Allister is a pop punk band from Chicago, Illinois. The four-piece formed in 1996 and were one of the first bands to sign to Drive-Thru Records. Besides releasing three studio albums — 1999's Dead Ends and Girlfriends, 2002's Last Stop Suburbia, and 2005's Before the Blackout — Allister made a cameo appearance in the 2004 film Sleepover. On March 6, 2007, the band announced their intention to go on hiatus. In 2010 they reunited with announce of the new album ''Countdown to Nowhere" to be released October 3rd, 2010.
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Allister Alone Before The Blackout 2005 Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: B x24442 F# 244322 G#m 466444 E 022100
Intro: BEG#mEF# x2
Verse 1: B I've been driving this road for the third straight day G#m These are thoughts from the past not to pick my brain F# And now I feel I'm E screaming to the world B Cuz this highways going nowhere G#m And the lines have all been blurred F# By the rains falling E down in front of me
Refrain 1: G#m So I clear the E windshield just to find B Another cross to mark F# the passing of a life G#m It's a crystal clear reminder That all E things come to an end G#m And I wonder when that EF# end will come for
Chorus 1: B me When the lights go down G#m And the clocks time out F# And the bells just E don't chime anymore B It's a tragedy G#m that we can't see F# Our lives on the E other side of every BEG#mEF# single smile
Verse 2: B I've been asking myself for the third straight night G#m If there's truth in the writings that shape F# our lives and Now I feel I'm E screaming to the world B Do these sermons run in circles G#m Are they spoken by design F# To erase the E thoughts of insecurity
Refrain 2: G#m And maybe were just E never meant to find B The answer to the question we've F# all kept inside G#m Give me something to believe in E Give me anything at all G#m Cuz right now this world EF# just feels like i'ts too
Chorus 2: B small When the lights go down G#m And the clocks time out F# And the bells just E don't chime anymore B It's a tragedy G#m that we can't see F# Our lives on the E other side of every single smile
Interlude: BG#mF#EF#B(hold)
Bridge: B I wont cry G#m Not tonight F#E I won't back down without a fight B I wont cry G#m Not tonight F#E(hold) I won't back down
Chorus 3: B When the lights go down G#m And the clocks time out F# And the bells just E don't chime anymore B It's a tragedy G#m that we can't see F# Our lives on the E other side of every B single smile When the lights go down G#m And the clocks F# time out E I won't back down B without a fight It's a tragedy G#m that we can't see F#E I won't lie down B(hold) without a fight