Streetlight Manifesto – We Are The Few Acoustic chords

Hey, this is me trying to simplify the song and play it on acoustic. I hope it helps!

The X's mean just a scratch stroke. The pattern you follow is marked out by the words 
the X's are over.


F  GDear
        C   G  Am                  FMr. Gepetto: I hope this finds you well
  G           C     GI wrote this letter
           E5              F'cause we miss you here in hell

           C                      GAnd now I know it's hard when you don't know what to think
     Am                      F             GAnd every single smile is a thorn when you're waking up
C                        G                         Am  You might try but you won't get by until you're crucified for all the
F           Gthings you try to do

     C                   GWell I don't care if you sink or swim
    Am                    EmAnd I don't care how you hold it in
    F                 C              F                      GAs long as you don't bother me with all the things I don't bother you with

    C               GAnd 9 times out of 10 you might be right
Am                     Em  But what about that time you know you're wrong?
F                  C Keep singing that same song
    F                             GAnd everybody smiles but they'll never get along

     XX              XX            X X   X   X  X
I'm trying and I'm trying and I'm trying to let go:
But everybody's going down tonight

[Chorus]
C5                   G5 We are the few that won't say nothing right
A5                     F5    G5 We are the footsteps fading into the night
C5                G5                 A5        F5    
      G5 Nobody cares and nobody stares with such conviction and I say:
C5                   G5I never wanted this, no one ever wanted this
A5                          F5               G5But they gave it to me so I might as well be proud of it
   C5                 G5And I don't know where we went wrong
A5                  F5            G5All i know now is i got to do something right

C G Am F G
C G Am

F       GSo come clean
C                          G                           AmNo one should have have to live with the things you've seen
    F             GBut you're living anyway
       C                GWell I stop the car and put her in park
   Am                  EmAnd I step outside (god I hate this part)
       F                     C                         FWhen I see what I saw what I thought was a lie; it was more
                        GThan a chore I'm just doing what I need to get-

C                   GI don't care if you leave or stay
      AmBut we might as well split
             Em                 FBecause it's not the same as it was
                 CWhen we said our last goodbye
     F                           GAnd if you want the truth: I was hoping one of us would
C                        G               Am  Pass away because it'd be much easier then
                   Em                      FWe could all get together and think about when
                       C                        FWe were young we were dumb we were numb but in love
                      GAnd I'm done so I'm sending out this letter today

     XX              XX             XX  X X  X
I'm trying and I'm trying and I'm trying to let go:
But everybody's going down tonight

[Chorus]

C G Am F G x2

C                 G                Am   F GThis has been the best night of my life        ___X2___
    C               GI could've lost my life
         Am              FAnd I would've lost my mind
     G         C        GBut now I'm fine and I find
       Am                F           GThat this has been the best night of my-
C                 G                                       _This has been the best night of my-                        |
    Am                               F         G           |-- X2
I still can't believe they had the heart to apologize     _|
    C              GI could've lost my life
        Am               FAnd I would've lost my mind
     G         C        GBut now I'm fine and I find
       Am               F            GThat this has been the best night of my-

[Bridge]
C          G         Am        F     GAnd as the day fades no one investigates
C          G            Am        F   GNobody answers when she calls his name
C          G      Am            F      GAnother victim, somewhere in a shallow grave
C            G           Am     F[one strum] I want to hold her and tell her: it's not your fault

C5 G5 A5 F5 G5Na na na...

[Bridge]

Na na na...
It's not your fault

[chorus x2]