If You Tolerate This guitar tab by Manic Street Preachers

If You Tolerate This guitar tab

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If You Tolerate This - Manic Street Preachers. - Complete version
Nick Marchant

There is a brilliant drumbeat along with this song, get someone to tap along wit

Pattern:
Intro
Verse 1/2
Chorus
Verse 3/4
Chorus
Solo
Bridge
Chorus
AAAaaaaaahhhhh to fade
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Intro: 

The strange sounds at the beginning can be played on an electric guitar with dis
The basic chords for these are:

AmEm F C  G
AmEmFC  G

The second time there is a little bass riff in the shape of the chords
   C      G         Am
E---------------------------0-----
B---------------------------1-----
G-------0---------0---------2-----
D-----2---------0-----------2-----
A-3-3-------3-2-------2-0->-0-----
e---------------------------x-----

AmEmFC  G
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Verse structure:

AmC
The future teaches you to be alone,
FC
The present to be afraid and cold,
FCG
So if I can't shoot rabbits then I can't shoot fascists.

AmC
Bullets for your brain today,
FC
But we'll forget it all again
FCG
Monuments put from pen to paper turns me into a gutless wonder

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Chorus:

G
Aaaaaannnnnndddd...
FCG + Riff
If you tolerate this then your children will be next
FCG (follow drum rhythm)
And if you tolerate this then your children (will be next)X4

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Riff for chorus:
low e:  7777777755888777777

If playing by yourself you can play these chords (because they follow the bassli
   G (X8)    Amod. (X1)Cmod (X3)G (X6)
E--3------------3---------------3---------------3--
B--3------------3---------------3---------------3--
G--0------------2---------------0---------------0--
D--0------------2---------------2---------------0--
A--2------------0---------------3---------------2--
e--3------------x---------------x---------------3--

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Verse 3/4

Gravity keeps my head down
Or is it maybe shame
At being so young and being so vain.

Holes in your head today,
But I'm a pacifist
I've walked La Ramblas but not with real intent.

Aaaaaannnnnndddd... (Chorus)

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Solo
G string  (slide up) 16 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 17 16 +riff
14 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
14 9 9 9 9 9 9 5 7


or on B string12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 13 12
10 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 
10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 3

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Bridge:

G
Aaaannnnnndddd
FCG + Riff
on the streets tonight an old man plays
FCG (follow drum rhythm)
With newspaper cuttings of his glory days

Aaaaaaannnnnndddd... (Chorus)


Chorus pattern:
Aaahh Aaah Aaah Etc.

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