Artist: Manic Street Preachers
Album: The Holy Bible
This one sounds good both on acoustic and electiric guitar.
For intro and verse James uses the following picking pattern. If you are playing an electric
guitar (white Gibson Les Paul :)) you may try to mute the strings a little so it will sound
just like the CD.
Pattern 1:
Dm Dm/C# Cm G
E|—————————————————————————-|
B|———–6—————–6—————–4—————————-|
G|——-7—–7———–7—–7———–5—–5—————4———-|
D|—–7—7—–7——-7—7—–7——-5—5—–5———5—–5——–|
A|—5————-5—4————-4—3————-3—–5—5—–5——|
E|———————————————————3————-3—-|
Beauty finds refuge in herself
Verse 1:
(Pattern 1)
Beauty finds refuge in herself
(Pattern 1)
Lovers wrapped inside each others lies
(Pattern 1)
Beauty is such a terrible thing
(Pattern 1)
She is suffering more than death
Chorus:
Strum each chord once with heeeaaavy dist – electric
Work out some pattern of yours or strum – acoustic
G B A Em
She is suffering
G B Riff 1
She sucks you deeper in
G B A Em
She is suffering
G B Riff 1 x2
You exist within her shadow
This can also be played in power chords.
Riff 1:
James mutes an Em chord
E|—————————–|
B|—————————–|
G|—————————–|
D|—2-2-x-2-2-x-2-2-x-2—2—|
A|—2-2-x-2-2-x-2-2-x-2—2—|
E|—0-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-x-0—0—|
Verse 2:
Same as verse 1
Chorus.
Solo.
Over chorus chords
Verse 3:
Same
Chorus:
G B A Em
She is suffering
G B Riff 1
She sucks you deeper in
G B A Em
She is suffering
G B Riff 1 x2
Nature’s lukewarm pleasure
Ending:
Repeat Riff 1 over and over again and end on Em.
Arrangement:
Verse 1
Chorus
Verse 2
Chorus
Solo
Verse 3
Chorus
Ending
Chords used:
Dm 557765
Dm/C# x47765
Cm 335543
G 355433 – it sounds better to use this one thoughout the whole song
B 224432
A 002220
Em 022000
Powerchords (optional for the chorus):
G5 355xxx
B5 x244xx
A5 x022xx
E5 022xxx
Lyrics:
Beauty finds refuge in herself
Lovers wrapped inside each others lies
Beauty is such a terrible thing
She is suffering more than death
She is suffering
She sucks you deeper in
She is suffering
You exist within her shadow
Beauty she is scarred into man’s soul
A flower attracting lust, vice and sin
A vine that can strangle life from a tree
Carrion, surrounding, picking on leaves
She is suffering
She sucks you deeper in
She is suffering
You exist within her shadow
Beauty she poisons unfaithful all
Stifled, her touch is leprous and pale
The less she gives the more you need her
No thoughts to forget when we were children
She is suffering
She sucks you deeper in
She is suffering
Nature’s lukewarm pleasure.
Comments? Suggestions? e-mail me [email protected]
That’s all for today.
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