Sleepflower Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers - Sleepflower
ALBUM: Gold Against the Soul
Transcribed by Peter Bevan peterbevan@breathe.com(the majority) and Fung Mak
[INTRO] - [All cbords are 5tbs]
[A5] [F] [E] [D5] [C5] [B] [C] [B] [A5] [C] [B] [A5] [F] [F5] [F] [G5]
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G||-----2-2-2--5-4-2--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2---------------------------| D||-----2-2-2--3-2-0--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2--3-3---1/3-3--------------| A||-----0-0-0---------3-3--0--2-3-2-0----5----3-2-0--3-3---1/3-3--------------| E||-/5---------------------------------3---3---------1-1-0-1/3-3--------------|
[A5] [F] [E] [D5] [C5] [B] [C] [B] [A5] [C] [B] [A5] [F] [F5] [F] [G5]
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G||--2-2-2--5-4-2--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2------------------------------| D||--2-2-2--3-2-0--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2--3-3---1/3-3-----------------| A||--0-0-0---------3-3--0--2-3-2-0----5----3-2-0--3-3---1/3-3-----------------| E||---------------------------------3---3---------1-1-0-1/3-3-----------------|
or could be played like this (easier version)
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D||-----------3-2-------------------------------------------------------------| A||-----0-0-0-----0-3-3-0-2-3-2-0------5---3-2-0------------------------------| E||-/(5)----------------------------3----3-------3-1-1-0-1-3-3----------------|
NB.There is a second guitar part, it plays not 2 octaves higher but plays high,
quiet notes that come down from high up in harmony with the main riff
[VERSE]
[A5] [C5]
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G||--2-------------5----------------------2-2-2--5-4-2--5-5-----4-5-3-2-------| D||--2-------------5----------------------2-2-2--3-2-0--5-5-----4-5-3-2-------| A||--0-------------3----------------------0-0-0---------3-3--0--2-3-2-0-------| E||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Keep repeated. Later on the A5 and C5 chords are palm-muted.)
Morning always seems too stale to justify
Lament blossoms, hours minutes of our lives
Broken thoughts run through your empty mind
At least a beaten dog knows how to lie
[CBORUS]
[G5]I feel like I'm [D5]missing [F5]pieces of [C5]sleep,[B5]
[G5]My memory [D5]fades to a [F5]pale land[C5]scape,[B5]
[G5]You were an ex[D5]tinction [F5]a desert [C5]heat,[B5]
[G5]A blind ill[D5]ness [F5]of my anxie[C5]ty.[B5]
[VERSE 2]
Endless hours in bed, no peace, in this mind
No one knows the hell where innocence dies
Fragments crawling like cobwebs on stone
Blows away the safety only a sleeping pill knows
REPEAT CHORUS
[BRIDGE]
[A] [G] [A] [A] [G] [A] [A] [A] [A/D] [C] [B] [A] [A] [G] [A] [A] [A] [A/D]
e||----------------------------2-----------------------------2----------------| B||--2-----0------2-2-0-2-2--2-3-----5----3-----2-2-0-2-2--2-3----------------| G||--2-----0------2-2-0-2-2--2-2-----5----3-----2-2-0-2-2--2-2----------------| D||--2-----0------2-2-0-2-2--2-2-----5----3-----2-2-0-2-2--2-2----------------| A||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[A] [G] [A] [A] [G] [A] [A] [A] [A/D] [C] [B] [A] [A] [G] [A] [A] [A] [A/D]
e||----------------------------2-----------------------------2----------------| B||--2-----0------2-2-0-2-2--2-3-----5----3-----2-2-0-2-2--2-3----------------| G||--2-----0------2-2-0-2-2--2-2-----5----3-----2-2-0-2-2--2-2----------------| D||--2-----0------2-2-0-2-2--2-2-----5----3-----2-2-0-2-2--2-2----------------| A||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[A5] [F] [E] [D5] [C5] [B] [C] [B] [A5] [C] [B] [A5] [F] [F5] [F] [G5]
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G||--2-2-2--5-4-2--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2------------------------------| D||--2-2-2--3-2-0--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2--3-3---1/3-3-----------------| A||--0-0-0---------3-3--0--2-3-2-0----5----3-2-0--3-3---1/3-3-----------------| E||---------------------------------3---3---------1-1-0-1/3-3-----------------|
[A5] [F] [E] [D5] [C5] [B] [C] [B] [A5] [C] [B] [A5] [F] [F5] [F] [G5]
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G||--2-2-2--5-4-2--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2------------------------------| D||--2-2-2--3-2-0--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2--3-3---1/3-3-----------------| A||--0-0-0---------3-3--0--2-3-2-0----5----3-2-0--3-3---1/3-3-----------------| E||---------------------------------3---3---------1-1-0-1/3-3-----------------|
[SOLO]
e||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B||-----------12b14b12---------------------12b14b12--------------------12b14b12----------| G||--------12----------14-12-14---------12----------14-12-12--------12----------14-------| D||-----14---------------------------14--------------------------14-----------------0----| A||--12---------------------------12--------------------------12-------------------------| E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[15b17++17b15 - mean bend note up 1 step and bold, tben strike again and unbend]
e||--------------------------------12-13-15---------------------15-----15---------15b17--| B||--15-13-15b16b15-13-15-13-15b17----------15b17b15-13---------15b17++17b15-13----------| G||-----------------------------------------------------14-14----------------------------| D||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e||--15--17b19b17-15--15b17b15--12--12b14b12---------------------------------------------| B||------------------------------------------15--15b17b15--13-12b17b15--13-12-13---------| G||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
This is harmonised by this in the background by the rhythm guitar
e||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G||-----0-4b5r4-2-0-2------0-4b5r4-2-0-0------0-4b5r4-2-0--------0-4b5r4-2-0-2--| D||---2------------------2------------------2-------------0----2----------------| A||-0------------------0------------------0------------------0------------------| E||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| e||---------------------------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------------------------| G||--2--2-2--2----0--2--4b5r4--2-0-2--2--2-2--2----0--2-4b5r4--2-0-0----| D||--2--2-2--2--2---------------------2--2-2--2--2----------------------| A||--0--0-0--0------------------------0--0-0--0-------------------------| E||---------------------------------------------------------------------| e||---------------------------------------------------------------------| B||-----------------------------------3--3-3--3-------------------------| G||--------------0--2--4b5br4--2-0----2--2-2--2----0--2-4b5r4--2-0------| D||--5--5-5--5-2------------------0---0--0-0--0--2----------------------| A||--5--5-5--5----------------------------------------------------------| E||--3--3-3--3----------------------------------------------------------| e||---------------------------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------------------------| G||--4b5r4--2-0-----4b5r4--2-0------4b5r4--2-0-----4b5r4--2-0-----------| D||---------------------------------------------------------------------| A||---------------------------------------------------------------------| E||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
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