The Convalescent Manic Street Preachers
Band: Manic Street Preachers
Album: Know Your Enemy
Song: The Convalescent
Year: 2001
Versions: 2
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The Convalescent
(Wire/Bradfield/Moore)
Transcribed by Daniel Bamsey (drbams@yahoo.com)
standard tuning (eadgbe)
Chords:
[Em] [Esus2] [D] [Am] [Asus2]
-7----7------2---5-0---5-0----------- -8----7---7--3---5-1---5-0----------- -9----9---7--2---5-2---5-2----------- -9----9---7--0---7-2---9-2----------- -7----7---5------7-0---7-0----------- -----------------5-----5-------------
[F] [E] [Am7] [D7] [F] [G] [G#] [C] [C7]
----------0---2---1-------4---0---0--- -10--9----1---1---1-------4---1---1--- -10--9----0---2---2---4---8---0---3--- -10--9----2---0---3---5---6---2---2--- -8---7----0-------3---5---6---3---3--- ------------------1---3---4-----------
INTRO: Em RIFF A x2
[Em]
---------------------------------|| ---------------------------------|| ---------------------------------|| ---------------------------------|| x2 -/7-7-7---5-7--------------------|| --------8-----8--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
[Am]
---------------------------------|| ---------------------------------|| ---------------------------------|| -/7-7-7---5-7---/8-8-8-8-8-8-8---||x2 --------8-----8------------------|| ---------------------------------||
Verse:
[Em] [Esus2] [Em] [Esus2] [D]
---7--7---7-7-----7-7---|---7--7---7-7-----7---- ---8--8---7-7-----7-7---|---8--8---7-7-----7--7- ---9--9---9-9-----9-9---|---9--9---9-9-----9--7- -9-9--9---9-9--9--9-9---|-9-9--9---9-9--9--9--7- -7-------------7--------|-7-------------7------- ------------------------|-----------------------
[Am] [Asus2] [Am] [Asus2]
---0--0---0-0-----0-0---|---0--0---0-0-----0-0- ---1--1---0-0-----0-0---|---1--1---0-0-----0-0- ---2--2---2-2-----2-2---|---2--2---2-2-----2-2- -2-2--2---2-2--2--2-2---|-2-2--2---2-2--2--2-2- -0-------------0--------|-0-0-----------0------ ------------------------|----------------------
repeat verse x2
Pre-chorus: F E Am7
D7 x2
F E Am (let ring)
D (let ring) RIFF B
RIFF B (Bass arr for guitar)
--------------- --------------- --------------- -5-4-2--0-2-4-- --------------- ---------------
Chorus: C C7 Am F
[F] [G] [G#] [C] [C7]
Am D(with RIFF C x2)
RIFF C
D l.r
-2-------10-(10)--10-10-10-10-|| -3-------10-(10)--10-10-10-10-|| -2-------12bu14---------------|| -0----------------------------|| ------------------------------|| ------------------------------||
in 3rd verse play RIFF D over chords
RIFF D
-------------------------|| ---------------------|| -/12-10------------------|| ---------------------|| --------12-11-9/7-7/9--9-||x2 -7/9-/11-11/12-12/14-|| -------------------------|| ---------------------|| -------------------------|| ---------------------|| -------------------------|| ---------------------||
x2
---------------------------|| ----------------------|| -/12~~~~---12/15--12~~~~~~-|| -12-10----------------|| ---------------------------||x2-------12-11-9/7-7/9-9|| ---------------------------|| ----------------------|| ---------------------------|| ---------------------|| ---------------------------|| ---------------------||
x2
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-5-(5)-\--
-7bu9--\--
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Outro: Em D C Am
with crescendo of the following riffs over above
chords
(in E minor: E F# G A B C D E) just ad lib it sounds
just as good
RIFF E
------------------------------------------|| ------------------------------------------|| -11--11--11-11-11-11-11-11-9/11/12-11\9---|| -x---x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x--x--x--x---|| x4 -9---9---9--9--9--9--9--9--7/9-/10-9-\7---|| ------------------------------------------|| ---------------------------------|| ---------------------------------|| -4-4-4---2-2-2--0-0-0------------|| -----------------------4-4--2--4-|| x2 ---------------------------------|| ---------------------------------|| -----------------------|| -----------------------|| -----------------------|| -2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-|| x2 -----------------------|| -----------------------||
RIFF F
l.r l.r
--------------------------|| -12-(12)-----12-(12)------|| -14bu16------14bu16-------|| --------------------------|| x4 --------------------------|| --------------------------||
hold and repick
---------------------------|| -8---(8)-(8--8--8--8-)-----|| -10bu12--(12-12-12-12)-----|| x2 ---------------------------|| ---------------------------|| ---------------------------||
hold and repick
--------------------------------|| -7--(7)---5-(5)-(5--5--5--5-)---|| -9bu11----7bu9--(9--9--9--9-)---|| x2 --------------------------------|| --------------------------------|| --------------------------------||
RIFF G
Am l.r
------------------|| -0------ -7--(7)-----------|| -1------ -9bu11------------|| x12 -2------ -----------2bu4---|| -2------ ------------------|| -0------ ------------------|| --------
End on Em
("Scream until the war is over")
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The Convalesent - Tabbed by Dezfriel
Em-x79977
[Am-577555]F-133xx
[A-577655]A#-68866
D-x57755
C-x355x
G#-466xx
intro/verse-- Em Am
Bridge/Chrous-F G# A Dx3 A D, C A# A D, G# C A#,A D A D
outro- Em D,Am D
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