Manic Street Preachers

Motorcycle Emptiness by Manic Street Preachers

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this is all my own work. if it does happen to be the same as another source, 
I was copied, or it is pure coincidence

the .tab file was completely wrong, so that is why i did this

Song- motorcycle emptiness
by The Manic Street Preachers
Album- Generation Terrorists
or Forever Delayed (greatist hits)

Tabbed by- Josh Morris (bloodsexsugarmajik@hotmail.com)

this song is never quite long enough

tab key-  > bend- f- full (equivalent 2 frets)
                            a- half (equivalent 1 fret)
               h- hammer on
               p- pull off
               \- slide
               (PM)- Palm Muted
basically, there are two riffs
riff 1  (played as intro, followed by riff 2)
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-4>f--p2--h4--p2--h4----4>f--p2--h4--p2--h4--4>f---4\2---
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then
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(PM)--2-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-9
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riff 2
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--------9>a--p7--h9-p7--h9---9>a--p7--h9-p7--h9--9>a-9\2---------
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then
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-(PM)--2-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-9-9
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Play E, G#m/D#, C#m, A, over riffs

the chords are-
E- 022300
G#m/D#- X66444
C#m- X46654
A- X02220
B- X2444X
B/A- X0444X
Amaj7- X03230
Cmaj7- X35450
D- X5777X
Dsus2- XX0230
G- 320033

intro (riff 1),

verse
E                                 G#m/D#
Culture sucks down ...
C#m                         A
Itemise loathing and feed yourself ...     (play riff 2)
          E                           G#m/D#
Organise your safe ...                             (riff 2)

Bridge
C#m                       E
Each day living out ...
B                               B/A  A  B/A  A  B/A  A
Life sold cheaply forev - er,    ev - er, ...

chorus
E           G#m/D#        C#m         A
Under Neon loneliness, Motorcycle ...
E           G#m/D#        C#m         A
Under Neon loneliness, Motorcycle ...

Link  (riff 1)
E           G#m/D#        C#m         A

Verse2

Bridge2

Chorus

Violin Picking
Amaj        B        Amaj        B     Cmaj7        D          Cmaj7        
D

Middle
Amaj        B                                                Amaj        B
All we want from you is the kicks you've ...
Cmaj7        D                                             Cmaj7        D
All we want from you is the kicks you've ...
Amaj        B                                                Amaj        B
All we want from you is the kicks you've ...
Cmaj7        D                                             Cmaj7        
Dsus2
All we want from you is the kicks you've ...

Chorus

Solo ( cant tab this frankly, make up youre own, i reccommend using the E 
major scale)

Verse 3

Bridge 3

Chorus (repeat to fade)

you can get the full lyrics from a manics fansite, which you can access from 
the official mannics site (www.manics.co.uk)

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Motorcycle Emptiness Chords Info

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Chords: E, G#m/D#, C#m, A, B, B/A, Amaj7, Cmaj7, D, Dsus2, G, Amaj