Biography:
Streetlight Manifesto is a third wave ska punk band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, under the creative leadership of singer/guitarist Tomas Kalnoky. Since forming in 2002, the band has released four full-length albums.
Several of Streetlight's members were already well known among the New Jersey ska community for their roles in past ska bands from that area, most notably Catch 22's Tomas Kalnoky, James Egan, Mike Soprano, and Josh Ansley, as well as One Cool Guy's Stuart Karmatz, Pete Sibilia, Dan Ross, and Chris Paszik.
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Other songs:
- 1234, 1234
- 9mm And A Three Piece Suit
- A Better Place A Better Time
- A Better Place, A Better Time
- A Moment Of Silence
- As The Footsteps Die Out Forever
- Dear Sergio
- Here's To Life
- Heres To Life
- Keasbey Nights
- Kristina She Don't Know I Exist
- Oh Me Oh My
- Point/counterpoint
- Sick And Sad
- Somewhere In The Between
- Streetlight Medley
- Such Great Heights
- We Are The Few
- With Any Sort Of Certainty
- 1234 1234
- Birds Flying Away
- Day In Day Out
- Down Down Down To Mephistos Cafe
- Forty Days
- Hell
- If Only For Memories
- Just
- Kristina She Dont Know I Exist
- Linoleum
- On And On And On
- One Foot On The Gas One Foot In The Grave
- Point Counterpoint
- Punk Rock Girl
- Red Rubber Ball
- Skyscraper
- Supernothing
- Thatll Be The Day
- The Big Sleep
- The Blonde Lead The Blind
- The Hands That Thieve
- The Littlest Things
- The Saddest Song
- The Three Of Us
- The Troubadour
- They Provide The Paint
- This One Goes Out To
- Toe To Toe
- Walking Away
- Watch It Crash
- We Will Fall Together
- What A Wicked Gang Are We
- Who Hides The Night Oh Me
- Would You Be Impressed
- Your Day Will Come
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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
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
Stronghold
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