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Black Garden

Manic Street Preachers

Chord: Principal (acoustic and electric guitars)
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key: E 
'Black Garden' by Manic Street Preachers
E|----------------------------------------|
from the b side of the 1996 single Everything Must Go (CD one, UK)
Tab by James Glover (Sebadonut)


I play the verse riff a couple of different ways during the song:

E|-----------------------| e|-----------------------|
B|-3---3---3-4-4---4-4---| B|-----------------------|
G|-2---2---2-2-2---2-2---| G|-7---7---7-8-8---8-8---|
D|-----------------------| D|-7---7---7-7-7---7-7---|
A|-----------------------| A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------| E|-----------------------|

This is personal preferance - If you prefer you can stick to just one way as its the same notes.


[Intro]

I use the volume control on my guitar to swell in the note and a little vibrato to emulate the 
sound in these first 4 bars:

E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-7~---------8~---------|-7~---------8~---------|-7~---------8~---------|-7~---------8~---------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-3---3---3-4-4-4---4-4-|-3---3---3-4-4-4---4-4-|-3---3---3-4-4-4---4-4-|-3---3---3-4-4-4---4-4-|
G|-2---2---2-2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2---2-2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2---2-2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2---2-2-2-2---2-2-|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-7---7---7-8-8-8--8-8--|-7---7---7-8-8-8--8-8--|-7---7---7-8-8-8--8-8--|-7---7---7-8-8-8-------|
D|-7---7---7-7-7-7--7-7--|-7---7---7-7-7-7--7-7--|-7---7---7-7-7-7--7-7--|-7---7---7-7-7-7-------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|


[Verse 1]

E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-3---3---3-4-4-4---4-4-|-3---3---3-4-4-4---4-4-|-3---3---3-4-4-4---4-4-|-3---3---3-4-4-4---4-4-|
G|-2---2---2-2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2---2-2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2---2-2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2---2-2-2-2---2-2-|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
  Theres a little          part of me              theres a little         part of you

E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-3---3---3-4-4-4---4-4-|-3---3---3-4-4-4---4-4-|-3---3---3-4-4-4---4-4-|-3---3---3-4-4-4---4-4-|
G|-2---2---2-2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2---2-2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2---2-2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2---2-2-2-2---2-2-|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
   Remember the feeling     of a frozen            embryo

E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-7---7---7-8-8-8--8-8--|-7---7---7-8-8-8--8-8--|-7---7---7-8-8-8--8-8--|-7---7---7-8-8-8---8-8-|
D|-7---7---7-7-7-7--7-7--|-7---7---7-7-7-7--7-7--|-7---7---7-7-7-7--7-7--|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7-|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
   Theres a bigger         part of me              theres a bigger         part of you

E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-7---7---7-8-8-8--8-8--|-7---7---7-8-8-8--8-8--|-7---7---7-8-8-8--8-8--|-7---7---7-8-8-8-------|
D|-7---7---7-7-7-7--7-7--|-7---7---7-7-7-7--7-7--|-7---7---7-7-7-7--7-7--|-7---7---7-7-7-7-----\-|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------\-|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------\-|
   Remember the            place where you dont    want to go


[Chorus]

   A5                      E/G#                    G5                      D/F#
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------3---------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------3-------------|
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-7----7----7---7---7---|-6----6--6--6--6---6---|-5----5----5---5---5---|-4-----------4--4--4---|
A|-7----7----7---7---7---|-7----7--7--7--7---7---|-5----5----5---5---5---|-5-----------5--5--5---|
E|-5----5----5---5---5---|-4----4--4--5--4---0---|-3----3----3---3---3---|-2-----------2--2--2---|
   Welcome in              to your own black garden its full of life but its still too frightening

   F5                                               
e|-----------------------|-----------------------|E|----------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|----10------10------10-----10------10---|
G|---------0--2--0h2p0---|-0--2--0h2p0-----0-2/--|-------9-------9-------9------9-------9-|
D|-3-------------------3-|-------------3---------|-10------10------10-----10------10------|
A|-3---------------------|-----------------------|E|----------------------------------------||
E|-1---------------------|-----------------------|E|----------------------------------------||
   Cant open my eyes this whiteness blinds                             all this whiteness 

   E5                      E
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-9----9----9---9--9--\-|-1---------------------|
D|-9----9----9---9--9--\-|-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
A|-7----7----7---7--7--\-|-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
E|-----------------------|-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
   blinds 


[Verse 2]

E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-3---3---3-4-4-4---4-4-|-3---3---3-4-4-4---4-4-|-3---3---3-4-4-4---4-4-|-3---3---3-4-4---------|
G|-2---2---2-2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2---2-2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2---2-2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2---2-2-2---------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-7---7---x-8---8---8---|-7---7---x-x-8--x--8---|-7---7---x-8---8---8---|-7---7---x-x-8--x--8---|
D|-7---7---x-7---7---7---|-7---7---x-x-7--x--7---|-7---7---x-7---7---7---|-7---7---x-x-7--x--7---|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
   Watch the swallows      cloud the sky           watch the swallows      slowly die

E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-7---7---x-8---8---8---|-7---7---x-x-8--x--8---|-7---7---x-8---8---8---|-7--7--7-7--8--8--x-8--|
D|-7---7---x-7---7---7---|-7---7---x-x-7--x--7---|-7---7---x-7---7---7---|-7--7--7-7--7--7--x-7--|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
   I used to throw stones  but now                 I have none

E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-7---7---7-8--8--8--8--|-7---7---7-8--8--8--8--|-7---7---7-8--8--8--8--|-7---7---7-8--8--8--8--|
D|-7---7---7-7--7--7--7--|-7---7---7-7--7--7--7--|-7---7---7-7--7--7--7--|-7---7---7-7--7--7--7--|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
   Watch the swallows      cloud the sky           watch the swallows      slowly die

E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-7---7---7-8--8--8--8--|-7---7---7-8--8--8--8--|-7---7---7-8--8--8--8--|-7--7--7--7-8--8-------|
D|-7---7---7-7--7--7--7--|-7---7---7-7--7--7--7--|-7---7---7-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7-7--7-------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
   I used to throw stones  but now                 I have none


[Chorus]

   A5                      E/G#                    G5                      D/F#
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------3---------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------3-------------|
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-7----7----7---7---7---|-6----6--6--6--6---6---|-5----5----5---5---5---|-4-----------4--4--4---|
A|-7----7----7---7---7---|-7----7--7--7--7---7---|-5----5----5---5---5---|-5-----------5--5--5---|
E|-5----5----5---5---5---|-4----4--4--5--4---0---|-3----3----3---3---3---|-2-----------2--2--2---|
   Waiting to be           bred in the black garden waiting to be          muted and then chosen

   F5                                               
e|-----------------------|-----------------------|E|----------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|----10------10------10-----10------10---|
G|---------0--2--0h2p0---|-0--2--0h2p0-----0--2/-|-------9-------9-------9------9-------9-|
D|-3-------------------3-|-------------3---------|-10------10------10-----10------10------|
A|-3---------------------|-----------------------|E|----------------------------------------||
E|-1---------------------|-----------------------|E|----------------------------------------||
   White trash youre a     swinger ugly to the     end                        ugly to the

   E5                      E
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-9----9----9---9--9--\-|-1---------------------|
D|-9----9----9---9--9--\-|-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
A|-7----7----7---7--7--\-|-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
E|-----------------------|-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
   end 


[Solo]

   B5                                              B5
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
B|-7-----5----3----2-----|-3----2----------------|-10-----9------7-----5----|-7-----5---------------|
G|-9b11--7b9--5b7--4b6---|-5b7--4b6-r4~----------|-12b14--11b13--9b11--7b9--|-9b11--7b9-r7~---------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|

   B5                                         
e|--------10---------------------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----12----12-10-12-10---------------------|-----------------------|
G|-/11-------------------11-9-11-9---------9-|-9b10~-9b10~r9-7-------|
D|---------------------------------12-9-12---|-----------------9~----|
A|E|----------------------------------------|---|-----------------------|
E|E|----------------------------------------|---|-----------------------|

   B5
E|-11b13~-------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------10b12~------------|-------------------------|
G|---------------9b11~-r9~--|-7---9-9-7-----7--9-9-7--|
D|--------------------------|-----------9~------------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|

   A5                      E/G#                    G5                      D/F#
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
D|-7----7----7---7---7---|-----------------------|-5----5----5---5---5---|----------------------------|
A|-7----7----7---7---7---|-7---7--7--7--7--7-7-7-|-5----5----5---5---5---|-5---5--5--5--5--5b6-r5-----|
E|-5----5----5---5---5---|-4---5--4--5--4--0-0-0-|-3----3----3---3---3---|-2---3--2--3--2-------------|

   F5                                               
e|-----------------------|-----------------------|E|----------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|----10------10------10-----10------10---|
G|---------0--2--0h2p0---|-0--2--0h2p0-----0--2/-|-------9-------9-------9------9-------9-|
D|-3-------------------3-|-------------3---------|-10------10------10-----10------10------|
A|-3---------------------|-----------------------|E|----------------------------------------||
E|-1---------------------|-----------------------|E|----------------------------------------||

   E                      
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-\1--------------------|-----------------------|
D|-\2---2----2---2---2---|-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
A|-\2---2----2---2---2---|-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
E|-\0---0----0---0---0---|-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-----|


[Outro]

The dead notes in the second bar indicate a strum across the strings above the guitars nut

   B5
E|-----------------------|-----x-----------------|----------0--------------|---------0---------------|
B|-----------------------|----x------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-4---------------------|---x-------------------|--------8-----------0----|-------8------------0----|
D|-4---------------------|--x--------------------|------9-----------9------|-----9------------9------|
A|-2---------------------|-x---------------------|----9-----------9--------|---9------------9--------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-/7-----------7----------|-7------------7----------|

                                                       B
E|---------0---------------|---------0---------------|-----------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
G|-------8------------0----|-------8------------0----|-8---------------------|
D|-----9------------9------|-----9------------9------|-9---------------------|
A|---9------------9--------|---9------------9--------|-9---------------------|
E|-7------------7----------|-7------------7----------|-7---------------------|



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| x  dead note
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| b  bend up
| r  release bend
| h  hammer on
| p  pull off
| ~  vibrato
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