Slash'n'Burn Lyrics by Nicky Wire/Richey Edwards Music by James-Dean Bradfield/Sean Moore Transcribed by Rohan Armstrong (fadeout@freenetname.co.uk) (This tab is based on what James would usually play live) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TUNING (down a semitone) DEFINITIONS Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb s - slide F5* xx 8 10 10 xx xx p - pull-off Eb* xx 6 8 8 xx xx pm - palm mute D5 xx 5 7 7 xx xx b - bend C5 xx 3 5 5 xx xx G5 3 5 5 xx xx xx F5 1 3 3 xx xx xx Bb5 xx 1 3 3 xx xx A5 xx 0 2 2 xx xx Intro ***** Riff 1 E--------------------------------------------------3-------------- B--------------12--12---12--7-7--8---7-------------3--3--3-3--3-3- G--------------12--14---12--7-7--7---7----------------5--4-4--5-4- (x2) D--------------12--12---12--7-7--7---7----2p0---------5--5-5--5-5- A----10-12-s14-------------------------------2p0------------------ E--10--------------------------------------------3---------------- (bass and drums enter here) E--------------------------------------------------3-------------- B--------------12--12---12--7-7--8---7-------------3--3--3-3--3-3- G--------------12--14---12--7-7--7---7----------------5--4-4--5-4- D--------------12--12---12--7-7--7---7----2p0---------5--5-5--5-5- A----10-12-s14-------------------------------2p0------------------ E--10--------------------------------------------3---------------- E--------------------------------------------------3------------ B--------------12--12---12--7-7--8---7-------------3--3--3--3-3- G--------------12--14---12--7-7--7---7----------------5--4--5-4- D--------------12--12---12--7-7--7---7----2p0---------5--5--5-5- A----10-12-s14-------------------------------2p0---------------- E--10--------------------------------------------3-------------- F5* F5* Eb* Eb* D5 D5 Verse 1 ******* pm pm pm pm C5 C5 D5 D5 D5 C5 C5 D5 D5 D5 You need your stars, even killers have prestige pm pm C5 D5 D5 D5 G5 C5 Access to a living you will not see pm pm pm pm C5 D5 D5 D5 C5 C5 D5 D5 D5 24 boredom I'm convicted instantly pm pm C5 D5 D5 D5 G5 C5 Gorgeous poverty of created needs Chorus ****** F5 C5 Slash and burn pm pm pm C5 D5 D5 D5 C5 C5 D5 D5 D5 Kill to live pm pm C5 D5 D5 D5 Kill for kicks F5 C5 Third world to the first C5 D5 D5 D5 F5* Kill to live Riff 1 x2 Verse 2 (same as verse 1) ******** Worms in the garden more real than a McDonalds Drain your blood and let the Exxon spill in Look around here and you see nothing is very real Drain to economy now famine has been Chorus (same as previous chorus) ****** Slash and burn Kill to live Kill for kicks Third World to the First Kill to live Middle (same as intro) ***** (start singing instead of "bass and drums enter" as bass and drums are already playing) That's all you need That's all you need That's all you need That's all you need Middle 2 ******** D5 C5 C5 Eb5 Bb5 F5 Madonna drinks Coke and so you do too C5 Eb5 Bb5 F5 Taste's real good not like a sweet poison should C5 Eb5 Bb5 F5 Too much comfort to get decadent C5 Eb5 Bb5 F5 Politics are death and God is safer sex (Is he dead? Is he dead?) fill played over sex (is he dead?) G-20------- D-22b24---- slide down slowly but keep bending strings Guitar solo *********** E------------------------------- B------------------------------- G-----2---5----7---10---10s-12-- x3 D--------2----4---7------------- A-0--3--0----0---0-------8s-10-- E------------------------------- E------------------- E------- B-15---------------- x3 B-15---- G-14b16r14-12-14-12- G-14b16- Chorus (same as previous Chorus) ******* Slash and burn Kill to live Kill for kicks Third World to the First Kill to live Chorus (same as previous chorus) ****** Slash and burn Kill to live Kill for kicks Third World to the First Kill to live Outro (same as intro) ***** (Note sometimes James sings "thats all you need" x4 and sometimes he improvises with the intro riffs) C5 C5 Bb5 Bb5 A5 Bb5