After I started learning songs by Streetlight Manifesto, I noticed that some songs
have chord progressions that are similar... and sometimes the same. Not too long
ago, I got the idea to put a medley together - Much like the infamous
Point/Keasbey Nights/Counterpoint that every SM loves so much. Except this
one isn't quite as epic, and it contains a few more songs. 5 to be exact. So, I put
one together last night containing 12341234, The Big Sleep, Supernothing,
One Foot On the Gas, One Foot In the Grave, and Somewhere In the Between.
This is a rough version, and I'm sure it could be better. These tabs are not my
own, I got them from this site, though I did make a change here and there. If
you have any questions, comments or suggestions feel free to email me - mattiewarunek@yahoo.com.
Streetlight Medley
Words and Music by Tomas Kalnoky
Arranged by Matt Warunek
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C
You, you try, you try to get by.
Am
"You're never going to pull it off", "You shouldn't even try"
F
"You're a wet cigarette", "You're always second best",
G
but they're never going to give a shit about anybody but themselves.
C
so you fight for them to realize;
Am
there's more to life, there's more to you, there's more than meets the eye.
F
And when you're done, the battle's been won.
G
You sit back, you smile and this is what you hum, you hum:
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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
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
C Am F G
He wakes up sad again and he wonders when the rain will end,
C Am F G
She acts like she don’t care cause to her it’s just a game, that he plays,
C Am F
I’m a super, I’m a nothing, I’m a no one, goin’ nowhere fast,
G C
But I don’t care, but I don’t care,
Am F
I’m a super, I’m a nothing, I’m a no one, goin’ nowhere fast,
G C,Am,F,G
But I don’t care, but I don’t care.
C
The years go by, the time it does fly.
Am
Every single second is a moment in time that
F
passes oh, so quick and it seems like nothing,
G
but when you're looking back, well it amounts to everything.
C
I've got myself. I've got my friends.
Am
I've got my little family, but that's not where it ends.
F
This one goes out to you, it goes out to everyone.
G
It's in the name of honesty because life has just begun.
C F G C
Started with six or seven, moved on to eight or nine. What will you do when they come
you?
C F G C
Nobody seemed to notice, nobody seemed to mind. What will you do when they come for you?
C F G C
Little miss demissed can't miss like a detuned radio. I cannot believe you when you tell
what you know
C F G
C
And nothing will be broken if your house is made of stone. But you will know as I do it
never be a home
Am F C G
We want it, they got it. They claim we'll die without it
Am F C G
But something tells me they are wrong
F G
C F G C
So what will you do when they call your name and you're not ready to go?
C F G C
Everyone will stare at you and tell you what you know
C F Am G
That you're in too deep and you can't quite keep your secrets, one and all
F G C Am
We might just make it after all, on our own
F G C C
We might just make it after all
F G C Am
But we had one foot on the gas and one foot in the grave
C F G C
Everyone was laughing when we said we had it made
C F G G
Everyone was laughing when we said we had it made
C Am
All the times he said he would she never really understood,
F G C
What he said, or what he meant, he won't forget what wasn't said,
C Am F G
He’ll find himself alone standing in the rain, yeah, yeah, yeah,
C Am F
I’m a super all or nothin’, I’m a no one, going nowhere fast,
G
But I don’t care,
C Am F
I’m a super all or nothin’, I’m a no one, going nowhere fast,
G C Am F G
But I don’t care, but I don’t care.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/streetlight_manifesto/streetlight_medley_crd.html ]
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
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!
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
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
C F G C
So do the right thing or do nothing. What will you do when they come for you?
C F G C
Or just do what is easier. What will you do when they come for you?
C F G C
That's what I read what I swear they said to me. Nine times out of ten they lied to me
C F G G
And after all they had the guts to say Son, no one will save you now
Am F C G
We want it, they got it. They claim we'll die without it
Am F C G
But something tells me they are wrong
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.
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.
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The Layout -
*Note - I put what I thought was the intro/chorus/etc. You may think otherwise. If
you have any doubts, it's all up above.
12341234 - Intro/Verse
The Big Sleep - Pre chorus/chorus
Supernothing - Verse 1
12341234 - Verse 2
One Foot On the Gas, One Foot In the Grave - Bridge/Chorus
Supernothing - Verse 4
Somewhere In the Between - Pre chorus/Chorus
The Big Sleep - Verse 2/Pre chorus/Chorus
One Foot On the Gas, One Foot In the Grave - Verse 1
The Big Sleep - Verse 3/pre chorus/Chorus
Somewhere In the Between - Pre chorus/Chorus/Ending
