Condemned To Rock N Roll

Artist:Manic Street Preachers
Song:Condemned To Rock ’N’ Roll
Tabbed by:Matthew Ford

Condemned To Rock N’ Roll


Tuning:DADGBE (I think one guitar is in DGCFAD, but I’ve tabbed it 
in drop D to save from to much complication)


This is gonna take up a lot of space.
There are some bits you may not be able to play at first, but just 
keep doing it, coz it’s well
worth it!


Gtr.1 (distortion)                                            1...... 2......
--------------------------------------------------------------------] -----------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------] -----------------------
-x------------10------9--7--5---------3-/-5--3-/-5-/-7--5--------] -----------------------
-x-x----------------------------------------------------------------] -5-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-
---x-10-/-12------10-----8--7~~~~~~~~-5-/-7--5-/-7-/-8--7--5-----] -3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
--------------------------------------------------------------5-----] -----------------------
                                                                             PM.............

D-5----------3-----------------------------------------Notes in bold also
A-5----------3--------0-1-0-1-0-1-0----1-0-1-0-1-3-3-3-played by gtr.2
D-5--------0-3--------0-1-0-1-0-1-0----1-0-1-0-1-3-3-3- x2
Gtr.2 PM-ing riff


VERSE gtrs.1+2


D-5----------3-----------------------------------------Notes in bold also
A-5----------3--------0-1-0-1-0-1-0----1-0-1-0-1-3-3-3-played by gtr.2
D-5--------0-3--------0-1-0-1-0-1-0----1-0-1-0-1-3-3-3- x2
Gtr.2 PM-ing riff
Always feeling torn and slow, love song cull destroy poem,
Misery and trauma making love,best go shoot the fucking doves,


D-8----------3-----------------------------------------Notes in bold also
A-8----------3--------0-1-0-1-0-1-0----1-0-1-0-1-3-3-3-played by gtr.2
D-8--------0-3--------0-1-0-1-0-1-0----1-0-1-0-1-3-3-3-
The past is so beautiful, the future like a corpse in snow,


D-5----------3-----------------------------------------Notes in bold also
A-5----------3--------0-1-0-1-0-1-0----1-0-1-0-1-3-3-3-played by gtr.2
D-5--------0-3--------0-1-0-1-0-1-0----1-0-1-0-1-3-3-3-
I think it’s all the fucking same, it’s a life sentence babe.


BRIDGE gtrs.1+2


A-----------------
D-0-12-10-8-7~~~~- x3
A line of vodka tears inside, a shot of


A-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-
D-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-
boredom helps my mind.


A-----------------
D-0-12-10-8-7~~~~-
Staring through athousand dead eyes, I guess my


A-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-10-10-10-
D-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-10-10-10-
nerves are brutalised.


CHORUS gtr.1 plays notes in bold. gtr.2 plays chords(including bold notes).


D-3---3---3-3-3-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-7---7-8^7-----7-12---12-12-12-12-12-12-
A-3---5---3-5-5-10---10-12-10-10-12-10-10-7---7-----8^7-7-12---12-13-12-12-13-12-
D-3---3---3-3-3-10---10-12-10-10-10-10-10-7---7---------7-12---12-12-12-12-12-12-
Lips I kiss just another plague,            Love can’t fix the hole they made,


C#             Bb            C#             Bb
D-11--------8--------11--------8-----------
A-11--------8--------11--------8-----------
D-11--------8--------11--------8-----------
Condemned to rock and, condemned to rock and roll


INTERLUDE gtr.2 plays verse riff once.


gtr.1
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-11-----13-----10---------10(11)(10)------------------------------------------------------
G-13-(15)15-(17)12-(14)---------------12-12^14^12^10-12^10----10---------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------12----12^10^12^108-10^8^10^87-


E---------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------
G---------------------3-5^3^5^3^5^3-----
D-8^7^8^75^7^53^0-5---------------53-


VERSE


No innocent exit when hope dies,
And claustrophobia buys my mind,
I ran to breathe contagious lies,
No reason for just living life,
Ripcord opens but my soul is cold,
With you  never felt more alone,
Skin never sweating dignity,
Kept my line beneath ecstacy.


BRIDGE


This fragile prison of sanity,
An ocean wave to death babe,
Masochistic love going nowhere,
You’re nothing, pestilence, a seed.


CHORUS


Lips I kiss just another plague,
love can’t fix the hole they made,
Condemned to rock and,
Oblivions all we know


SOLO gtrs.1+2


A[[------------------ -----------0^1---- ---------1^3---- -----------0^1---- -1-(3)-1-0---]]
D[[-0-0-0-0-3-5^7- x4 -0-0-0-0-3----- x4 -0-0-0-0----- x4 -0-0-0-0-3----- x3 -----------3-]]
PM......................................................................


D-3--------5----------- *quarter-tone bend
A-3--------5-----------
D-3--------5------0-3*-
Lips I kiss just another plague....


A---------------
D-0-0-0-0-3-5^7- x2
PM............


A-----------------------------
D-x-x-x-x-3-5^7-0-0-0-0-3-5^7-
PM...........................


D-3--------5-----------5-3-5--8----------10-----------
A-3--------5-----------5-3-5--8----------10-----------
D-3--------5-----------5-3-5--8----------10-----------
Lips I kiss just another plague, love can’t fix the hole they made....


D-0^10^9^5^8^7^5^7--3^2^0^2^3^2^0- x2


G-4---4-x--4---5-4-x-
D-5---5-x--5---5-5-x-
A-5---5-x--5---7-5-x- x2


D-0^10^9^5^8^7^5^7--3^2^0^2^3^2^0- x2


G-4---4-x--4---5-4---
D-5---5-x--5---5-5---
A-5---5-x--5---7-5--- x2


D-0^10^9^5^8^7^5^7--3^2^0^2^3^2^0- x2


gtr.1
G-4---4-x--4---5-4-------4---4-x--------
D-5---5-x--5---5-5-------5---5-x--------
A-5---5-x--5---7-5-8^9-5-5---5-x-8(9)-5-
|
|gtr.2
G-4---4-x--4---5-4-------4--4-x--4--5-4-
D-5---5-x--5---5-5-------5--5-x--5--5-5-
A-5---5-x--5---7-5-------5--5-x--5--7-5-


gtrs.1+2
D-0^10^9^5^8^7^5^7--3^2^0^2^3^2^0- x3


A--------------------
D-0^10^9^5^8^7^5^7---


E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------3---------------5---------------6-----------------8---------
G-----------5(7)------------7(9)------------8(10)-------------10(12)----
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-0^2^3^0-x2-------0^2^3^0-x2-------0^2^3^0-x2---------0^2^3^0-x2-----------


D-0^2^3^0-x2-12-0^2^3^0-x2-14-0^2^3^0-x2-18-


D-0^2^3^0-x5


G-4---4-x--4---5-4-x-    -6---6-x--6---7-6-x-6---6-x--6--
D-5---5-x--5---5-5-x-    -7---7-x--7---7-7-x-7---7-x--7--
A-5---5-x--5---7-5-x- x2 -7---7-x--7---9-7-x-7---7-x--7--


G-7---7-x--7---8--7-x-    -9----9--x--9----10-9--x-9----9--x--9---
D-8---8-x--8---8--8-x-    -10---10-x--10---10-10-x-10---10-x--10--
A-8---8-x--8---10-8-x- x2 -10---10-x--10---12-10-x-10---10-x--10--


gtr.2
A--------5---4-----------
D-5--5-5---5---5-5-3^5-3- x4


gtr.1 plays this riff, gtr.2 plays chords


G5                      Bb5              Eb(1st fret) Bb5
E---------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------3-(4)-(3)---------------3------
G-10-(12)-(10)-8-8-7-8~~------------5-5-3-5-5-3-5---^5-3- x3


gtr.1
G-3-(5)------------------------------
|
|gtr.2
E------------------------------------
B----------------x-5^6---6---6---5---
G----------------x-5-----5---5---5---
D----------------x-5^7---7---7---5---


gtr.1 plays this riff, gtr.2 plays chords


G5                  D5                                 F5(8th fret)
B[[---------------------7----7--8--7-7--8-x-10----10--11--10-10--11-x-
G[[-4----4--5--4-4--5-x-7----7--7--7-7--7-x-10----10--10--10-10--10-x-
D[[-5----5--5--5-5--5-x-7----7--9--7-7--9-x-10----10--12--10-10--12-x-
A[[-5----5--5--5-5--5-x-----------------------------------------------


gtrs.1+2
A---3-2---3-2---]]
D-5-----5-----5-]]


Play riff again under these lyrics:
Sterile like a line of piss, motherfucker,
Review with avant garde lips, you’re just a motherfucker.


A[[---3-2---3-2---]]
D[[-5-----5-----5-]]


gtr.1
D-3--(5)-----.......2 bars.......


gtr.2
G5          D5          C5          E5(7th fret)          D5 x3


G5                    D5              C5              E5                    D5          C5 etc....
----------------------------------15----------------------------------
--------------------10-12-15-(17)----15-12-10^12^10-------------------
---------------9-12---------------------------------12-9-11--(12)-----
----------9-12--------------------------------------------------------
----10-12-------------------------------------------------------------
-14-------------------------------------------------------------------


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------15------------------
---------------------------------------15----------------------------13--(15)-----13--13--(15)-----
-11--11--(12)-----------12^14-14--(16)----14-14-(16)-----------12^14-------------------------------
------------------12^14----------------------------------12^14-------------------------------------
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-12-(13)-(12)--10-----------------10-10--------------------------------------
------------------12-12-(14)-(14)-------11--(12)-----(11)----^9--------------
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There’s nothing I wanna see, there’s nowhere
I wanna go....


KEY:
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[[-------------]]Anything between these line things you repeat.
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---3^2--- = pull-off
-12(13)-- = bend to pitch of 13th fret


Enjoy playing this song! I know I do.
Any emails are welcome....s_laughter_uk@yahoo.co.uk