A DESIGN FOR LIFE As recorded by Manic Street Preachers (from the 1996 Album "Everything Must Go") Transcribed by Matthew Ford Words by Nicky Wire Music by James Dean Bradfield & Sean Moore A Intro/Interlude P = 88 Cmaj7 1 12 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V I 8 V V V V Gtr I let ring T 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 A 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 B 3 3 3 3 V V V V 12 j u j j u j j u j j u j I 8 Gtr II 20 20 20 20 T 20 20 20 20 A B B Verse Cmaj7 3 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V I V V V V V let ring T 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 A 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 B 3 3 3 3 3 V V V V j u j j u j j u j j u j I 20 20 20 20 T 20 20 20 20 A B 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Ltd. Printed using TabView by Simone Tellini - http://www.tellini.org/mac/tabview/ A DESIGN FOR LIFE - Manic Street Preachers Page 2 of 11 Dm13 5 V V V V V V V V V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V V let ring T 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 A 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 B 5 5 5 5 0 V V V V j u j j u j j u j j u j I 20 20 20 20 T 20 20 20 20 A B G7 7 V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V let ring T 4 4 4 4 A 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 B 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 V V V V j u j j u j j u j j u j I 19 19 19 19 T 20 20 20 20 A B 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Ltd. Printed using TabView by Simone Tellini - http://www.tellini.org/mac/tabview/ A DESIGN FOR LIFE - Manic Street Preachers Page 3 of 11 E`maj7 D7`5 V V 9 f V V f V V V V V V I V V V gV V V V V V V V gV gV V V V V V V V V let ring P.M. T 8 8 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 A 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 B 6 6 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 V V V V j u j j u j j u j j u j I 20 20 20 20 T 20 20 20 20 A B Cmaj7 F5 E5 11 V I V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V } V V Gtrs I, III let ring 0 T 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 A 5 5 5 5 5 5 B 3 3 3 3 2 x 1 0 V V V V j u j j u j j u j j u j I 20 20 20 20 T 20 20 20 20 A B 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Ltd. Printed using TabView by Simone Tellini - http://www.tellini.org/mac/tabview/ A DESIGN FOR LIFE - Manic Street Preachers Page 4 of 11 C Pre-Chorus Dm Dm7 G5 F5 E5 Dm Dm7 Compositec arrangementc c c c c c c c c c V V V V V V V V V V V V V V 13 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V c V V V V V V V V V V VgV I V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V c V V V V V V V V V V V V V V c V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Gtrs I, III 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 T 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 8 A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B 3 2 0 0 5 6 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Em E Am Am7 F Fmaj7sus2 F Fmaj7sus2 c c c c 17 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V I c V c V V V V V V V V V V V } V V V V V u V u V V u u V V u V V V V V V V V V u let ring 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 T 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 x A 2 3 3 3 3 3 B 2 2 2 2 0 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 H D Chorus Amadd9 G5Fb5 F5 Amadd9 G5Fb5 F5 c c 21 V c c c c V c c c V V V V V } } } } V V V V V } } } c I c V VgV V V V V V V V V c V VgV V V V V V V V V V V V VgV V V V V V V V V V V V V VgV V V V V V V V V let ring let ring 0 0 T 0 0 5 x x x x 5 x x x A 7 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 B 0 0 0 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 Amadd9 G5 Fb5 F5 Fsus2 c 25 V U V V V V V U I c V V gV U U V V V V V gV U Gtr I let ring 0 G 1 T 0 K 1 5 K 0 A 7 7 7 2 3 K 3 B 0 0 0 5 4 3 K 3 0 3 2 1 K 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Ltd. Printed using TabView by Simone Tellini - http://www.tellini.org/mac/tabview/ A DESIGN FOR LIFE - Manic Street Preachers Page 5 of 11 E Interlude Cmaj7 28 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V I V V V V Gtr I let ring T 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 A 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 B 3 3 3 3 V V V V j u j j u j j u j j u j I Gtr II 20 20 20 20 T 20 20 20 20 A B F Verse Cmaj7 30 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V I V V V V V let ring T 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 A 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 B 3 3 3 3 3 V V V V j u j j u j j u j j u j I 20 20 20 20 T 20 20 20 20 A B 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Ltd. Printed using TabView by Simone Tellini - http://www.tellini.org/mac/tabview/ A DESIGN FOR LIFE - Manic Street Preachers Page 6 of 11 Dm13 32 V V V V V V V V V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V V let ring T 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 A 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 B 5 5 5 5 0 V V V V j u j j u j j u j j u j I 20 20 20 20 T 20 20 20 20 A B G7 34 V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V let ring T 4 4 4 4 A 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 B 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 V V V V j u j j u j j u j j u j I 19 19 19 19 T 20 20 20 20 A B 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Ltd.