• Song:

    The Beautiful People

  • Artist:

    Marilyn Manson

  • Album:

    The Beautiful People

Marilyn Manson
Beautiful People
(Dropped-D Tuning) Quick lesson in drop tuning:
Drop D requires the lowest E string to be loosened (dropped) 
slightly to create a power chord with all 3 of the top strings.
EXAMPLE
 E------        E-----
 B------        B-----
 G------        G-----
 D--2---        D--2--
 A--2---        A--2--
 E--0---        D--2--
   Em			Em
In standard     In drop-D

 Intro 	   Main Riff
E------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------
D--XXX-----------0-3-0---0-6-0---0-6-0---0-3-0---
A--XXX-----------0-3-0---0-6-0---0-6-0---0-3-0---
D--XXX-----------0-3-0---0-6-0---0-6-0---0-3-0---
Palm mute                strum quick
A bunch of 		(later in the song palm mute 
times to the	      all the chords)
drum beat

Riff 2
E-----------------------
B-----------------------
G-----------------------
D--X-X-X---0-3-0--------
A--X-X-X---0-3-0--------
D--X-X-X---0-3-0--------
strum a few times 
during The verse

Riff 3
E-----------------
B-----------------
G--8--7--6--5-----
D--x--x--x--x-----
A--6--5--4--3-----
D-----------------
Do optionally (Not heard on record really but 
                done live almost every time)
Outro
E-----------------------------
B-----------------------------
G----------------—------------
D---0-6-0--0-6-0--0-6-7-6-0---
A---0-6-0--0-6-0--0-6-7-6-0---
D---0-6-0--0-6-0--0-6-7-6-0---
Similar to main riff but ends with a quick chord movement
There it is, pretty easy. Heavy and repetitive, typical Twiggy.		VampireLestat116
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