She Is Suffering Manic Street Preachers
Band: Manic Street Preachers
Tuning: Standard
I worked this out using this video of James Dean Bradfield playing an acoustic
version of the song:
I'm sure it's spot on.
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]Beauty f[Em/D#]inds refuge
[A]in hers[Am]elf
[Em]Lovers[Em/D#] wrapped inside
[A]each others l[Am]ies
[Em]Beaut[Em/D#]y is such a
[A]terrible thin[Am]g
[Em]She is [Em/D#]suffering
[A]Yet more than death[Am]
Chorus: (Played as barre chords)
[G]She [B]is [Em]suffering
[G]She [B]sucks you deeper [A5]in
[G]She [B]is [Em]suffering
[G]You [B]exist within her [A5]shadow
Verse 2:
[Em]Beauty, [Em/D#]she is scarred
[A]into man's s[Am]oul
[Em]A flower [Em/D#]attracting
[A]lust, vice and sin[Am]
[Em]A vine [Em/D#]that can strangle
[A]life from a tree[Am]
[Em]Carrion, [Em/D#]surrounding,
[A]picking on leaves[Am]
Chorus: (Played as barre chords)
[G]She [B]is [Em]suffering
[G]She [B]sucks you deeper [A5]in
[G]She [B]is [Em]suffering
[G]You [B]exist within her [A5]shadow
Bridge: (Power chords) x4
[D#] [C] [D] [A]
Verse 3:
[Em]Beauty [Em/D#]she poisons
[A]unfaithful al[Am]l
[Em]Stifled,[Em/D#] her touch is
[A]leprous and pale[Am]
[Em]The less [Em/D#]she gives the more
[A]you need h[Am]er
[Em]No thoughts [Em/D#]to forget when we were
[A]children[Am]
Chorus: (Played as barre chords)
[G]She [B]is [Em]suffering
[G]She [B]sucks you deeper [A5]in
[G]She [B]is [Em]suffering
[G]Natu[B]re's luke-warm pl[A5]easure
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:
e|-[A]5-| e|-[Am]5-|
b|-5-| b|-5-|
g|-6-| g|-5-|
d|-7-| d|-7-|
a|---| a|---| e|---| e|---|
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