Manic Street Preachers - Sleepflower ALBUM: Gold Against the Soul Transcribed by Peter Bevan peterbevan@breathe.com(the majority) and Fung Mak [INTRO] - [All chords are 5ths] A5 (x022xx@1) F (133211@1)name="chord_022100@1">E D5 (xx023x@1)C5 (x355xx@1) B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x022xx@1">A5 C (x32010@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B A5 (x022xx@1)name="chord_133211@1">F F5 (133xxx@1)F (133211@1)name="chord_355xxx@1">G5 e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G||-----2-2-2--5-4-2--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2---------------------------| D||-----2-2-2--3-2-0--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2--3-3---1/3-3--------------| A||-----0-0-0---------3-3--0--2-3-2-0----5----3-2-0--3-3---1/3-3--------------| E||-/5---------------------------------3---3---------1-1-0-1/3-3--------------| A5 (x022xx@1) F (133211@1)name="chord_022100@1">E D5 (xx023x@1)C5 (x355xx@1) B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x022xx@1">A5 C (x32010@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B A5 (x022xx@1)name="chord_133211@1">F F5 (133xxx@1)F (133211@1)name="chord_355xxx@1">G5 e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G||--2-2-2--5-4-2--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2------------------------------| D||--2-2-2--3-2-0--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2--3-3---1/3-3-----------------| A||--0-0-0---------3-3--0--2-3-2-0----5----3-2-0--3-3---1/3-3-----------------| E||---------------------------------3---3---------1-1-0-1/3-3-----------------| or could be played like this (easier version) e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D||-----------3-2-------------------------------------------------------------| A||-----0-0-0-----0-3-3-0-2-3-2-0------5---3-2-0------------------------------| E||-/(5)----------------------------3----3-------3-1-1-0-1-3-3----------------| NB.There is a second guitar part, it plays not 2 octaves higher but plays high, quiet notes that come down from high up in harmony with the main riff [VERSE] A5 (x022xx@1) C5e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| (x355xx@1)B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G||--2-------------5----------------------2-2-2--5-4-2--5-5-----4-5-3-2-------| D||--2-------------5----------------------2-2-2--3-2-0--5-5-----4-5-3-2-------| A||--0-------------3----------------------0-0-0---------3-3--0--2-3-2-0-------| E||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| (Keep repeated. Later on the A5 and C5 chords are palm-muted.) Morning always seems too stale to justify Lament blossoms, hours minutes of our lives Broken thoughts run through your empty mind At least a beaten dog knows how to lie [CHORUS] G5 (355xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) F5 (133xxx@1) C5 (x355xx@1) B5I (x244xx@1)feel like I'm missing pieces of sleep, G5 (355xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) F5 (133xxx@1) C5 (x355xx@1) B5My (x244xx@1)memory fades to a pale landscape, G5 (355xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) F5 (133xxx@1) C5 (x355xx@1) B5You (x244xx@1)were an extinction a desert heat, G5 (355xxx@1) D5 (xx023x@1) F5 (133xxx@1) C5 (x355xx@1) B5A (x244xx@1)blind illness of my anxiety. [VERSE 2] Endless hours in bed, no peace, in this mind No one knows the hell where innocence dies Fragments crawling like cobwebs on stone Blows away the safety only a sleeping pill knows REPEAT CHORUS [BRIDGE] A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A A (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)name="chord_x00220@1">A/D C (x32010@1) B (x2444x@1) A (x02220@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A A (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)name="chord_x00220@1">A/D e||----------------------------2-----------------------------2----------------| B||--2-----0------2-2-0-2-2--2-3-----5----3-----2-2-0-2-2--2-3----------------| G||--2-----0------2-2-0-2-2--2-2-----5----3-----2-2-0-2-2--2-2----------------| D||--2-----0------2-2-0-2-2--2-2-----5----3-----2-2-0-2-2--2-2----------------| A||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A A (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)name="chord_x00220@1">A/D C (x32010@1) B (x2444x@1) A (x02220@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A A (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)name="chord_x00220@1">A/D e||----------------------------2-----------------------------2----------------| B||--2-----0------2-2-0-2-2--2-3-----5----3-----2-2-0-2-2--2-3----------------| G||--2-----0------2-2-0-2-2--2-2-----5----3-----2-2-0-2-2--2-2----------------| D||--2-----0------2-2-0-2-2--2-2-----5----3-----2-2-0-2-2--2-2----------------| A||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A5 (x022xx@1) F (133211@1)name="chord_022100@1">E D5 (xx023x@1)C5 (x355xx@1) B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x022xx@1">A5 C (x32010@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B A5 (x022xx@1)name="chord_133211@1">F F5 (133xxx@1)F (133211@1)name="chord_355xxx@1">G5 e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G||--2-2-2--5-4-2--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2------------------------------| D||--2-2-2--3-2-0--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2--3-3---1/3-3-----------------| A||--0-0-0---------3-3--0--2-3-2-0----5----3-2-0--3-3---1/3-3-----------------| E||---------------------------------3---3---------1-1-0-1/3-3-----------------| A5 (x022xx@1) F (133211@1)name="chord_022100@1">E D5 (xx023x@1)C5 (x355xx@1) B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x022xx@1">A5 C (x32010@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B A5 (x022xx@1)name="chord_133211@1">F F5 (133xxx@1)F (133211@1)name="chord_355xxx@1">G5 e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G||--2-2-2--5-4-2--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2------------------------------| D||--2-2-2--3-2-0--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2--3-3---1/3-3-----------------| A||--0-0-0---------3-3--0--2-3-2-0----5----3-2-0--3-3---1/3-3-----------------| E||---------------------------------3---3---------1-1-0-1/3-3-----------------| [SOLO] e||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B||-----------12b14b12---------------------12b14b12--------------------12b14b12----------| G||--------12----------14-12-14---------12----------14-12-12--------12----------14-------| D||-----14---------------------------14--------------------------14-----------------0----| A||--12---------------------------12--------------------------12-------------------------| E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| [15b17++17b15 - mean bend note up 1 step and hold, then strike again and unbend] e||--------------------------------12-13-15---------------------15-----15---------15b17--| B||--15-13-15b16b15-13-15-13-15b17----------15b17b15-13---------15b17++17b15-13----------| G||-----------------------------------------------------14-14----------------------------| D||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e||--15--17b19b17-15--15b17b15--12--12b14b12---------------------------------------------| B||------------------------------------------15--15b17b15--13-12b17b15--13-12-13---------| G||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| This is harmonised by this in the background by the rhythm guitar e||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G||-----0-4b5r4-2-0-2------0-4b5r4-2-0-0------0-4b5r4-2-0--------0-4b5r4-2-0-2--| D||---2------------------2------------------2-------------0----2----------------| A||-0------------------0------------------0------------------0------------------| E||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| e||---------------------------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------------------------| G||--2--2-2--2----0--2--4b5r4--2-0-2--2--2-2--2----0--2-4b5r4--2-0-0----| D||--2--2-2--2--2---------------------2--2-2--2--2----------------------| A||--0--0-0--0------------------------0--0-0--0-------------------------| E||---------------------------------------------------------------------| e||---------------------------------------------------------------------| B||-----------------------------------3--3-3--3-------------------------| G||--------------0--2--4b5br4--2-0----2--2-2--2----0--2-4b5r4--2-0------| D||--5--5-5--5-2------------------0---0--0-0--0--2----------------------| A||--5--5-5--5----------------------------------------------------------| E||--3--3-3--3----------------------------------------------------------| e||---------------------------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------------------------| G||--4b5r4--2-0-----4b5r4--2-0------4b5r4--2-0-----4b5r4--2-0-----------| D||---------------------------------------------------------------------| A||---------------------------------------------------------------------| E||---------------------------------------------------------------------|