Elvis Impersonator Chords & Tabs
Band:Manic Street Preachers
Song:Elvis Impersonator:Blackpool Pier
Tabbed by:Matthew Ford (s_laughter_uk@yahoo.co.uk)
Tuning:EADGBE
Chords:
A:x02220 A5:x022xx
D:xx0232 Gmaj7/B:x2403x
D5:xx023x Dsus2:xx0230
C#m:x46654 Em:022000
F:133211 Am:x02210
Bb:688766 C#:9.11.11.10.9.9.
C:8.10.10.9.8.8. F#5:244xxx
Bm:x24432 C#m7:x46454
C#7:x46464 Gmaj7/C:x3403x
G#:466544
Gmaj7/B
Gmaj7/B
Gmaj7/C
Twenty foot high on Blackpool promenade,
Dsus2 Em
Fake royalty second hand sequin facace,
F Am
Limited face paint, and
Bb C#
Dyed black quiff,
G# C
Overweight and out of date. x2
((-<0- ------2---------------2------
((-<2- -3----3---3---3-------3--0-0-
((-<2-A5 -2----2---0^2-0^2-----2--0-0-
((-<2- -0----0---0---0-------0--0-0-
((-<0- -----------------------------
((---- -----------------------------
American trilogy in
All american trilogy in
-4----4---4-4-4-4----4------
-5----5---5-5-5-5----5--0-0-
-6----6---4^6-4^6----6--0-0-F#5
-6----6---4^6-4^6----6--0-0-
-4----4---4-4-4-4----4------
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Lancashire pottery
used up cars and bottled beer
------2--------------2------
-3----3---3---3------3--0-0-A5
-2----2---0^2-0^2----2--0-0-
-0----0---0---0------0--0-0-
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American trilogy
in
All american trilogy
the
-4----4---4-4-4-4----4------
-5----5---5-5-5-5----5--0-0-
-6----6---4^6-4^6----6--0-0- F#5 Bm
-6----6---4^6-4^6----6--0-0-
-4----4---4-4-4-4----4------
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Lancashire
pottery it's so fucking funny
future's dead fundamentally
it's so fucking funny
F#5
don't you know, it's so fucking funny, don't you
it's absurd, it's so fucking funny, it's ab -
-4--4--------4------------4--4-----------4-------------))
-5-----5--------5---------6-----6-----------5----------))
-4--------4--------4------4--------4-----------4-------))
-6------------------------6-----------6----------------))
-4------------------------4----------------------------))
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know
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/manic_street_preachers/elvis_impersonator_tab.html ]
(12-string)
A5
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-------------------------------------2---2-(3)-0--2--4-
-0-0-0----2---2-(3)-2-0--2--4--5-----------------------
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C#m
F#5
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----------4---4-4^6--4--------------------------------
------6-----------------6--4-4------------/---------7-
-4-------------------------------------------0--7^9---
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A5
D5
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---------------------------6--7----9-(10)-9--7--9\----
-(7)----9--9-(10)-9--7--9-----------------------------
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C#m
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---8^9^8-----8-----------------------------------------
----------11---11^9----9------9-11-11-(12)-11--11^9----
--------------------11---9^11--------------------------
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F#5 Bm
F#5
--------------------2-----------------------------------------
--------------------3--------------0--------------------------
--------------------4--------------0--------------------------
-11--------11-\-----4--------------0----4----4---4-4--4--4----
-----------------0--2--------------0----4----4---4-4--4--4--0-
----------------------------------------2----2---2-2--2--2----
(6-string)
Bm C#m7
-2-----------------4--4--------4-----------
-3-----------------5-----5--------5--------
-4-----------------4--------4--------4-----
-4-----------------6-----------------------
-2-----------------4-----------------------
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C#7
C#m7
-4--4--------4--------------4-----------------
-6-----6--------6-----------5-----------------
-4--------4--------4--------4-----------------
-6--------------------6-----6-----------------
-4--------------------------4-----------------
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Twenty foot high on Blackpool promenade...
Key:
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((--------))
((--------))Repeat anything between these brackets.
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((--------))
((--------))
-<0-
-<2-
-<2-Rake up: drag the pick up the strings
-<2-
-<0-
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-7^9-Hammer-on: play the first note normally and then fret the second
note without picking the second and without taking your finger off the
first note.
-9^7-Pull-off: the opposite of hammer-on.
That's it. Hope you like the tab, but if you don't or if you have a
question or any comments please email me at s_laughter_uk@yahoo.co.uk
