Streetlight Manifesto é uma banda de ska punk de East Brunswick, New Jersey, Estados Unidos, sob a direção criativa do vocalista/guitarrista Tomas Kalnoky. Desde a sua formação em 2002, a banda lançou cinco álbuns.
Os membros da banda já eram bem conhecidos na comunidade de ska de New Jersey por seus papéis em bandas anteriores de ska daquela região; Tomas Kalnoky, James Egan, Mike Soprano e Josh Ansley – da Catch 22 –, além de Stuart Karmatz , Pete Sibilia, Dan Ross e Chris Paszik – da One Cool Guy.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
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 - [email protected].
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:
CGAm 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
AmF Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
CAmFG He wakes up sad again and he wonders when the rain will end, CAmFG She acts like she don’t care cause to her it’s just a game, that he plays, CAmF I’m a super, I’m a nothing, I’m a no one, goin’ nowhere fast,
GC But I don’t care, but I don’t care, AmF I’m a super, I’m a nothing, I’m a no one, goin’ nowhere fast, GC,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.
CFGC Started with six or seven, moved on to eight or nine. What will you do when they come you? CFGC Nobody seemed to notice, nobody seemed to mind. What will you do when they come for you? CFGC Little miss demissed can't miss like a detuned radio. I cannot believe you when you tell what you know CFG 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
AmFCG We want it, they got it. They claim we'll die without it AmFCG But something tells me they are wrong
FG
CFGC So what will you do when they call your name and you're not ready to go? CFGC Everyone will stare at you and tell you what you know CFAmG That you're in too deep and you can't quite keep your secrets, one and all FGCAm We might just make it after all, on our own FGCC We might just make it after all FGCAm But we had one foot on the gas and one foot in the grave CFGC Everyone was laughing when we said we had it made CFGG Everyone was laughing when we said we had it made
CAm All the times he said he would she never really understood, FGC What he said, or what he meant, he won't forget what wasn't said, CAmFG He’ll find himself alone standing in the rain, yeah, yeah, yeah, CAmF I’m a super all or nothin’, I’m a no one, going nowhere fast, G But I don’t care, CAmF I’m a super all or nothin’, I’m a no one, going nowhere fast, GCAmFG But I don’t care, but I don’t care.
CG Maybe the times we had, they weren't that bad Am And everything else was part of the plan DmCG We sang: "I don't know where we go from here" CGAmF This is the alpha, omega, beginning and the end CGC And we all just idolize the dead
CGAm So you were born (So you were born), and that was a good day DmCG Someday you'll die (Someday you'll die), and that is a shame CGAmF But somewhere in the between was a life of which we all dream CGC And nothing and no one will ever take that away
CGAm Me and Mr. Dylan on the ride home
FCG We had a heart-to-heart about life
CGAmEm But neither him or me could decide for ourselves
FG If we wanted to outlive that night
CGAm Like two children on the playground of the unconfessed souls
FCG Abandoned by our mothers and our lovers and our foes
CGAmEm If only we were brave enough to live the lives we stole
FG What a wonderful world this could be!
C Na, na, na, na, na, na
G Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
AmF Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
C Na, na, na, na, na, na
G Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
AmF Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
CGAm 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
AmF Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
CFGC So do the right thing or do nothing. What will you do when they come for you? CFGC Or just do what is easier. What will you do when they come for you? CFGC That's what I read what I swear they said to me. Nine times out of ten they lied to me CFGG And after all they had the guts to say Son, no one will save you now AmFCG We want it, they got it. They claim we'll die without it AmFCG But something tells me they are wrong
CGAm So, how many more examples until we break?
FCG So how many sacrifices must we make?
CG Because we've all been there once before
AmEm And it looks like we've returned once more
FG So is this the beginning or the end?
CG The last two soldiers on the battlefield
Am Survivors of the war
FCG They aim at one another while their mothers beg the lord
CG "If you're listening, I'm missing him
AmEm So somehow bring him home.
FG How did it come to this?"
CG So the soldiers lift their rifles
Am And they're aiming at the head
FCG They think of their first love before they take their final breath
CGAmEm And somewhere in the distance they hear something someone said:
FG "How did it come to this?"
Horn Segway - Power Chords
FEF
CGAF
CGAF
Outro Chorus
CGAm When as you close your eyes for the big sleep
F I hope you think of me, yeah.
CG Yeah, the times we had, they were not that bad Am And everything else, that was part of the plan DmCG And we sang, "I don't know where we go from here" CGAmF This is the Alpha (Alpha!), Omega (Omega!), beginning and the end! CGC And we all just idolize the dead
CGAm So you were born (So you were born), and that was a good day DmCG Someday you'll die (Someday you'll die), and that is a shame CGAmF But somewhere in the between was a life of which we all dream CGC 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