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Manic Street Preachers
Faster
Track 9 - The Holy Bible
Intro
Riff A
A5
G-|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|
A-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E-|-----------------|
Riff B
D x2 G#5 F#5 E5 G#5 F#5 E5
G-||-------------------||---------------------|----------------|
D-||-------------------||---------------------|----------------|
A-||:-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-:||---------------------|----------------|
E-||-------------------||-4-4-4--2-2-2--0-0-0-|-4-4-4--2---0---|
Riff C
D x2 E x2
G-||-------------------||-------------------||
D-||-------------------||-------------------||
A-||:-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-:||:-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-:||
E-||-------------------||-------------------||
Riff D
G5 F#5 E5 D5 C#5 B5 x2
G-|-12-12-12--11-11-11--9-9-9-|-7-7-7--6---4---||-------------------||-
D-|---------------------------|----------------||-------------------||-
A-|---------------------------|----------------||:-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-:||-
E-|---------------------------|----------------||-------------------||-
E x2
G-||-------------------||
D-||-------------------||
A-||:-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-:||
E-||-------------------||
Intro
Riff A x8
Verse 1
Riff A x16
Pre-Chorus
Riff B x3
Riff C
Chorus
Riff A x4
Riff D
Verse 2: Repeat verse 1
Pre-chorus: Repeat Chorus
Chorus: Repeat Chorus
Solo
Riff A x8
Outro
Riff A x 12
x2
G-||---------|----------||--------|
D-||---------|----------||--------|
A-||:-0---0--|-0---0-0-:||-0------|
E-||---------|----------||--------|
transcribed by Kevin Brown And Chris Stevens
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
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craig Average |
#1 by craig gillespie at Aug 10, 1976 at 5:06 PM EST |
| The rest of the band certainly took it as in 'more quickly', judging by the music written for it. I'd never considered it as "one who fasts" before, but it would make sense. Perhaps the two are in a way synonymous... I know when I feel terrible (as I expect someone who is starving themselves would feel) my senses are numbed and much of the world in motion seems overbearing and somehow 'faster' | |
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Drew Average |
#2 by Drew Miers at Feb 11, 1979 at 5:21 PM EST |
| I've always taken this song to be simply about one who is an outcast observing society from the outside. They appear content to be out of it because of the mess that it has become. Probably the Manics' best lyrics, and some of the best I've ever heard - up there with Love Will Tear Us Apart. | |
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Brad Average |
#3 by Brad Cooke at Mar 29, 1980 at 9:09 PM EST |
| I didn't know you were referring to 'faster' the noun, I thought it was 'faster' as in 'more quickly'. Eh... sorry about that. | |
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Jonathan Average |
#4 by Jonathan Williams at May 28, 1983 at 11:54 AM EST |
| Explain "Faster in terms of one who starves themself." | |
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Jeremy Wanna Be |
#5 by Jeremy Lehman at Aug 25, 1994 at 9:39 AM EST |
| Communism is not synonymous with totalitarianism. The Manics are Marxists (underlined for grandiose effect.) Read 'The Communist Manifesto' before you throw around opinions like that. I'm reminded of an Orwell quote (I'll have to paraphrase it.) On 'Animal Farm' (an allegory of the Russian revolution): 'It is the history of the revolution that when wrong, and of the excellent excuses forthcoming at every stage for the perversion of the orginal doctrine.' Communism and communist ideals have been perverted beyond recognition, you see. | |
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Samuele Wanna Be |
#6 by Samuele at May 3, 1995 at 4:48 AM EST |
| i love this song. Gets me in the best mood and i dunno why haha. i love the lyrics too even though i dont get half of them! | |
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screamokid Average |
#7 by screamokid at Feb 11, 1996 at 12:03 AM EST |
| I always think the first few lines refer to communism, which is what the Manics believe (or believed) in. It could be about how they believe they are creating something great (I am an architect) but how most in the west revile it (they call me a butcher) and so forth. As for the rest of it, I've never been able to even hazard a guess what it could possibly be about! | |
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techni-color wh Average |
#8 by techni-color whore™ at Mar 23, 1998 at 10:44 AM EST |
| This aint a song, its a kick to the head (and a rather powerful one at that). | |
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Im Hearing Voic Average |
#9 by Im Hearing Voices As The Wind Blows at Oct 29, 2000 at 8:34 PM EST |
| Sylvia Plath was an author and a poet, she wrote The Belljar, one of Richey's favourite books, and soon after it's publication she committed suicide. The book is about a girls breakdown, she self-harms and attempts suicide. | |
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José Wanna Be |
#10 by José Frazão at Oct 9, 2001 at 11:59 PM EST |
| ^ to my nothing: this is probably a reference to richey's anorexia. | |
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stuart Professional |
#11 by stuart finlayson at May 9, 2004 at 3:22 AM EST |
| Nicky and Richey's "pass notes" - http://articles.richeyedwards.net/holybible.html | |
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Domenico Lead Player |
#12 by Domenico at Jan 26, 2005 at 3:09 AM EST |
| i think its a lot about orwells 1984, the first line i am an architect... was about richeys self abuse and cutting, the next two lines can be related to Winston in 1984. Mensa miller etc are all philosophers or authors, clever people basically! The first time u see urself naked... perhaps when he is naked in the cell in the ministry in 1984, he sees himself for what he is. I know i believe in nothing.... i think -Winstons beliefs and position in 1984 are against the party, he knows wot he believes, but in the eyes of the party they are irrellevant and count for nothing, it means nothing to anyone else. If you stand up like a nail... in the prison if you move or stand up you are knocked down, verbally or physically, and in life, if you stand up for what you believe in, you are knocked down, or silenced. Been to honest.... in 1984 winston knows the truth, but leads him into trouble basically, if he had just been a mindless autonome like everyone else he would have been better off. Thats wot i make of it anyways :) | |
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Alex Wanna Be |
#13 by Alex Bosilkov at Jun 7, 2007 at 1:02 AM EST |
| This is a realy great song one of their best | |
