design for life
manic street preachers
tabbed by metallicja for ultimate – guitar . com

intro :
Cmaj7

verse 1 :
Cmaj7
libraries gave us power ,
Dm
then work came and made us free .
G7
what price now
D#maj7 Dm Cmaj7
for a shallow piece of dignity?

verse 2 :
Cmaj7
i wish i had a bottle
Dm
right here in my dirty face ,
G7
to wear the scars
D#maj7 Dm Cmaj7
to show from where i came .

chorus 1 :
Dm G
we don’t talk about love ,
Dm G
we only want to get drunk ,
Em Am Am7
and we are not allowed to spend ,
F
as we are told that this is the end .

Am F
a design for life ,
Am F
a design for life ,
Am F
a design for life ,
F Cmaj7
a design for life .

verse 3 :
Cmaj7
i wish i had a bottle
Dm
right here in my pretty face ,
G7
to wear the scars
D#maj7 Dm Cmaj7
to show from where i came .

chorus 2

instrumental : same as verse

chorus 3 :
Dm G
we don’t talk about love ,
Dm G
we only want to get drunk ,
Em Am Am7
and we are not allowed to spend ,
F
as we are told that this is the end .

Am F
a design for life ,
Am F
a design for life ,
Am F
a design for life ,
F
a design for . . .