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Song: Man That You Fear
Artist: Marilyn Manson
Album: Antichrist Superstar
As tabbed by Joe Muggah
Verse 1 (Piano arranged for Guitar 1)
e---5-6-15------12---9----17-15-------------15-------17-
B----------------------------------------------16-15----
G-------------------------------------12-14-------------
D----------------------------------12----------13-------
A------------6-------0----------10----------------------
E-3--------------8--------------------------------------
("The ants are in the sugar...")
(continued)
e-17--13-12---------------------9---10-12-15-15---------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------10------------------------------
D-------------10--12------------7------------------17---
A-----------10-------10-------7-----------------17------
E---------8-----------------5----------------15---------
(continued)
e--17--17-17-17--------------17-17-15----------------15-
B-----------------------------------------------10------
G------------------------14-----------------------------
D---------------------13--------------------10----------
A------------------13--------------------10-------------
E---------------11---------------------8----------------
(continued)
e--------17---------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------
D------7------------------------------------------------
A----7--------------------------------------------------
E--5----------------------------------------------------
Chorus 1A (Guitar 1)
e-------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G--9-9-9-9-97-7-7-7-75-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------
D--9-9-9-9-97-7-7-7-75-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------
A--7-7-7-7-75-5-5-5-53-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
("Pray until your number...")
Chorus 1B (Piano arranged for Guitar 2)
e-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14-15--15-15-15-----------------
B----------------------------------------15-17----------
G----------------------------------------------12-------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
Verse 2A (Guitar 1)
e-------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----
D--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----
A--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----
E--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------------------
(continued) Fill
e----------0-------0-0----|-----------------------------
B--------0---0-----0-0----|-----------------------------
G------2-------2---2-2----|-----------------------------
D----2-----------2-2-2----|--5/-------------------------
A--0---------------0-0----|--5/-------------------------
E-------------------------|--3/-------------------------
Verse 2B (Piano arranged for Guitar 2)
e----------15---17-17-15-----------15---17-17-15--------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G-------12----------------------------------------------
D----12-------------------------13----------------------
A-10-------------------------13---------------------10--
E-------------------------11----------------------8-----
(continued)
e----10--12----------9---17-15--15--------15-17-17-17---
B------------10-----------------------------------------
G-------------------------------12-14-15----------------
D-10-----------------------------------------17---------
A------------------7------------------------------------
E----------------5--------------------------------------
(continued)
e-17-----17-----17-15---15-13-12--12-10------------17---
B-----------17---------------------------13-------------
G--------------------------------------------12---------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E----11-------------------------------------------------
Chorus 2A (Guitar 1, heavy distortion)
e-----0----------------------------------0--------------
B-----0----------------------------------1--------------
G-----0--------------7-7--7-7--x-x-x--0--0--------------
D--2-----2-2--x-x-x--7-7--7-7--x-x-x--2--2--2-2--x-x-x--
A--2-----2-2--x-x-x--5-5--5-5--x-x-x--3--3--3-3--x-x-x--
E--0-----0-0--x-x-x-------------------------------------
(continued)
e-------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------
D--2--2--x-x-x------------------------------------------
A--3--3--x-x-x------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
Chorus 2B (Piano arranged for Guitar 2)
e--12---14---15---17---14-15-17-17---12---15---10-------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
(continued)
e--10h12------------------------------------------------
B--------13-12-10---------------------------------------
G-------------------9-----------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
Bridge A (Guitar 1)
e-------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4--5-5-5-5-5--------------------
D--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4--5-5-5-5-5--------------------
A--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2--3-3-3-3-3--------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
("I am so tangled in my sins...")
Bridge B (Synth for Guitar 2)
e-------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------4--5v--------------------4--5v------
G--6--5--6v---6--5----------6--5--6v---6--5-------------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
Verse 3 (Guitar 1, acoustic)
e---------------------------------------------0---------
B---------------------------------------------1-------1-
G--0-------0--------------8--8--8-8--8-8-8-8--0-------0-
D--0-------0--------------8--8--8-8--8-8-8-8--2--2--2---
A--2--2-2--2--2-2--2-2-2--6--6--6-6--6-6-6-6--3--3-3----
E--3--3-3--3--3-3--3-3-3--------------------------------
(continued)
e-----------0-------------------------------------------
B----------------0--------------------------------------
G---------2----2---2--2-2--0---0---0-0-0--8--8--8-8-----
D--2----2-------------2-2--0-------0-0-0--8--8--8-8-----
A-----0---------------0-0--2-2---2---2-2--6--6--6-6-----
E--------------------------3---------3-3----------------
(continued)
e-------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G--8-8-8-8--0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--2--2--2-2-2-2-----------
D--8-8-8-8--2--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2--2--2-2-2-2-----------
A--6-6-6-6--3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--0--0--0-0-0-0-----------
E-------------------------------------------------------
Outro (Piano arranged for Guitar 1)
e-12--14---14--15--17---15---10--12-----------------12--
B------------------------------------13-12--------------
G--------------------------------------------12---------
D-----------------------------------------------10------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
(continued)
e-14--15--17--14--15--17---17--15--17-------------------
B-------------------------------------15-15h17--13--12--
G-------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
(continued)
e-----------------12--14--15--17--14--15--22--17--15----
B-------------------------------------------------13----
G--12---------------------------------------------------
D------12--12h14----------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
(continued)
e--12--15--14--15--15--12--24-22-24--12--14--15--12--10-
B--13--------------13-----------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
(continued)
e--14--15--22---14------14-------22---------------------
B-------------------15------14--------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
Verse 1 (a guitar comes in playing the last half)
Chorus 1A, 1B
Verse 2A, 2B, Fill
Chorus 2A, 2B
Bridge A, B
Verse 3
Chorus 2A, Outro
=========== The Man That You Fear
by
Marilyn Manson
[1st Verse-no guitar]
Ants are in the sugar/Muscles atrophied/We're on the other side (the screen
is us and we're TV)/Spread me open, sticking to my pointy ribs are all your
infants in abortion cribs/I was born into this/Everything turns to shit/The
boy that you loved is the man that you fear.
[1st Chorus-no guitar]
Pray until your number/Asleep from all your pain/Your apple has been
rotting/Tomorrow's turned up dead
Now we're far in enough to give you the verse riff:
Acoustic, Standard tuning
G B
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---------------------------------4-----------4-------4---4-4-4---|
-5-----------5-------5---5-5-5-5-4-------4-----------4---4-4-4---|
-5-------------------5---5-5-5-5-2-------2-----2-----2---2-2-2---|
-3-------3-----------3---3-3-3-3---------------------------------|
G A
-------------------------------------------------0---------------||
---------------------------------------------0-------0-----------||
-------------------------2---------------2---------------2-------||
-5-------5-----5-----2-------2-------2-----------------------2---||
-5-------5-----5-----------------0-------------------------------||
-3-------3-----3-------------------------------------------------||
The chord symbols given are not the exact symbols for the chords, I'm
just using those as a symbol to show when each part of the riff
is started during the verse.
2nd Verse-
G B
I have it all and I have no choice but
G A
to. I'll make everyone pay and you will see
G B
You can kill yourself now because you're dead in my
G A
mind. The boy that you loved is the monster you fear
Chorus Riff-
E D
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-9-------9-9---9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-------7-7---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
-9-------9-9---9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-------7-7---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
-7-------7-7---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-------5-5---5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
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B A
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-9-------9-9---9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-------7-7---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7||
-9-------9-9---9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-------7-7---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7||
-7-------7-7---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-------5-5---5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5||
Chorus:
E D
Peel off all thos eyes/Crawl into the dark
B A
You poison all your children to camouflage your scars
E D
Pray unto your splinters/Pray unto your fears
B A
Pray your life was just a dream/The cut that never heals
E D B A
Pray now, baby/Pray your life was just dream (Just a dream...)
[3rd Chorus extension]
E D
The world in my hands and there's no one left to
B A
hear you scream/No one left for you
I'm sure you're thoroughly upset that I didn't give the 3rd verse's
stucture but the guitar's much easier to hear there so I'm done.
-POODGIE
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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HIYA Wanna Be |
#1 by HIYA at Mar 26, 1972 at 3:20 PM EST |
| I think you are right on the "manson becoming a god" thing, but I think the song goes a little beyond that. He had a hard childhood that he still resents his family over, but he still realizes that he was loved and that they tried to do what they thought was right for him (even though that was trying to convert him into a "normal" person). So he was "the boy that you loved." But now, because of his notoriety and influence, he is "the man that you fear"... Parents are afraid of him now because of the influence he wields over their children. So in the video, he is stoned because they fear his power to corrupt....the same as what happened to Jesus, actually, despite Manson's (and my) anti-religious views. The parallels to the crucifiction of Christ are all intentional, meant to show that we always kill the things we love, because love leads to power, and we fear those in power. | |
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Pasquale Average |
#2 by Pasquale at Apr 19, 1972 at 10:49 PM EST |
| You guys are on the right track I think. In "The Reflecting God" he is talking about how he is getting stronger, and one day he will be god and punish all the people who fucked him over. This song is about him becoming 'god' the people that made fun of him at one time are now his followers. They didn't like him when he was just a regular, skinny, pale kid. But now that he's Marilyn manson, or the Anti-christ people worship him like he's god. | |
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albert Rhythm Player |
#3 by albert casualtie at Oct 27, 1977 at 11:59 PM EST |
| I love this song, I think it's about how he can no longer relate to anyone who he grew up with and how they can't relate to him either. "The boy that you loved is the man that you fear" says it all really, he has become some kind of monster to the people who knew Brian Warner as a boy. I think that "Are all your infants in abortion cribs?" is his way of suggesting that his upbringing is partly responsible for the way he has become the antithesis of "Bible-belt middle amerca", and that as long as people are treated as freaks because they don't match upto societies 'norms' people like him will continue to rebel and he will not be the last "all-american Anti-Christ". | |
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Jay the Hellrac Average |
#4 by Jay the Hellracer... at Dec 3, 1984 at 8:20 AM EST |
| did you know that since 1974 only 1/3 of pregnancies have lead to birth.. thats one in three chance to "live".. | |
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kyle Average |
#5 by kyle anderson at Oct 5, 1993 at 9:33 PM EST |
| does anyone know is he cut his nut off ? thz | |
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Green Day rocks Average |
#6 by Green Day rocks!!!! at Apr 8, 1998 at 12:42 PM EST |
| I think this is one of his best songs(even though all his songs are great!) it just has that leval of anger--it just makes you wonder a little bit!! its a kick ass song!!! | |
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jake Professional |
#7 by jake burns at Nov 12, 2003 at 7:04 PM EST |
| For me it seems this song is about someone who was born into this world as someone who was thrown away soon thereafter, but somehow was able to survive it and when he finally gains understanding of everything that happened in his life he will become the monster that the person who threw him away will fear, they will pray they never did it, pray it was just a dream because he will get his revenge. | |
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kyle Rhythm Player |
#8 by kyle perry at Apr 19, 2004 at 4:05 AM EST |
| OOPS... typed the wrong name :) maveric4728, sorry :\ *blush* | |
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