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.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Allister Potential Suicide Before The Blackout 2005 Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: C - x32010 G - 320003 Bb - x13331 F - 133211 F# - 244322 G# - 466544 Am - x02210
Intro: C-G-F-G- x2
Verse 1: CGBb She sits at home and tries FC to remember all the days GBb when everybody said nothing F could bring her down CG Now she's found that Bb she can't stand the FC site of her reflection G in the windows of BbFF# this beat up old town G She's packing all her CG problems Into a carry on bag CG She's packing all of her F sorrow into one less silver G box labeled memories
Chorus 1: CG And every night F that she's alive GC Is a potential suicide G And all the teardrops F that she cries G wont help her
Post Chorus: C-G-F-G-
Verse 2: CGBb she goes to bed at night just FC to wake up to a nightmare G and a headache that BbF will never go away CGBb She's doing time and hating FC every minute of it blaming GBb everything on something F she can't escape CG She cries and she cries BbF But no one ever listens and CG She doesn't understand BbFF#G why she can't slow down G She's packing all her CG problems Into a carry on bag CG She's packing all of her F sorrow into one less silver G box labeled memories
Chorus 2: CG And every night F that she's alive GC Is a potential suicide G And all the teardrops F that she cries G wont help her CG And all the pain F she's kept inside G Doesn't help to C cleanse her mind G From all the heartache FG and the frustration
Bridge: AmG tonight And now it feels like FF#-G-G#- she's been dealt a shitty hand AmG She said "it is mine" but FG/BG she doesn't understand
Chorus 3: CG And every night F that she's alive GC Is a potential suicide G And all the teardrops F that she cries G wont help her CG And all the pain F she's kept inside G Doesn't help to C cleanse her mind G And all the teardrops F-- G-- that she cries
Chorus 4: CG And every night F that she's alive GC Is a potential suicide G And all the teardrops F that she cries G wont help her CG And all the pain F she's kept inside G Doesn't help to C cleanse her mind G From all the heartache FGC-G-F(Hold) and the frustration tonight