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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#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. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
#
////FASTER//// - Written by the Manic Street Preachers
tabbed by Karim Adab
Music - James Dean Bradfield/Sean Moore/Nicky Wire
Lyrics - Richey James
Faster; track 9, The Holy Bible
CHORDS :
E e
D = x00232
G#5 = 466xxx
F#5 = 244xxx
E5 = 022xxx
G# = x/11/13/13/x/x
F# = x/9/11/11/x/x
E* = x799xx
E = 0221000
D = x577xx
C# = x466xx
B = x244xx
Em11 = x/x/x12/12/12 in 3 rapid bursts after the chorus
INTRO
The intro is something like :
e---------17--17--17--17-------------|
b------------------------------------|
g-----------14--14--14--14--16-------|
d-------------------------------14---|
The verse is a continuous riff over an A chord in the background.
Play the D# on the A string 6th fret } Both palm muted by picking hand
Followed by the A string open }
in this rythmn :
Riff 1
G-|-----------|---------------|-----------|-------------------------|
D-|-6---------|-6-------------|-6---------|-6-----------------------|
A-|---0--0--0-|---0-0--0-0--0-|---0--0--0-|---0--0------------------|
E-|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------5-6-7-0*--| *<------ this occurs at the end of each lyric line
VERSE :
Riff 1 *
I am an architect, they call me a butcher
Riff 1 *
I am an pioneer, they call me primative
Riff 1 *
I am purity, they call me perverted
Riff 1
Holding you but I only miss these things when they leave
**BRIDGE**
D
I am idiot drug hive, the virgin the
G#5 F#5 E5 G#5 F#5 E5
tattered and the torn
D
Life is for the cold made warm
G#5 F#5 E5 G#5 F#5 E5
and they are just lizards
D E
I've been too honest with myself I should have lied like everybody else
**CHORUS**
Is a version of A, played in the following phrase, with the strings held
permentantly on fret 9 and 10 and hammering on/off on 11 with 3rd and little
fingers. Listen to the record for the rythmn :
Riff 2
E---x----x----x
A---0----0----0
D---11---9----9
G---11---9----9
B---10---10---10
e---x----x----x
(repeat to rythmn)
Riff 2 G#5* F#5*
I am stronger than Mensa, Miller and Mail - er
E* D C# B E
I spat out Plath and Pinter
Riff 2
I am all the things that you regret
G# F# E* D C# B Em11
The truth that wash - es that learned how to spell
(The run of 5 chords above can also be played just on the one string; it's not entirely clear from the record but this is how it's reproduced live).
Karim Adab
karim@zaki.demon.co.uk
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