xBand: Manic Street Preachers Title: Of Walking Abortion Album: The Holy Bible Tabbed by: grieve Thanks to Ian and Dave Watson Any Comments etc or if u just want to talk about the Manics E-Mail me at [email protected] Intro ===== Riff 4 and then a hard bend on E|-5-| do this a couple of times until you start playing Riff 5. Riff 1: Riff 2: ======= ======= D|---------5-4----| D|-----------5-4----------| A|---7-5-7-----5--| A|-----7-5-7-----5--------| E|-5------------5-| E|-5-6-------------6-(7)--| Riff 3: Riff 4: ======= ======= D|-----------------------| D|-----------------------| A|--3/15\3/15\3/15\3/15--| A|--1/13\1/13\1/13\1/13--| E|-----------------------| E|-----------------------| Riff 5: ======= e|----5-X-X--5-X-X-|-6-X-X--6-X-X--6BEND| B|----5-X-X--5-X-X-|-6-X-X--6-X-X--6BEND| Verse ===== Riff 1 Riff 2 Life is dead weights pendulum died Riff 1 Riff 2 Pure or lost, spectator or crucified Riff 1 Riff 2 Recognised truth, acedia's blackest hole Riff 1 Riff 2 Junkies, winos, whores, this nations moral suicide Bridge ====== C5 Bb5 Riff 3 Riff 4 Loser, liar, fake-tan phoney, no-one cares C5 Bb5 A5 Riff 3 Riff 4 Everyone is guilty, fucked-up,dunno why you poor little boy Chorus ====== Eb5 D5 C#5 C5 We are all of walking abortion Eb5 D5 C#5 C5 Shalom, shalom, we all love our children Eb5 D5 C#5 C5 We are all of walking abortion Eb5 D5 C#5 C5 Shalom, shalom, there are no horizons Verse ===== Riff 1 Riff 2 Mussolini hangs from a butcher's hook Riff 1 Riff 2 Hitler reprised in the worm of your soul Riff 1 Riff 2 Horthy's corpse screened to a million Riff 1 Riff 2 Tisu, revived, the horror of a bullfight Bridge ====== C5 Bb5 Riff 3 Riff 4 Fragments of uniforms, open black ruins, a moral conscience C5 Bb5 A5 Riff 3 Riff 4 You've no wounds to show, so wash your car in your 'X' Baseball shoes Chorus ====== Eb5 D5 C#5 C5 We are all of walking abortion Eb5 D5 C#5 C5 Shalom, shalom, we all love our children Eb5 D5 C#5 C5 We are all of walking abortion Eb5 D5 C#5 C5 Shalom, shalom, there are no horizons Outro ===== Riff 6 Riff 7 e------------------|---5--6--0--3---| B------------------|---5--6--0--3---| G------------------|----------------| D------------------|----------------| A---0--0--1--------|----------------| E------------0--3--|----------------| Riff 6 Riff 6 Little people in little houses Riff 6 Riff 6 Like maggots, small blind and worthless Riff 6 Riff 6 The massacred innocent blood stains us all Riff 7 Riff 7 Who's responsible - you fucking are Riff 7 Riff 7 Who's responsible - you fucking are Riff 7 Riff 7 Who's responsible - you fucking are Who's responsible - you fucking are Who's responsible end on the "A5" at the last line CHORDS EADGBE A5 = x022xx Bb5 = x133xx C5 = x355xx C#5 = x466xx D5 = x577xx Eb5 = x688xx Slide Down = / Slide Up = \ Bend note to pitch = (7)