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If You Tolerate This by Manic Street Preachers
If You Tolerate This
Intro Am, Em, F, C, G x2 (play intro once before each verse)
Am Em
The future teaches you to be alone
F C
The present to be afraid and cold
F
So if I can shoot rabbits
C G
Then I can shoot fascists
Bullets for your brain today
But we'll forget it all again
Monuments put from pen to paper
Turns me into a gutless wonder
Dm
And if you tolerate this
Am G
Then your children will be next
Dm
And if you tolerate this
Am G
Then your children will be next
Will be next, will be next, will be next
Gravity keeps my head down
Or is it maybe shame
At being so young
And being so vain
Holes in your head today
But I'm a pacifist
I've walked La Rambas but
Not with real intent
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next, will be next, will be next
Guitar Solo Dm, Am, G, G x2
E-------------------------------------------
B--------13-12------------------------------
G--12-14-------12---14----14----------------
D----------------12----15----14-----10--12--
A-------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------
Dm Am
And on the streets tonight
G
An old man prays
Dm Am
With newspaper cuttings
G
Of his glory days
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next, will be next, will be next
Outro
Dm, Am, G, G x6
Dm, A, G
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version 2
Am Em F C
x 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 x 3 3 2 1 x x 3 2 0 1 0
G/B G Dm
x 2 0 0 0 x 3 2 0 0 3 3 x x 0 2 3 1
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr.1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr.2 (12-string)'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr.2 (for 12-string effect during MIDI playback)'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Wurlitzer electric piano'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Wurlitzer electric piano'
Intro
Q=96
Am Em F C G/B
4/4
Gtr I
W W H. E e E E E E E E E E
|-----------|-----------|--------------|-------------------|
|-----------|-----------|--------------|--------1----------|
|-----------|-----------|--------------|------0-------0----|
|-----------|-----------|--------------|----2-------0------|
|-----------|-----------|------------3-|--3-------2-----2--|
|-----------|-----------|--------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr IV Gtr V Gtr IV Gtr V
| W W W H H
|-12--------|-12--------|--------------|--8-------7--------|
|-13--------|-12--------|-10-----------|--8-------8--------|
|-14--------|-12--------|-10-----------|--9-------7--------|
|-----------|-14--------|-10-----------|-10-------9--------|
|-----------|-----------|--8-----------|-------------------|
|-----------|-----------|--------------|-------------------|
Am Em
Gtr I
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W W
|-12----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-13----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-14----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-------------------------|-14----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F C G/B
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W H H
|-------------------------|--8---------7-----------||
|-10----------------------|--8---------8-----------||
|-10----------------------|--9---------7-----------||
|-10----------------------|-10---------9-----------||
|--8----------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
Verse
$
Am Em
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W W
|-12----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-13----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-14----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-------------------------|-14----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F C
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W W
|-------------------------|--8---------------------|
|-10----------------------|--8---------------------|
|-10----------------------|--9---------------------|
|-10----------------------|-10---------------------|
|--8----------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
F C
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W W
|-------------------------|--8----------------------|
|-10----------------------|--8----------------------|
|-10----------------------|--9----------------------|
|-10----------------------|-10----------------------|
|--8----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W W
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-12----------------------|-----------------------||
|-12----------------------|-4---------------------||
|-12----------------------|-5---------------------||
|-10----------------------|-5---------------------||
|-------------------------|-3---------------------||
Verse
Am Em
Gtr I
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W W
|-12----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-13----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-14----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-------------------------|-14----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F C
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W W
|-------------------------|--8---------------------|
|-10----------------------|--8---------------------|
|-10----------------------|--9---------------------|
|-10----------------------|-10---------------------|
|--8----------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
F C
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W W
|-------------------------|--8----------------------|
|-10----------------------|--8----------------------|
|-10----------------------|--9----------------------|
|-10----------------------|-10----------------------|
|--8----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W W
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-12----------------------|-----------------------||
|-12----------------------|-4---------------------||
|-12----------------------|-5---------------------||
|-10----------------------|-5---------------------||
|-------------------------|-3---------------------||
Chorus
Dm Am
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
To Coda
G
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
Dm Am
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
G
E S S E E +S S E E S S E S S E E +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||
Interlude
Am Em
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W W
|-12----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-13----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-14----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-------------------------|-14----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
F C G/B
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W H H
|-------------------------|--8---------7-----------||
|-10----------------------|--8---------8-----------||
|-10----------------------|--9---------7-----------||
|-10----------------------|-10---------9-----------||
|--8----------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
Chorus cont.
&
Dm Am
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtrs II, III
W W
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
G
E S S E E +S S E E S S E S S E E +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W H. Q
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------7S====||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
Guitar Solo
F C
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
W H +E. S Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-14----------------------|-12---------(12)s====17-17-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
G
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H H Q.. S +Q Q
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-16---------16-----------|-16---------16-(16)\-----/14S======|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Dm Am
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
H +E. S Q H. Q
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-10---------(10)s====14-14S====|=9------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------10-----|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
G
E S S E E +S S E E S S E S S E E +S S S S S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E +Q H Q E. S +Q Q
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
|-10s12---(12)---12-----------|-12-----12----12-(12)----------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------(12)\----------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
Bridge
F C
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H +E Q. H. Q
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-8---------(8)---8--------|-7-----------------7-----|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
G
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H. Q Q. E +Q Q
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2-----------------0-----|-3------2---(2)-----2-----|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
Dm Am
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E. S +Q Q Q E. S +Q Q
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-/5---5----5-(5)-----5\-----|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|-/5---5----5-(5)-----5-----|
G
H +E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W +W
|---------------|-------------------------||
|---------------|-------------------------||
|---------------|-------------------------||
|---------------|-------------------------||
|---------------|-------------------------||
|-3-------------|-(3)---------------------||
Chorus
F C
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E. S +Q Q Q E. S +Q Q
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|-3---3----3-(3)-----/5-----|
|-1---1----1-(1)-----1-----|---------------------------|
G
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E. S +Q Q Q. E +Q Q
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2---2----2-(2)-----0-----|-3------2---(2)-----2S====|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Dm Am
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E. S +Q Q E E E S S +E E E S S
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5---5----5-(5)-----5\-----|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|-/5-5-5-5-5-(5)---5-5-5-5-|
G
E S S E E +S S E E S S E S S E E +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q. E +H W
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|-3--------3-(3)-----------|-3----------------------||
Outro
F C
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H. Q H. Q
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-8-----------------8-----|-7-----------------\3-----|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
G
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E. S +Q Q Q. E +Q Q
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-2---2----2-(2)-----0-----|-3------2---(2)-----2S=======|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
Dm Am
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E. S +Q Q E E E S S +E E E S S
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5---5----5-(5)-----5\-----|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|-/5-5-5-5-5-(5)---5-5-5-5-|
G
E S S E E +S S E E S S E S S E E +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q. E +H W 3x
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------o||
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------o||
|-3--------3-(3)-----------|-3-----------------------||
F C G
W W W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
W W W +W
|-----------|----------|----------|--------*|
|-----------|----------|----------|--------*|
|-10--------|-5--------|----------|--------*|
|-----------|----------|-5--------|-(5)----*|
|--8--------|-3--------|----------|--------*|
|-----------|----------|-3--------|-(3)----*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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version 3
Chords used: Dm, Am, Em, Em7, F, C, G
Intro: Am, Em, F, C, Em7
Am Em
The future teaches you to be alone
F C
The present to be afraid and cold
F C G
"So if I can shoot rabbits then I can shoot fascists."
Am Em
Bullets for your brain today
F C
But we'll forget it all again
F
Monuments put from pen to paper
C G
Turns me into a gutless wonder.
Dm C G
And if you tolerate this then your children will be next
F C G G
And if you tolerate this then your children will be next
G G G
Will be next, Will be next, Will be next.
Repeat as was above:
Gravity keeps my head down
Or is it maybe shame
At being so young and being so vain.
Holes in your head today
But I'm a pacifist
I've walked La Ramblas but not with real intent.
And if you tolerate this then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this then your children will be next
Will be next, Will be next, Will be next.
"And on the street tonight-
An old man plays with newspaper cuttings of his glory days."
And if you tolerate this then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this then your children will be next
Will be next, Will be next, Will be next.
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version 4
Tuning:
Intro:
E---------------------5------------------------------|
B--10--------5--------6--------1----------0----------|
G---9--------4--------5--------0-------0--0-----0----|
D--10--------5-----------------2-----2----0--2-----2-|
A------------------------------3--3-------2----------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
(This is how you play the chords throughout the song)(Play this bit twice)
Am Em F C
E--0--0-0-0--0-0--0--0--0-0-0--0-0--0--1--1-1-1--1-1--1--0--0-0-0--0-0--0--|
B--1--1-1-1--1-1--1--0--0-0-0--0-0--0--1--1-1-1--1-1--1--1--1-1-1--1-1--1--|
G--2--2-2-2--2-2--2--0--0-0-0--0-0--0--2--2-2-2--2-2--2--0--0-0-0--0-0--0--|
D--2--2-2-2--2-2--2--2--2-2-2--2-2--2--3--3-3-3--3-3--3--2--2-2-2--2-2--2--|
A--0--0-0-0--0-0--0--2--2-2-2--2-2--2--3--3-3-3--3-3--3--3--3-3-3--3-3--3--|
E--------------------0—-0-0—0--0-0--0--1--1-1-1--1-1--1--------------------|
Verse: (Play the little chord intro twice before each set of verses)
Am Em
The future teaches you to be alone
F C
The present to be afraid and cold
F
So if I can shoot rabbits
C G G
Then I can shoot fascists
Bullets for your brain today
But we'll forget it all again
Monuments put from pen to paper
Turns me into a gutless wonder
Chorus:
Dm
And if you tolerate this
Am G
Then your children will be next
Dm
And if you tolerate this
Am G
Then your children will be next
G
Will be next, will be next, will be next
Verse:
Gravity keeps my head down
Or is it maybe shame
At being so young
And being so vain
Holes in your head today
But I'm a pacifist
I've walked La Rambas but
Not with real intent
Chorus:
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next, will be next, will be next
Guitar Solo: (This essentially just soloing over the chorus)
Dm Am G G Dm Am G G
E---------------8----7-------------------------------------------|
B—6s10-----8-----------------14----------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------14-----------5s9----7-----|
D---------------------------------15-------14--------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge:
Dm Am
And on the streets tonight
G
An old man prays
Dm Am
With newspaper cuttings
G
Of his glory days
Chorus:
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next, will be next, will be next
Outro:
Dm, Am, G, G x6
Dm, A, G
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