'Automatik Teknicolour' by Manic Street Preachers E|-------------------------------------------------| found on the B side of the 2002 single There by the Grace of God Tab by James Glover (Sebadonut) Standard Tuning EADGBe [Intro] 0:07 synth enters (tabbed for guitar) F# Ebm B F# e|-2---------------------------7----------------------|-----------------------------2----------------------| B|-2---------------------------8----------------------|-4---------------------------2----------------------| G|-3---------------------------9----------------------|-4---------------------------3----------------------| D|-4---------------------------9----------------------|-4---------------------------4----------------------| A|-4---------------------------7----------------------|-2---------------------------4----------------------| E|-2E|-------------------------------------------------|-|-----------------------------2----------------------| [Intro] 0:21 guitar enters F# Ebm B F# 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G|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|-8--8----8---9--8--6-------------------------------| D|-8--8----8--6--6--8----8-8-9-8--8--8-8--6--6--8--8-8-|----------------------9---9-8--8----8--6--6--8--8--| A|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|--| E|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|--| A deeply obsessive suburban militias tender and blissful classified forever F# Ebm B F# e|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|--| B|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|--------------7------------------------------------| G|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|-8--8---8--9-----9--8-6-------------------------\--| D|-8--8----8--6--6--8----8-8-9-8--8--8-8--6--6--8--8-8-|-------------------------9--8--8--8-8--6--6--8--\--| A|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|------------------------------------------------\--| E|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|--| A diplomatic fever of our own saviours married to the future with no solution so write the damaged [Chorus] 1:03 C#5 Bb5 B5 F#5 e|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|----| B|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|----| G|-6--6--6-6--6--6--6--6-6-6-3--3--3-3--3--3--3--3-3-3-|-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4---------------------------| D|-6--6--6-6--6--6--6--6-6-6-3--3--3-3--3--3--3--3-3-3-|-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-| A|-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-1--1--1-1--1--1--1--1-1-1-|-2--2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2-2-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-| E|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|---------------------------2--2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2-2-| letters until the darkness sparkles essential is the shimmer of automatik teknicolour so write the damaged C#5 Bb5 B5 e|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|---------------------------| B|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|---------------------------| G|-6--6--6-6--6--6--6--6-6-6-3--3--3-3--3--3--3--3-3-3-|-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-| D|-6--6--6-6--6--6--6--6-6-6-3--3--3-3--3--3--3--3-3-3-|-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-| A|-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-1--1--1-1--1--1--1--1-1-1-|-2--2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2-2-| E|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|---------------------------| letters until the darkness sparkles essential is the shimmer of automatik tekni- F# F# Ebm B e|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|--| B|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|--| G|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|----------------------------8--8---8-9--8--6-------| D|-8--8----8--6--6--8----8-8-8-8--8--8-8--6--6--8--8-8-|-8--8----8-8-6--6--8--8-8-8-------------------9--9-| A|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|--| E|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|--| -colour F# E|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|----------------------------| D|-8--8----8--6--6--8----8--8-| A|----------------------------| E|----------------------------| [Verse 2] 1:45 F# Ebm B F# e|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|--| B|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|--| G|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|-8--8----8---9--8--6-------------------------------| D|-8--8----8--6--6--8----8-8-9-8--8--8-8--6--6--8--8-8-|----------------------9---9-8--8----8--6--6--8--8--| A|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|--| E|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|--| A bitter-sweet kaleidoscope a sorry-heart ritual the trust of a Medusa evidence of memorials this way is F# Ebm B F# e|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|--| B|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|---------------7-----------------------------------| G|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|-8-8-8-8-6h8-9---9-9-8-6-------------------------\-| D|-8--8----8--6--6--8----8-8-9-8--8--8-8--6--6--8--8-8-|-------------------------9--8--8--8-8--6--6--8--\--| A|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|------------------------------------------------\--| E|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|--| the purest this way is the surest and all of their dialects illustrate the pointless [Chorus] 2:13 C#5 Bb5 B5 F#5 e|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|----| B|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|----| G|-6--6--6-6--6--6--6--6-6-6-3--3--3-3--3--3--3--3-3-3-|-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4---------------------------| D|-6--6--6-6--6--6--6--6-6-6-3--3--3-3--3--3--3--3-3-3-|-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-| A|-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-1--1--1-1--1--1--1--1-1-1-|-2--2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2-2-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-| E|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|---------------------------2--2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2-2-| letters until the darkness sparkles essential is the shimmer of automatik teknicolour so write the damaged C#5 Bb5 B5 C#5 e|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|----| B|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|----| G|-6--6--6-6--6--6--6--6-6-6-3--3--3-3--3--3--3--3-3-3-|-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-6--6--6-6--6--6--6--6-6-6-| D|-6--6--6-6--6--6--6--6-6-6-3--3--3-3--3--3--3--3-3-3-|-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-6--6--6-6--6--6--6--6-6-6-| A|-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-1--1--1-1--1--1--1--1-1-1-|-2--2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2-2-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-| E|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|----| letters until the darkness sparkles essential is the shimmer of automatik teknicolour [Break] 2:41 E5 F#5 E5 F#5 e|E|-------------------------------------------------|----| B|E|-------------------------------------------------|----| G|-9--9---9---9--------------9--9---9---9--------------| D|-9--9---9---9---4----------9--9---9---9---4----------| A|-7--7---7---7---4----------7--7---7---7---4----------| E|----------------2-------------------------2----------| E5 F#5 E5 e|E|-------------------------------------------------|--------------| B|E|-------------------------------------------------|--------------| G|-9--9---9---9----------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| D|-9--9---9---9---4---4-4--4-4-4-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| A|-7--7---7---7---4---4-4--4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| E|----------------2---2-2--2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| so write the damaged [Chorus] 2:55 C#5 Bb5 B5 F#5 e|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|----| B|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|----| G|-6--6--6-6--6--6--6--6-6-6-3--3--3-3--3--3--3--3-3-3-|-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4---------------------------| D|-6--6--6-6--6--6--6--6-6-6-3--3--3-3--3--3--3--3-3-3-|-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-| A|-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-1--1--1-1--1--1--1--1-1-1-|-2--2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2-2-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-| E|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|---------------------------2--2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2-2-| letters until the darkness sparkles essential is the shimmer of automatik teknicolour so write the damaged C#5 Bb5 B5 e|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|---------------------------| B|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|---------------------------| G|-6--6--6-6--6--6--6--6-6-6-3--3--3-3--3--3--3--3-3-3-|-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-| D|-6--6--6-6--6--6--6--6-6-6-3--3--3-3--3--3--3--3-3-3-|-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-| A|-4--4--4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-1--1--1-1--1--1--1--1-1-1-|-2--2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2-2-| E|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|---------------------------| letters until the darkness sparkles essential is the shimmer of automatik tekni- [Outro] 3:20 F# Ebm B F# e|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|--| B|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|--| G|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|-8--8---6--8--9--8--6-6-8-8-6----------------------| D|-8--8----8--6--6--8----8-8-9-8--8--8-8--6--6--8--8-8-|E|-------------------------------------------------|--| A|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|--| E|E|-------------------------------------------------|----|E|-------------------------------------------------|--| -colour ************************************ | x dead note | h hammer-on | p pull-off | b bend up | / slide up | \ slide down | ~ vibrato