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Sex Power Love And Money

Manic Street Preachers

Chord: Principal (acoustic and electric guitars)
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key: Bm

'Sex, Power, Love and Money' by Manic Street Preachers
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
from the album Futurology (2014)
Tab by James Glover (Sebadonut)

Standard Tuning

  [Intro]

E|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|----0--2-----0--2--0------|----0--2-----0--2--0------|----0--2-----0--2--0------|----0--2-----0--2--0------|
D|-4--------4-----------2---|-4--------4-----------2---|-4--------4-----------2---|-4--------4-----------2---|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|

then the main chorus riff enters:

E|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-6-5-4-2-|------------------------------------|
D|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-6-5-4-2-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-5----5-5-|
A|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-4-3-2-0-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-5----5-5-|
E|---------------------------------|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-3----3-3-|

lead guitar riff:

E|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-5-----10----10------2---2-----7-----5----|-7------7----7---------------------------------|
G|-7b9---12b14-12b14---4b6-4b6---9b11--7b9--|-9b11---9b11-9b11---9p7------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|------------------------9p7--------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|----------------------------9---------7--7---9-|
E|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|


  [Verse]
          
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10-10-10-9\--------------9--7\-------------9--10\-------------10-9\-------|
G|-9--9--9--9\--------------9--7\-------------9--9-\-------------9--9\-------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10-9\--------------9--7\-------------9--10\-------------10-9\-------|
G|-9--9\--------------9--7\-------------9--9-\-------------9--9\-------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|


   [Pre-Chorus]

E|--2-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-------| Hit a D chord and let it ring-----------------------------------|
D|--0--------or| play the intro riff-----------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


  [Chorus]

E|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-6-5-4-2-|------------------------------------|
D|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-6-5-4-2-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-5----5-5-|
A|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-4-3-2-0-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-5----5-5-|
E|---------------------------------|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-3----3-3-|

E|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-6-5-4-2-|------------------------------------|
D|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-6-5-4-2-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-5----5-5-|
A|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-4-3-2-0-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-5----5-5-|
E|---------------------------------|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-3----3-3-|

There is a second guitar playing these small licks over the chorus:

E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G|------9h11p9---9h11p9-------------|-----6h7p6---6h7p6---------------------|
D|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G|------9h11p9---9h11p9-------------|-----6h7p6---6h7p6---------------------|
D|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|


  [Verse]
          
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10-10-10-9\--------------9--7\-------------9--10\-------------10-9\-------|
G|-9--9--9--9\--------------9--7\-------------9--9-\-------------9--9\-------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10-9\--------------9--7\-------------9--10\-------------10-9\-------|
G|-9--9\--------------9--7\-------------9--9-\-------------9--9\-------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|


   [Pre-Chorus]

E|--2-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-------| Hit a D chord and let it ring-----------------------------------|
D|--0--------or| play the intro riff-----------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


  [Chorus]

E|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-6-5-4-2-|------------------------------------|
D|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-6-5-4-2-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-5----5-5-|
A|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-4-3-2-0-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-5----5-5-|
E|---------------------------------|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-3----3-3-|

E|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-6-5-4-2-|------------------------------------|
D|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-6-5-4-2-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-5----5-5-|
A|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-4-3-2-0-|-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-5----5-5-|
E|---------------------------------|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-3----3-3-|


  [Solo]

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------7b| u9r7--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------6h7p6-9--------------9--7--6----6---6---6--4----------------|
D|--2h4p2----7h9p7--------------------------------------------------7--6--4-------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------10-12b| u14r12--10-12----------------------------------|
G|--2h4p2----6h7p6----9h11p9---------------------11---11--11----------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------11--9---------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------12--11--9-----|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------12--------------12--------------12------------------------------------------------|
G|-10h11h12h13--11-10h11h12h13--11-10h11h12h13--13-12-13-12-9----9-11/13-11-9-11b-11b-11b-9-11--|
D|------------------------------------------------------------11--------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6h7h8h9--6-----6h7h8h9--6-----6h7h8h9-6---------------------------6--4-------------|
D|------------7--------------7--------------9--7--6------------------------7--6--4----|
A|---------------------------------------------------7--9--7--9---9-------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


  [Outro]

E|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-5-----10----10------2---2-----7-----5----|-7------7----7---------------------------------|
G|-7b9---12b14-12b14---4b6-4b6---9b11--7b9--|-9b11---9b11-9b11---9p7------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|------------------------9p7--------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|----------------------------9\-----------------|
E|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-----10----10------2---2-----14--12--10--11--7-----7----7------------------------|
G|-7b9---12b14-12b14---4b6-4b6---16b-14b-12b-13b-9b11--9b11-9b11-9-7-----------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------9-7-------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------9v-----------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



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p - pull off
b - bend
\ - slide down
h - hammer-on
r - release
/ - slide up
v - vibrato
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