The Big Sleep by Streetlight Manifesto The Big Sleep Streetlight Manifesto Intro - These are not the notes played in the intro but these are the chords that would played behind the notes. If you pluck the right strings on these chords you will be the intro though. C G Am F C G C GAm Em F G Verse - I like to arpegiate these chords like Tom does live, it sounds really good C G Am Why do you cry when you know how the story ends? F C G How can you laugh when you know that it hurts your friends? C G Am We've all been there once, but you never left F C G This is me coming back to get you out to say goodbye, to make amends C G Am Em I'm not leaving this place F G Unless I'm leaving with you C G Am Cause you're the only person with a half decent heart here F C G And I know you will put it to use C G Am Until it's gone, gone, gone F C G Gone, gone, gone C G Am Em F G Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, yeah Prechorus - Power Chords C Na, na, na, na, na, na G Na, na, na, na, na, na, na Am F Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na C Na, na, na, na, na, na G Na, na, na, na, na, na, na Am F Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na Chorus C G Am When as you close your eyes for the big sleep F I hope you think of me, yeah C Na, na, na, na, na, na G Na, na, na, na, na, na, na Am F Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na Verse C G And if you go, I'll be gone Am F C G And you'll be left alone to live your life, as you please Am F C G But someday you'll agree that I was always meant for you Am F C G You were always meant for me and you will see C Am F G that you're impossible C Am F G You're impossible C Am F G You're impossible C Am F G You're impossible Horn Riff C Am F G Verse C G Am Me and Mr. Dylan on the ride home F C G We had a heart-to-heart about life C G Am Em But neither him or me could decide for ourselves F G If we wanted to outlive that night C G Am Like two children on the playground of the unconfessed souls F C G Abandoned by our mothers and our lovers and our foes C G Am Em If only we were brave enough to live the lives we stole F G What a wonderful world this could be! Segway C G Am F C G C G Am Em F G Prechorus C Na, na, na, na, na, na G Na, na, na, na, na, na, na Am F Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na C Na, na, na, na, na, na G Na, na, na, na, na, na, na Am F Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na Chorus C G Am When as you close your eyes for the big sleep F I hope you think of me, yeah C Na, na, na, na, na, na G Na, na, na, na, na, na, na Am F Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na Verse C G And if you go, I'll be gone Am F C G And you'll be left alone to live your life, as you please Am F C G But someday you'll agree that I was always meant for you Am F C G You were always meant for me and you will see C Am F G that you're impossible C Am F G You're impossible C Am F G You're impossible C Am F G You're impossible Verse C G Am So, how many more examples until we break? F C G So how many sacrifices must we make? C G Because we've all been there once before Am Em And it looks like we've returned once more F G So is this the beginning or the end? C G The last two soldiers on the battlefield Am Survivors of the war F C G They aim at one another while their mothers beg the lord C G "If you're listening, I'm missing him Am Em So somehow bring him home. F G How did it come to this?" C G So the soldiers lift their rifles Am And they're aiming at the head F C G They think of their first love before they take their final breath C G Am Em And somewhere in the distance they hear something someone said: F G "How did it come to this?" Horn Segway - Power Chords F E F C G A F C G A F Outro Chorus C G Am When as you close your eyes for the big sleep F I hope you think of me, yeah F Em F F Em F F Em F C Na, na, na, na, na, na G Na, na, na, na, na, na, na Am F Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na C G Am When as you close your eyes for the big sleep F I hope you think of me, yeah C Na, na, na, na, na, na G Na, na, na, na, na, na, na Am F Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na F Em F F Em F F Em F C C C www.TAB6.com