The Big Sleep chords by
Streetlight Manifesto

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Key: C major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Why do we

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cry when you know how the story ends?

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How can you laugh when you know

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that it hurts your friends?

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We've all been there once

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but you never left

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This is me coming back back

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to get you out

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To say goodbye to make amends

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I'm not leaving this place

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Unless I'm leaving with you

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You're the only person with

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a half decent heart here

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And I know you will put it to use

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Until it's gone, gone, gone

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Gone, gone, gone

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Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, yeah

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Verse 2

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Na, na,

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na

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Verse 3

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And you close your eyes for the big sleep

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I hope you think of me

Verse 4

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Na, na, na

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Verse 5

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And if you go, I'll be gone

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And you'll be left alone to live your life,

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as you please

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But someday you'll agree that I

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was al ways meant for you

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You were always meant for me and you will

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see: that you're impossible

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You're impossible

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Interlude 1

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Verse 6

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Me and Mr. Dylan on the ride home

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We had a heart to heart about life

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But neither him or me could decide for

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ourselves if we wanted to outlive that night

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Like two children on the playground

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of the unconfessed souls

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Abandoned by our mothers

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and our lovers and our foes

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If only we were brave enough

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to live the lives we stole

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What a wonderful world this could be!

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Interlude 2

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Verse 7

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Na,

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na, na

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Verse 8

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And you close your eyes for the big sleep

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I hope you think of me

Verse 9

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Na, na, na

Verse 10

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And if you go, I'll be gone

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And you'll be left alone to live your life,

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as you please

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But someday you'll agree that I

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was always meant for you

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You were always meant for me and you will

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see: that you're impossible

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You're impossible

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Verse 11

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So how many

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more examples until we break?

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How many sacrifices must we make?

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Because we've all been

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there once before

And it looks like we've

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returned once more

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Is this the beginning or the end?

Verse 12

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The last two soldiers on

the battlefield

Survivors of the war

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They aim at one another while

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their mothers beg the lord

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"if you're listening, I'm missing him

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So somehow bring him home

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How did it come to this?"

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So the soldiers lift their rifles

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They're aiming at the head

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They think of their first love before

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they take their final breaths

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And some where in the distance they hear something someone

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said: "how did it come to this?"

Interlude 3

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Verse 13

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And as you close your eyes

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for the big sleep

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I hope you think of me,

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yeah

Interlude 4

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Verse 14

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Na,

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na, na

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Verse 15

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Am

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And you close your eyes for the big sleep

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I hope you think of me

Verse 16

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Na, na, na

Outro 1

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Chords

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Em

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of The Big Sleep by Streetlight Manifesto is C major.

The primary chords used in The Big Sleep are G, Am, F, C, Dm, Em.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like G, Am, F, C, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of The Big Sleep is approximately 150 beats per minute.

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