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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 18:04:49 +0000 (GMT)
From: Matt Nicholls
Subject: Manic Street Preachers
Life Becoming A Landslide
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This song was recorded by the Manic Street Preachers in 1992. It is from
the album "Gold Against The Soul".
Music by James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore
Lyrics by Richey James and Nicky Wire
Tabbed by Matt Nicholls
Verse 1
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During this the classical guitars plays along with the singer with various
little bits added on. It goes something likes this (repeat x4):
E-----------------------------5-5--3-1--
B-3--1-3-6-5--5-6-5-3-1-----------------
G-----------------------3-2-3-----------
D---------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------
(Add a few steps inbetween notes and experiment with a few hammer-ons
and pull-offs)
Childbirth tears upon her muscles
Very first, second a screaming icon
Babies in time barely even recognise
Words that once stroked now bruising tired lips
Bridge (Let chords ring)
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Dm C
My idea of love comes from
Bb C
A childhood glimpse of pornography
Dm C
Though there is no true love
Bb C
Just a finely tuned jealousy
Chorus
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C F Dm
Life becoming a landslide
Bb C
Ice freezing, nature dead
F Dm
Life becoming a landslide
Bb C
I don't wanna be a man
Verse 2
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Here the guitars and bass come in heavy, playing something likes this
E---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-7---7-8-5-3---1-0-1-12-8
Everyday more numb to agony
This the howl, this the sigh of the lonely
One day I realise oil on canvas
Can never paint a petal oh so delicate
Bridge
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Let chords ring as before
Chorus
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Repeat the chorus twice
Instrumental Verse
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Second Chorus
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Same chords as first chorus
Life becoming a landslide
A mile empty inside
Life becoming a landslide
Desire on its knees
Repeat and end on
Bb C
Desire on its knees
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Matt Average |
#1 by Matt at Jun 21, 1991 at 4:13 PM EST |
| Yeah, I agree with lots of what was said above. In fact the 'childhood glimpse of pornography' is autobiographical,- Richey had to run outside to be sick after being shown a porn mag by friend. The lines are 'there is no true love/just a finely-tuned jealousy' and 'desire on its knees' are strongly linked and give the song a lot of its meaning. Richey had a Buddhist-like wish to shed himself of desire, believing that without desire he would be strong (and, of course, he sadly failed). Similarly, he believed that not falling in love kept him strong (and he may well have been capable of this). He agreed with Marxist thought that being half of a couple weakened you, made you dependent. Dependent on restraining your own biological urge, and dependent on someone else when everyone else is a potential betrayer. It makes you easily controllable by the state; domesticated, with responsibilities, and feeble. | |
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julius Average |
#2 by julius vaisanen at Mar 3, 2006 at 12:46 AM EST |
| "It comes from the idea that the first thing a baby does is shriek at the horror of it all. And as when you get to adolescence, the rewards of being older don't really give you any satisfaction whether it's getting a car or a fuck or a CD player. It's also about the fact that, if you go into newsagents and see pornography on the shelfs at an early age, it becomes very difficult to reconceal that with the idea of 'love' that you're presented with later. I think we're romantic people in some ways, but when it comes to relationships it's not a question of 'Can you trust another human being?', so much as a question of trusting yourself. The animalistic nature of man seems to mean that you're bound to find another people physically attractive. And there's something dishonest about shutting those feelings off - it seems puritanical to deny yourself that. The idea of sin is still so widely pervading." I love the harmonies on this song, that choruc could move countries! | |
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