A Design For Life

by Manic Street Preachers · posted by morbius

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

6  6  6  -5  6
Libraries gave us power
6  6  -6  6  -5  5  -5  -3
Then work came and made us free
6  6  -5  6
What price now 
7  -6  -6  -5  7  7  -7  6  7
For a shallow piece of dignity

6  6  6  -5  6
I wish I had a bottle
6  -6  6  -5  5  -5  -3
Right here in my dirty face
6  6  -5  6
To wear the scars
7  -6  7  -7  6  7
To show from where I came

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

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A design for life
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A design for life
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A design for life
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A design for life

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