• Song:

    Stay Beautiful

  • Artist:

    Manic Street Preachers

  • Album:

    Generation Terrorists/G...

Manic Street Preachers - Stay Beautiful
Generation Terrorists (1992, Columbia)
Music by James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore
Standard Tuning

Intro
||-------------------|------------------|
||--/7--7------------|------------------|
||--/7--7------------|------------------|
||--/7--7----4-----7-|-----5-5--5-5-5-5-|
||--/5--5----4-----7-|-----5-5--5-5-5-5-|
||---------x-2-----5-|-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|


|-------------------|------------------||
|--/7--7------------|------------------||
|--/7--7------------|------------------||
|--/7--7----4-----7-|-----5-5--5-5-5-5-||
|--/5--5----4-----7-|-----5-5--5-5-5-5-||
|---------x-2-----5-|-----3-3--3-3-3-3-||

 Verse
  Guitar 1
  PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

  PM----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------||
|-----------------|-----------7-7-7-|-5---------5---|-------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5---------5---|-5-----||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3---------3---|-5-----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------0-|-3-----||


 Guitar 2
PM|   PM|   PM    PM    PM------------|   PM|   PM    PM    PM------|
||-----2-----2---5-|-----3-----------|-----2-----2---5-|-----3------------|
||-----3-----2---5-|-----3-----------|-----3-----2---5-|-----3------------|
||---2-------------|-----------------|---2-------------|------------------|
||-0-----0-0---0---|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----0-0---0---|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0--|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

| PM|   PM|   PM    PM    PM|
|-----2-----2---5-|-----3-----------|-3-------------|-3-----||
|-----3-----2---5-|-----3-----------|-3--3----------|-3-----||
|---2-------------|---------0-0-0-0-|-5-----5-------|-4-----||
|-0-----0-0---0---|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-5-------5-----|-5-----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------3---|-5-----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------0-|-3-----||


 Bridge between verses
         PM                                    PM
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|-/7--7------------|------------------|-/7--7------------|----------------0--||
|-/7--7------------|------------------|-/7--7------------|----------------0--||
|-/7--7----4-----7-|-----5-5--5-5-5-5-|-/7--7----4-----7-|-----5-5--5-5-5-0--||
|-/5--5----4-----7-|-----5-5--5-5-5-5-|-/5--5----4-----7-|-----5-5--5-5-5----||
|--------x-2-----5-|-----3-3--3-3-3-3-|--------x-2-----5-|-----3-3--3-3-3----||


 Chorus
  Guitar 1
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------0--|
|-2-----2-2-------|-2-----2-2---2p0---|-5-----5-5-------|-5-----5-5-----0--|
|-2-----2-2-------|-2-----2-2---2p0---|-5-----5-5-------|-5-----5-5-----0--|
|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0---0p0---|-3-----3-3-------|-3-----3-3--------|

|---------------|----------------------------|
|-7--7--7-7-7-7-|-7--10b12--10b12r10~~~~-----|
|-7--7--7-7-7-7-|-7---9b11---9b11r9~~~~------|
|-7--7--7-7-7-7-|-7--------------------------|
|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-5--------------------------|
|---------------|----------------------------|

 Guitar 2
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-8-8-7---8-8-7---|-8-8-7---8-8-7-----|-8-8-7---8-8-7---|-8-8-7---8-8-7----|
|-------9-------9-|-------9--------9--|-------9-------9-|-------9-------9--|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|

|---------------|----------------------------|
|-7--7--7-7-7-7-|-7--------------------------|
|-7--7--7-7-7-7-|-7--------------------------|
|-7--7--7-7-7-7-|-7--------------------------|
|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-5--------------------------|
|---------------|----------------------------|

Third guitar on second time the "don't wanna see your face" part is repeated in the chorus
|-2-------2-------|-2-------2---------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2---------|
|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3----3--|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3-------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----0-------0---|-----0-------/4----|
|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2-----|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|


Bridge between choruses, both guitars
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-2-------------2-|-----------2-------|
|-0-------------0-|-----------0-------|
|----3--2h3-------|-----3-2h3---3-2p0-|

 Guitar Solo
Guitar 1
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--3---3--------3--3----3-|-------3--3----3-----------3--3-3-3--|
|--3---3--------3--3----3-|-------3--3----3-----------3--3-3-3--|
|--1---1--------1--1-0--1-|-------1--1----1-----------1--1-1-1--|
                                                                    

|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|       
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--5-5--5--5-----5--5-5--5-|---5----5-----5-----5-----5----5--5----|
|--5-5--5--5-----5--5-5--5-|---5----5-----5-----5-----5----5--5----|
|--3-3--3--3-----3--3-3--3-|---3----3-----3-----3-----3----3--3----|

|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--3---3--------3--3----3-|-------3--3----3-----------3--3-3-3--|
|--3---3--------3--3----3-|-------3--3----3-----------3--3-3-3--|
|--1---1--------1--1-0--1-|-------1--1----1-----------1--1-1-1--|

|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-7-----7-----7------------|-----------------------------------|
|-7-----7-----7-------5----|---------5--5-5----5---5---5-------|
|-5-----5-----4-------5----|---------5--5-5----5---5---5-------|
|-------------------0-3----|---------3--3-3----3---3---3---0---|

|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-5-----5-----5------------2-|------2-2-2-2----2--2------2-|
|-5-----5-----5------------2-|------2-2-2-2----2--2------2-|
|-3-----3-----2----------0-0-|------0-0-0-0----0--0------0-|

Repeat last 4 bars twice
                                                                   
Guitar 2                        		  |pre-bend
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----12-12-12-12------12-|-------------------------------------|
|-10--12-12-12-12-10---12-|------10-12b14---------14r12-10------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|

|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------12-12-12-12------12-|----------------13h15-15b17r~~13-10-|
|-10---12-12-12-12-10---12-|----------12h14---------------------|
|--------------------------|----12h15---------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
			  |hold bend
|----------------------------|
|-----12-12-12-12------------|
|-10--12-12-12-12-10---12b14-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
                         hold note|------------
|--------------------------|---------7-------------------------|
|-7-----7-----7-------7----|(7)----------10-7h10p7-------------|
|-9b11--9b11--9b11--x-9b11-|-9b11r9------------p7-------7h9----|
|--------------------------|-------------------------9-9-x-----|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
						      |pre-bend
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-7-----7--------------------|-----10---7-8b10--------10r7-|
|-9b11--9b11--9b11r9p7-------|--------9--------------------|
|------------------------9-9-|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
						      |pre-bend
|-----------------------------9b10-|-9-9-b107----------------------------------|
|-7-----7-----7--------------------|------------10b12-12r10rb12r8-8-------------|
|-9b11--9b11--9b11--9b11rx---------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-10b12r10b127-10p7---7-10p7-----------------|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------9--------9p7-9p7---7-|--9p7--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------9---|------9p7-9p7---7-9p7-------7--------||
|---------------------------------------------|--------------9-------9p7-9---9p7----||
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||

   Outro
Both guitars
||---------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------||
||---------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------||
||--7--7--7------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------||
||--7--7--7----5-|-----5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5---5--5----2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
||--5--5--4----5-|-----5-5-5-5-5-5---|--5---5--5----2-|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
||-----------0-3-|-----3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|--3---3--2--0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|| repeat last 4 bars


 
Outro 2 
guitar 1
|---------------------------------|
|-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-|
|-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-|
|-5-x-x-x-5-x-x-x-5-x-x-x-5-x-x-x-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
  hold chord
|-2--------------|
|-3--------------|
|-2--------------|
|-0--------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|

Guitar 2
|---------------------------------|
|-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-|
|-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-|
|-5-x-x-x-5-x-x-x-5-x-x-x-5-x-x-x-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

|----------------|------------------|------------------|--------------||
|-7--------------|------------------|------------------|--------------||
|-7--------------|------------7-----|--------7---------|-----7--------||
|-7--------------|--9p7-------7-9p7-|--------7-9p7-----|-----7--------||
|----------------|------9p7-9-------|--9p7-9-------9p7-|--9-----------||
|----------------|------------------|------------------|--------------||
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