The Girl Who Wanted To Be God - Manic Street Preachers

The Girl Who Wanted To Be God

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From the album "Everything Must Go"
 
Track 7 - The Girl Who Wanted to be God
 
Intro
x3
G-|--------------|-------||
D-|--------------|-------||
A-|--------------|-------||
E-|-3--3--3--3-5-|-3-3/5-||
 
Chorus
x3
G-|--------------------------------|-------------------------||
D-|--------------------------------|-------------------------||
A-|--------------------------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-5-||
E-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--0-|-------------------------||
 
Verse
x2
G-|------------------|-------------------------------------||
D-|------------------|---------------------------------5---||
A-|-3--3--3-3-0--3-5-|-6--6--6-6-3-6-/7--5--5-5--5-5h7---7-||
E-|------------------|-------------------------------------||
 
"Hold me, she said..."
 
G-|----------------------------||
D-|----------------------------||
A-|------------2---4--5------5-||
E-|-5-----0-5-------------5----||
 
Alternative Verse
x2
G-|-----------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------|
A-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-0-|
E-|-----------------------------|
 
G-|--------------------------------------------------------||
D-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
A-|--------------------------------------------------------||
E-|--------------------------------------------------------||
 
Alternative Chorus
x3
G-|----------------------------------|
D-|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-|
A-|----------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------|
 
G-|----------------------------------||
D-|----------------------------------||
A-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
E-|----------------------------------||
 
Outro
x3
G-|---------------------------|---------------||
D-|---------------------------|---------------||
A-|---------------------------|-3--3--5-3-5---||
E-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------3-||
 
Structure:
 
Intro x1
Chorus x2
Verse x4
Chorus x2
 
Verse x4
Chorus x2
"Hold me..." x1
Alt. Verse x2
Chorus x2
Alt. Chorus x1
Outro x1

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Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.

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