A DESIGN FOR LIFE
As recorded by Manic Street Preachers
(From the 1996 Album EVERYTHING MUST GO)
Words by Nicky Wire
Music by James Dean Bradfield & Sean Moore
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr.1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr.2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr.3'
Intro/Interlude
Q.=88
Cmaj7
12/8
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o---------0-------------0-----|---------0-------------0-----||
||-------5----5--------5----5---|------5----5--------5----5---||
||-----5--------5----5--------5-|----5--------5----5--------5-||
||o-3-------------3-------------|-3-------------3-------------||
||------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q
||---------20------------20-----|--------20------------20-----||
||o--------20------------20-----|--------20------------20-----||
||------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||------------------------------|-----------------------------||
Verse
Cmaj7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------0-------------0-----|---------0-------------0-----|
|------5----5--------5----5---|------5----5--------5----5---|
|----5--------5----5--------5-|----5--------5----5----------|
|-3-------------3-------------|-3-------------3-----------3-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q
|--------20------------20-----|--------20------------20-----|
|--------20------------20-----|--------20------------20-----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
Dm13
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------0-------------0-----|---------0-------------0-----|
|------5----5--------5----5---|------5----5--------5----5---|
|----3--------3----3--------3-|----3--------3----3----------|
|-5-------------5-------------|-5-------------5-------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------0-|
|
| Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q
|--------20------------20-----|--------20------------20-----|
|--------20------------20-----|--------20------------20-----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------4-------------4-----|---------4-------------4-----|
|------3----3--------3----3---|------3----3--------3----3---|
|----5--------5----5--------5-|----5--------5----5--------5-|
|-3-------------3-------------|-3-------------3-------------|
|
| Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q
|--------19------------19-----|--------19------------19-----|
|--------20------------20-----|--------20------------20-----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
Ebmaj7 D7b5
PM-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------8-------------8-----|---------6----------6--6-6---o||
|------7----7--------7----7---|------5----5--------5--5-5----||
|----5--------5----5----------|----6--------6----6-6--6-6----||
|-6-------------6-----------0-|-5-------------5--5-5--5-5-0-o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|
| Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q
|--------20------------20-----|--------20------------20------||
|--------20------------20-----|--------20------------20-----o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
Cmaj7 F5E5
Gtrs I, III
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E
|-----------------------------|---------------0-----------||
|---------0-------------0-----|---------0-----0-----------||
|------5----5--------5----5---|------5----5---5-----------||
|----5--------5----5--------5-|----5--------5-------------||
|-3-------------3-------------|-3---------------------3-2-||
|-----------------------------|---------------------x-1-0-||
|
| Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q
|--------20------------20-----|--------20----------20-----||
|--------20------------20-----|--------20----------20-----||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
Pre-Chorus
Dm Dm7 G5 F5E5
Gtrs I, III
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E
|-1--1-1--1-1--1-1----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-----|
|-3--3-3--3-1--1-1----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-----|
|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2----|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-----|
|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0----|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-----|
|---------------------|------------------3-2-|
|-------------------0-|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-1-0-|
Dm Dm7
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E
|-1--1-1----1--1-1----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--------|
|-3--3-3----1--1-1----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--------|
|-2--2-2--0-2--2-2----|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-7-8----|
|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0----|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--------|
|---------0---------0-|------------------5-6----|
|-------------------0-|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--------|
Em E Am Am7
Q E Q. Q E Q E Q. Q E Q. E E E
|------0---------0----|------0---------0-0-0-|
|------0---------0h=1-|------1--1------1-1-1-|
|---------------------|-----------0------0-0-|
|---------------------|-2--------------------|
|-2--2------2--2------|-0--------------------|
|-0--0------0--0------|----------------------|
F Fmaj7sus2 F Fmaj7sus2
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|------1---------0----|------1---------0-------||
|---------1-1--1----1-|---------1------1--0----||
|-2--2------0--0------|-2--2------0--x---------||
|-3--3------3---------|-3--3-------------------||
|-3--3----------------|-3--3-------------------||
|-1--1----------------|-1--1-------------------||
Chorus
Amadd9 G5F#5 F5
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|------0----------------|---------------------|
|--------0--------------|---------------------|
|----------5------------|------x--x------x--x-|
|-7--7-------7----2-----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|
|-0--0------------0-5-4-|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|
|---------------0---3-2-|-1--1-1--0-1--0-1--0-|
Amadd9 G5F#5 F5
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|------0----------------|------------------------|
|--------0--------------|------------------------|
|----------5------------|------x--x------x-------|
|-7--7-------7----2-----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-------|
|-0--0------------0-5-4-|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--0----|
|---------------0---3-2-|-1--1-1--0-1--0-1-------|
Amadd9 G5F#5 F5 Fsus2
Gtr I
Q E E E E Q E E E E W. W.
|------0----------------|---------------|-^1-----||
|--------0--------------|---------------|-^1-----||
|----------5------------|---------------|-^0-----||
|-7--7-------7----2-----|-3-------------|-^3-----||
|-0--0------------0-5-4-|-3-------------|-^3-----||
|---------------0---3-2-|-1-------------|--------||
Interlude
Cmaj7
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------0-------------0-----|---------0-------------0-----||
|------5----5--------5----5---|------5----5--------5----5---||
|----5--------5----5--------5-|----5--------5----5--------5-||
|-3-------------3-------------|-3-------------3-------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q
|--------20------------20-----|--------20------------20-----||
|--------20------------20-----|--------20------------20-----||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
Verse
Cmaj7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------0-------------0-----|---------0-------------0-----|
|------5----5--------5----5---|------5----5--------5----5---|
|----5--------5----5--------5-|----5--------5----5----------|
|-3-------------3-------------|-3-------------3-----------3-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q
|--------20------------20-----|--------20------------20-----|
|--------20------------20-----|--------20------------20-----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
Dm13
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------0-------------0-----|---------0-------------0-----|
|------5----5--------5----5---|------5----5--------5----5---|
|----3--------3----3--------3-|----3--------3----3----------|
|-5-------------5-------------|-5-------------5-------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------0-|
|
| Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q
|--------20------------20-----|--------20------------20-----|
|--------20------------20-----|--------20------------20-----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------4-------------4-----|---------4-------------4-----|
|------3----3--------3----3---|------3----3--------3----3---|
|----5--------5----5--------5-|----5--------5----5--------5-|
|-3-------------3-------------|-3-------------3-------------|
|
| Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q
|--------19------------19-----|--------19------------19-----|
|--------20------------20-----|--------20------------20-----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
Ebmaj7 D7b5
PM-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------8-------------8-----|---------6----------6--6-6---|
|------7----7--------7----7---|------5----5--------5--5-5---|
|----5--------5----5----------|----6--------6----6-6--6-6---|
|-6-------------6-----------0-|-5-------------5--5-5--5-5-0-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q
|--------20------------20-----|--------20------------20-----|
|--------20------------20-----|--------20------------20-----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
Cmaj7 F5E5
Gtrs I, III
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E
|-----------------------------|---------------0-----------||
|---------0-------------0-----|---------0-----0-----------||
|------5----5--------5----5---|------5----5---5-----------||
|----5--------5----5--------5-|----5--------5-------------||
|-3-------------3-------------|-3---------------------3-2-||
|-----------------------------|---------------------x-1-0-||
|
| Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q
|--------20------------20-----|--------20----------20-----||
|--------20------------20-----|--------20----------20-----||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
Pre-Chorus
Dm Dm7 G5 F5E5
Gtrs I, III
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E
|-1--1-1--1-1--1-1----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-----|
|-3--3-3--3-1--1-1----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-----|
|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2----|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-----|
|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0----|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-----|
|---------------------|------------------3-2-|
|-------------------0-|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-1-0-|
Dm Dm7 G5
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E
|-1--1-1----1--1-1----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--------|
|-3--3-3----1--1-1----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--------|
|-2--2-2--0-2--2-2----|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-7-8----|
|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--------|
|---------0---------0-|------------------5-6----|
|---------------------|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--------|
Em E Am Am7
Q E Q. Q E Q. Q. Q E Q. E E E
|------0---------0----|------0----------------|
|------0---------0----|------1----------------|
|---------------------|---------2-2b4r==0-----|
|---------------------|-2-----------------2p0-|
|-2--2------2--2------|-0---------------------|
|-0--0------0--0------|-----------------------|
F Fmaj7sus2 F Fmaj7sus2
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|------1---------0----|------1---------0-------||
|---------1-1--1----1-|---------1------1-------||
|-2--2------0--0------|-2--2------0--x----0----||
|-3--3------3---------|-3--3-------------------||
|-3--3----------------|-3--3-------------------||
|-1--1----------------|-1--1-------------------||
Chorus
Amadd9 G5F#5 F5
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|------0----------------|---------------------|
|--------0--------------|---------------------|
|----------5------------|------x--x------x--x-|
|-7--7-------7----2-----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|
|-0--0------------0-5-4-|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|
|---------------0---3-2-|-1--1-1--0-1--0-1--0-|
Amadd9 G5F#5 F5
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|------0----------------|------------------------|
|--------0--------------|------------------------|
|----------5------------|------x--x------x-------|
|-7--7-------7----2-----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-------|
|-0--0------------0-5-4-|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--0----|
|---------------0---3-2-|-1--1-1--0-1--0-1-------|
Amadd9 G5F#5 F5 Fsus2
Gtr I
Q E E E E Q E E E E W. W.
|------0----------------|---------------|-^1-----||
|--------0--------------|---------------|-^1-----||
|----------5------------|---------------|-^0-----||
|-7--7-------7----2-----|-3-------------|-^3-----||
|-0--0------------0-5-4-|-3-------------|-^3-----||
|---------------0---3-2-|-1-------------|--------||
Breakdown
Cmaj7
Gtr I
W. +W.
|-^0---------------------|-(0)--------------------|
|-^0---------------------|-(0)--------------------|
|-^5---------------------|-(5)--------------------|
|-^5---------------------|-(5)--------------------|
|-^3---------------------|-(3)--------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q
|-------20---------20----|-------20---------20----|
|-------20---------20----|-------20---------20----|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
Dm13
W. +W.
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-^0---------------------|-(0)----------------------|
|-^5---------------------|-(5)----------------------|
|-^3---------------------|-(3)----------------------|
|-^5---------------------|-(5)----------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q
|-------20---------20----|-------20---------20------|
|-------20---------20----|-------20---------20------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
G7
Gtr I
W. +W.
|-^3---------------------|-(3)--------------------|
|-^3---------------------|-(3)--------------------|
|-^4---------------------|-(4)--------------------|
|-^3---------------------|-(3)--------------------|
|-^5---------------------|-(5)--------------------|
|-^3---------------------|-(3)--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q
|-------19---------19----|-------19---------19----|
|-------20---------20----|-------20---------20----|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
Ebmaj7 D7b5
PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------8-------------8-----|----------6--------6-6--6-6-0-0---|
|------7----7--------7----7---|-------5----5---5--5-5--5-5-5-5---|
|----5--------5----5----------|-----6--------6-6--6-6--6-6-5-5---|
|-6-------------6-----------0-|-5--------------------------3-3---|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q
|--------20------------20-----|---------20------------20---------|
|--------20------------20-----|---------20------------20---------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| W H.. Q Q S S
|-----------------------------|----------------------------0-----|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------0---|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
Cmaj7 F5E5
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E
|--------0--------------0-----|--------0--------------------||
|-0---0--0---0-0----0---0---0-|-0---0--0---0-0----0---------||
|-5---5--5---5-5----5---5---5-|-5---5--5---5-5----5---------||
|-5---5--5---5-5----5---5---5-|-5---5--5---5-5----5---0-----||
|-3---3--3---3-3----3---3---3-|-3---3--3---3-3----3---0-3-2-||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------1-0-||
|
| Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q Q. E Q
|-------20-------------20-----|-------20-------------20-----||
|-------20-------------20-----|-------20-------------20-----||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|
| W +Q. E W +E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-0----------------(0)--------||
|-5----------------(5)------5-|-5----------------(5)--------||
|---------------------------5-|-5----------------(5)--0-----||
|---------------------------3-|-3----------------(3)--0-3-2-||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------0-1-0-||
Pre-Chorus
Dm Dm7 G5 F5E5
Gtrs I, III
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E
|-1--1-1----1--1-1----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-----|
|-3--3-3----1--1-1----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-----|
|-2--2-2--0h2--2-2----|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-----|
|-0--0-0----0--0-0----|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-----|
|---------------------|------------------3-2-|
|-------------------0-|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-1-0-|
Dm Dm7 G5
Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E
|-1--1-1----1--1-1----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--------|
|-3--3-3----1--1-1----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--------|
|-2--2-2--0h2--2-2----|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-7-8----|
|-0--0-0----0--0-0----|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--------|
|-------------------0-|------------------5-6----|
|-------------------0-|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--------|
Em E Am Am7
Q E Q. Q E Q E Q. Q E E E E Q E
|------0---------0----|------0----------5----|
|------0---------0h=1-|------1--1-------5----|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-2--------------------|
|-2--2------2--2------|-0---------0-0-0----0-|
|-0--0------0--0------|----------------------|
F Fmaj7sus2 F Fmaj7sus2
Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E E
|------1---------0----|---1-------0-----1-----1------||
|---------1-1--1----1-|-----1-(1)---1-----1-----1----||
|-2--2------0--0------|-2---0-(0)-----------0--------||
|-3--3------3---------|-3-------------3--------------||
|-3--3----------------|------------------------------||
|-1--1----------------|------------------------------||
Chorus
Amadd9 G5F#5 F5
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|------0----------------|---------------------|
|--------0--------------|---------------------|
|----------5------------|------x--x------x--x-|
|-7--7-------7----2-----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|
|-0--0------------0-5-4-|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|
|---------------0---3-2-|-1--1-1--0-1--0-1--0-|
Amadd9 G5F#5 F5
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E Q E Q E Q E
|------0----------------|------------------------|
|--------0--------------|------------------------|
|----------5------------|------x--x------x-------|
|-7--7-------7----2-----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-------|
|-0--0------------0-5-4-|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--0----|
|---------------0---3-2-|-1--1-1--0-1--0-1-------|
Amadd9 G5F#5 F5 Fsus2
Q E E E E Q E E E E W. W.
|------0----------------|---------------|-^1-----||
|--------0--------------|---------------|-^1-----||
|----------5------------|---------------|-^0-----||
|-7--7-------7----2-----|-3-------------|-^3-----||
|-0--0------------0-5-4-|-3-------------|-^3-----||
|---------------0---3-2-|-1-------------|--------||
Drum Outro
N.C.
Wx5
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
