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Manic Street Preachers
Motorcycle Emptiness
Track 4 - Generation Terrorists
Intro
Riff A
E                             B/D#
G-|----------------------------|----------------------------|-
D-|----------------------------|----------------------------|-
A-|-7--7--7--7-7--7-7-7--7--7--|-6--6--6--6-6--6-6-6--6--6--|-
E-|----------------------------|----------------------------|-
C#m                           A
G-|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D-|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A-|-4--4--4--4-4--4-4-4--4--4--|-0--0--0--0-0--0-0-0--0--0--|
E-|----------------------------|----------------------------|
Intro
| Riff A  | x2
Verse
| Riff A  | x4
Pre-Chorus
Riff B
C#m         E           B           A
G-|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
D-|-----------|-2----2----|-----------|------------|-----------|
A-|-4----4----|-----------|-2----2----|-0----0-----|-0----0----|
E-|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
A
G-|-----------|-----------------|
D-|-----------|-----------------|
A-|-0----0----|---------0-0-0-0-|
E-|-----------|-----------------|
Chorus
| Riff A   | x3
Verse 2: Repeat Verse 1
Pre-Chorus: Repeat Pre-Chorus
Chorus: Repat Chorus
Mid-Section
Riff C                              Riff D
A             B                     C             D
G-|-------------|-------------|     G-|-------------|-------------|
D-|-------------|-------------|     D-|-------------|-------------|
A-|-0---0---0-0-|-2---2---2-2-|     A-|-3---3---3-3-|-5---5---5-5-|
E-|-------------|-------------|     E-|-------------|-------------|
Riff E
D
G-|---------|---------|
D-|---------|---------|
A-|-5-------|-(5)-----|
E-|---------|---------|
| Riff C  | x2     | Riff D   | x2
(riff C)                                  (riff C)
(riff D)                                  (riff D)
(riff C)                                  (riff C)
(riff D)                                  (riff E)
Chorus: Repeat Chorus
Solo
E                 G                 A
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-
D-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-
A-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-----------------|-
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-
E                                   G
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-
A-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-
A                 E
G-|-----------------|----------|
D-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----------|
A-|-----------------|----------|
E-|-----------------|-0--------|
Verse 3
Riff F
E            B/D#         C#m          A
G-|------------|------------|------------|-----------|
D-|------------|------------|------------|-----------|
A-|-7----------|-6----------|-4----------|-0---------|
E-|------------|------------|------------|-----------|
| Riff A  | Riff F  |
Pre-Chorus: Repeat Pre-Chorus
Chorus: Repeat Chorus x2
Outro:
| Riff A  | x4
E
G-|--------|
D-|--------|
A-|-/7-----|
E-|--------|
transcribed by Kevin Brown And Chris Stevens

Motorcycle Emptiness Bass Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Ricky Wanna Be	#1 by Ricky at Jan 17, 1971 at 3:33 PM EST
	one of the best Manic singles EVER! Though everyone always says to me how he looks like George Michael in the video...

No Picture something.. Average	#2 by something.. at Jun 1, 1974 at 5:07 PM EST
	I think this song was originally written with America in mind, i read this somewhere but i cant remember where. It said something about motorcycle gangs etc etc... anyone make sense of this? Most of the wording definitely hints that it's about America.

No Picture Cody Average	#3 by Cody (none of your buisness....stalker) at Nov 17, 1983 at 4:15 AM EST
	i dunno the video was shot in japan i think its about the increasing isolation and competition in society today. thats what it means to me anyway

No Picture Rafael Average	#4 by Rafael Santos at Jan 21, 1991 at 3:30 PM EST
	I used to think the refrain was: 'I'm dying on loneliness,' then 'You're dying on loneliness,' which is more poetic, dontcha think? Obviously a critique of capitalism and the alienation it engenders. I particularly like the bit about 'happiness corrupt political shit' - unhappiness seems to be a bit of a taboo subject where I come from (despite the fact that most people I know ARE unhappy).

No Picture Harmless Wanna Be	#5 by Harmless at Aug 13, 1993 at 10:35 PM EST
	depressing but lyrically superb

No Picture Average	#6 by nirvana at Sep 22, 1994 at 6:33 PM EST
	"Under neon loneliness, Motorcycle Emptiness" was actually taken from a poem by Nicky's Wire's brother, Patrick Jones entitled, "Neon Loneliness", but please correct me if I am wrong. The rest of the lyrics have been settled. It's about consumerism and people's blindness to the live they're being oppressed to.

No Picture Em Average	#7 by Em at Sep 27, 1995 at 3:09 PM EST
	The "neon loneliness" bit really comes into context when you see the video, the four of them walking around an east Asian city, possibly Toyko or Singapore. The lights are everywhere yet there is still the loneliness.

No Picture He Wanna Be	#8 by He Wo at Apr 21, 2004 at 7:27 AM EST
	the best song written by them!!

No Picture Bassdude Average	#9 by Bassdude at Oct 3, 2007 at 3:11 PM EST
	i agree! i think it is about about an emptiness so huge and overpowering (like a motorcycle) that it takes over life. "life lies a slow suicide"- we are all slowly dying