Streetlight Manifesto

Accords et partitions

A Better Place A Better Time

C G Bm Em D B

[Verses] And so she wakes up In time to break down She left a note up on the dresser And she's right on time

The Three Of Us

F#m E A Bm

And there were the three of us The thief, the king, and I The loss went all around our heads on a starry starry night. Nobody mentioned that they'd never seen the breeze And everyone will die alone and that's okay with me

Everything Went Numb

Ab Cm Bb G Eb Fm

[Verse 1] And the story goes like this: Everything went numb for the money and the guns And everytime he'd think it out: "There's nothing to worry about" Get in the van, don't deviate from the plan

We Will Fall Together

G F# Bm A D C#

[Verse 1] I once knew a guy, obsessed with the afterlife Oh what a terrible day that was, he realized he'd wasted all his Time was ticking by, and he'd been left behind And as the clock tick-tocked his heart did stop and everything he had was fucked

Point Counterpoint

A D E B

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[Intro] I've got a gun in my hand but that gun won't cock My finger's on the trigger but that trigger seems locked And i can't stop staring at the tick tock clock And even if i could i would never give up

Would You Be Impressed

Bbm F Ebm F7 Ab A#m

Verse Progression Would you be upset if i told you we were dying And every cure they gave us was a lie Oh they mean it when they say we're dead and doomed And every single symptom brings us closer to the tomb

Down Down Down To Mephistos Cafe

A D Bm G F#

Artist: Streetlight Manifesto Song: Down Down Down To Mephisto's Cafe (Youtube Channel and videos (mainly Streetlight and Toh Kay songs covered Http://www.youtube.com/user/Troispistols/videos) Tuning: Standard

A Moment Of Silence

Em C D B G

A moment of silence, please, for those who never get the chance They show up to the party, but they're never asked to dance The losers, the liars, the bastards, the thieves The cynicists, the pessimists, and those that don't believe in nothing

Heres To Life

Am C G E Dm F

How did Camus really die that night? Were they right? When he died was it really his time? Or was it suicide? And Holden Caulfield is a friend of mine. We go drinking from time to time and I find, it gets harder every time.

The Hands That Thieve

G D C Em Gb Am

I felt no guilt till I was caught And I was told that I was guilty, And even then I wasn't really sure, yeah yeah. The thing I felt was guilt itself Or maybe it was something else,

Somewhere In The Between

C G Am E7 F Dm

Artist: Streetlight Manifesto Song: Somewhere in the Between Tuning: standard ([email protected])

Toe to Toe

D G Bm A F#

Someday you will grow up and learn to lie Just like your daddy did when he told you no one ever really dies I hope that I'm not there when you realize That those with their nose in the air will never look you in the eye

Keasbey Nights

A E D B

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[Verse] It was the summer of 95 (so what!) In the backyard, shaving the old plies Feeling so strong (strong!), something went wrong (wrong!) Straight into my finger, what a stinger, it was so long

Dear Sergio

Am G F Dm C E

[Verse 1] Run, run, run all you do is fuckin' run but you?ll never run away from yourself. I know it?s hard but you?ve been there before and you know you?re gonna be there again. I don?t care what the stars may say, they always feed their bullshit to me. It?s kinda sad how you lost what you had and you?re never gonna have it again and so I say:

With Any Sort Of Certainty

Am Dm C F E C/B

Intro Intro: Verse 1:

The Littlest Things

C#m G# F#m E A B

First time that they came for me I was a young boy and little did I not believe I had a hole in my heart And I was looking for a piece that fit

1234 1234

G C Am F e B

You, you try, you try to get by Your never gonna pull it off you shouldn't even try A wet cigarette, your always second best. Never gonna give a shit about anybody but themselves. So you find, you better realize, theres more to life,

One Foot On The Gas One Foot In The Grave

C G F Am B G#m

What will you do.. (4:50) }2x <--don't play (im putting it there Anyway cause of Copy and paste) ...come in at 4:56

If Only For Memories

G C F Dm

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That was the sound of your father As he held you up to your mother No one will ever know The love as pure as the one that you felt right then

Thatll Be The Day

Em C G D E B

Verse 1: And it's too late to leave this life behind. Everybody's speaking using words they can't define. And it's not my choice but I embrace it nonetheless, You brag of your indecency like a monkey beats its chest.

We Are The Few

G G5 F C Am A5

[Verse] Dear Mr. Gepetto: I hope this finds you well I wrote this letter 'cause we miss you here in hell

Kristina She Dont Know I Exist

G C D Em d

Verse 1: Not long ago in my high school days, I watched a girl from so far away, But every time she passed me by, I turned my head away and quietly sighed. And when she walked by her hair would dance, a secret tango that only I could understand, And when she?d ask me for the time of day, I?d look her in the eyes and quietly say.

Forty Days

Am G F C E B

Verse And it's been forty days I've tried forty ways You will never quite leave your sins behind They'll haunt you, taunt you 'til the day you die

A Moment Of Violence

Em C D G

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[Verse 1] I never did lose a battle But I'm feeling further from the end of war Deplored, ignored and rarely ever self assured Why does it seem the ones that have everything have nothing inside? Nothing inside?

The Blonde Lead The Blind

G C D B Bm Cm

Verse 1: The blonde lead the blind, but now I begin to see All the things you missed when you were dismissed, because learning always ends at three. And time after time, you pass along liability. And all the things you say, they only give you away,

The Big Sleep

G C F Am Em E

I've had a lot of trouble with the current chords for this, so I decided to make My own since I'm p. sure I'm correct. Why do you cry when you know how the story ends?

Watch It Crash

C Em B D G

Last night I woke alone with a whisper in my ear (whisper in my ear) Recanting all my aspirations and my fears And when the sun came up that voice had disappeared But it would linger on for years

The Saddest Song

C G Fm Dm

The Saddest Song Streetlight Manifesto Intro

They Broke Him Down

C F G Am E Dm

[Verse 1] Did I mention we were dreaming When the devil came to town I was awoken by the screaming But nobody heard a sound

Your Day Will Come

G# Cm Eb Bb G G#m

And at her gravestone we will remember Just where we were when you knew she would go And I still remember that day that we left her That's when she said that she knows how it goes

What A Wicked Gang Are We

Em C G D B a

Verse 1: I look back That's when I saw everything was wrong

Oh Me Oh My

G Am Bm C Cm7 D

[Verse] Woe is me I swear that I had it but everyone wouldn't agree They said I never had a thing My dying words will be exaggerations

Day In Day Out

G C F A E

[Verse] I don't want to barge in on your secrecy (see) Dependency (see) It means nothing to me; I don't want to hear about your problems.

As The Footsteps Die Out Forever

A B E F#m e G

She was diagnosed on a Friday, The kids were almost home, The kids were on their way back home from school, Lying face down in the gutter, Of unaccomplished dreams,

9Mm And A 3 Piece Suit

A D G E B Bm

[Verse 1] Well I know I shouldn't care But I do and I don't And I always crack a smile When I see your punk rock clothes

Sick And Sad

C G F Am Em

Why do you cry when you know how the story ends? How can you laugh when you know that it hurts your friends? We've all been there once but you never left This is me coming back to get you I have to say goodbye to make amends

Supernothing

C F a G Am Cmaj7

For Chorus:(Ima super Ima nothing...) I like to play F@1 during most of the song so I can play the F/Fadd9 like in the intro. However during 'goin nowhere fast..' I like to play F@2 because I like to play G@3 For 'But idc...'

This One Goes Out To

D G C Em Bm

Staring out the window in somebody’s pick up truck, Well I never mind the boredom cause I use I for a crutch, Just to get me to that plane it’s a different state of sane, And every time I try to change I always end out quite the same, Thinking back to happier days everyone was ignorant and all the kids behaved,

Such Great Heights

F Gm C Dm Bb Am

Verse 1: I, I'm thinking it's a sign That the freckles in our eyes are mirror images and when we kiss they're perfectly aligned. And I, I have to speculate that God himself Did make us into corresponding shapes like puzzle pieces from the clay.

Walking Away

Bb F Eb Cm Bb7 Ab

Verse 1: Well, hello, how are you, why don't you pull up a chair, Won't you tell me your story cause I really do care about, Talking, talking, talking away. Here's to me, to you, to us,

Birds Flying Away

Am Em

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And drifted to a town on the Cuban coast Met a woman who became my life And oh when i saw her Darkness fled from me And flew like a blackbird into the sun

Linoleum

G C F Am E A

Possessions never meant anything to me Yeah, I'm not crazy Well that's not true, I've got a bed, and a guitar And a dog named Bob who pisses on my floor

Hell

Em B

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In the afterlife. You could be headed for the serious strife. Now you make the scene all day, but tomorrow there'll be Hell to pay. In the afterlife. You could be headed for the serious strife. Now you make the scene all day, but tomorrow there'll be Hell to pay. People listen attentively, I mean about future calamity.

Punk Rock Girl

C F Bb G Dm Am

Verse 1 One Saturday I took a walk to Zipperhead, I met a girl there and she she almost knocked me dead. (Punk rock girl) Please look at me! (Punk rock girl) What do you see?

Just

Eb C D F Db Am

You do it to yourself you do, and that's what really hurts. You do it to yourself, just you. You and no-one else. You do it to yourself You do it to yourself

The Troubadour

A E D Am

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She planted him by the roadside, She planted him by the roadside, She planted him by the roadside, For all the unfaithful husbands to see.

Skyscraper

A B E C#m Ab C

Come let us make bricks And burn them hard, We'll build a city with a tower for the world And climb so we can reach Anything we may propose,

Riding The Fourth Wave

E G B A C D

[Intro] [Chorus] [Trombone Solo]

Red Rubber Ball

C F G Am Em Dm

Verse 1: I should have known you'd bid me farewell. There's a lesson to be learned from this, and I've learned it very well. Now I know you're not the only starfish in the sea. If I never hear your name again it's all the same to me.