Hit The Switch

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This is a copy of the previous tab, just transposed to capo on fret 2. This makes easier
the chord previously labeled, "F#/F." With capo 2, one just has to play an Em chord (at
the start of the 'chorus') and drop his or her finger on the D string 1 fret (to fret 1).
So it goes from Em (022000) to Em/D# (021000) - possibly wrong name of chord. But just
drop a 1 finger 1 fret and it will give you the tonal clash.
G
I'm staring out into that vacuum again
G/B
From the back porch of my mind
Am
The only thing that's alive
D
I'm all there is
G
And I start attacking my vodka, stab the ice with my straw
G/B
My eyes have turned red as stoplights, you seem ready to walk
Am
You know I'll call you eventually, when I wanna talk
D
'Til then you're invisible
Em Em/D# Am D
'Cause there's a switch that gets hit and it all stops making sense
Em Em/D# Am D
And in the middle of drinks, maybe the fifth or the sixth
Em Em/D# Am
I'm completely alone at a table of friends
D D
I feel nothing for them. I feel nothing, nothing
[Interlude]
G D Am D
G D Am D
Em Em/D# Am D
G
Well, I need a break from the city again
G/B
I think I'll ship myself back west
Am D
I got a friend there, she says, "hey, any time."
G
Unless that offers expired, I have been less than frequent
G/B
she's under no obligation to indulge every whim
Am
And I'm so ungrateful, I take, she gives and forgives
D
And I keep forgetting it
Em Em/D# Am D
And each morning she wakes with a dream to describe
Em Em/D# Am D
Something lovely that bloomed in her beautiful mind
Em Em/D# Am
I said "I'll trade you one for two nightmares of mine
D D
I have some where I die, I have some where we all die."
[Interlude]
G D Am D
G D Am D
Em Em/D# Am D
Loud Part: Not sure on this part.
Goes from F#m to G#m at the end of the loud part.
G
I'm thinking of quitting drinking again
G/B
I know I said that a couple times
Am D
And I'm always changing my mind, well, I guess I am
G
But there's this burn in my stomach and there's this pain in my side
G/B
And when I kneel at the toilet
Am
And the morning's clean light pours in through the window
Sometimes I pray I don't die
D
I'm a goddamn hypocrite
Em Em/D# Am D
But the night rolls around and it all starts making sense
Em Em/D# Am D
There is no right way or wrong way, you just have to live
Em Em/D# Am
And so I do what I do and at least I exist
D
What could mean more than this?
D
What would mean more?
Mean more?
[Interlude]
G D Am D
G D Am D
Em Em/D# Am
Ending fingerpicking, play around on this chord:
x20200
That's sort of it.

Hit The Switch chords and lyrics

Free chords for Hit The Switch by Bright Eyes. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

This is a copy of the previous tab, just transposed to capo on fret 2. This makes easier 
the chord previously labeled, "F#/F." With capo 2, one just has to play an Em chord (at 
the start of the 'chorus') and drop his or her finger on the D string 1 fret (to fret 1).
So it goes from Em (022000) to Em/D# (021000) - possibly wrong name of chord. But just 
drop a 1 finger 1 fret and it will give you the tonal clash.
[Interlude]
G  D  Am  D
G  D  Am  D
Em  Em/D#  Am  D
[Interlude]
G  D  Am  D
G  D  Am  D
Em  Em/D#  Am  D
Loud Part: Not sure on this part.
Goes from F#m to G#m at the end of the loud part.
Sometimes I pray I don't die
Mean more?
[Interlude]
G  D  Am  D
G  D  Am  D
Em  Em/D#  Am
Ending fingerpicking, play around on this chord:
x20200
That's sort of it.

Hit The Switch Chords by Bright Eyes

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