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From: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 12:29:31 -0500 (EST)
Subject: TAB:A design for life by the Manic Street Preachers
A design for life-Manic street preachers
intro/main verse:-
C maj 7 ( play for 4 bars) Dminadd6(play for 2 bars)
E I—————————-I—————————-I
B I——–0———–0——-I——–0———–0——-I
G I——5—5——-5—5—–I——5—5——-5—5—–I
D I—-5——-5—5——-5—I—-3——-3—3——-3—I
A I–3———–3————-I–5———–5————-I
E I—————————-I—————————-I
G7(play for 2 bars) Ebmaj7(play for 1 bar)
E I—————————-I——–3———–3——-I
B I—————————-I——3—3——-3—3—–I
G I——–4———–4——-I—————————-I
D I——3—3——-3—3—–I—-5——-5—5——-5—I
A I—-5——-5—5——-5—I–6———–6———–6-I
E I–3———–3————-I—————————-I
Dmin7b5(play for 1 bar)
E I—————————-I
B I——–6———–6-6—–I
G I——5—5——-5-5-5—–I
D I—-6——-6—–6-6-6—–I
A I–5———–5-5-5-5-5—–I
E I—————————-I(on first time repeat again(so play twice),
to bit below, third verse play once
second play once)
then just before the bridge(we dont talk about love….)
C maj 7 Cmaj7 F5 E5
E I—————————-I—————————-I
B I——–0———–0——-I——–0——————-I
G I——5—5——-5—5—–I——5—5—————–I
D I—-5——-5—5——-5—I—-3——-3—————I
A I–3———–3————-I–5———–5—3-3–2-2–I
E I—————————-I——————1-1–0-0–I
Bit between verse and chorus (bridge)
Dm G5 F5 E5
E I—————————-I-3–3—-3–3–3————I
B I–6–6–6—-5–6—-6–6—I-3–3—-3–3–3————I
G I–7–7–7—-5–7—-7–7—I-0–0—-0–0–0————I
D I–7–7–7—-5–7—-7–7—I-0–0—-0–0–0————I
A I–5–5–5—-5–5—-5–5–0I——————3-3–2-2–I
E I—————————0I-3–3—-3–3–3–1-1–0-0–I
We Dont Talk A________Bout Love
Dm G5 D5 D#5
E I—————————-I-3–3—-3–3–3————I
B I–6–6–6—-5–6—-6–6—I-3–3—-3–3–3————I
G I–7–7–7—-5–7—-7–7—I-0–0—-0–0–0—7-7–8-8-I
D I–7–7–7—-5–7—-7–7—I-0–0—-0–0–0————I
A I–5–5–5—-5–5—-5–5–0I——————-5-5–6-6-I
E I—————————0I-3–3—-3–3–3————I
We only want to Get Drunk
EM(normal strum)Am
We are not allowed to spend
Fsus2 Fmaj9 Fsus2 Fmaj9
E I——–1————–0—-I——-1————-0——I
B I———–1—1—1——1-I———1—————0–I
G I—-0———-0————I—-0——–0—0———-I
D I-3————-3————I-3———–3————–I
A I-3————-3————I-3———–3————–I
E I—————————-I—————————-I
As We___ are____ told that this is the end
Chorus
Am F5
E I——-0——————–I—————————-I
B I———-0—————–I—————————-I
G I————-5————–I—————————-I
D I-2–2———–2—–2—–I—————————-I
A I-0–0———–0—–0—–I3—3-3—-3–3—3–3–0—I
E I——————–0—3-2-I1—1-1—-0–1—0–1–0—I
A______ De__sign For___________ Life
Repeat twice then on third:-
Am F5
E I——-0——————–I—————————-I
B I———-0—————–I—————————-I
G I————-5————–I—————————-I
D I-2–2———–2—–2—–I—————————-I
A I-0–0———–0—–0—–I3—————————I
E I——————–0—3-2-I1—————————I(on last(third
time) go to coda)
A______ De__sign For___________ Life
Fsus2
E I—————————-I
A I–1————————-I
G I–0————————-I
D I–3————————-I
A I–3————————-I
E I—————————-I(back to verse, on second time of chorus go
to below tab)
A______ De__sign for Life)
verse on second time(instrumental)
C maj 7 ( play for 2 bars) Dminadd6(play for 2 bars)
E I—————————-I—————————-I
B I–0————————-I—0————————I
G I–5————————-I—5————————I
D I–5————————-I—3————————I
A I–3————————-I—5————————I
E I—————————-I—————————-I
G7(play for 2 bars) Ebmaj7
E I—————————-I——–3———–3——-I
B I—————————-I——3—3——-3—3—–I
G I–4————————-I—————————-I
D I–3————————-I—-5——-5—5——-5—I
A I–5————————-I–6———–6———–6-I
E I–3————————-I—————————-I
Dmin7b5 Cmaj7
E I—————————-I—————————-I
B I——–6———–6-6-6-6-I-0-0—0–0–0—0—0-0-0–I
G I——5—5——-5-5-5-5-5-I-5-5—5–5–5—5—5-5-5–I
D I—-6——-6—–6-6-6-6-6-I-5-5—5–5–5—5—5-5-5–I
A I–5———–5-5-5-5-5-5-5-I-3-3—3–3–3—3—3-3-3–I
E I—————————-I—————————-I
Cmaj7 F5 E5
E I—————————-I
B I–0—0-0——0-0———-I
G I–5—5-5——5-5———-I
D I–5—5-5——5-5–0——-I
A I–3—3-3——3-3–0–11-00I
E I——————–0–33-11I then repeat bridge and chorus
CODA
Fmaj9
E I–1————————-I
A I–1————————-I
G I–0————————-I
D I–3————————-Ithen drums solo
A I–3————————-I
E I—————————-I
Lyrics(only to verse as chorus and bridge are above)
1 Verse:-
libraries gave us power
then work came and made us free
At what price now
For a shallow piece of dignity
2Verse:-
I wish I had a bottle
right here in my dirty face
to wear the scars
to show from where i came
3 verse:-
I wish i had a bottle
Right here in my pretty face
to wear the scars
to show from where i came
Listening to the record will help to tell you where to sing in the verse.
Also there is this high pitched pinging every verse this can be done on the
guitar
at the 15th fret on the High e string. Whenever James does this live instead
of picking
after the dignity/came bit(at the end of every verse) he strums Cmaj7
heavily. The chords
above the tab are what rhythm guitar would play/the overall sound of each
one.
Chords:-
Cmaj7-x3550x
Dm7add6-x5350x
G7-353433
EbMaj7-x65333
Dm7b5-x5656x
F5-13xxxx
E5-02xxxx
Dm-x57765
G5-3×0033
D5-x5x7xx
D#5-x6x8xx
Em-022000
Am-x02210
Fsus2-x33011
Fmaj9-x33010
