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She Is Suffering by Manic Street Preachers
She Is Suffering
Tuning: Standard
Intro/Verses: (In the video I used to write this, he hits the A and Am at the end
as full chords sometimes)
Em Em/D# A Am
e|------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------8------------8------------2------------1-------|
g|-----9---9--------9---9--------2---2--------2---2-----|
d|---9-------9----9-------9----2-------2----2-------2---|
a|-7-----------6------------0------------0------------0-|
e|------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
Em Em/D#
Beauty finds refuge
A Am
in herself
Em Em/D#
Lovers wrapped inside
A Am
each others lies
Em Em/D#
Beauty is such a
A Am
terrible thing
Em Em/D#
She is suffering
A Am
Yet more than death
Chorus: (Played as barre chords)
G B Em
She is suffering
G B A5
She sucks you deeper in
G B Em
She is suffering
G B A5
You exist within her shadow
Verse 2:
Em Em/D#
Beauty, she is scarred
A Am
into man's soul
Em Em/D#
A flower attracting
A Am
lust, vice and sin
Em Em/D#
A vine that can strangle
A Am
life from a tree
Em Em/D#
Carrion, surrounding,
A Am
picking on leaves
Chorus: (Played as barre chords)
G B Em
She is suffering
G B A5
She sucks you deeper in
G B Em
She is suffering
G B A5
You exist within her shadow
Bridge: (Power chords) x4
D# C D A
Verse 3:
Em Em/D#
Beauty she poisons
A Am
unfaithful all
Em Em/D#
Stifled, her touch is
A Am
leprous and pale
Em Em/D#
The less she gives the more
A Am
you need her
Em Em/D#
No thoughts to forget when we were
A Am
children
Chorus: (Played as barre chords)
G B Em
She is suffering
G B A5
She sucks you deeper in
G B Em
She is suffering
G B A5
Nature's luke-warm pleasure
That's it. Took much longer to write out than expected.
In the third verse, he just strums the chords, rather than picking them. I think
he plays the A and Am like this:
A Am
e|-5-| e|-5-|
b|-5-| b|-5-|
g|-6-| g|-5-|
d|-7-| d|-7-|
a|---| a|---|
e|---| e|---|
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version 2
INTRO/VERSE a fairly simple pattern of going up and down the chords. The A/Am
bit can be done in open position (X02220/X02210) if you feel more comfortable
with that.
It is lightly palm muted, but you don't really have to do that.
Em Em/Eb A Am
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------8-----------------8----------------------------------------------|
G|-------9-----9-----------9-----9---------------6-----------------5----------|
D|-----9---9-----9-------9---9-----9---------7-----7-----------7-----7--------|
A|---7-------------7---6-------------6-----7---7-----7-------7---7-----7------|
E|---------------------------------------5-------------5---5-------------5----|
G B Em
She is suffering
G B A5
She sucks you deeper in
G B Em
She is suffering
G B A5
You exist within her shadow
Those make up pretty much the whole song.
SOLO, this bit's pretty odd to be honest, and this is just an interpretation
that sounds similar to me. I'm not really one to play the exact solo, but this
is pretty much what I do. The bends are up about half a semitone, not enough
to go to the next fret. What I do is the first bit as it's written here,
then mainly impro the next bit on those notes and a few others from
the Em pentatonic. End on that high E though.
E-|---------------------------------------------|
B-|--------------------------15-----------------|
G-|-14b-12-14b----14b-12-14b------14b-12-14b----|
D-|------------12-----------------------------12|
A-|---------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------|
E-|----15-12-----12----12----12--------15b-12--|
B-|----------15b----15----15----12b-15---------|
G-|-14-----------------------------------------|
D-|--------------------------------------------|
A-|--------------------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------------------|
Let the last note of the solo ring, as it then goes into the verse, where this
or something like it is played over the other guitar.
E-|-12p10h12-------------------------|
B-|-------------------12p10h12-------|
G-|----------------------------------|
D-|----------------------------------|
A-|----------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------|
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version 3
Solo
Eb C D A
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--------------------------------|
--13b15--10b12--12b14--7b9------|
--------------------------------|
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Eb C D A
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|
--13b15--10b12--12b14--19b21----|
--------------------------------|
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Eb C D A
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|
--13b15--10b12--12b14--7b9------|
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|
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A
----15-------------------------15------------|
-------16/17---15--17-------------15-17------|
-14----------16--14---16-14-16---------------|
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version 4
Pattern 1:
Dm Dm/C# Cm G
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------6-----------------6-----------------4----------------------------|
G|-------7-----7-----------7-----7-----------5-----5---------------4----------|
D|-----7---7-----7-------7---7-----7-------5---5-----5---------5-----5--------|
A|---5-------------5---4-------------4---3-------------3-----5---5-----5------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------3-------------3----|
Beauty finds refuge in herself
Verse 1:
(Pattern 1)
Beauty finds refuge in herself
(Pattern 1)
Lovers wrapped inside each others lies
(Pattern 1)
Beauty is such a terrible thing
(Pattern 1)
She is suffering more than death
Chorus:
Strum each chord once with heeeaaavy dist - electric
Work out some pattern of yours or strum - acoustic
G B A Em
She is suffering
G B Riff 1
She sucks you deeper in
G B A Em
She is suffering
G B Riff 1 x2
You exist within her shadow
This can also be played in power chords.
Riff 1:
James mutes an Em chord
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|---2-2-x-2-2-x-2-2-x-2---2---|
A|---2-2-x-2-2-x-2-2-x-2---2---|
E|---0-0-x-0-0-x-0-0-x-0---0---|
Verse 2:
Same as verse 1
Chorus.
Solo.
Over chorus chords
Verse 3:
Same
Chorus:
G B A Em
She is suffering
G B Riff 1
She sucks you deeper in
G B A Em
She is suffering
G B Riff 1 x2
Nature's lukewarm pleasure
Ending:
Repeat Riff 1 over and over again and end on Em.
Arrangement:
Verse 1
Chorus
Verse 2
Chorus
Solo
Verse 3
Chorus
Ending
Chords used:
Dm 557765
Dm/C# x47765
Cm 335543
G 355433 - it sounds better to use this one thoughout the whole song
B 224432
A 002220
Em 022000
Powerchords (optional for the chorus):
G5 355xxx
B5 x244xx
A5 x022xx
E5 022xxx
Lyrics:
Beauty finds refuge in herself
Lovers wrapped inside each others lies
Beauty is such a terrible thing
She is suffering more than death
She is suffering
She sucks you deeper in
She is suffering
You exist within her shadow
Beauty she is scarred into man's soul
A flower attracting lust, vice and sin
A vine that can strangle life from a tree
Carrion, surrounding, picking on leaves
She is suffering
She sucks you deeper in
She is suffering
You exist within her shadow
Beauty she poisons unfaithful all
Stifled, her touch is leprous and pale
The less she gives the more you need her
No thoughts to forget when we were children
She is suffering
She sucks you deeper in
She is suffering
Nature's lukewarm pleasure.
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