Standard tuning
Capo 3rd fret
Listen to the song if you have any trouble at all. This tab was based off 'The Big Sleep
Acoustic by Streetlight Manifesto' Tab, so props to that guy. Enjoy!
C/B= 020010
C
Na, 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, na x2
C (Single Strum) 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 G
This is me coming back to get you out to say goodbye, to make amends
C G Am
I'm not leaving this place
F C G
Unless I'm leaving with you
C G Am Em
You're the only person with a half decent heart here
F 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
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 x2
C G Am
And 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
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
You were always meant for me and you will see
G Am F
C C/B Am F G
That you're impossible. Oh na, na, na, na, na, na
C C/B Am F G
You're impossible. Oh na, na, na, na, na, na
C C/B Am F G
You're impossible. Oh na, na, na, na, na, na
C C/B Am F G
You're impossible. Yeah-heeeeeah!
C G Am
So 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
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C G Am Em
If only we were brave enough to live the lives we stole
F(Single Strum) G
What a wonderful world this could be!
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 x2
C G Am
And 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
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
You were always meant for me and you will see
G Am F
C C/B Am F G
That you're impossible. Oh na, na, na, na, na, na
C C/B Am F G
You're impossible. Oh na, na, na, na, na, na
C C/B Am F G
You're impossible. Oh na, na, na, na, na, na
C C/B Am F G
You're impossible. Yeah-heeeeeah
C(Single Strum) G Am
So, how many more examples until we break?
F C G
How many sacrifices must we make?
C G
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 ('Palm Muted') 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(Single Strum) 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?"
F E
F E
F E x3
G
C (Single Strum)
Na, na, na, na, na, na
G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Am F G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na x2
C G Am
And 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 G C
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
