Yourself
Manic Street Preachers - Yourself
Album: Gold Against The Soul
Chords used:
G5: 355XXX
C5: X355XX
F5: 133XXX
Bb5: X133XX
C#5: X466XX
Riff 1
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D||-------10-12-------10-12-|-REPEAT-x4|
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Riff 2
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INTRO
Pluck the open G string and use feedback to get the first note and then hold this note
for a couple of bars while the riffs go on.
Riff 1
Riff 2 x2
VERSE 1
Bass Line
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E||-3---3----------1----1------------3----3-------------1--1------|
(a better base line)
G||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A||------1--3-3---1------1-----1-------1-------3-3----1------1------1-|
E||--3-3-------------1-1---3-3-----3-3--------------------1-1----3-3--|
G5 C5 F5 Bb5 G5 C5 FBb5
Your ritual everyday-- a mild shower soak in aftershave,
G5 C5 F5Bb5 G5 C5 F5
Best clothes do your best, look in the mirror go on
Riff 2 x2
Bb5 G5 C5 F5
Be little yourself yourself yourself,
Riff 2 x2
Bb5 G5 C5 F5
Be little yourself yourself your se---elf,
PRE-CHORUS
C5 C#5 F5 C#5
You go all day after day, o oh oh, Dreaming on a lie,
C5 C#5 C5 C#5 C5 C#5 C5
That ya ke--ep locked insi--ide,
CHORUS
F5 C#5 F#5 C5
Of yourse----elf! yourself yourself, X2
Riff 1
VERSE 2
Same as verse 1,
Can you sleep tonight cast aside for some pouting young pup
Sink into a slurred veneer alcoholic haze so now
Least you can like yourself yourself
Least you can like yourself yourself
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS
REPEAT CHORUS
SOLO
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G|---7--7-------7---5--7--7/9--9b10r9--7-7----------------------------------|
D|---7----7---5----------------------------7--------------------------------|
A|---5----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------4---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---7--7-------7---5--7--7/9--9b10r9---7-7---------------------------------|
D|---7----7---5-----------------------------7-------------------------------|
A|---5----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------4---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---12b13---10b12--9b10-------------------------12-----------------------------------|
D|------------------------11b13---10b12r10-8---------10b12-10b12-10b12-10b12-10b12-8--|
A|-------------------------------------------10---------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---13-13-13-12-12-12-10-10-10---------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------13-13-13---10b12-8-10-8---------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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B|---10-11-10----10---------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------12----12--11-12-11----11-----------------------11-12-11-------|
D|-------------------------------14----14--12-13-12----12-13----------13----|
A|--------------------------------------------------13----------------------|
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B|-------------------13b(hard)----------------------------------------------|
G|--11-12--14-15-14---------------------------------------------------------|
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VERSE 3
Same as verse 1,
You look at the ads everyday everyone is perfect and you're so lame
Free scent burns you skin but no smell can really cover sine
Too many teenage holes to fill
Too many teenage holes to fill
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS