Streetlight Manifesto is a third wave ska punk band from East 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.  

Intro
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                   Em                         C              D
a moment of silence please for those who never get the chance
          Em                         C              D
to show up to the party but are never asked to dance

A Moment Of Silence

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C-0-2-3-2-0-----3-----3-2-0--0-2-3-2-0-------------3-0----------------

Heres To Life

C          G         
And so she wakes up
Am         F
in time to break down
C          G
She left a note up on the dresser
Am         F
and she's right on time
C       Em           F
You don't know anything
G             
right or wrong

C    Em    F    G

C        G
I said I know
Am           F
and she said so
C        G
I wanna panic
         Am      F
yeah I've had, I go
C    Em        F      G
You don't owe anything to anyone

C    Em    F    G

F                   C
But don't take your life
F                        C
'cause it's all that you've got
Am                       Em
You'd be better off just up and leaving
       Dm                    F
if you don't think they will stop

C                   G
And when you wake up
Am                     F
everything is gonna be fine
C                    G                     
I guarantee that you wake in a better place
Am             F
in a better time
C                     G
So you're tired of living
Am                  F
feel like you might give in
         C
well don't

it's not your time

C                   G
Looking through the paper today
Am                    F
looking for a specific page
C           G         Am       F
Don't wanna find her full name followed by dates
C              G         
because when i left her alone
Am           F             
she made a sound, like a moan
C        G        Am           F
"You're known by everyone for everything you've done"
C           Em              
Fuck buying flowers for graves
F         G          
I'd rather buy you 
  C   Em  F          G
a one way non-stop to anywhere
C         Em           
find anyone do anything
F          G      C         
forget and start again, love
Em            F      G       
She said she won't go It hurts too 

C
much to stand by
G                             Am
you've got to stop and draw a line
F
Everyone here has to choose a 
C
side tonight the 
G      
moment of truth is haunting you
Am
Don't forget your family
F
regardless what you choose to do
C
You can't decide
G
and they're all screaming "why won't you?"
Am                        F
I'll start the engine but I can't take this ride for you
C                            G
I'll draw your bath and I'll load your gun
      Am                      F         G
But I hope so bad that you'll bathe and hunt

C   Em   F   G

C   Em   F   G

C             Em                  
Annie's tired of forgetting about 
F                G 
today and always planning for 
C        Em
tomorrow 
F           G
Tomorrow and she says, 
C                Em
"The saddest day I came across was
F                   G
when I learned that life goes on 
C            Em
without me" 
F              G
Without me and she says, 
C                Em
"If everyone has someone else,
F                G                 
then I ain't got nobody's love to 
C        Em
save me"
F           G
Save me, and she says 
C                  Em
"I think I'll pass away tonight,
           F               G 
'cause it seems I'll never get it right if it's
C      Em         F         G
just me Yeah it's just me and she said

Am   Em   F   G

Am   Em   F   G

C            G
And when you wake up
Am                     F
everything is gonna be fine
C                  G
Guarantee that you wake in a better place
Am              F
in a better time
C                   G
So you're tired of living
Am                   F
feel like you might give in
         C
well don't
G   Am
   
F
It's not your time

C   Em   F   G
C   Em   F   G

C              Em
Annie says she wouldn't mind
        F            G
if they never find a cure for all her 
C         Em
problems
F           G
Problems and she says, 
   C                Em
as long as she has someone near to 
F                     G
make it clear she doesn't need to 
C           Em
solve them
F           G
Solve them and she says, 
C                  Em
"this loneliness is killing me,
F                    G
it's filling me with anger and 
C           Em
resentment
F            G
Resentment and she says, 
C                  Em           
"I'm turning into someone that I 
F                 G
never thought I'd have to be again"
C   Em   F   G

Am   Em   F   G
Am   Em   F   G

C            G
And when you wake up
Am                     F
everything is gonna be fine
C                  G
Guarantee that you wake up in a better place
Am              F
in a better time
C                  G
So you're tired of living
Am                      F
you feel like you might give in
          C
well don't
G   Am   F

              
It's not your time

C              
And even if it was so
G
Oh I wouldn't let you go
Am                    F
you could run run run run but I will follow close
C                            G
Someday you will say "that's it, that's all"
      Am                            F
but I'll be waiting there with open arms to break your fall
C                                 G
I know that you think that you're on your own
         Am
but just know that I'm here
         F
and I'll lead you home
       C         G
if you let me
           Am        F        G
She said "forget me"
       C
but I can't

A Better Place, A Better Time

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E-----------------------------------------------------
C-----------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------

A Better Place A Better Time

*Horn Part*
Dm F C Dm
Dm F A# A x2
Dm F A A

Dm
How did Camus really die that night?
                                                A               Dm
Were they right? When he died was it really his time, or was it suicide?
Dm
And Holden Caulfield is a friend of mine
                                      A                           Dm
We go drinking from time to time, and I find it gets harder every time.

*Horn Part*
A#  F  C  Dm  A#  F  C
A#  F  C  Dm  A#  F  A   A

Chorus
Dm      F  
  Back Off!
        C           A#
You're out on the street again
Dm           F
  Don't you stop!
         C                 A#
Did you know you couldn't swim?
Dm      F
  Back Off!
         C         A#
You're out on the street again
     Dm                                      A
I'm not going to play if there ain't no way I'll win!

*Horn Part A*
Dm       A Dm

Dm
Hemingway never seemed to mind the banalities of a normal life
    A                      Dm
and I find, it gets harder every time

*Horn Part*
A#  F  C  Dm  A#  F  C
A#  F  C  Dm  A#  F  A   A

Chorus
Dm      F  
  Back Off!
                  C        A#
You're out on the street again
Dm             F
  Don't you stop!
                 C        A#
Did you know you couldn't swim?
Dm    F
Back Off!
                  C        A#
You're out on the street again
     Dm                                      A          A
I'm not going to play if there ain't no way I'll win!


Dm                  F
Hey there Salinger, what did you do?
C                       Dm
Just when the world was looking at you
         Dm                  F
To write anything that meant anything,
    C                Dm
You told us you were through
Dm                            F
And it's been years since you passed away,
      C                    Dm
But I see no plaque, and I see no grave
    Dm           F             C              Dm
And I can't help believing you wanted it that way


Dm                        F
And Vincent Van Gogh, why do you weep?
         C                             Dm
You were on your way to heaven but the road was steep
    Dm               F
And who was there to break your fall?
      C               Dm
We're guilty, one and all
      Dm                     F
And I don't know much, but I do know this:
       C                    Dm
With a golden heart comes a rebel fist
    Dm           F              C                         Dm
But I can't help agreeing with those that would not quit

*Horn Part*
Dm F C Dm
Dm F A# A x2
Dm F A A 

Verse
      Dm
And it makes me sick when I think of it
      Dm
All my heroes that could not live with this
      A
and I hope you rest in peace 
             Dm
Because with us, You never did!
Dm
And K.D.C., you were much too young!
Dm
And you changed my life!
                        A
But I draw the line at suicide!
          Dm   A  Dm  Gm  Dm  A       Dm A  Dm_A_Dm
Here's To Life!!!       Here's to life

Here's To Life

Okay, so I'm sorry I haven't gotten much further into editing this tab. Hopefully this will be a better version.

Chorus: F-C-G-C
Verses: C-F-C-G

Start by strumming G slowly, then....

I've got a...

F
Gun in my

C
Hand but the

G
gun won't

C
Cock

F
My Finger's on the

C
Trigger, but the 

G
Trigger seems

C
Locked

Ect Ect

When the horns come in at the end of the first chorus, strum then mute G

and then go into the verse riff of C-F-C-G for the horn part

VERSE:

C
If there was something

F
Wrong, would you be oh so

C
Strong, What would you do to 

G
Move this shallow life

C
Along, I'd like to think

ect ect. 
until:

C
And the days and the days they seem like

F
Forever

C
And the days and the days they seem like

G
Forever

C
But forever isn't ever enough!

C
I'd like to sing a song

F
Promise you won't be long

ect ect.

Hopefully this versions a wee bit better, but we'll see.
I'll keep trying and such.

Point/counterpoint

F  G
Dear
        C   G  Am                  F
Mr. Gepetto: I hope this finds you well
  G           C     G
I wrote this letter
           E5              F
'cause we miss you here in hell

           C                      G
And now I know it's hard when you don't know what to think
     Am                      F             G
And every single smile is a thorn when you're waking up
C                        G                         Am
  You might try but you won't get by until you're crucified for all the
F           G
things you try to do

     C                   G
Well I don't care if you sink or swim
    Am                    Em
And I don't care how you hold it in
    F                 C              F                      G
As long as you don't bother me with all the things I don't bother you with

    C               G
And 9 times out of 10 you might be right
Am                     Em
  But what about that time you know you're wrong?
F                  C
 Keep singing that same song
    F                             G
And everybody smiles but they'll never get along

     XX              XX            X X   X   X  X
I'm trying and I'm trying and I'm trying to let go:
But everybody's going down tonight

[Chorus]
C5                   G5
 We are the few that won't say nothing right
A5                     F5    G5
 We are the footsteps fading into the night
C5                G5                 A5        F5    
      G5
 Nobody cares and nobody stares with such conviction and I say:
C5                   G5
I never wanted this, no one ever wanted this
A5                          F5               G5
But they gave it to me so I might as well be proud of it
   C5                 G5
And I don't know where we went wrong
A5                  F5            G5
All i know now is i got to do something right

C G Am F G
C G Am

F       G
So come clean
C                          G                           Am
No one should have have to live with the things you've seen
    F             G
But you're living anyway
       C                G
Well I stop the car and put her in park
   Am                  Em
And I step outside (god I hate this part)
       F                     C                         F
When I see what I saw what I thought was a lie; it was more
                        G
Than a chore I'm just doing what I need to get-

C                   G
I don't care if you leave or stay
      Am
But we might as well split
             Em                 F
Because it's not the same as it was
                 C
When we said our last goodbye
     F                           G
And if you want the truth: I was hoping one of us would
C                        G               Am
  Pass away because it'd be much easier then
                   Em                      F
We could all get together and think about when
                       C                        F
We were young we were dumb we were numb but in love
                      G
And I'm done so I'm sending out this letter today

     XX              XX             XX  X X  X
I'm trying and I'm trying and I'm trying to let go:
But everybody's going down tonight

[Chorus]

C G Am F G x2

C                 G                Am   F G
This has been the best night of my life        ___X2___
    C               G
I could've lost my life
         Am              F
And I would've lost my mind
     G         C        G
But now I'm fine and I find
       Am                F           G
That this has been the best night of my-
C                 G                                       _
This has been the best night of my-                        |
    Am                               F         G           |-- X2
I still can't believe they had the heart to apologize     _|
    C              G
I could've lost my life
        Am               F
And I would've lost my mind
     G         C        G
But now I'm fine and I find
       Am               F            G
That this has been the best night of my-

[Bridge]
C          G         Am        F     G
And as the day fades no one investigates
C          G            Am        F   G
Nobody answers when she calls his name
C          G      Am            F      G
Another victim, somewhere in a shallow grave
C            G           Am     F[one strum]
 I want to hold her and tell her: it's not your fault

C5 G5 A5 F5 G5
Na na na...

[Bridge]

Na na na...
It's not your fault

[chorus x2]

We Are The Few

Everything Goes Numb

E  B  A  F#m A X2
 
Verse:
 
       E               B
She was diagnosed on a Friday,

    A
The kids were almost home,

    F#m                A                  E
The kids were on their way back home from school,

                       B
Lying face down in the gutter,

    A
Of unaccomplished dreams,

    F#m          A               E
And broken memories of things to come.

                       B
"Sorry ma'am, I really am. I had to break the news.

   A                            F#m                  A
I had to make the phone call to tell you that you're due,

         E                    B
You know where, I'll tell you when,

         A                           F#m
And I suggest you start living these next three weeks,

    A                      E
The best way that you can."

                 B                 A
Every night for three long weeks,

                        F#m    A     E
She?d roam the hallways half asleep,

                     B
And as the footsteps fade away,

 A                          F#m              A    
In my mind, I could swear, I could swear, I heard her say:

Chorus:

 A             B                       E                       F#m     A
Don't wait for me, you?ve got a lot to do, you?ve got a lot to be,

           B(stop)                     
And in the end maybe, I'll see you there.


Inter: E  B  A  F#m A x4

# After, its all the same for the verse and chorus again.
# Hope you enjoy!

As The Footsteps Die Out Forever

Keasbey Nights
Streetlight Manifesto

Intro (with choke strumming)

A    E     B    D

A    E     D    E

A    E     B    D 

A    E     D    A

(2x, second time with horns)

Verse

A                 E
It was the summer of 95 (so what!)

B                D
In the backyard, shaving the old plies

A                            E
Feeling so strong (strong!), something went wrong (wrong!)

B                               D
Straight into my finger, what a stinger, it was so long

A                          E                 B
I still remember that day, like the day that I said that I swear

D                               A                 E
"I'll never hurt myself again", but it seems that I'm deemed 

B                  D
To be wrong, to be wrong, to be wrong

A
Gotta keep holding on... they always played a slow song.

Horns (no guitar)

Chorus

A                      D
When they come for me, I'll be sitting at my desk

A                      E
With a gun in my hand, wearing a bulletproof vest 

A                    D
Singin' "My, my, my, how the time does fly, 

A                             E                             
When you know you're going to die by the end of the night." And said hey

Horn Riff

A       E   D x3

A    E     B    D

A    E     D    E

A    E     B    D 

A    E     D    A

Verse

A                             E
I still remember when we were young and fragile then.

B                           D
No one gave a shit about us because times were tougher then.

A                       E
Feeling so good (good!) cruisin? the hood (hood!)

B                            D
Straight into the real world where rich kids never understood.

A                 E
But I don't care, I can fade away to anywhere 

B                  D
Don't stop because you might get dropped, 

A             E              B
And if you do who's going to pick you up

D             B
Well I won?t, well I won't... they always played a slow song.

Horn riff (2x, 1st 1x w/o guitar)

A      E       B        D        B

Chorus

A                      D
When they come for me, I'll be sitting at my desk

A                      E
With a gun in my hand, wearing a bulletproof vest 

A                    D
Singin' "My, my, my, how the time does fly, 

A                             E                             
When you know you're going to die by the end of the night." And said hey

Horn Riff

A       E   D x3

A    E     B    D

A    E     D    E

A    E     B    D 

A    E     D    A

Horn Breakdown (3x, 1st 2x w/o guitar)

A    E     B    D

A    E     D    E

A    E     B    D 

A    E     D    A

Chorus (3x, 1st 2x w/o guitar)

A                      D
When they come for me, I'll be sitting at my desk

A                      E
With a gun in my hand, wearing a bulletproof vest 

A                    D
Singin' "My, my, my, how the time does fly, 

A                             E                             
When you know you're going to die by the end of the night."

Outro

A         E   D
         Hey!

A         E   D
         Hey!

A         E   D   
         Hey!

B      A

(cheers and stuff)
("It fuckin' stinks in here)
("Whoo-ee!)

Keasbey Nights

G                  C
Not long ago in my high school days,
D                        G
I watched a girl from so far away,
Em                 C
But every time she passed me by,
D                         G
I turned my head away and quietly sighed.
G                          C
And when she walked by her hair would dance,
D                        G
A secret tango that only I could understand,
Em                            C
And when she'd ask me for the time of day,
D                            G
I'd look her in the eyes and quietly say.

G            C 
Oh Kristina, Kristina, 
   D                       G
do you have any clue who I am? (HELL NO!)
Em                      C          
So listen up cause I'll tell ya once 
         D                              G
and I'll explain myself the best that I can, 
      G         C
whoa, Kristina, Kristina 
          D                      G
you don't know me so ill have to persist, (whistle)
Em                  C
I'm kinda shy so no wonder why, 
D                         G
Kristina she don't know I exist.

G                      C
From class to class, I followed her,
D                        G
But I swore id leave her undisturbed,
Em                            C
And if she'd ever stopped and turned around,
D                           G
I'd get so nervous that I'd stare at the ground.
G                   C
And then one day in photography, 
D                            G
I found a contact print that I could not believe, 
Em                        C
and there she was staring back at me.
D                     G
So I took her home so quietly.

   G         C    
Oh Kristina, Kristina, 
   D                       G
do you have any clue who I am? (HELL NO!)
Em                      C     
So listen up cause I'll tell ya once 
         D                              G
and I'll explain myself the best that I can, 
G         C
Kristina, Kristina 
          D                       G
you don't know me so I'll have to persist, [whistle]
Em                  C
I'm kinda shy so no wonder why, 
D                         G
Kristina she don't know I exist.

G C D G Em C D G 

G    C  
1.17.98 
D                        G
has been a day that I've come to hate,
Em                   C
As I walked into the video store,
D                         G
There she stood as my jaw fell to the floor.
G                    C
Tapping her toe, and waiting in line,
D                G
With a movie and another guy,
Em                C
Why did I bother, Why did I care,
D                     G
About this girl named Kristina Behr?

G         C
Kristina, Kristina, 
       D                       G
you'll never get to know who I am (YOUR LOSS!)
Em                 C
This is goodbye so please don't cry 
            D                       G
and ill let you down as softly as I can,
G         C
Kristina, Kristina, 
D                            G
another name to cross off my list.
Em               C
Another life, it could've been nice, 
    D                                G
but Kristina she won't know what she missed.

Kristina She Don't Know I Exist

chords used: Am, F, G, C, Dm, E

Opening:
Am-Am-Am-F X3

Am-Am-Am-Am


Horn part:

Am-Am-F-F-G-G-C-G

Am-Am-Dm-Dm-F-F-G-G


Am
Run, run, run all you

F
Do is run, but you'll

G
Never run away from

C           G
yourself!

Am
I know it's hard that you've

Dm
Been there before you

F
Know you're going to be there

G
again!

*repeat pattern for rest of the verse*

Chorus:

C
Hey! ser-

G
gio!

Dm
it's getting kinda hot

Am
In here so I say

C
Hey! ser-

G
gio!

Dm
You gotta get me outa

Am
here so I say hey

*post-chorus horn riff*

C-G-Am-F

C-C-F-F

E-E-E-E

then back to the verse riff

the rest of the song goes this way.

When toh kay starts singing that awesome verse "Sergio laughed for the last time today" the chords are the same as the verses, just change the strumming.

Dear Sergio

I submitted a cover of this song, so please take a peek!
(in the video I start of saying it's Keasbey Nights. Ignore that. I was tired XD)

In anycase, chords are easy enough:

Open chords style:
A-G-D-D for verses
A-D-B-E for Chorus

.......

Well I!

A
Know I shouldn't 

G
Care But I

D
Do and I don't and I 

A
Always crack a

G
Smile when I

D
see your punk rock close

ect ect. this chord progression goes on for all verses and horn parts

CHORUS:

A
Steve took three or four

D
Heather took more

B
they lit a cigarette now they're

E
Walking out the door

A
With a semi automatic

D
and a ski mask on

B
They looked at one another

E
and said to themselves what fun

9mm And A Three Piece Suit

Chords: C, G, F, Em, Am

Chorus: C-F-C-G-C-F-C-G-F-C
Verses/Horns: C-Em-Am-F-C-G-F-C

VERSE EXAMPLE:

C
Sick and sad

F
again

C
Sometimes I'd like the

G
rain to end

C
Sick and sad

F
again!

C
Sometimes I

G
Like to

F
Stand on my

C
own two feet!


VERSE EXAMPLE:

C
Went to the corner of

Em
Second and main but there was

Am
Someone there who mentioned that they

F
Hoped it would rain

C
Forever

G
Forever So they could

F
Drown, In

C
Peace

It's 2:00 in the morning right now, so I'll edit this and add more detail later if someone wold like. Message me if you need help with it. Horns go to the same progression as the verse.

Sick And Sad

I know it's a Catch 22 song, but it was also on the Keasby Nights
 Album covered by Streetlight. Either way, it's Toh Kay's work, so here
 It is.

Verses/ Main chord progression: C-C-Am-Am-F-F-G-G
opening Chord progression: C-C-C-G-Am-Am-Am-G-F-F-F-C-G-G-G-G


C
You, You try, you try to get

G
...

Am
Your never gunna pull it off you shouldn't even try

G
You're a

F
Wet Cigarette, You're always second Best

C
....

G
They're never gunna give a shit about anybody but themselves

C
So you try

ect ect.
When the Song speeds up, use only two measures of each chord, and cut out those hanging extra chords that lead to each other
Hard to explain, I know.
If it makes it easier for you, you can just leave out those extra chords at the end
 of each progression in the beginning

Enjoy! message me if you need help.

1234, 1234

# Intro: C  G  Am  Dm  C  G  
 C  G  Am  F  C  G  C

         C    G         Am
You were gone   when we found you
         Dm          C                    G
You were practically surrounded, you were trapped
        C          G              Am          F
But the opposition stalled, their blood ran cold
C                 G                    C
When they saw the look of love in your eyes

          C                  G
Maybe the times we had, they weren't that bad
    Am
And everything else was part of the plan
   Dm       C          G
We sang: "I don't know where we go from here"
            C      G      Am                F
This is the alpha, omega, beginning and the end
       C        G           C
And we all just idolize the dead

            C                 G                     Am
So you were born (So you were born), and that was a good day
               Dm                  C                   G
Someday you'll die (Someday you'll die), and that is a shame
    C                G             Am                   F
But somewhere in the between was a life of which we all dream
    C                       G              C
And nothing and no one will ever take that away

          C      G          Am
You had a love     and that love had you
Dm             C                  G
   And nothing mattered, you were fine
    C         G                      Am             F
And some will complain, they're just bitter, what a shame
               C                    G                      C
They know that loving and losing is better than nothing at all

          C                  G
Maybe the times we had, they weren't that bad
    Am
And everything else was part of our path
   Dm       C          G
We sang: "I don't know where we go from here"
            C      G      Am                F
This is the alpha, omega, beginning and the end
       C        G           C
And we all just idolize the dead

            C                 G                     Am
So you were born (So you were born), and that was a good day
               Dm                  C                   G
Someday you'll die (Someday you'll die), and that is a shame
    C                G             Am                   F
But somewhere in the between was a life of which we all dream
    C                       G              C
And nothing and no one will ever take that away

          C                       G
Yeah, the times we had, they were not that bad
    Am
And everything else, that was part of the plan
       Dm       C          G
And we sang, "I don't know where we go from here"
            C               G               Am                F
This is the Alpha (Alpha!), Omega (Omega!), beginning and the end!
       C        G           C
And we all just idolize the dead

            C                 G                     Am
So you were born (So you were born), and that was a good day
               Dm                  C                   G
Someday you'll die (Someday you'll die), and that is a shame
    C                G             Am                   F
But somewhere in the between was a life of which we all dream
    C                       G              C
And nothing and no one will ever take that away


And someday soon my friends, this ride will come to an end

But we can't just get in line again.

Somewhere In The Between

F                  Am                   Gm
I am thinking it's a sign that the freckles
                 Bb
In our eyes are mirror images and when
We kiss they're perfectly aligned
F                  Am                Gm
And I have to speculate that God himself
                 Bb
Did make us into corresponding shapes like
Puzzle pieces from the clay
F               Am               Gm
True, it may seem like a stretch, but
                   Bb
Its thoughts like this that catch my troubled
Head when you're away when I am missing you to death
F                Am                 Gm
When you are out there on the road for
                       Bb
Several weeks of shows and when you scan
The radio, I hope this song will guide you home
F                             C
They will see us waving from such great
            Gm              Dm
Heights, 'come down now,' they'll say
F                                  C
But everything looks perfect from far away,
          Gm                Dm
'come down now,' but we'll stay...

I tried my best to leave this all on your
Machine but the persistent beat it sounded
Thin upon listening
That frankly will not fly. you will hear
The shrillest highs and lowest lows with
The windows down when this is guiding you home 

They won't see us waving from such great heights,
"Come down now", they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
"Come down now", but we'll stay...

(music)

They won't see us waving from such great heights,
"Come down now", they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
"Come down now", but we'll stay...

(They won't see us waving from such great heights,
"Come down now", they'll say
They won't see us waving from such great heights)

Such Great Heights

99 Songs Of Revolution

"i wont mind, I wont mind, I wont mind..."

A|-10-12-10-10-7-5-------|
E|-----------------8-7-5-|
C|-----------------------| 
G|-----------------------|

With Any Sort Of Certainty

[Intro]

G Bm Am Bm Cm Cm7 G D
G Bm Am Bm Cm Cm7 G D


G      Bm
Woe is me
   Am                     Am      Bm     Cm
I swear that I had it but everyone wouldn't agree
    Cm7                 G    D
They said I never had a thing
G        Bm           Am      Bm
My dying words will be exaggerations
Cm          Cm7         G     D
Of what I said and what I did

Cm               G
The ticking of the clock
Cm           D
Eventually it stops


[Chorus]

G      Em
Oh me oh my
C        Am               G  Em
Goodness gracious what a lie
      B                 C                           G
Where everyones running around like they dont have a clue
               Em
What they will do
          C
Now that its through
         Am          G
And the ending is in sight
G      C             G
Oh my goodness me oh my
                Am                 G
Its late and its time to say goodnight
     C             G   D
Oh my goodness me oh my


[Melodica (?) Solo]

G Bm Am Bm Cm Cm7 G D
G Bm Am Bm Cm Cm7 G D


G  Bm
My disease
       Am             Am     Bm    Cm
Though feasibly easily curable I will agree
                           G      D
that its not something I overfeed
G                 Bm
The truth will be told
Bm           Am
The lies will unfold
Am           Am   Bm  Cm
And anything anyone ever ignored
                            G          D
will come back up to settle old scores

Cm7                   G
The writings on the wall
Cm7                 G
Says eventually we fall
Cm7            G
And even Romans know
Cm7                                                 D
That everything (everything) everything (everything) goes


[Chorus]

G      Em
Oh me oh my
C        Am               G  Em
Goodness gracious what a lie
      B                 C                           G
Where everyones running around like they dont have a clue
               Em
What they will do
          C
Now that its through
         Am          G
And the ending is in sight
G      C             G
Oh my goodness me oh my
                  Am                 G
It's late and it's time to say goodnight
     C               G  D
Oh my goodness me oh my

Bm C

[Melodica Solo]

Em Bm C Am
Em Bm C Am
Em Bm C Am
Em D G

Cm7 G
Cm7 G
Cm7 G
Cm7 D


[Chorus]

G      Em
Oh me oh my
C        Am               G  Em
Goodness gracious what a lie
      B                  C                           G
Where everyones running around like they dont have a clue
               Em
What they will do
          C
Now that its through
         Am          G
And the ending is in sight
G      C             G
Oh my goodness me oh my
                Am                 G
Its late and its time to say goodnight
     C              G  D
Oh my goodness me oh my


[Melodica]

G Bm Am Bm Cm Cm7 G D
G Bm Am Bm Cm Cm7 G

Oh Me Oh My

The Hands That Thieve

Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m        B                   G#m  B     F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns


Verse 2:
                      B       
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
         E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m      B                    G#m B  F# 
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too


Chorus:
               E              B 
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
C#m     B                   G#m  B   F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day


Chorus:
                      E              B 
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                 E               B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                     G#m   F#     
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café


Bridge:
   E        B           F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
 E        B             F# 
Look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetlight
                   E               F#  G#m  B  F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?


Verse 4:
                        B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m      B                    G#m   B  F#
You can run away boy, but you won't go far


Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                    E                B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                     E                      G#m   F#
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café 

      E            B    G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah, 
     F#                      E       B   F#
I'm going where the people know my name


Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B

Sovereign Light Cafe

strumming pattern
D-DUD-D

F,G,C,Em7

mmmmm mmmm mmmm 

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 1: Rihanna]

F              G
Dry! ...Me a desert
C                 Em7
Nuh time to have ya lerkin'
F                        G
Him ago act like him nuh like it
C                           Em7
You know I dealt with you the nicest
F                        G
Nuh body touch me in the righteous
C                     Em7
Nuh botha, text me in a crisis 
           F                    G
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
            C                    Em7
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
            F                        G
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
                C                          Em7
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
           F             G
All that I wanted from you was to give me
C            Em7
Something that I never had
F                   G
Something that you've never seen
C                     Em7
Something that you've never been!
F     G
Mmmmm!
      C                          
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
D
Just get ready fi...


[Hook: Rihanna]
F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
F             G
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
               C           Em7
When you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
                  F                 G
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!
C             Em7
Beg you something please


[Verse 2: Rihanna]

F            G
Baby don't you leave
               C                 Em7
Do''t leave me stuck here in the streets, 
   F                  G
uh huh If I get another chance to
       C                Em7
I will never, no never neglect you
      F                         G
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
       C                    Em7
I just hope that it gets to you
  F           G
I hope that you see this through
  C                      Em7
I hope that you see this true
F          G
What can I say?
       C          
Please recognize I'm tryin', baby!!!
 Em7
I have to


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 3: Drake]

N.C.
Yeah, okay
F        G        C                   Em7
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
F               G
We just need to slow the motion
C                   Em7
Don't give that away to no one
F            G
Long distance, I need you
C                          Em7
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
F                        G
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
C                           Em7
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
      F      G               C              
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
   Em7
If you come over
F            G
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
C                    Em7
I got n____s tryna end me,
F G           C                 Em7
oh,     I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
F               G
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
C                                Em7
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
F              G
We just need a face to face
C                    Em7            F
You could pick the time and the place
               G
You spent some time away
C                Em7
Now you need to forward and give me all the...


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

mmm mmm mmm..


[Outro: Rihanna]

work work work work work work

F G C D
F G C D

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


C D
Si es que no puedes hablar
C D
no te atrevas a volver
C D
si te quieres ocultar
C D
tal vez te podria ver
Em D C G C
y el amor que no sabe a quien y que
G C
hablará si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazara otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz

C D


C D
Si no puedes escuchar
C D
aunque insistas hablaré
C D
si lo quieres mírame
C D
y tus ojos hablaran tal vez
Em D C G C
sentiras el amor e iras tras el
G C
hablaras si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazará otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz


Em G C G
.(CUERDAS)... abrazaméeeeeeeee..
C Em F
quiero despertarme y entender

Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y que haces aquì
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz
G C
y te hace feliz

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

(Chorus)
G
You xxxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
(1st Verse)
G
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Em
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Am7
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
D7                              G Em G Em
X just xxx'x xxxxx without xxx
(2nd verse)
G
You xxxx along xxxx xxxx x song
Em
Xxx brightened xx xxx
Am7
Whod've xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx x dream
                  D7
Xxx xx xxx xxxxx light xxxxx xxxx
(Chorus)
         G 
Xxx now xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7                          Eb
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx anything
(3rd Verse)
Ab
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
   Fm
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Bbm
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
Ebm
X just xxx'x xxxxx
Ebm                                 Ab               C#
Now xxxx xxxxxx xxx happiness xxxxx so xxxx xxxx xx find
C#m                                         Eb     E
Well, X'x xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx behind me
A
And xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx
F#m
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Bm
X xxx'x laugh xxx X xxx'x sing
E
X'x finding xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
Bb
You xxx X xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Gm
X feel xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Cm
If xxx xxxx knew xxxx X'x xxxxx through
F
X just xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx

Can't Smile Without You

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

Intro: Em  A  Em  A

       Em               A                Em                   
 A
Verse: Be on my side or be on your side, there is no reason for you to hide,
       Em                 A
       Its so hard for me stayin' here all alone, when you could be takin'
       A                Em                                             A
       Me for a ride... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


        G     D         A    G  D          A
Chorus:  Down by the ri-ver,  I shot my ba-by

 Em        A
 Ooh, Ooh, shot her dead


Verse 2:You take my hand I'll take your hand, together we may get away,

        This must madness is too much sorrow, its impossible to make it

        today... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


(Chorus)

(Verse 1)

Down By The River

Intro: D-A-Bm-Em-A  x4

         D                 A                          
I'll confess tonight your all thats on my mind
        Bm            A                   D
I know these roof top nights could last forever.
              A                            Bm
we watched the seasons change, we saw the distance pull us away,
           A
from all we shared together.

D                       A
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                       A
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.

D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
    Em    A
lets run away.
D                             A                             Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
    Em    A
lets run away.

play intro  x2

D                    A
I picked apart every word that you said
  Bm                              A
I dissected each sentence but kept coming up empty
D                         A
the way you are leaves me counting the days
        Bm                            A
till the next time this distance will be a memory


D                        A        
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                     D
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.


D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away.

D-A-Bm-A

where have you been


                                                                        Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away


American Dream 

G Bm Em A
Well everybody's lookin' for something they can't find,
Walking straight ahead blind-folded production line,
Only taking time for one type of shoe-shine.
Don't look left/right now you got a street fine.
Everybody lookin' for just a little more.
Working late-nights trying to fight off the day glow.
Waiting for the come-around but it is a no show.
Driving in the fast lane lookin' for the slow-mo...

C D A
Oh whats in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know well I don't know man anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time you,
Where were you, you weren't listenin', gonna be a long time
Gonna be a long time.

G Bm Em A
So now you're face down, face lookin like a frying pan.
Hitting up the clubs trying to feel like a real man.
Beating your chest just like you're King Kong but you're just a gui-tar no-string no-song.
Feeling free like ya don't even know it, man you're towing the line hoping you just don't blow it.
Man ya stuck in the mainframe trying to win the big game so much potential it even makes it more of a shame, shame, shame...
Here we go again, same old shit just another name.
Looking at the destiny there in your palm,
But now you got your strings but you got no song.
So sing, sing, sing - shake it like a chicken wing.
It's not what you get it's about what you bring-bring-bring.
So bring it, bring it to the table, not because you have to 'cos you're willing and you're able!

C D A
Oh what's in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know, I don't know anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time.
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time.
You, where were you, you weren't listening, gonna be a long time.
Gonna be a long time.

Gonna Be A Long Time

[intro x2]
A  E  D A

A                                        E
when there's no place you feel at home
              D                               A
and you think you'd be better off alone
A                                          E
when you think there's no reason to try
               D                           A
and you hate yourself and wanna die

A                                      E
when you're filled with anxiety
             D                   A
and everyone's your enemy
A                                        E
when you wish you were someone else
                 D                        A
and you wanna go out and kill yourself

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


A                       E
when you get yourself depressed
                      D                   A
because you think you can't do your best
A                                         E
when you write yourself a stupid song
           D                        A
to remind yourself that you forgot

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


[BRIDGE]
# chords x2:
A  E  D  A

A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-4-2---2-4-2-1---1-1-2-2-1-2-4-2-1-22-----------|     x2



[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

It takes a while to get used to the rhythm. In the verse the
time signature goes 3/4 for 2 bars then 2/4 for 1 bar and then
repeats.


Intro and Verses:

A|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|------|-10------10|-9-------9-|------
E|-----------|-----------|------|-----------|-----------|----3-
C|-0---------|-2---2-----|------|-----7-----|-----------|-2----
G|-0---------|-0---------|-0----|-9---------|-7---------|------
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |

Intro Riff:

A|-10--12--10-|-9---10---9-|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|-------|
E|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
C|------------|------------|-0---------|-2---2-----|-------|
G|-9----------|-7----------|-0---------|-0---------|-0-----|



Chorus:

                   C
I...              driving...
     G  
The speed...            

Em
      City...

        D
And...  arm...
    
    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

C           D
be...       be... 

Suggestion: during the verses, it can sound pretty cool if you
get a friend to strum the chords: C, G, Em, D in the background
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