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Manic Street Preachers "Suicide Alley"
(from the first manix single "Suicide Alley" - 1989)
transcribed by Michael Bromley

Intro
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B5 - 9 fast strums, listen to rhythm


Verse
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(palm muted)
E5                        A5
I'm going down to suicide alley
                    D5                         B5
'Cos the air that I breathe tastes better down there    etc.

Pre-chorus
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Riff1
e|-12-12-12----12-12--12-12-12--------|
B|----------12-----------------12-----|
G|------------------------------------|

play riff 1 over these chords:
E5, B5, A5, E5 
E5, B5, A5, F#5


Chorus
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        E5                    B5
And I'm going down to suicide alley
      A5               E5
Where you can't get at me
        E5                    B5
And I'm going down to suicide alley
           A5                 F#5
Where I can be what I want to be

Play the pre-chorus again, but this time 
play the two notes used in riff 1 together and more distorted.


Verse2 -as verse1

pre-chorus
chorus (continue playing riff1 over second chorus)
pre-chorus
then:

Mid-section
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          E5                            G#5
You won't eat away at my mind with your ideas of decency
A5                             C5
I'll be in suicide alley being who and what I want to be
          E5                            G#5
You won't eat away at my mind with your ideas of decency
A5                             C5                          D5  E5
I'll be in suicide alley being who and what I want to be

Outro
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(4 fast strums of each chord)
E5, B5, A5, E5
E5, B5, A5, F#5
then quickly:
B5, D5, B5, E5


Lyrics
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I'm going down to suicide alley
'Cos the air that I breathe tastes better down there

I'm going down to suicide alley
'Cos it seems as if, as if it's the only place for me

And I'm going down to suicide alley
Where you can't get at me
And I'm going down to suicide alley
Where I can be what I want to be

I'm going down to suicide alley
'Cos the air that I breathe tastes better down there

I'm going down to suicide alley
'Cos it seems as if, as if it's the only place for me

And I'm going down to suicide alley
Where you can't get at me
And I'm going down to suicide alley
Where I can be what I want to be

You won't eat away at my mind with your ideas of decency
I'll be in suicide alley being who and what I want to be

You won't eat away at my mind with your ideas of decency
I'll be in suicide alley being who and what I want to be