The Big Sleep Streetlight Manifesto Intro C Bm Am Dm C G Am C C Am F G Verse C Bm Am Why do you cry when you know how the story ends? Dm C G How can you laugh when you know that it hurts your friends? Am C C Am We've all been there once, but you never left F F G G This is me coming back to get you out to say goodbye, to make amends C Bm Am I'm not leaving this place Dm C G Unless I'm leaving with you Am C C Am Cause you're the only person with a half decent heart here F G And I know you will put it to use C Bm Am Until it's gone, gone, gone Dm C G Gone, gone, gone Am C C Am F G Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, yeah 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 Horn Riff C Am F G Verse C Bm Am Me and Mr. Dylan on the ride home Dm C G We had a heart-to-heart about life Am C C Am But neither him or me could decide for ourselves F G If we wanted to outlive that night C Bm Am Like two children on the playground of the unconfessed souls Dm C G Abandoned by our mothers and our lovers and our foes Am C C Am If only we were brave enough to live the lives we stole F G What a wonderful world this could be! Segway C Bm Am Dm C G Am C C Am 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 Bm Am So, how many more examples until we break? Dm C G So how many sacrifices must we make? Am C Because we've all been there once before C Am And it looks like we've returned once more F G So is this the beginning or the end? C Bm The last two soldiers on the battlefield Am Survivors of the war Dm C G They aim at one another while their mothers beg the lord Am C "If you're listening, I'm missing him C Am So somehow bring him home. F G How did it come to this?" C Bm So the soldiers lift their rifles Am And they're aiming at the head Dm C G They think of their first love before they take their final breath Am C C Am And somewhere in the distance they hear something someone said: F G "How did it come to this?" Horn Segway F Em F C G Am F C G Am F F Em 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
