Band: Manic Street Preachers
Title: Of Walking Abortion
Album: The Holy Bible
Tabbed by: grieve

Thanks to Ian and Dave Watson 

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Intro
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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
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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
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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
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   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
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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
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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)