IF YOU TOLERATE THIS YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE NEXT
As recorded by Manic Street Preachers
(From the 1998 Album THIS IS MY TRUTH TELL ME YOURS)
Words by Nicky Wire
Music by James Dean Bradfield & Sean Moore
Am Em F C
x 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 x 3 3 2 1 x x 3 2 0 1 0
G/B G Dm
x 2 0 0 0 x 3 2 0 0 3 3 x x 0 2 3 1
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr.1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr.2 (12-string)'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr.2 (for 12-string effect during MIDI playback)'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Wurlitzer electric piano'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Wurlitzer electric piano'
Intro
Q=96
Am Em F C G/B
4/4
Gtr I
W W H. E e E E E E E E E E
|-----------|-----------|--------------|-------------------|
|-----------|-----------|--------------|--------1----------|
|-----------|-----------|--------------|------0-------0----|
|-----------|-----------|--------------|----2-------0------|
|-----------|-----------|------------3-|--3-------2-----2--|
|-----------|-----------|--------------|-------------------|
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| Gtr IV Gtr V Gtr IV Gtr V
| W W W H H
|-12--------|-12--------|--------------|--8-------7--------|
|-13--------|-12--------|-10-----------|--8-------8--------|
|-14--------|-12--------|-10-----------|--9-------7--------|
|-----------|-14--------|-10-----------|-10-------9--------|
|-----------|-----------|--8-----------|-------------------|
|-----------|-----------|--------------|-------------------|
Am Em
Gtr I
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W W
|-12----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-13----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-14----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-------------------------|-14----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F C G/B
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W H H
|-------------------------|--8---------7-----------||
|-10----------------------|--8---------8-----------||
|-10----------------------|--9---------7-----------||
|-10----------------------|-10---------9-----------||
|--8----------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
Verse
$
Am Em
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W W
|-12----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-13----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-14----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-------------------------|-14----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F C
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W W
|-------------------------|--8---------------------|
|-10----------------------|--8---------------------|
|-10----------------------|--9---------------------|
|-10----------------------|-10---------------------|
|--8----------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
F C
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W W
|-------------------------|--8----------------------|
|-10----------------------|--8----------------------|
|-10----------------------|--9----------------------|
|-10----------------------|-10----------------------|
|--8----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W W
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-12----------------------|-----------------------||
|-12----------------------|-4---------------------||
|-12----------------------|-5---------------------||
|-10----------------------|-5---------------------||
|-------------------------|-3---------------------||
Verse
Am Em
Gtr I
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W W
|-12----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-13----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-14----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-------------------------|-14----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F C
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W W
|-------------------------|--8---------------------|
|-10----------------------|--8---------------------|
|-10----------------------|--9---------------------|
|-10----------------------|-10---------------------|
|--8----------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
F C
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W W
|-------------------------|--8----------------------|
|-10----------------------|--8----------------------|
|-10----------------------|--9----------------------|
|-10----------------------|-10----------------------|
|--8----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W W
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-12----------------------|-----------------------||
|-12----------------------|-4---------------------||
|-12----------------------|-5---------------------||
|-10----------------------|-5---------------------||
|-------------------------|-3---------------------||
Chorus
Dm Am
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
To Coda
G
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
Dm Am
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
G
E S S E E +S S E E S S E S S E E +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||
Interlude
Am Em
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W W
|-12----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-13----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-14----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-------------------------|-14----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
F C G/B
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV Gtr V
W H H
|-------------------------|--8---------7-----------||
|-10----------------------|--8---------8-----------||
|-10----------------------|--9---------7-----------||
|-10----------------------|-10---------9-----------||
|--8----------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
Chorus cont.
&
Dm Am
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtrs II, III
W W
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
G
E S S E E +S S E E S S E S S E E +S S E E S S
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W H. Q
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------7S====||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
Guitar Solo
F C
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
W H +E. S Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-14----------------------|-12---------(12)s====17-17-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
G
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H H Q.. S +Q Q
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-16---------16-----------|-16---------16-(16)\-----/14S======|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Dm Am
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
H +E. S Q H. Q
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-10---------(10)s====14-14S====|=9------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------10-----|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
G
E S S E E +S S E E S S E S S E E +S S S S S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E +Q H Q E. S +Q Q
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
|-10s12---(12)---12-----------|-12-----12----12-(12)----------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------(12)\----------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
Bridge
F C
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H +E Q. H. Q
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-8---------(8)---8--------|-7-----------------7-----|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
G
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H. Q Q. E +Q Q
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2-----------------0-----|-3------2---(2)-----2-----|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
Dm Am
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E. S +Q Q Q E. S +Q Q
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-/5---5----5-(5)-----5\-----|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|-/5---5----5-(5)-----5-----|
G
H +E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W +W
|---------------|-------------------------||
|---------------|-------------------------||
|---------------|-------------------------||
|---------------|-------------------------||
|---------------|-------------------------||
|-3-------------|-(3)---------------------||
Chorus
F C
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E. S +Q Q Q E. S +Q Q
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|-3---3----3-(3)-----/5-----|
|-1---1----1-(1)-----1-----|---------------------------|
G
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E. S +Q Q Q. E +Q Q
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2---2----2-(2)-----0-----|-3------2---(2)-----2S====|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Dm Am
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E. S +Q Q E E E S S +E E E S S
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5---5----5-(5)-----5\-----|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|-/5-5-5-5-5-(5)---5-5-5-5-|
G
E S S E E +S S E E S S E S S E E +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q. E +H W
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|-3--------3-(3)-----------|-3----------------------||
Outro
F C
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H. Q H. Q
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-8-----------------8-----|-7-----------------\3-----|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
G
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E. S +Q Q Q. E +Q Q
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-2---2----2-(2)-----0-----|-3------2---(2)-----2S=======|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
Dm Am
E E E S S +S S E E S S E E E S S +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E. S +Q Q E E E S S +E E E S S
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5---5----5-(5)-----5\-----|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|-/5-5-5-5-5-(5)---5-5-5-5-|
G
E S S E E +S S E E S S E S S E E +S S E E S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q. E +H W 3x
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------o||
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------o||
|-3--------3-(3)-----------|-3-----------------------||
F C G
W W W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
W W W +W
|-----------|----------|----------|--------*|
|-----------|----------|----------|--------*|
|-10--------|-5--------|----------|--------*|
|-----------|----------|-5--------|-(5)----*|
|--8--------|-3--------|----------|--------*|
|-----------|----------|-3--------|-(3)----*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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