Concrete Fields

Manic Street Preachers

  • Bb
  • Cm
  • Eb
    3
  • F
  • Gm
Tom: 
'Concrete Fields' by Manic Street Preachers 
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from the 2018 album Resistance is Futile (Deluxe Edition bonus disc).
Tab by James Glover (Sebadonut)

Standard Tuning EADGBe



[Intro]

                                    Bb
e|----5--6--8--6------------------|E|--------------------------------------------|--| 
B|-8---------------8--6-----------|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----|    
G|-----------------------8--7--5--|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----|    
D|--------------------------------|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|    
A|--------------------------------|-1--1-----1--1-----1-----1--1-----1--1-----1--|    
E|--------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------|--| 



[Verse 1]


   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
B|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------1--------1-----1--|       
G|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------2--------2-----2--|       
D|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------5--------5-----5--|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------3--------3-----3--|       
A|-1--1-----1--1-----1-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-6--6-----6--6-----6-----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|       
E|-------------------------3--3-----3--3-----3-----|-------------------------1--1-----1--1-----1-----|       

   My  old   school  has  closed   its   doors   the once  green  fields are now concrete floors
  and the


   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
B|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------1--------1-----1--|       
G|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------2--------2-----2--|       
D|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------5--------5-----5--|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------3--------3-----3--|       
A|-1--1-----1--1-----1-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-6--6-----6--6-----6-----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|       
E|-------------------------3--3-----3--3-----3-----|-------------------------1--1-----1--1-----1-----|       

   roads are choking full of misery & fear    but my visions getting clearer & my mind it feels 
so free


   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
B|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------1--------1-----1--|       
G|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------2--------2-----2--|       
D|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------5--------5-----5--|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------3--------3-----3--|       
A|-1--1-----1--1-----1-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-6--6-----6--6-----6-----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|       
E|-------------------------3--3-----3--3-----3-----|-------------------------1--1-----1--1-----1-----|       

   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
B|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------1--------1-----1--|       
G|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------2--------2-----2--|       
D|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------5--------5-----5--|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------3--------3-----3--|       
A|-1--1-----1--1-----1-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-6--6-----6--6-----6-----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|       
E|-------------------------3--3-----3--3-----3-----|-------------------------1--1-----1--1-----1-----|       

& the work is hard  & the wages are low      but the smiles still appear & the rivers still flow
    and


   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
B|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------1--------1-----1--|       
G|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------2--------2-----2--|       
D|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------5--------5-----5--|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------3--------3-----3--|       
A|-1--1-----1--1-----1-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-6--6-----6--6-----6-----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|       
E|-------------------------3--3-----3--3-----3-----|-------------------------1--1-----1--1-----1-----|       

  all I can do is  sit here and moan         but  my heart still bleeds for this place that I 
call home


[Chorus]

You can continue to strum the same chords as the verse or play this simple lead riff.


   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F                         Bb
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|---| 
B|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|---| 
G|-7-------5--7--7b8r7--5--7-------5--7--7b8r7--5--|-7-------5--7--7b8r7--5-----------------7b8r7--5-|-3-|       
D|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|-------------------------7-----------------------|---|    
A|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|---| 
E|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|---| 



[Verse 2]


   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
B|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------1--------1-----1--|       
G|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------2--------2-----2--|       
D|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------5--------5-----5--|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------3--------3-----3--|       
A|-1--1-----1--1-----1-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-6--6-----6--6-----6-----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|       
E|-------------------------3--3-----3--3-----3-----|-------------------------1--1-----1--1-----1-----|       

My boyhood made        of dreams of love         the happiest of times sitting with my mum and 
dad but the


   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
B|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-8-----------------------10----------------------|       
G|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-8-----------------------10----------------------|       
D|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------5--------5-----5--|-8-----------------------10----------------------|       
A|-1--1-----1--1-----1-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-6-----------------------8-----------------------|       
E|-------------------------3--3-----3--3-----3-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|    

   bridges the houses now dominate              the vaping & the super schools the breeding 
grounds of hate


   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
B|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------1--------1-----1--|       
G|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------2--------2-----2--|       
D|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------5--------5-----5--|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------3--------3-----3--|       
A|-1--1-----1--1-----1-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-6--6-----6--6-----6-----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|       
E|-------------------------3--3-----3--3-----3-----|-------------------------1--1-----1--1-----1-----|       

But those once green fields still live in my mind  they seemed so perfect so simple and so kind 
  Just


   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
B|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------1--------1-----1--|       
G|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------2--------2-----2--|       
D|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------5--------5-----5--|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------3--------3-----3--|       
A|-1--1-----1--1-----1-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-6--6-----6--6-----6-----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|       
E|-------------------------3--3-----3--3-----3-----|-------------------------1--1-----1--1-----1-----|       

   me and my brother  were kicking a ball        the world so close    and so beautiful


[Chorus]


   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F                         Bb
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|---| 
B|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|---| 
G|-7-------5--7--7b8r7--5--7-------5--7--7b8r7--5--|-7-------5--7--7b8r7--5-----------------7b8r7--5-|-3-|       
D|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|-------------------------7-----------------------|---|    
A|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|---| 
E|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|---| 



[Verse 3]


   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
B|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------1--------1-----1--|       
G|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------2--------2-----2--|       
D|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------5--------5-----5--|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------3--------3-----3--|       
A|-1--1-----1--1-----1-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-6--6-----6--6-----6-----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|       
E|-------------------------3--3-----3--3-----3-----|-------------------------1--1-----1--1-----1-----|       

And I got no answers     I place no blame          I just feel longing and I wanna hear you name
   as I


   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
B|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------1--------1-----1--|       
G|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------2--------2-----2--|       
D|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------5--------5-----5--|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------3--------3-----3--|       
A|-1--1-----1--1-----1-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-6--6-----6--6-----6-----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|       
E|-------------------------3--3-----3--3-----3-----|-------------------------1--1-----1--1-----1-----|       

   walk and I run through these once green fields Its easy to see what has disappeared          
  and the


   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
B|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------1--------1-----1--|       
G|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------2--------2-----2--|       
D|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------5--------5-----5--|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------3--------3-----3--|       
A|-1--1-----1--1-----1-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-6--6-----6--6-----6-----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|       
E|-------------------------3--3-----3--3-----3-----|-------------------------1--1-----1--1-----1-----|       

   air is getting heavy with memory and loss     the joy and the freedom but freedom at what 
cost  and the


   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
B|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------1--------1-----1--|       
G|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------2--------2-----2--|       
D|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------5--------5-----5--|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------3--------3-----3--|       
A|-1--1-----1--1-----1-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-6--6-----6--6-----6-----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|       
E|-------------------------3--3-----3--3-----3-----|-------------------------1--1-----1--1-----1-----|       

   air is getting heavy with memory and loss     the joy and the freedom but freedom   at   what
   cost


[Chorus]


   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F                       
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
B|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
G|-7-------5--7--7b8r7--5--7-------5--7--7b8r7--5--|-7-------5--7--7b8r7--5-----------------7b8r7--5-|       
D|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|-------------------------7-----------------------|    
A|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
E|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 

   Bb                                                Bb                                            
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
B|-3E|--------------------------------------------|---|-3E|--------------------------------------------|---| 
G|-3E|--------------------------------------------|---|-3E|--------------------------------------------|---| 
D|-3E|--------------------------------------------|---|-3E|--------------------------------------------|---| 
A|-1E|--------------------------------------------|---|-1E|--------------------------------------------|---| 
E|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 



[Break/Solo]

Im not sure what instrument is playing the solo melody but I have tabbed it for guitar below.
Alternatively, you can continue to strum the chords which during this section are Bb F Cm Gm Eb 
Bb and F.


   Bb           F           Cm         Gm            Eb          Bb                F
e|-10h11h12h13-11-10----10-11---8h10h11-10-8-------|-------------------------------13-13-13-11-10-11-|       
B|-------------------13----------------------11----|-11h12h13-11-10----11-13-------------------------|       
G|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|----------------12-------------------------------|    
D|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
A|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
E|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 

   Bb           F           Cm         Gm            Eb          Bb                F
e|-10-11-10----10-11--13----15h17h18-17-15---------|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|    
B|----------13-----------------------------15------|-13h15h16-15-13----------------13-13-13-13-13-13-|       
G|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|----------------15-14-12-14-15-------------------|    
D|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
A|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
E|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 



[Verse 4]


   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
B|-3-----------------------3-----------------------|-8-----------------------1-----------------------|       
G|-3-----------------------3-----------------------|-8-----------------------2-----------------------|       
D|-3-----------------------5-----------------------|-8-----------------------3-----------------------|       
A|-1-----------------------5-----------------------|-6-----------------------3-----------------------|       
E|-------------------------3-----------------------|-------------------------1-----------------------|       

Is this your inheritance is this all thats left  the mountains we climbed are now mountains of 
debt  and the


   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
B|-3-----------------------3-----------------------|-8-----------------------1-----------------------|       
G|-3-----------------------3-----------------------|-8-----------------------2-----------------------|       
D|-3-----------------------5-----------------------|-8-----------------------3-----------------------|       
A|-1-----------------------5-----------------------|-6-----------------------3-----------------------|       
E|-------------------------3-----------------------|-------------------------1-----------------------|       

   air is getting heavy with memory and loss     the joy and the freedom but freedom at what 
cost   we had


[Outro]

Again, you can continue to strum the chords until the end or play the little lead riffs.
The song ends on a Eb chord.


   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
B|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------1--------1-----1--|       
G|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------2--------2-----2--|       
D|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------5--------5-----5--|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------3--------3-----3--|       
A|-1--1-----1--1-----1-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-6--6-----6--6-----6-----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|       
E|-------------------------3--3-----3--3-----3-----|-------------------------1--1-----1--1-----1-----|       

   joy             we had fun                 we had seasons      in   the   sun               
yeah we had


   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
B|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------1--------1-----1--|       
G|-------3--------3-----3--------3--------3-----3--|-------8--------8-----8--------2--------2-----2--|       
D|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------5--------5-----5--|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------3--------3-----3--|       
A|-1--1-----1--1-----1-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-6--6-----6--6-----6-----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|       
E|-------------------------3--3-----3--3-----3-----|-------------------------1--1-----1--1-----1-----|       

   joy             we had fun            we had some seasons      in   the   sun               
yeah we had


   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F                        
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
B|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
G|-7-------5--7--7b8r7--5--7-------5--7--7b8r7--5--|-7-------5--7--7b8r7--5-----------------7b8r7--5-|       
D|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|-------------------------7-----------------------|    
A|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
E|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 

   joy              we had fun           we had some seasons          in the sun               
yeah we had


   Bb                      Gm                        Eb                      F                        
e|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
B|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
G|-7-------5--7--7b8r7--5--7-------5--7--7b8r7--5--|-7-------5--7--7b8r7--5-----------------7b8r7--5-|       
D|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|-------------------------7-----------------------|    
A|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
E|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 

   joy              we had fun           we had some seasons in the sun


   Eb
e|---------------------------6---------------------|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|    
B|--------------------6--/8-----8--6--8--6---------|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|    
G|-8----------------------------------------8------|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|    
D|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
A|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 
E|E|--------------------------------------------|-----|E|--------------------------------------------|-----| 



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| h   Hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| b   Bend up
| r   release bend
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
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