Masses Against The Classes Bass Tab

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Masses Against The Classes: Manic Street Preachers
Tabbed by Paul Fivey
Comments etc. to: p.fivey@dundee.ac.uk

Intro:

Bass enters with 5th "Aah"

G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
A---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
E--------------------------------------------------------------------

Verse:

G-------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E--4-4--2-4-4--2-4-4--2-4-4--2-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-

G------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------
A---2-2--0-2-2--0-2-2--0-2-2--0------------------------------
E-0-----------------------------2-2--0-2-2--0-2-2--0-2-2--2--

Play this through twice 

Chorus:

G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
E-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------

G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------
E---------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-

G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-

Then rest the first time.
The second time just play the intro part then play the verse part
over the solo before going into the chorus.

The third chorus is also followed by a stretch like the intro,
then it cuts and ends.

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/m/manic_street_preachers/117110.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Mr.Butterworth Average	#1 by Mr.Butterworth at Nov 24, 1982 at 4:27 PM EST
	Who is that at the start? Nixon, Reagan, Bush? Someone else even? It was William Gladstone who first said "All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes." And aswell as the obvious meaning of the song's title, it also is partially about the critics who wrote the Manics off after Richey's dissapearance and esscentially said they'd never do a great rock and roll song like say, Faster ever again. WHO'S LAUGHING NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No Picture Shavo Odadjian. Average	#2 by Shavo Odadjian.... The REAL BassMasta at Sep 29, 2007 at 2:04 PM EST
	That's Chomsky? Figures! Begins deriding herself again

No Picture Daniel Average	#3 by Daniel Sheppard at Oct 6, 2007 at 1:47 AM EST
	the last line "A slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown" is from french resistance fighter and nobel prize writer Albert camus.