# A Design for Life – Manic Street Preachers: piano chords

A Design for Life by Manic Street Preachers uses 12 chords in A minor; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[Cmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj7), [Dm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm), [G7](https://pianokitty.com/c/G7), [Ebmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharpmaj7), [C/D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [Am7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am7), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [C/F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Fmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj7)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: Cmaj7
- Verse 1: Dm G7 Ebmaj7 Dm Cmaj7
- Verse 2: Dm G7 Ebmaj7 Dm Cmaj7
- Chorus 1: Dm C/D Dm G Dm C/D Dm G Em Am Am7 F C/F F Fmaj7 Am F Am F Am F Cmaj7
- Verse 3: Dm G7 Ebmaj7 Dm Cmaj7
- Chorus 2: Dm C/D Dm G Dm C/D Dm G Em Am Am7 F C/F F Fmaj7
- Instrumental 1: Cmaj7 Dm G7 Ebmaj7 Dm Cmaj7
- Chorus 3: Dm C/D Dm G Dm C/D Dm G Em Am Am7 F C/F F Fmaj7 Am F Am F Am F

## Questions

### Which chords does A Design for Life by Manic Street Preachers use?

Different chords: 12. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is A Design for Life by Manic Street Preachers in?

The chords fit A minor. This is estimated from the chords, so the recording may be in another key.

### How hard is A Design for Life to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (12), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

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Chord data: [Chordonomicon](https://huggingface.co/datasets/ailsntua/Chordonomicon), [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Chords are transcriptions and can differ from the recording.

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