Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life Chords & Tabs

Manic Street Preachers
A Design for Life 



Track 2 - Everything Must Go 

 This song is played in 12/8


Riff A                                Riff B
   Cmaj7                                 Dm7/9
G-|----------------------------|      G-|----------------------------|
D-|----------------------------|      D-|----------------------------|
A-|-3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3------|      A-|-5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5------|
E-|----------3-3-----------3-3-|      E-|----------5-5-----------5-5-|

Riff C                                Riff D
   Gmaj7                                 Ebmaj7
G-|----------------------------|      G-|----------------------------|
D-|----------------------------|      D-|----------------------------|
A-|----------------------------|      A-|-6-6-6-6-------6-6-6-6------|
E-|-3-3-3-3--0-1--3-3-3-3--0-1-|      E-|----------5-5-----------5-5-|

Riff E
   Cmaj7                    F5 E5
G-|------------------------------|
D-|------------------------------|
A-|-3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3---8-7--|
E-|----------3-3-----------------|


Intro

 Riff A x2

Verse 1

 | Riff A  x2 | Riff B  x2 | Riff C  x2 | Riff D | Riff B |

 | Riff A  x2 |

Verse 2

 | Riff A  x2 | Riff B  x2 | Riff C  x2 | Riff D | Riff B |

 | Riff A | Riff E |

Pre-Chorus
    D5                    G5               F5 E5
G-|---------------------|-----------------------|-
D-|---------------------|-----------------------|-
A-|-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-|-------------------8-7-|-
E-|---------------------|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3------|-

    D5                   G5                D5 D#5
G-|---------------------|-----------------------|-
D-|---------------------|-----------------------|-
A-|-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-|-------------------5-6-|-
E-|---------------------|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3------|-
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/manic_street_preachers/a_design_for_life_btab_ver_2.html ]
    E5                   A5                     Fsus2
G-|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-
D-|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-
A-|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-
E-|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--1-1--1-1--1-1--1-|-

    Fsus2
G-|----------------------|
D-|----------------------|
A-|----------------------|
E-|-1--1-1--1-1--1-1-0-1-|


Chorus
     Am                G5 F#5 Fsus2               x2
G-||------------------------|----------------------||
D-||------------------------|----------------------||
A-||:-0--0-0--0-0--0-0------|---------------------:||
E-||--------------------3-2-|-1--1-1--1-1--1-1-0-1-||


   Am                G5 F#5 Fsus2           Fsus2
G-|-----------------------|---------------|---------------|
D-|-----------------------|---------------|---------------|
A-|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0------|---------------|---------------|
E-|-------------------3-2-|-1-----(1)-----|-1-----(1)-----|


Verse 3
  The 3rd verse is almost the same as the 2nd except for the first bar where
Riff A is replaced by Riff F

Riff F
   Cmaj7
G-|---------------------------|
D-|---------------------------|
A-|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3------|
E-|-----------------------3-3-|

Pre-Chorus: Repeat Pre-Chorus

Chorus: Repeat Chorus

Instrumental Break

Riff G                                Riff H
   Cmaj7                               Dm7/9
G-|-------------------------|      G-|-------------------------|
D-|-------------------------|      D-|-------------------------|
A-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|      A-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E-|-------------------------|      E-|-------------------------|

Riff I                                Riff J
   Gmaj7                               Ebmaj7
G-|-------------------------|      G-|-------------------------|
D-|-------------------------|      D-|-------------------------|
A-|-------------------------|      A-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|      E-|-------------------------|


 | Riff G  x2 | Riff H  x2 | Riff I  x2 | Riff J  | Riff H  |

 | Riff G  | Riff E  |


Pre-Chorus: Repeat Pre-Chorus

Chorus: Repeat Chorus

Outro
  Drum solo

transcribed by Kevin Brown And Chris Stevens