PIXIES - "manta ray" Tablature

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Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 18:06:16 -0500
From: Bryson Meunier <meunier.1@osu.edu>
Subject: TAB:p/pixies/manta_ray.tab

MANTA RAY
by The Pixies
from the "Monkey Gone to Heaven" single (1989)

(bass intro)

All in a day
All for me
Trek across the space
It'll be just like they say

Ooh-ooh,
Ooh-ooh,
Yeah

(guitar feedback)

Since I am told
Month number three

C5 F#5 G5
He has no memory
C5 F#5 G5
Of flyers in the night
C5 F#5 G5
ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, yeah!

C5, F#5, G5
C5, F#5

B5 C5 D5
They went away

Eb5 E5 A5
They went away-ee

G5 C5 F#5
My manta ray is alright
G5 C5 F#5
My manta ray is alright
G5 C5 F#5
My manta ray is alright
G5 C5 F#5
My manta ray is alright

solo:

E--14b-----r-14~~~~~-14b--r----14b--r----14b--r----14b--r----|
B---------------------------14--------14--------14--------14-|
G------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|
etc...
E-14b--r----14b--r-------------------------------------------|
B--------14--------14----------------------------------------|
G----------------------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|

Police they say
My mother too
A fish from Mon Shamu
Above my head tonight

Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh
Yeah

There is a way
There is a way - ee

My manta ray is alright
My manta ray is alright
My manta ray is alright
My manta ray is alright
My manta ray is alright
My manta ray is alright
My manta ray is alright

(While Black Francis screams "All right!")

All right!

Transcribed by
Bryson Meunier
mailto:meunier.1@osu.edu
http://www.angelfire.com/oh/bryson/

Symbols used in transcription:

b = bend
r = release
~ = vibrato

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