The Big Sleep Chords & Lyrics by Streetlight Manifesto
The Big Sleep
guitar chords lyrics
I've had a lot of trouble with the current chords for this, so I decided to make
my own since I'm p. sure I'm correct.
C G Am
F C G
C G Am Em
F G
C 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 Em
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
Cause 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, 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 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
C Am F G
that you're impossible
C Am F G
You're impossible
C Am F G
You're impossible
C Am F G
You're impossible
C Am F G x2
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 G Am
F C G
C G Am Em
F G
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 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
C Am F G
that you're impossible
C Am F G
You're impossible
C Am F G
You're impossible
C Am F G
You're impossible
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?"
F E F
C G Am F
C G Am F
C G Am
When as you close your eyes for the big sleep
E F C Am F
I hope you think of me, yeah
F E
F E
F E
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
F E
F E
F E C
