Motown Junk Chords & Tabs
Motown Junk
Manic Street Preachers
Quite a few tabs about for this one, but CAN NO-ONE DO THE END OF THE SOLO
PROPERLY?! Also have motorcycle emptiness where i've worked out all the lead
now (this includes all the outro, even the stuff he plays while singing) + a
reasonably good heavenly you love us, both of which i'll tab when i've got time.
Cheers to anyone i've nicked bits off, i've just filled in gaps.
KEY:
b = bend
r = release bend
~ = vibrato
P.M. = palm mute
h = hammer on
/ = slide
INTRO:
been done pretty well before though, but gaps i.e. the end
e|----------------5------------|
B|---10-----8-----7-----7------|
G|---11-----9-----------6-7br-6|
D|-0----0-0---0-0---0-0--------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
e|----------------5------------|
B|---10-----8-----7-----7------|
G|---11-----9-----------6-7br-6|
D|-0----0-0---0-0---0-0--------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
e|----------------5------------|
B|---10-----8-----7-----7------|
G|---11-----9-----------6-7br-6|
D|-0----0-0---0-0---0-0--------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
e|----------------5------------|
B|---10-----8-----7-----7------|
G|---11-----9-----------6-7br-6|
D|-0----0-0---0-0---0-0--------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
|
|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|---7-------------------------|
D|---7------------5-----9------|
A|---5------------5-----9------|
E|----------------3-----7------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|---9br~~~~~~~~~~7~~~~~6~~~~~~|
D|-0---------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
|
|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|---7--7--7-7-7---------------|
D|---7--7--7-7-7--5-5-5-9-9-9--|
A|---5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-9-9-9--|
E|----------------3-3-3-7-7-7--|
VERSE:
For lead I play this for the D:
e|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5---5-5---|
B|-7---7---7-7-7-7---5---5-8---|
G|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7---7-7---|
D|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7---7-7---|
A|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5---5-5---|
E|-----------------------------|
And this for the G:
e|-7---7---7-7-7-7---5---5-8---|
B|-8---8---8-8-8-8---8---8-8---|
G|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7---7-7---|
D|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5---5-5---|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
You could do the D at 10th fret, but I think it sounds like this + my fingers are too big!
for rhythm, RIchey (if he was gonna play at all!) would probably have just done the power
chords at 5th fret A + 3rd fret E to the same rhythm as James
So it goes D X2, G X2, D X2, G x2 then we have....
BRIDGE:
I think both guitars play exactly the same (or one doesn't play)
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|--7--7--7-7-7----------------|-----------------------------|
D|--7--7--7-7-7--5-5-5--9-9-9--|--7---7--------7-------------|
A|--5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5--9-9-9--|--7---7--------7-------------|
E|---------------3-3-3--7-7-7--|--5---5--------5-------------|
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|--7--7--7-7-7----------------|-----------------------------|
D|--7--7--7-7-7--5-5-5--9-9-9--|--7---7--------7-------------|
A|--5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5--9-9-9--|--7---7--------7-------------|
E|---------------3-3-3--7-7-7--|--5---5--------5-------------|
P.M.
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
CHORUS:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/manic_street_preachers/motown_junk_tab.html ]
You can see james doing this on the video for the song, but it is tricky
to get your thumb on the 10th fret that far up. For Richey, I'd just
strum D5 at the 5th fret if I were you.
e|-10-----------10-------------|
B|-10-----------10-------------|
G|-12-----------11-------------|
D|-12-----------12-------------|
A|-0------------0--------------|
E|-10-----------10-------------| X4
e|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10|
B|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10|
G|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11---11-11-11-11-11-11-11|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
E|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10| X3
e|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5------------------------|
B|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5------------------------|
G|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-6------------------------|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-7------------------------|
A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0------------------------|
E|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5------------------------| X1
SOLO:
Rhythm plays verse chords
D5 D5
e|--------------------------------------|-----------------------|
B|-10-----10-----10-----10-----10-------|-10--------------10----|
G|-12br11-12br11-12br11-12br11-12br11h12|-12br11h12-11h12-12b---|
D|--------------------------------------|-----------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|-----------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|-----------------------|
G5 G5
e|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|-----------12--13--12--13--12|-15br12-----------------------------|
G|-12--------12--12--12--12--12|--------14br12-14b-12h14-12h14b-r-12|
D|-12--------12--14--12--14--12|------------------------------------|
A|-10--------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
VERSE 2:
first 2 bars of D have lead over top doing this:
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-11----------------------11/9|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-9-----------------------9-/7|
E|-----------------------------|
|you don't have to do the octave below, not sure it's there
|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7---7-7---|
D|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7---7-7---|
A|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5---5-5---|
E|-----------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-7---------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-5---------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
|
|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7---7-7---|
D|-7---7---7-7-7-7---7---7-7---|
A|-5---5---5-5-5-5---5---5-5---|
E|-----------------------------|
then normal G X2, D X2, G X2 from 1st verse
BRIDGE X1
CHORUS X1
BREAK:
e|-5------------5--------------|
B|-5------------5--------------|
G|-6------------6--------------|
D|-7------------7--------------|
A|-0------------0--------------|
E|-5------------5--------------| X4
e|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5|
B|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5|
G|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6|
D|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7|
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
E|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5| X4
OUTRO CHORUS:
e|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10|
B|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10|
G|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11---11-11-11-11-11-11-11|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
E|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10| X7
e|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------------------|
B|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------------------|
G|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-----------------------|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----------------------|
A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0------------------------|
E|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------------------| X1
Then a bunch of weird noises, though probably just hit D repeatedly again if you're
lazy like me, we live in urban hell, we destroy rock and roll.