Guitar Tabs " Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruth 1 " - Manic Street Preachers Tabs

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Another classic manics track, easily one of the best bands ever
Standard Tuning.
Note: all parts played with moderate distortion through a bridge humbucker.

Intro Riff: (Distortion)

D:--------------2---4-------------2---4--
A:--------2---4-------------2---4--------
E:-2---4--------------2---4--------------

Verse Riff (Light Distortion, light flange)

G:----------0---------------0------
D:--------6—--6----6------6---6---6
A:--------------7---------------7--
E:--0000--------------000----------

Pre-Chorus: 

G:--9---9---9---9—99999-99999
D:--9---9---9---9—99999-99999
A:--7---7---7---7—77777-77777

Chorus:

G:--6-------2-------9-------4---4-5-6-------2-------9-------4---4
D:--6-------2-------9-------4---4-5-6-------2-------9-------4---4
A:--4-------0-------7-------2---2-3-4-------0-------7-------2---2

Post-Chorus

G:--99--99---11--13-13---13—13---13-14--13-13--13-13--11---99--99
D:--xx--xx---x---x--x----x--x----x--x---x--x---x--x----x---xx--xx
A:--77--77---9---11-11---11-11---11-12--11-11--11-11---9---77--77

G:-11----11-11—-11-11—-9---77--77---7--11---99---99---7--4
D:--x----x--x---x--x---x---xx--xx---x---x---xx---xx---x--2 
A:--7----9--9---9--9---7---55--55---5---9---77---77---5—-2

Then Repeat the whole thing again, except for the second post-chorus you end on a C5 i.e. G:--5                         
        D:--5                        
        A:--3         

Then for the Solo play the G notes from the post chorus with slides then a little chromatic trill around the 12-15 frets (Alternatively just improvise around the 12-15 frets using the chromatic scale)

End with Intro riff then D5 G:---7-7-7
                            D:---7-7-7
                            A:---5-5-5

That’s pretty much it just listen to the song to get the timings etc