Does Lirik Five For Fighting 100 Years Have Official Sheet Music?

I’ve spent lazy Sundays trying to piece together covers from streams, so here’s the plain truth: the song '100 Years' itself absolutely has official sheet music (publishers like Hal Leonard and sellers like Musicnotes and Sheet Music Plus carry it). Those editions are the go-to when you want an accurate, legal transcription of the studio version.

That said, Lirik’s specific version — unless he or someone with rights released it — won’t have an ‘official’ sheet. Fans often transcribe unique renditions and share them on MuseScore or forums, and tabs/chord charts on Ultimate Guitar can get you 80–90% of the way there. If you want the exact nuances, slow down a recording with a tool like Audacity or a YouTube speed control, then tweak the official sheet. It’s a fun ear-training exercise too, if you’re into that.

If you’re hunting for official printed music, there’s good news: the original song '100 Years' by Five for Fighting (from the album 'The Battle for Everything') does have officially published sheet music. Publishers like Hal Leonard and retailers such as Musicnotes and Sheet Music Plus typically carry piano/vocal/guitar editions and sometimes simplified arrangements. I’ve bought Hal Leonard folios before for sentimental sing-alongs and they usually include the melody line, piano accompaniment, lyrics, and chord symbols — great for both singers and pianists.

Now, if your question is specifically about a version played or arranged by Lirik, that’s a different story. Streamers often play their own shortcuts, mashups, or transcriptions that aren’t formally published. For that kind of arrangement you won’t usually find an “official” release unless the streamer or an arranger released it themselves. In practice, people either buy the official Five for Fighting sheet music and tweak it to match the stream, or they use tabs/chord charts from sites like Ultimate Guitar, community transcriptions on MuseScore, or YouTube tutorials and slow the audio down with software to learn the exact voicings. If you want the exact phrasing Lirik used, your best bet is a fan transcription or doing a quick ear-transcription — I actually enjoy that as a little weekend project.

Different angle: I went looking for this once because a friend heard Lirik play a snippet during a chill stream. Confirmed — there are official prints of '100 Years' by Five for Fighting, available from Hal Leonard and retailers like Sheet Music Plus and Musicnotes. Those prints will cover the standard arrangement you'd expect from the studio version, and they’re licensed so you’re not stepping on copyright issues.

For an exact replica of a streamer’s performance, though, it’s hit-or-miss. Streamers often alter tempo, key, or voicings. If you want to replicate Lirik’s take, a practical workflow is to purchase the official sheet as your foundation and then listen to the stream clip to mark divergences: change the key with a transposition tool, adjust left-hand patterns, and simplify ornamentation. Alternatively, search fan forums or MuseScore for a user-made transcription, or reach out to the streamer for a setlist link — sometimes creators post the chord sheets they used.

I love digging into this kind of thing. Yes — '100 Years' by Five for Fighting has official sheet music available through major publishers and online sellers, so you can get a piano/vocal/guitar arrangement legally. But if you mean the exact way Lirik plays it on stream, that’s almost never published as an official sheet: streamers usually improvise or simplify.

If you need the specific voicings, try a community transcription on MuseScore or a chord chart on Ultimate Guitar, or slow down a clip and transcribe by ear. Musicnotes also sells transposable files which helps match keys to a cover.