A Design for Life — Manic Street Preachers
Chords and lyrics for A Design for Life by Manic Street Preachers (key of C).
Verse 1
Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
Intro
| Cmaj7 | Cmaj7 |
Verse 1
[Cmaj7]Lib'ries gave us power,
[Dm9]Then work came and made us free.
[G7]What price now
[Ebmaj7]For a shallow [Dm7b5]piece of [Cmaj7]dignity?
Verse 2
I [Cmaj7]wish I had a bottle
[Dm9]Right here in my dirty face,
[G7]To wear the scars
[Ebmaj7]To show [Dm7b5]from where i [Cmaj7]came.
Chorus 1
[Dm] We [C/D]don't [Dm]talk [G]about love,
[Dm] We [C/D]only [Dm]want to [G]get drnk,
[Em] And we are not [Am]allowed to [Am7]spend,
As [F]we are [C/F]told that [F]this is the [Fmaj7]end.
[Amadd9]A design [F]for life,
[Amadd9]A design [F]for life,
[Amadd9]A design [F]for life,
[Fsus2]A design for [Cmaj7]life.
Verse 3
I [Cmaj7]wish I had a bottle
[Dm9]Right here in my pretty face,
[G7]To wear the scars
[Ebmaj7]To show [Dm7b5]from where I [Cmaj7]came.
Chorus 2
[Dm] We [C/D]don't [Dm]talk [G]about love,
[Dm] We [C/D]only [Dm]want to [G]get drnk,
[Em] And we are not [Am]allowed to [Am7]spend,
As [F]we are [C/F]told that [F]this is the [Fmaj7]end.
[Amadd9]A design [F]for life,
[Amadd9]A design [F]for life,
[Amadd9]A design [F]for life,
[Fsus2]A design for [Cmaj7]life.
Instrumental
| Cmaj7 | Cmaj7 | Dm9 | Dm9 | G7 | G7 | Ebmaj7 | Dm7b5 |
| Cmaj7 | Cmaj7 |
Chorus 3
[Dm] We [C/D]don't [Dm]talk [G]about love,
[Dm] We [C/D]only [Dm]want to [G]get drunk,
[Em] And we are not [Am]allowed to [Am7]spend,
As [F]we are [C/F]told that [F]this is the [Fmaj7]end.
[Amadd9]A design [F]for life,
[Amadd9]A design [F]for life,
[Amadd9]A design [F]for life,
[Amadd9]A design for life... (drums till end)
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