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A Design For Life

Manic Street Preachers
Versions2TuningE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)
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Chords in this song

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D-DU-UDU
Libraries  gave us power,
Then  work came and made us free.
What  price now
For  a shallow piece  of dignity?
I  wish I had a bottle
Right  here in my dirty face,
To  wear the scars
To  show from  where  i came.
We  don't talk about  love,
We  only want to get  drunk,
And  we are not allowed  to spend,
As  we are told that this is the end.
A  design for  life,
A  design for  life,
A  design for  life,
A  design for  life.
I  wish I had a bottle
Right  here in my pretty face,
To  wear the scars
To  show from  where I  came.
 Same as Verse
We  don't talk about  love,
We  only want to get  drunk,
And  we are not allowed  to spend,
As  we are told that this is the end.
A  design for  life,
A  design for  life,
A  design for  life,
A  design for...

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Readable chord sheet for A Design For Life by Manic Street Preachers

Tuning: E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)

[Cmaj7]

[Cmaj7]Libraries gave us power,
[Dm]Then work came and made us free.
[G7]What price now
[Ebmaj7]For a shallow [Dm]piece of d[Cmaj7]ignity?

[Cmaj7]I wish I had a bottle
[Dm]Right here in my dirty face,
[G7]To wear the scars
[Ebmaj7]To show [Dm]from wher[Cmaj7]e i came.

[Dm]We don't talk ab[G]out love,
[Dm]We only want to g[G]et drunk,
[Em]And we are not all[Am]owed to spen[Am7]d,
[F]As we are told that this is the end.

[Am]A design [F]for life,
[Am]A design [F]for life,
[Am]A design [F]for life,
[F]A design fo[Cmaj7]r life.

[Cmaj7]I wish I had a bottle
[Dm]Right here in my pretty face,
[G7]To wear the scars
[Ebmaj7]To show [Dm]from where I[Cmaj7] came.

Same as Verse

[Dm]We don't talk ab[G]out love,
[Dm]We only want to g[G]et drunk,
[Em]And we are not all[Am]owed to spen[Am7]d,
[F]As we are told that this is the end.

[Am]A design [F]for life,
[Am]A design [F]for life,
[Am]A design [F]for life,
[F]A design for...

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