A Better Place, a Better Time Chords by Streetlight Manifesto
Tempo:
140.25 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Em
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
[F#m]
[G] [F#]
[C] [D] [Em]
[G]
So she wakes [C] up in time to [G] break down.
She left a note up on [C] the dresser and she's right on [G] [Bm] time.
You don't [C] know [D] anything.
[G] Right or wrong?
[Bm] [C]
[D] [G] I [Bm] said I know.
[Em]
[C] And she said so.
[G] I wanna [B] panic but [E] I've had it so [C] I [G] go.
You [Bm] don't [C] know anything.
[G] You don't know anything.
But [Em]
[C] don't [B]
[G] think you're alive.
[C] Cause [G] it's all that you've [F#] got.
[E] You'd be better [B] off to stop believing [C] if you don't think they [Cm] will stop.
[G] And when [D] you wake up [Em] everything's gonna [C] be [D] fine.
[G] I guarantee [D] that you'll wake in a better [Em] place in a [C] better time.
[D] [G] So you're [D] tired of living.
[Em] you feel like [A] you [C] might give [D] [G] in well [D] don't [Em] [Am]
[Cm] [G] it's not your [Bm] time
[E]
[C] [G] looking
[Am] [G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[C] [G] through the paper today looking for a specific babe don't wanna find her
full name followed by date cause when I [C] left her alone she made [Dm] it sound [G] like
moan you're known by everyone for everything you've done
[B] buying flowers [C] great [D] I'd rather buy [G] you a [B] wall
[C] now [D] stop do [G] anywhere find [Bm] anyone do [Em] anything [Dm] forget and start [G] again [B] love
[C] she said she [G] won't go stand by [Dm] you've got to stop and [E] draw a line [G] everyone here
has to choose a side tonight [D] the moment of truth is haunting [Em] you don't forget
your [C] family regardless [D] what you choose [G] to do you can't decide and [D] they're all
screaming why [Em] won't you I'll start the [C] engine but I can't [G] take this ride for
you I'll draw your bath and [D] unload your gun [Em] but I hope so bad [C] that you'll [G] bathe in us
[Bm]
[C] [G] [Bm] [C]
[D] [G] [Bm] [C]
[D] [G] [B] I'm getting [C] back to [G] jail planning for [Bm] tomorrow
[C] [G] I [B] came [C] across when I [G] learned that life was not without [C] me
tell [D] me [G] [B] everyone has someone [C] else like I [G] know but he's love save me [C]
save me
[G] I think I'm [Bm] faster [C] waiting on the scenes [G] I'll never get it right it's just [C] me
[Em]
[Bm] [C] [D] [Em]
[Bm] [Em] [D] [Em] [Bm]
[C] [D] [Em] [Bm] [C]
[D] [G]
and when [D] you wake [E] up everything is gonna [C] be [Dm] fine
[G] I guarantee [D] that you'll wake in [E] a better place in a [C] better [G] time
learn [D] how to live it [C] be like you might give [G] it
well no [D]
[Em] [C] [G] it's not your [Bm] head
you wouldn't [C] mind if you never find [D] that you're [G] too over the [Bm] problem
[C] [D] [G] [B] I'm talking to you [C] someone here making [D] me [Gm] change up
[Bm] solve [C] them and [G] solve them and
what a [B] loneliness is killing [C] me
filling [Gm] me with anger and [B] contempt
[C] and I'm in [G] a bad mood
30 [C] years with someone that I [D] never thought I'd have to [G] be okay [B] with
[C] [D] [Em]
[C] [Bm]
[C] [D] [G] [Bm] [C]
[D] [Em] [Bm] [C]
[D] [G]
and [D] when you wake [E] up everything is gonna [C] be [Dm] fine
[G] I guarantee [D] that you'll wake in a better [E] place in a better [C] time
[Dm] [G]
learn how to [D] live [E] it be like [D] you might give it
[G] well no [D]
[Em] [C] [D] it's not [G] your head
[Bm] [Em] [C]
[G] [Bm]
[Em] [C]
[G] when [Em]
[C] [Am] [G]
[F#] [Bm] [Em] [C]
[G] [B] it's time to forget [C] about [D] today and always plan [G] it for [B] tomorrow [C] tomorrow [D] and
[G]
that's [B] when I came across [C] when [D] I learned that [G] life was not without
[B] [C] me
tell [G] me everyone [Bm] has someone [G] else like I know but he's love [B] save me [C]
[G] save me
pick [B] up after waiting [C] I got you [D] I'll never get it [G] right it's just [B] me
[C] [D] just me and a [Gm] friend
and when you [D] wake up [Em] everything is gonna [Am] be [D] fine
[G] I guarantee that you'll wake in a better [Em] place in a better [C] [G] time
so you're [D] tired of living and [Em] you feel like [C] you might [G] give in
well [D] don't [Em]
[C] [G] it's not your time
and even [D] if it was so I wouldn't let you [Em] go
you can run run [C] run run [G] but I won't follow close
some of you say [Bm] that's it that's all
[Em] but I've been waiting there with open [G] arms to prove your fall
I know that you think that you're on your [Em] own
but just know that I'm here [C] and I'll [G] lead you home
if you let [D] me
she said [Em] forget me
[D] [G] but I can
[F#m]
[G] [F#]
[C] [D] [Em]
[G]
So she wakes [C] up in time to [G] break down.
She left a note up on [C] the dresser and she's right on [G] [Bm] time.
You don't [C] know [D] anything.
[G] Right or wrong?
[Bm] [C]
[D] [G] I [Bm] said I know.
[Em]
[C] And she said so.
[G] I wanna [B] panic but [E] I've had it so [C] I [G] go.
You [Bm] don't [C] know anything.
[G] You don't know anything.
But [Em]
[C] don't [B]
[G] think you're alive.
[C] Cause [G] it's all that you've [F#] got.
[E] You'd be better [B] off to stop believing [C] if you don't think they [Cm] will stop.
[G] And when [D] you wake up [Em] everything's gonna [C] be [D] fine.
[G] I guarantee [D] that you'll wake in a better [Em] place in a [C] better time.
[D] [G] So you're [D] tired of living.
[Em] you feel like [A] you [C] might give [D] [G] in well [D] don't [Em] [Am]
[Cm] [G] it's not your [Bm] time
[E]
[C] [G] looking
[Am] [G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[C] [G] through the paper today looking for a specific babe don't wanna find her
full name followed by date cause when I [C] left her alone she made [Dm] it sound [G] like
moan you're known by everyone for everything you've done
[B] buying flowers [C] great [D] I'd rather buy [G] you a [B] wall
[C] now [D] stop do [G] anywhere find [Bm] anyone do [Em] anything [Dm] forget and start [G] again [B] love
[C] she said she [G] won't go stand by [Dm] you've got to stop and [E] draw a line [G] everyone here
has to choose a side tonight [D] the moment of truth is haunting [Em] you don't forget
your [C] family regardless [D] what you choose [G] to do you can't decide and [D] they're all
screaming why [Em] won't you I'll start the [C] engine but I can't [G] take this ride for
you I'll draw your bath and [D] unload your gun [Em] but I hope so bad [C] that you'll [G] bathe in us
[Bm]
[C] [G] [Bm] [C]
[D] [G] [Bm] [C]
[D] [G] [B] I'm getting [C] back to [G] jail planning for [Bm] tomorrow
[C] [G] I [B] came [C] across when I [G] learned that life was not without [C] me
tell [D] me [G] [B] everyone has someone [C] else like I [G] know but he's love save me [C]
save me
[G] I think I'm [Bm] faster [C] waiting on the scenes [G] I'll never get it right it's just [C] me
[Em]
[Bm] [C] [D] [Em]
[Bm] [Em] [D] [Em] [Bm]
[C] [D] [Em] [Bm] [C]
[D] [G]
and when [D] you wake [E] up everything is gonna [C] be [Dm] fine
[G] I guarantee [D] that you'll wake in [E] a better place in a [C] better [G] time
learn [D] how to live it [C] be like you might give [G] it
well no [D]
[Em] [C] [G] it's not your [Bm] head
you wouldn't [C] mind if you never find [D] that you're [G] too over the [Bm] problem
[C] [D] [G] [B] I'm talking to you [C] someone here making [D] me [Gm] change up
[Bm] solve [C] them and [G] solve them and
what a [B] loneliness is killing [C] me
filling [Gm] me with anger and [B] contempt
[C] and I'm in [G] a bad mood
30 [C] years with someone that I [D] never thought I'd have to [G] be okay [B] with
[C] [D] [Em]
[C] [Bm]
[C] [D] [G] [Bm] [C]
[D] [Em] [Bm] [C]
[D] [G]
and [D] when you wake [E] up everything is gonna [C] be [Dm] fine
[G] I guarantee [D] that you'll wake in a better [E] place in a better [C] time
[Dm] [G]
learn how to [D] live [E] it be like [D] you might give it
[G] well no [D]
[Em] [C] [D] it's not [G] your head
[Bm] [Em] [C]
[G] [Bm]
[Em] [C]
[G] when [Em]
[C] [Am] [G]
[F#] [Bm] [Em] [C]
[G] [B] it's time to forget [C] about [D] today and always plan [G] it for [B] tomorrow [C] tomorrow [D] and
[G]
that's [B] when I came across [C] when [D] I learned that [G] life was not without
[B] [C] me
tell [G] me everyone [Bm] has someone [G] else like I know but he's love [B] save me [C]
[G] save me
pick [B] up after waiting [C] I got you [D] I'll never get it [G] right it's just [B] me
[C] [D] just me and a [Gm] friend
and when you [D] wake up [Em] everything is gonna [Am] be [D] fine
[G] I guarantee that you'll wake in a better [Em] place in a better [C] [G] time
so you're [D] tired of living and [Em] you feel like [C] you might [G] give in
well [D] don't [Em]
[C] [G] it's not your time
and even [D] if it was so I wouldn't let you [Em] go
you can run run [C] run run [G] but I won't follow close
some of you say [Bm] that's it that's all
[Em] but I've been waiting there with open [G] arms to prove your fall
I know that you think that you're on your [Em] own
but just know that I'm here [C] and I'll [G] lead you home
if you let [D] me
she said [Em] forget me
[D] [G] but I can
Key:
G
C
D
Em
Bm
G
C
D
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So she wakes [C] up in time to [G] break down.
She left a note up on [C] the dresser and she's right on [G] [Bm] time.
You don't [C] know [D] anything.
[G] Right or wrong?
[Bm] _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] I [Bm] said I know.
[Em] _
[C] And she said so.
_ [G] I wanna [B] panic but [E] I've had it so [C] I [G] go.
You [Bm] don't [C] know anything.
[G] You don't know anything.
But [Em] _ _
[C] don't _ _ _ _ _ _ [B]
[G] think you're alive.
_ [C] _ Cause [G] it's all that you've [F#] got.
[E] _ You'd be better [B] off to stop believing [C] if you don't think they [Cm] will stop.
_ _ _ [G] And when [D] you wake up _ [Em] _ everything's gonna [C] be [D] fine.
_ [G] I guarantee [D] that you'll wake in a better [Em] place in a [C] better time.
_ [D] _ [G] _ So you're [D] tired of living.
[Em] you feel like [A] you [C] might give [D] [G] in well _ [D] don't _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _
[Cm] _ [G] it's not your [Bm] time
_ [E] _
_ [C] _ [G] looking _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ through the paper today looking for a specific babe don't wanna find her
full name followed by date cause when I [C] left her alone she made [Dm] it sound [G] like
moan you're known by everyone for everything you've done
[B] buying flowers [C] great [D] I'd rather buy [G] you a [B] wall
[C] now [D] stop do [G] anywhere find [Bm] anyone do [Em] anything [Dm] forget and start [G] again [B] love
[C] she said she [G] won't go stand _ _ by [Dm] you've got to stop and [E] draw a line [G] everyone here
has to choose a side tonight [D] the moment of truth is haunting [Em] you don't forget
your [C] family regardless [D] what you choose [G] to do you can't decide and [D] they're all
screaming why [Em] won't you I'll start the [C] engine but I can't [G] take this ride for
you I'll draw your bath and [D] unload your gun [Em] but I hope so bad [C] that you'll [G] bathe in us _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ [G] _ [B] I'm getting [C] back to [G] jail planning for [Bm] tomorrow
[C] _ _ [G] I _ [B] came [C] across when I [G] learned that life was not without _ [C] me
tell [D] me [G] _ [B] everyone has someone [C] else like I [G] know but he's love save me [C]
save me
[G] I think I'm [Bm] faster [C] waiting on the scenes [G] I'll never get it right it's just [C] me
_ [Em] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ and when [D] you wake [E] up everything is gonna [C] be [Dm] fine
[G] I guarantee [D] that you'll wake in [E] a better place in a [C] better [G] time
_ learn [D] how to live it [C] be like you might give [G] it
well no _ [D] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ [G] it's not your [Bm] head
you wouldn't [C] mind if you never find [D] that you're [G] too over the [Bm] problem
[C] _ [D] _ _ [G] [B] I'm talking to you [C] someone here making [D] me [Gm] change up
[Bm] solve [C] them and [G] solve them and
what a [B] loneliness is killing [C] me
filling [Gm] me with anger and [B] contempt
[C] and I'm in [G] a bad mood
30 [C] years with someone that I [D] never thought I'd have to [G] be okay [B] with
[C] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
and [D] when you wake [E] up everything is gonna [C] be [Dm] fine
[G] I guarantee [D] that you'll wake in a better [E] place in a better [C] time
[Dm] _ _ [G]
learn how to [D] live [E] it be like [D] you might give it
[G] well no [D] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] it's not [G] your head
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] when _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _
[F#] _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ [B] it's time to forget [C] about [D] today and always plan [G] it for [B] tomorrow _ [C] tomorrow [D] and
[G]
that's [B] when I came across [C] when [D] I learned that [G] life was not without _
[B] [C] me
tell [G] me everyone [Bm] has someone [G] else like I know but he's love [B] save me [C]
[G] save me
pick [B] up after waiting [C] I got you [D] I'll never get it [G] right it's just [B] me
[C] [D] just me and a _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ friend
and when you [D] wake up [Em] everything is gonna [Am] be [D] fine
_ [G] I guarantee that you'll wake in a better [Em] place in a better [C] [G] time _
so you're [D] tired of living and [Em] you feel like [C] you might [G] give in
well _ [D] don't _ [Em] _
_ _ [C] _ [G] it's not your time
and even [D] if it was so I wouldn't let you [Em] go
you can run run [C] run run [G] but I won't follow close
some of you say [Bm] that's it that's all
[Em] but I've been waiting there with open [G] arms to prove your fall
I know that you think that you're on your [Em] own
but just know that I'm here [C] and I'll [G] lead you home
if you let [D] me
she said [Em] forget me
_ [D] [G] but I can _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So she wakes [C] up in time to [G] break down.
She left a note up on [C] the dresser and she's right on [G] [Bm] time.
You don't [C] know [D] anything.
[G] Right or wrong?
[Bm] _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] I [Bm] said I know.
[Em] _
[C] And she said so.
_ [G] I wanna [B] panic but [E] I've had it so [C] I [G] go.
You [Bm] don't [C] know anything.
[G] You don't know anything.
But [Em] _ _
[C] don't _ _ _ _ _ _ [B]
[G] think you're alive.
_ [C] _ Cause [G] it's all that you've [F#] got.
[E] _ You'd be better [B] off to stop believing [C] if you don't think they [Cm] will stop.
_ _ _ [G] And when [D] you wake up _ [Em] _ everything's gonna [C] be [D] fine.
_ [G] I guarantee [D] that you'll wake in a better [Em] place in a [C] better time.
_ [D] _ [G] _ So you're [D] tired of living.
[Em] you feel like [A] you [C] might give [D] [G] in well _ [D] don't _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _
[Cm] _ [G] it's not your [Bm] time
_ [E] _
_ [C] _ [G] looking _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ through the paper today looking for a specific babe don't wanna find her
full name followed by date cause when I [C] left her alone she made [Dm] it sound [G] like
moan you're known by everyone for everything you've done
[B] buying flowers [C] great [D] I'd rather buy [G] you a [B] wall
[C] now [D] stop do [G] anywhere find [Bm] anyone do [Em] anything [Dm] forget and start [G] again [B] love
[C] she said she [G] won't go stand _ _ by [Dm] you've got to stop and [E] draw a line [G] everyone here
has to choose a side tonight [D] the moment of truth is haunting [Em] you don't forget
your [C] family regardless [D] what you choose [G] to do you can't decide and [D] they're all
screaming why [Em] won't you I'll start the [C] engine but I can't [G] take this ride for
you I'll draw your bath and [D] unload your gun [Em] but I hope so bad [C] that you'll [G] bathe in us _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ [G] _ [B] I'm getting [C] back to [G] jail planning for [Bm] tomorrow
[C] _ _ [G] I _ [B] came [C] across when I [G] learned that life was not without _ [C] me
tell [D] me [G] _ [B] everyone has someone [C] else like I [G] know but he's love save me [C]
save me
[G] I think I'm [Bm] faster [C] waiting on the scenes [G] I'll never get it right it's just [C] me
_ [Em] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ and when [D] you wake [E] up everything is gonna [C] be [Dm] fine
[G] I guarantee [D] that you'll wake in [E] a better place in a [C] better [G] time
_ learn [D] how to live it [C] be like you might give [G] it
well no _ [D] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ [G] it's not your [Bm] head
you wouldn't [C] mind if you never find [D] that you're [G] too over the [Bm] problem
[C] _ [D] _ _ [G] [B] I'm talking to you [C] someone here making [D] me [Gm] change up
[Bm] solve [C] them and [G] solve them and
what a [B] loneliness is killing [C] me
filling [Gm] me with anger and [B] contempt
[C] and I'm in [G] a bad mood
30 [C] years with someone that I [D] never thought I'd have to [G] be okay [B] with
[C] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
and [D] when you wake [E] up everything is gonna [C] be [Dm] fine
[G] I guarantee [D] that you'll wake in a better [E] place in a better [C] time
[Dm] _ _ [G]
learn how to [D] live [E] it be like [D] you might give it
[G] well no [D] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] it's not [G] your head
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] when _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _
[F#] _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ [B] it's time to forget [C] about [D] today and always plan [G] it for [B] tomorrow _ [C] tomorrow [D] and
[G]
that's [B] when I came across [C] when [D] I learned that [G] life was not without _
[B] [C] me
tell [G] me everyone [Bm] has someone [G] else like I know but he's love [B] save me [C]
[G] save me
pick [B] up after waiting [C] I got you [D] I'll never get it [G] right it's just [B] me
[C] [D] just me and a _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ friend
and when you [D] wake up [Em] everything is gonna [Am] be [D] fine
_ [G] I guarantee that you'll wake in a better [Em] place in a better [C] [G] time _
so you're [D] tired of living and [Em] you feel like [C] you might [G] give in
well _ [D] don't _ [Em] _
_ _ [C] _ [G] it's not your time
and even [D] if it was so I wouldn't let you [Em] go
you can run run [C] run run [G] but I won't follow close
some of you say [Bm] that's it that's all
[Em] but I've been waiting there with open [G] arms to prove your fall
I know that you think that you're on your [Em] own
but just know that I'm here [C] and I'll [G] lead you home
if you let [D] me
she said [Em] forget me
_ [D] [G] but I can _ _ _ _ _ _
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