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
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A Better Place, a Better Time chords
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[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
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
Em
121
Bm
13421112
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
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To learn Streetlight Manifesto - A Better Place, A Better Time chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - D, G, B, C, G, Bm and C. For best results, commence at 70 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 140. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of G Major.

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_ [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 _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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