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Member Name: the edge
Real Name: Alan Kells
E-mail: akdookie@hotmail.com
A Design for Life Guitar TAB
(let notes ring)
C maj 7 no 3rd D min 7/6
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I
B I--------0-----------0-------I--------0-----------0-------I
G I------5---5-------5---5-----I------5---5-------5---5-----I
D I----5-------5---5-------5---I----3-------3---3-------3---I
A I--3-----------3-------------I--5-----------5-------------I
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I
G Eb maj 7
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I
B I----------------------------I--------8-----------8-------I
G I--------4-----------4-------I------7---7-------7---7-----I
D I------5---5-------5---5-----I----5-------5---5-----------I
A I----5-------5---5-------5---I--6-----------6---------0---I
E I--3-----------3-------------I----------------------------I
D min 7b5 C maj 7 no 3rd
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I
B I--------6-----------6-6-----I--------0-----------0-------I
G I------5---5-------5-5-5-----I------5---5-------5---5-----I
D I----6-------6-----6-6-6-----I----5-------5---5-------5---I
A I--5-----------5-5-5-5-5-3---I--3-----------3-------------I
E I----------------------------I----------------------------I
Bit between verse and chorus (bridge)
D5 G5
We don't talk about love
D5 G5
We only wanna get drunk
E5 Am
blah blah blah to spend
F5
As we are told that this is the end
Chorus
Am A G F#(notes on bass E string)
A design
F5
For life
repeat twice
Fm
A design for life.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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mat Wanna Be |
#1 by mat bar at Sep 13, 1975 at 8:45 PM EST |
| oh, you sad, sad little person. is mom not giving you enough hugs? | |
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dylan Average |
#2 by dylan markus at Jan 9, 1977 at 5:16 PM EST |
| I LOVE this song...such simple yet powerful lyrics...and I love the string bit too...the whole thing is just soooo great...I take the album out of my brother's room and just put this song on repeat... | |
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Steil Wanna Be |
#3 by Steil Lionhart at Dec 29, 1978 at 7:50 AM EST |
| this song is so hopeless and desperate. radiohead depresses me. the Eels make me suicidal, but few bands can depress me like the Manics can. simply put, i believe this song is about alcoholism to mask the pain of living. | |
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Guitar Man Lead Player |
#4 by Guitar Man at Jun 19, 1983 at 5:53 PM EST |
| From manics.co.uk Decapitalisations mine. NICKY WIRE: A RADICAL RETHINK, IT'S THE FIRST LYRIC THAT MAKES SENSE TO EVERYONE. THERE'S A VERY SERIOUS MESSAGE, BUT THE AMBIGUITY OF THE CHORUS MADE IT I THINK, BECAUSE IT BROUGHT IN PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT IT WAS A DRINKING SONG, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO SAW THE MORE SERIOUS SIDE TO IT. I WAS INSPIRED BY THE LIBRARY MY WIFE WORKED IN, AND ITS JUST SUCH AN UNGLAMOROUS TOPIC, TALKING ABOUT LIBRARIES, CLASS STRUGGLE. POST-BRITPOP, IT REALLY SET US APART AGAIN. IT'S THE FIRST INSTANCE OF SOCIAL HISTORY IN OUR SONGS, RATHER THAN HISTORY FILTERED THROUGH SITUATIONISTS AND EXISTENTIALISTS. IT'S AMAZING THAT AT THAT TIME WE WERE SEEN AS GLAMOROUS WHEN WE WERE DEALING WITH SUCH GREY, SOCIALIST ISSUES. Note in particular "Class struggle" and "people who thought it was a drinking song." Alcoholic meanings? Nah. | |
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Matt Lead Player |
#5 by Matt Miller at Feb 7, 1984 at 5:56 AM EST |
| To be honest, if you think alcoholism masking pain is a far superior theme than working class identity and change then there is something wrong. How many alcoholics do you know? How many people do you know who are considered working class? I assume the latter will outnumber the former. The majority of people in the UK are 'working class', the working class secretly run the country while the 'middle' and 'upper' classes watch in slendour. This is a theme that you do not care about? Yet you think a song about alcoholism will 'stand the rest of time'? You are sadly mistaken and by the look of it, sadly very ignorant of the world around you. Sorry if any of that didn't make sense, bye. | |
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Alexander Wanna Be |
#6 by Alexander Taule at Jul 31, 1993 at 8:17 PM EST |
| This song to me is, just an Idea of Life. That is given out by people. It's very interesting, and interesting to hear everyone's views. To me this was Manic Street Preachers Stairway To Heaven song with that beautiful orchestra. It's class! | |
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JUSTIN Lead Player |
#7 by JUSTIN LOCKHART at Sep 14, 2000 at 12:41 PM EST |
| Ohh, I wonder what Rickey would have to say to you two. It's sad that it has come to this. You're arguing about nothing, and even insulting each other on the Manic Street Preacher-board, how is this happening? | |
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