'Sleepflower' by Manic Street Preachers - Guitar Tutorial

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            Manic Street Preachers - Sleepflower
ALBUM: Gold Against the Soul
Transcribed by Peter Bevan [email protected](the majority) and Fung Mak

[INTRO] - [All chords are 5ths]
     A5     F E D5  C5     B C B A5         C B A5 F F5  F G5
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||-----2-2-2--5-4-2--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2---------------------------|
D||-----2-2-2--3-2-0--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2--3-3---1/3-3--------------|
A||-----0-0-0---------3-3--0--2-3-2-0----5----3-2-0--3-3---1/3-3--------------|
E||-/5---------------------------------3---3---------1-1-0-1/3-3--------------|
 
    A5     F E D5  C5     B C B A5         C B A5 F F5  F G5   
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||--2-2-2--5-4-2--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2------------------------------|
D||--2-2-2--3-2-0--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2--3-3---1/3-3-----------------|
A||--0-0-0---------3-3--0--2-3-2-0----5----3-2-0--3-3---1/3-3-----------------|
E||---------------------------------3---3---------1-1-0-1/3-3-----------------|
or could be played like this (easier version)
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D||-----------3-2-------------------------------------------------------------|
A||-----0-0-0-----0-3-3-0-2-3-2-0------5---3-2-0------------------------------|
E||-/(5)----------------------------3----3-------3-1-1-0-1-3-3----------------|
NB.There is a second guitar part, it plays not 2 octaves higher but plays high,
quiet notes that come down from high up in harmony with the main riff 
[VERSE]
     A5            C5
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||--2-------------5----------------------2-2-2--5-4-2--5-5-----4-5-3-2-------|
D||--2-------------5----------------------2-2-2--3-2-0--5-5-----4-5-3-2-------|
A||--0-------------3----------------------0-0-0---------3-3--0--2-3-2-0-------|
E||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Keep repeated. Later on the A5 and C5 chords are palm-muted.)
Morning always seems too stale to justify
Lament blossoms, hours minutes of our lives
Broken thoughts run through your empty mind
At least a beaten dog knows how to lie
[CHORUS]
G5              D5      F5        C5    B5
I feel like I'm missing pieces of sleep,
G5        D5         F5       C5    B5
My memory fades to a pale landscape,
G5            D5       F5       C5    B5
You were an extinction a desert heat,
G5         D5   F5         C5    B5
A blind illness of my anxiety.
[VERSE 2]
Endless hours in bed, no peace, in this mind
No one knows the hell where innocence dies
Fragments crawling like cobwebs on stone
Blows away the safety only a sleeping pill knows
 
REPEAT CHORUS
[BRIDGE]
     A     G      A A G A A  A A/D   C    B     A A G A A  A A/D
e||----------------------------2-----------------------------2----------------|
B||--2-----0------2-2-0-2-2--2-3-----5----3-----2-2-0-2-2--2-3----------------|
G||--2-----0------2-2-0-2-2--2-2-----5----3-----2-2-0-2-2--2-2----------------|
D||--2-----0------2-2-0-2-2--2-2-----5----3-----2-2-0-2-2--2-2----------------|
A||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     A     G      A A G A A  A A/D   C    B     A A G A A  A A/D
e||----------------------------2-----------------------------2----------------|
B||--2-----0------2-2-0-2-2--2-3-----5----3-----2-2-0-2-2--2-3----------------|
G||--2-----0------2-2-0-2-2--2-2-----5----3-----2-2-0-2-2--2-2----------------|
D||--2-----0------2-2-0-2-2--2-2-----5----3-----2-2-0-2-2--2-2----------------|
A||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     A5     F E D5  C5     B C B A5         C B A5 F F5  F G5
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||--2-2-2--5-4-2--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2------------------------------|
D||--2-2-2--3-2-0--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2--3-3---1/3-3-----------------|
A||--0-0-0---------3-3--0--2-3-2-0----5----3-2-0--3-3---1/3-3-----------------|
E||---------------------------------3---3---------1-1-0-1/3-3-----------------|
 
    A5     F E D5  C5     B C B A5         C B A5 F F5  F G5   
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||--2-2-2--5-4-2--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2------------------------------|
D||--2-2-2--3-2-0--5-5-----4-5-3-2---------5-4-2--3-3---1/3-3-----------------|
A||--0-0-0---------3-3--0--2-3-2-0----5----3-2-0--3-3---1/3-3-----------------|
E||---------------------------------3---3---------1-1-0-1/3-3-----------------|

[SOLO]
e||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||-----------12b14b12---------------------12b14b12--------------------12b14b12----------|
G||--------12----------14-12-14---------12----------14-12-12--------12----------14-------|
D||-----14---------------------------14--------------------------14-----------------0----|
A||--12---------------------------12--------------------------12-------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[15b17++17b15 - mean bend note up 1 step and hold, then strike again and unbend]
e||--------------------------------12-13-15---------------------15-----15---------15b17--|
B||--15-13-15b16b15-13-15-13-15b17----------15b17b15-13---------15b17++17b15-13----------|
G||-----------------------------------------------------14-14----------------------------|
D||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e||--15--17b19b17-15--15b17b15--12--12b14b12---------------------------------------------|
B||------------------------------------------15--15b17b15--13-12b17b15--13-12-13---------|
G||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
This is harmonised by this in the background by the rhythm guitar
e||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|            
G||-----0-4b5r4-2-0-2------0-4b5r4-2-0-0------0-4b5r4-2-0--------0-4b5r4-2-0-2--|
D||---2------------------2------------------2-------------0----2----------------|
A||-0------------------0------------------0------------------0------------------|
E||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|   

e||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||--2--2-2--2----0--2--4b5r4--2-0-2--2--2-2--2----0--2-4b5r4--2-0-0----|
D||--2--2-2--2--2---------------------2--2-2--2--2----------------------|
A||--0--0-0--0------------------------0--0-0--0-------------------------|
E||---------------------------------------------------------------------|

e||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------3--3-3--3-------------------------|
G||--------------0--2--4b5br4--2-0----2--2-2--2----0--2-4b5r4--2-0------|
D||--5--5-5--5-2------------------0---0--0-0--0--2----------------------|
A||--5--5-5--5----------------------------------------------------------|
E||--3--3-3--3----------------------------------------------------------|

e||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||--4b5r4--2-0-----4b5r4--2-0------4b5r4--2-0-----4b5r4--2-0-----------|
D||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
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