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Tsunami Tab

Send "Tsunami" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Artist – Manic Street Preachers
Song – Tsunami
Album – This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
Tabbed by an18nin18

Standard Tuning – E, A, D, G, B, E

Intro

|-----------------------|
|-----------11-12-11----|
|--------11----------11-|
|-----11----------------|
|---9-------------------|
|-9---------------------|
  Play x 6

Verse

|-----------------------|---------8-9-8---|-------------13-14-13----|
|-----------11-12-11----|-------9-------9-|----------16----------16-|
|--------11----------11-|----10-----------|-------15----------------|
|-----11----------------|---8-------------|----13-------------------|
|---9-------------------|-8---------------|-13----------------------|
|-9---------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
  Play x 2              | Play x 2        | Play x 2

|-------------------------|
|-------------16-17-16----|
|----------16----------17-|
|-------16----------------| Play x 2
|----14-------------------|
|-14----------------------|
  Play x 2

Chorus

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------11-12-14-12-11----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------11-|
|-11111111--11111111--11111111--11119---9-9-9---------------------|
|-11111111--11111111--11111111--11119---9-9-9---------------------|
|-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9---9-9-7---7-7-7---------------------|
  Play x 2

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-----------------------11|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---3---11|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---3---9-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---1---9-|

|-----------------------|---------8-9-8---|-------------13-14-13----|
|-----------11-12-11----|-------9-------9-|----------16----------16-|
|--------11----------11-|----10-----------|-------15----------------|
|-----11----------------|---8-------------|----13-------------------|
|---9-------------------|-8---------------|-13----------------------|
|-9---------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
  Play x 6 Then x2      | Play x 2        | Play x 2

|-------------------------|
|-------------16-17-16----|
|----------16----------17-|
|-------16----------------| Play x 2
|----14-------------------|
|-14----------------------|
  Play x 2

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------11-12-14-12-11----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------11-|
|-11111111--11111111--11111111--11119---9-9-9---------------------|
|-11111111--11111111--11111111--11119---9-9-9---------------------|
|-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9---9-9-7---7-7-7---------------------|
  Play x 4

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-----------------------11|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---3---11|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---3---9-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---1---9-|

Middle 8

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------3-----8-----------------------------------|
|-4-----3-----8-----9-9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9-|
|-4-----1-----6-----9-9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9-|
|-2-----------------7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------11-12-14-12-11----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------11-|
|-11111111--11111111--11111111--11119---9-9-9---------------------|
|-11111111--11111111--11111111--11119---9-9-9---------------------|
|-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9---9-9-7---7-7-7---------------------|
  Play x 4

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-----------------------11|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---3---11|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---3---9-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---1---9-|

Outro

|-----------------------|-----|
|-----------11-12-11----|-11~-|
|--------11----------11-|-11~-|
|-----11----------------|-11~-|
|---9-------------------|-9~~-|
|-9---------------------|-9~~-|
  Play x 3              |

And Thats it.

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture TonkpilS Average	#1 by TonkpilS at Feb 13, 1980 at 12:58 AM EST
	This feels in parts a bit like a comparason between the silent Twins and the 'Glamour Twins' - Nicky and Richey

No Picture Ryan Rhythm Player	#2 by Ryan Ruegemer at Aug 30, 1980 at 9:16 AM EST
	apparently the twins were wrongly imprisoned, and as protest they took a vow of silence. when one of the twins died, the other was released from the vow, and the title 'tsunami' refers to the feeling she felt at being able to speak again

No Picture eddy Lead Player	#3 by eddy blade at Feb 19, 1981 at 12:56 AM EST
	Nicky used tsunami as a metaphor for the how one sister felt after the other had died, kinda like a huge relief. The way in which the tsunami came washing over her is how she now feels, if that makes scense?

No Picture Batmanuel Badass	#4 by Batmanuel at Mar 2, 1981 at 4:37 AM EST
	Nicky used tsunami as a metaphor for the how one sister felt after the other had died, kinda like a huge relief. The way in which the tsunami came washing over her is how she now feels, if that makes scense?

No Picture chris Average	#5 by chris ovari at Jan 1, 1985 at 4:31 AM EST
	See this link for more information about the silent twins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_and_Jennifer_Gibbons And yes, this is what the song is about.

No Picture Turbo Grom Wanna Be	#6 by Turbo Grom at Aug 13, 1993 at 4:16 PM EST
	of course, this could be totally incorrect.

No Picture jim Professional	#7 by jim d.f at Jun 16, 1995 at 12:44 AM EST
	Did anyone see the video, when the quotes come up on the screen? I love 'virgins on the dole'. Is that about the 'Silent Twins'?

No Picture Mauricio Average	#8 by Mauricio Avendaño at Apr 13, 1996 at 9:20 AM EST
	Apparently it's about the Silent Twins, these sisters who found it impossible to communicate with anyone apart from each other. THey wouldn't talk for years but after one twin died, the other suddenly started talking and cummunicating like a normal person. It is SUCH an amazing song

No Picture Austin Rhythm Player	#9 by Austin at May 24, 1996 at 8:45 PM EST
	I heard it was about those twins aswell, they got put in prison because they were misunderstood. There were discos in prison hence "disco dancing with the rapists/your only crime is silence "

No Picture Josh Lead Player	#10 by Josh Ripley at Mar 21, 1998 at 7:44 AM EST
	not true. they were selective mutes, and could not bring themselves to speak in the presence of anyone but each other. they were imprisoned at broadmoor because they set fire to a building. they used it as a way to express themselves as they could not speak.

No Picture Jesus Average	#11 by Jesus Christ at Nov 14, 1998 at 5:10 AM EST
	it's seem to me like someone telling the story of those twins to make a point about themselves. The second verse is their confusion and they want nature to 'wash over them;' to cleanse?

No Picture Reece Wanna Be	#12 by Reece Brown at Feb 25, 1999 at 3:41 AM EST
	Nicky Wire confirmed that the song is about the "Silent Twins" to Jools Holland on the BBCs Live on Later - do a search on YouTube for "Manic Street Preachers - Nicky Wire Interview(Live on Later)" and you can watch it for yourself!

No Picture Ziggy Professional	#13 by Ziggy at Aug 24, 2001 at 5:47 AM EST
	then again, it could be about a close friend in prison, and the narrator has been running their absence over and over in his mind causing him to slowly go insane. Or it could just be about longing.

No Picture Eric Wanna Be	#14 by Eric Canfield at Sep 10, 2001 at 4:24 AM EST
	tsunami - big wave the tsunami is like crashing down on you and covers you and can't see whats going on. it hides you from the turth

No Picture chOxY Rhythm Player	#15 by chOxY at Dec 5, 2003 at 12:03 AM EST
	The song is indeed about the 'Silent Twins', June and Jennifer Gibbons, two black girls who lived in Haverfordwest in Wales. The "disco dancing with the rapists" line refers to a 'novel' written by Jennifer called 'The Pugilist', in which a local disco incites the patrons to insane violence. They commited several acts of arson, which led to their imprisonment. As someone mentioned earlier, when Jennifer died, June began to live a normal life, which she still does.

No Picture Mr. Always Mezm Average	#16 by Mr. Always Mezmerized (o)(o) at May 9, 2005 at 3:36 PM EST
	if you just look at the lyrics, it seems like it could also be about Richey...if you ask me.