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Speed Of Pain by Marilyn Manson
Guitarist: Twiggy Ramirez and Zim Zum
Album: Mechanical Animals
Dif. 8
Tabbed by Twiggy 5
NOTE: For the acoustic stumming part I’m just gonna write out the chords you can figure
out the strum pattern.... cause I know you’re smart... I can see it in your eyes......
You’re very smart... So smart... that you can figure out the strum pattern to the acoustic
part..... :-)
Here are the chords though
E|--0--|--0--|--0--|--3--|--2--|-----|
B|--0--|--0--|--0--|--3--|--2--|-----|
G|--0--|--0--|--2--|--4--|--3--|-----|
D|--2--|--2--|--2--|--5--|--4--|--3--|
A|--2--|--3--|--0--|--5--|--4--|--3--|
E|--0--|-----|-----|--3--|--2--|--1--|
E C A G F# F5
Intro (Gtr. 1) (Acoustic)
E C E C E C E C
Intro (Gtr. 2)
G|-2---0---0------4--|
A|-------------3-----|
Verse (Gtr. 1) (Acoustic)
E C E A E G F# E
Pre-Chorus (Gtr. 1) (Acoustic) (“When you want it....”)
A E A E A C E G F# F5 E
Pre-Chorus (Gtr. 2)
D|----------7---5^----------5^-|
A|------7----------------------|
E|--5-----------------0--0-----|
Chorus (Gtr. 1) (“I wanna outrace....) (Acoustic)
E C E C E C E C
Chorus (Gtr. 2)
G|--2---4---0-------4---4---|
A|------------3-------------|
Bridge (Gtr. 2) (“Lie to me....)
B|-------8-----8-------------------------------------------------------|
G|----7-----7-----7----8-----8-----------5------5----------7-----7-----|
D|--5-----5-----5----8-----8-----8----5------5-----5----7-----7-----7--|
A|-----------------6-----6-----6----3------3-----3----5-----5-----5----|
Bridge (Synth. arr for Gtr. 3)
G|----------8--------3---5--------8---------3--5--7--|
D|--5--8-------8-------------5--------8--------------|
Bridge 2 (Gtr. 1) (“Keep all your...”) (Acoustic) (Let ring after each strum)
D|--6-------------4--------------3--------------3------------|
A|--6-------------4--------------3--------------3------------|
E|--4-------------2--------------1--------------1------------|
Bridge 2 (Gtr. 2)
D|-----6-----6---6----4-----4----4-----3------3---3-----3------3---3---|
A|---6-----6---------4-----4----------3-----3---------3------3---------|
E|-4-----4-----4---2-----2-----2---1-----1-----1----1------1-----1-----|
Bridge 2 (Synth. arr for Guitar 3)
D|-----------------5--3-----------------5--3-----|
A|---6--6--4--4--3------6--6--4--4--3------------|
Structre
Intro (Gtr. 1)/Intro (Gtr. 2)
Verse (Gtr. 1)
Pre-Chorus (Gtr. 1)
Chorus (Gtr. 1)
Verse (Gtr. 1)
Pre-Chorus (Gtr. 1)/Pre-Chorus (Gtr. 2)
Chorus (Gtr. 1)/Chorus (Gtr. 2)
Bridge 1 (Gtr. 2)
Bridge 2 (Gtr. 1)/Bridge 2 (Gtr. 2)
Bridge 1 (Gtr. 2)/Bridge 1 (Gtr. 3)
Bridge 2 (Gtr. 1)/Bridge 2 (Gtr. 2)/Bridge 2 (Gtr. 3)
Love this song...... It’s one of Manson’s most emotional songs.......
If have any comments, corrections or suggestions email me at ToXic345x@yahoo.com
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Toni Average |
#1 by Toni at Jun 18, 1971 at 5:21 PM EST |
| Omg...I so love this song: the lyrics "I wish I could sleep/but I can't lay on my back/cause there's a knife/ for every day/ that I've known you" touch me.That is how I feel about my stepdad(It's a LOONG story...in short: He was really mean to my sisters and my mom, but not so much to me...although he still treated me unreasonably...just not compared to them.) I also love the lyrics:at least hope we die holding hands. I hope I die holding hands with my boyfriend and best friend. | |
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James Rhythm Player |
#2 by James T.H. at Sep 12, 1975 at 9:36 AM EST |
| Isn't this song about cocaine? | |
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julian Average |
#3 by julian at May 14, 1980 at 5:33 AM EST |
| by far the best song on mechanical animals | |
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The Angel of De Lead Player |
#4 by The Angel of Death at Sep 3, 1986 at 6:50 PM EST |
| This song definitely has to do with meth. Cocaine wouldn't fit.. the high doesn't last nearly long enough to fit with the "times you hate it, it always seems to last," part of the song. It wouldn't be too much of a challenge to compare every verse to the drug, but i've been on a four day run right now.. and I am definitely not in the right state of mind. | |
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Tony Average |
#5 by Tony Riemer at Nov 23, 1986 at 6:47 AM EST |
| Manson writes the poetry that eventually becomes his lyrics about things he reads. This song stemed from an article he read about machines they make that have a response rate faster than the speed of pain. The line "I wanna outrace the speed of pain" is about wanting to be better than machines. | |
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Ryan Rhythm Player |
#6 by Ryan Ruegemer at Oct 4, 1994 at 5:40 PM EST |
| This song's about crystal meth AND a bad relationship... People who haven't experienced the depression possible from meth have no idea. Sometimes the comedown is just fine, but you're so emotionally fragile, and if something bad happens the pain is just crushing. And you can't sleep to get away from it, you're forced to just lie there like a burned out shell of a person. | |
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Rich Average |
#7 by Rich Frazer at Sep 17, 1999 at 6:47 PM EST |
| This is by far one of my favourite Manson songs, and I especially like it because it can be related to in so many different ways. I especially like the line, "Just remember, when you think you're free, the crack inside your fucking heart is me", cuz its so powerful, and in the song its almost as if Manson meant to accentuate it. To Manson, I think this was about his problems with cocaine... | |
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Secondhand Smok Wanna Be |
#8 by Secondhand Smoka at Feb 18, 2000 at 5:12 PM EST |
| This song is MOST DEFINITELY about CRYSTAL METH!!! For one, SPEED is a name that commonly refers to methamphetamine...and the song is called "The SPEED of Pain" - and I can totally relate to this song when he sings "When you want it, it goes away too fast", because it's so true. Meth is an extremely addictive dopamine rush, and you constantly use more and more to try and reach that initial high you got your first use. Even the music and sound effects remind me of that feeling of being wired on meth, which is called "tweaking". "Times you hate it" and "Just remember, when you think you're free, the crack inside your fucking heart is me" makes it seem like the meth is talking to you directly because Meth actually makes your heart beat faster... and you'll never truly be free. | |
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Niko Average |
#9 by Niko Booth at Aug 24, 2001 at 9:51 PM EST |
| this song describes a realationship i just got out of | |
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Sawyer Rhythm Player |
#10 by Sawyer Hildebrandt at Feb 26, 2003 at 8:49 PM EST |
| I think this song was written about a relationship, in the superficial sense. Obviously its about some other person, someone special to Manson, but the feelings he describes arent necessarily about the relationship or how it ended. When he says "When you want it, it goes away too fast. Times you hate it, it always seems to last. Just remember, when you think you're free, the crack inside your fuckin heart is me." he could be talking about the constant give and take of life. Everyone has crappy days and days that are just perfect, but everytime you activly pursue a day like that (the "day" is just a metaphore, it could be a relationship, any event that someone can pursue) it never comes out the way u picture it, and u end up having to "outrace the speed of pain". Also, he could just be talking about the girl he broke up with and the time he spent with her, or the breakup and how much it tortured him. If u hear the tones and beat of the music when he's saying Lie to me, cry to me, give to me, I would... Lie with me, die with me, give to me, I would... it doesnt match, at all. The music is bittersweet in the sense that it goes from major to minor chord and a very distorted and dissonant bassline make a huge contrast for a bittersweet sound. It sounds almost like a 50's rock song with the traditional chord progression, but the contrasting tones and dissonant sound creates a mockery of the normal sound of music, and gives the music an ironic and sick deeper meaning. Most songs about loss are just about the loss itself and sorrow, not coping with it or wishing it on other people. this song is perfectly crafted in the way that it captures the feelings and actions of a tourtered soul. The restlessness and feeling of dispair and deprevation: "I wish i could sleep, but i cant. Cuz a knife in my back fro everyday ive known you" This captures the horrible feeling of time wasted: Every second i spent with that person was a second i was wasting and another second building up to this loss and pain. Also, there is hope in the end of the song when he says "at least we'll die holding hands", which could mean two things. Either they are connected by their loss and pain and torment and are the only people that can understand eachother, but ironically hate eachother. So they are holding hands, in the sense that they understand, but the hate has killed them. It doesnt matter that they're holding hands; they're dead. Also, it could mean that they still love eachother but the animosity and loss have put such a barrier between them, that only death can connect them. It's such a good song, i listen to this song everytime i'm down or depressed because even if i cant relate to his situation, the feelings are so tangible and real, that I have to appreciate this song and manson's ability to catpure man's most primal and deep feelings. | |
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Kornowski - Wanna Be |
#11 by Kornowski - Im не русский, Бог Черт возьми! at Oct 15, 2003 at 7:10 AM EST |
| Im amazed that there are so few coments about this song, its one of my favorites by marilyn manson. While I agree with a lot of what aGirlCalledAutumn said, I also think thats its kind of about a relationship which fucked up because of things beyond their control. Either that, or life has affected them badly and left them unable to completly love someone else and because of this the relationship failed. "They slit our throats like we were flowers and our milk has been devoured" I think the line "Just remember, when you think you're free, the crack inside your fuckin heart is me" means that the time she spent with him has kinda changed her in a bad way and because of that she will never be completely rid of him Im probably a million miles out, but thats what it means to me. | |
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