4b-4b---16b-14b-12b-11b-9b--9b-9b--9p-7--------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------9p-7---------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------9v------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Any feedback very welcome.
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| p Pull-off
| b Bend
| \ Slide down
| h Hammer-on
| r Release
| / Slide up