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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David G" <leavemehigh_1@hotmail.com>
To: <WILL@TABTALK.COM>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 6:52 PM

Tab: A DESIGN FOR LIFE BY MANIC STREET PREACHERS
By : David G

Right i could only find one tab for this song and it just didn't sound right 
to me so
i thought i'd have a go, this is based on numerous live perfomances i've 
seen on t.v
and when i saw them live in Manchester, its as close as i'm gonna get to 
perfecting it

1st verse

E I--------------------------------------------------------I
B I--------0-----------0----------0-----------0------------I
G I------5---5-------5---5------5---5-------5---5----------I
D I----5-------5---5-------5--5-------5---5-------5--------I
A I--3-----------3----------3-----------3------------------I
E I--------------------------------------------------------I

E I--------------------------------------------------------I
B I--------0-----------0----------0-----------0------------I
G I------5---5-------5---5------5---5-------5---5----------I
D I----5-------5---5-------5--5-------5---5-------5--------I
A I--3-----------3----------3-----------3------------------I
E I--------------------------------------------------------I
    libraries gave us power

E I--------------------------------------------------------I
B I--------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------I
G I------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5---------I
D I----3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3-------I
A I--5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------------I
E I--------------------------------------------------------I
   then work came and made us free

E I-----------------------------------------------------------I
B I-----------------------------------------------------------I
G I--------4-----------4-----------4-----------4--------------I
D I------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3------------I
A I----5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5----------I
E I--3-----------3-----------3-----------3--------------------I
   At what price now

E I--------3-----------3-------I------------------------------I
B I------3---3-------3---3-----I--------6-----------6---------I
G I----------------------------I------5---5-------5---5-------I
D I----5-------5---5-------5---I----6-------6---6-------6-----I
A I--6-----------6-----------6-I--5-----------5---------------I
E I----------------------------I------------------------------I
    For    a      shallow         piece    of    dignity

2nd verse

E I--------------------------------------------------------I
B I--------0-----------0----------0-----------0------------I
G I------5---5-------5---5------5---5-------5---5----------I
D I----5-------5---5-------5--5-------5---5-------5--------I
A I--3-----------3----------3-----------3------------------I
E I--------------------------------------------------------I

E I--------------------------------------------------------I
B I--------0-----------0----------0-----------0------------I
G I------5---5-------5---5------5---5-------5---5----------I
D I----5-------5---5-------5--5-------5---5-------5--------I
A I--3-----------3----------3-----------3------------------I
E I--------------------------------------------------------I
   I wish I had a bottle

E I--------------------------------------------------------I
B I--------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------I
G I------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5---------I
D I----3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3-------I
A I--5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------------I
E I--------------------------------------------------------I
   right here in my dirty face

E I-----------------------------------------------------------I
B I-----------------------------------------------------------I
G I--------4-----------4-----------4-----------4--------------I
D I------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3------------I
A I----5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5----------I
E I--3-----------3-----------3-----------3--------------------I
   to wear the scars

EI--------3-----------3-------I----------------------------------------------I
BI------3---3-------3---3-----I--------6-----------6-------------------------I
GI----------------------------I------5---5-------5---5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-I
DI----5-------5---5-------5---I----6-------6---6-------6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-I
AI--6-----------6-----------6-I--5-----------5-----------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-I
EI----------------------------I----------------------------------------------I
    to      show       from       where     i       came

Bridge

E I----------------------------------------------I
B I----------------------------------------------I
G I-10-9-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-I
D I 10-9-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-I
A I--8-7-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-I
E I----------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-I
            We   Dont  Talk   About   Love

E I----------------------------------------------I
B I----------------------------------------------I
G I-10-9-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-I
D I 10-9-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-I
A I--8-7-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-I
E I----------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-I
            We  only  want to  Get  Drunk

E I------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------I
B I------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------------I
G I--7-8-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------I
D I -7-8-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------I
A I--5-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------I
E I------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------I

         And we are not allowed to spend

just pick around F chord (we are told that this is the end)

Chorus

E I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------I
B I-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------------------I
G I-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------I   DO THIS 3 TIMES
D I-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-I
A I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-I
E I-----------------3-2-1 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-I
    A   design            For    life

E I--1--------------------------I
A I--1--------------------------I
G I--2--------------------------I
D I--3--------------------------I
A I--3--------------------------I
E I--1--------------------------I
   A  De sign  for    Life


3rd verse and chorus all the same apart from a little riff at the end of 
this bit:

E I------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------I
B I------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------------------I
G I--7-8-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2b3r2-2-0---------I
D I -7-8-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------3-2-----I
A I--5-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------I
E I------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------I

         And we are not allowed to spend




This is after the 3rd verse and chorus, its the instrumental bit

E I--------------------------------------------------------I
B I--------0-----------0----------0-----------0------------I
G I------5---5-------5---5------5---5-------5---5----------I
D I----5-------5---5-------5--5-------5---5-------5--------I
A I--3-----------3----------3-----------3------------------I
E I--------------------------------------------------------I

E I--------------------------------------------------------I
B I--------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------I
G I------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5---------I
D I----3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3-------I
A I--5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------------I
E I--------------------------------------------------------I

E I--------------------------------------------------------I
B I--------------------------------------------------------I
G I--------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------I
D I------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3---------I
A I----5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5-------I
E I--3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------------I

This is the violin part but James plays over it with power chords live,
its hard to tab the rythm but if u listen to the record it should be easy.

EI---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
BI---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I
GI-12-10-10--10-8-8--8-7-7--5-7-8-7--7-7\5-5-5/7-7-7-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5--------I
DI-12-10-10--10-8-8--8-7-7--5-7-8-7--7-7\5-5-5/7-7-7-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5--------I
AI-10--8--8---8-6-6--6-5-5--3-5-6-5--5-5\3-3-3/5-5-5-3--3-3-0-0-3--3-3-0-0-3--3-3--------I
EI---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I

Then go back to the bridge and chorus, its the same chorus as before
apart from the E chord changing to a power chord:

E I------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------I
B I------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------------I
G I--7-8-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------I
D I -7-8-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------I
A I--5-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------I
E I----------------------------------------------------------------I

         And we are not allowed to spend


After the last chorus thats it


1st Verse:-
libraries gave us power
then work came and made us free
At what price now
For a shallow piece of dignity

2nd Verse:-
I wish I had a bottle
right here in my dirty face
to wear the scars
to show from where i came

3rd verse:-
I wish i had a bottle
Right here in my pretty face
to wear the scars
to show from where i came

Bridge :-
We don't talk about love
We only wanna get drunk
And we are not allowed to spend
As we are told that this is the end

Chrous:-
A__design    for life
A__design    for______life
A__de____sign  for life
A design for life

Hope the tab helps you get the most out of this brilliant song.