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Here are the chords for Switchfoot's album The Best Yet.
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
C#m7/ G# E5 E E5 Asus2X2
C#m7/ G# E5 E E5 Asus2
Welcome to the planet
C#m7/ G# E5 E E5 Asus2
Welcome to existence
Everyone's F#mhere everyone's Asus2here
C#m7/ G# E5 E E5 Asus2
Everybody's watch------ing you now
C#m7/ G# E5 E E5 Asus2
Everybody waits for you now
What happens Gnext what happens B5next
I dare you to E5move I dare you to B5move
I dare you to Asus2lift yourself up off the floor
I dare B5you to E5move I dare you to B5move
Asus2 B5N.C
Like today never happened today never happened (before)
~INTERLUDE~ Play the intro riff.
Welcome to the falloutB5 C#5 B5 C#5 C#5 Asus2
Welcome to resistanceB5 C#5 B5 C#5 C#5 Asus2
The tension is F#5here E5 F#5the E5teF#5nsion iF#5s heG#5reA5 B5
Between who you B5are C#5and who you B5could C#5beC#5 Asus2
Between how it is F#5and E5how F#5it should E5be F#5YeahG#5 A5 B5
Maybe redeE5mption has stories to A5tell
Maybe forgE5iveness is right where you A5fell
Where can you C#5run to escape from yourA5self
Where you gonna F#mgo where you gonna B5go
I decided to tab this interlude out, because it's not really chords.
e|-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-7-7-7/9-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/10101010101010101010101010101012|
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D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
NOTE:These are 10's 12's and 14's.
NOTE:These are whole bends.
e|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
B|1212121212121212121212121212121414b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
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I dare you to E5move I dare you to B5move
I dare you to Asus2lift yourself to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to B5movE5e I dare you to B5move
Like today never Asus2happened today never C#m7happened
Today never Asus2happened today it never B5happened beEfore
*chords used
C#m7/ G# E5 E Asus2 F#m G B5 C#5 F#5 G#5 A5 C#m7
e|-----7-----x-----0-----0-----2-----3-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----4-|
B|-----5-----x-----0-----0-----2-----0-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----5-|
G|-----4-----x-----1-----2-----2-----0-----4-----6-----x-----x-----x-----4-|
D|-----6-----2-----2-----2-----4-----0-----4-----6-----4-----6-----7-----6-|
A|-----4-----2-----2-----0-----4-----2-----2-----4-----4-----6-----7-----4-|
E|-----x-----0-----0-----x-----2-----3-----x-----x-----2-----4-----5-----x-|
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Tuning:Drop DTuning(D-A-D-G-B-e)
*Chords listed at end
B5 A5 E5 G5 A5
B5 A5 E5 E5 D5 E5 A5
B5 A5 E5 F#5 G5
G5(let ring)
Fumbling his confidence and wondering why the world has passed him
F#5ByD5 E5 D5 F#5 D5 F#5 G5 F#5 F#5 D5 E5 D5 F#5 D5 F#5 G5 A5
G5(let ring)
Hoping that he's bent for more than arguments and failed attempts to
F#5Fly D5 E5 D5 F#5 D5 F#5 G5 F#5 F#5flyD5 E5 D5 F#5 D5 F#5 G5 A5
G5We were meant to A5live for so much B5more have D5we E5lost ourselves
G5Somewhere we live D5insE5ide G5somewhere we live D5insE5ideD5
G5We were meant to A5live for so much B5more have D5we E5lost ourselves
G5Somewhere we live D5insE5ideD5
F#5 D5 E5 D5 F#5 D5 F#5 G5 F#5 F#5 D5 E5 D5 F#5 G5 A5
G5(let ring)
Dreaming about providence and whether mice or men have second
F#5TrieD5sE5 D5 F#5 D5 F#5 G5 F#5 F#5 D5 E5 D5 F#5 D5 F#5 G5 A5
G5(let ring)
Maybe we've been living with our eyes half open maybe where bent and
Broken F#5 D5 E5 D5 F#5 D5 F#5broG5ken F#5 F#5 D5 E5 D5 F#5 D5 F#5ohG5 A5
B5 A5 E5 E5 D5 E5 A5 B5 A5 E5 G5
We want D5more than this worlds got to G5offer
We want D5more than this worlds got to G5offer
We want D5more than the wars of our G5fathers
And everything inC5side screams for second G5life yeah
D5We were meant to live for so much Dsus2more have we lost ourselves
D5We were meant to live for so much Dsus2more have we lost ourselves
D5We were meant to live for so much Dsus2more have we lost ourselves
D5We were meant to live Dsus2we were meant to live
B5*ChorA5ds useE5d
e|-----B5x-----A5x-----E5x-----G5x-----D5x----F#5-x-----C5x---Dsus2--0-----|
B|-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----3-----|
G|-----4-----2-----x-----x-----x-----x-----5-----2-----|
D|-----4-----2-----2-----5-----0-----4-----5-----0-----|
A|-----2-----0-----2-----5-----0-----4-----3-----0-----|
D|-----x-----x-----2-----5-----0-----4-----x-----x-----|
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Tuning:Intro is in drop D tuning, but the rest of the song is standard.
*Chords listed at end
If you don't want to detune, you can just play the D chord through the
|RIFF 1
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B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------6-7-----11------9-----131614----6-7-----11------9---9-9-9-|
D|------x-x-----x-------x-----x-x-x-----x-x-----x-------x---x-x-x-|X4
A|0-0-0-4-5-0-0-9-0-0-0-7-0-0-1114120-0-4-5-0-0-9-0-0-0-7-0-7-7-7-|
D|0-0-0-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-------0-0-----0-0---0-0-0---0-------|
|RIFF 2
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|X2
A|0-2-0-4-5-0---9-0-4-5-7-0-2-4-5-|0-2-0-4-5-0---9-0-4-5-7---7-7-7|
D|0-2-0-----0-7---0-4-5---0-2-----|0-2-0-----0-7---0-4-5----------|
DMaybe I've been the problem maybe GI'm the one to Dblame
But even when I Cturn it off and Gblame myself the A7susoutcome feels the A7same
I've been thinking maybe DI've been partly cloudy maybe GI'm the chance of Drain
and maybe I'm Covercast and Gmaybe all my A7suslucks washed down the A7drain
I've been thinking 'bout Geveryone Asus2everyone you look Bsus2so lonelyCsus2
But when I look at the Dstars when I look at the Gstars
When I look at the CstarGs I see someone elseD
When I look at the Gstars the EmstarA7suss
~INTERLUDE~ Play second half of Riff 2.
~VERSE~ (Chords are the same as first verse)
G F#m A (Play second half of riff 2)
GStarsF#m A
GEveryone Asus2everyone we feel F#mso lonelyG
GEveryone yeah Asus2everyone we feel so Bsus2empty Csus2
N. C
When I look at the stars when I look at the stars
When I look at the stars I feel like myself (play second half of riff 2)
When I look at the Gstars the EmstarA7suss
N.C
I see someone
play riff 2 twice.
*Chords used
e|-----D2-----G3-----C0---A7sus--3-----A70---Asus2--0---Bsus2--2---Csus2--3-----Em0----F#m-2-----A0-----|
B|-----3-----0-----1-----3-----2-----0-----2-----3-----0-----2-----2-----|
G|-----2-----0-----0-----2-----0-----2-----4-----5-----0-----2-----2-----|
D|-----0-----0-----2-----2-----2-----2-----4-----5-----2-----4-----2-----|
A|-----x-----2-----3-----0-----0-----0-----2-----3-----2-----4-----0-----|
E|-----x-----3-----0-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----0-----2-----x-----|
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
A D A D G D A D
AThere's a fracture Din the color barA
In the backseat Dof a parked carG
By the liquor store where the street lightA
Keep you company D'til the next nightA
In the same town Dthere's the same scarA
In the same glow Dof the liquor storeG
By the freeway where the headlightA
Keep her company D'til the next night
AOh! gravitDy why can't Awe seem to Dkeep it AtogDethAer
(A) D A D A D A
Sons of my enemies why can't we seem to keep it together
~INTERLUDE~ A D A X X X
X X X
NOTE:On these tone clusters, I like playing this.
e|----5----3----4----x----1----|
B|----7----5----6----4----3----|
G|----7----5----6----4----3----|
D|----7----5----6----4----3----|
A|----5----3----4----0----1----|
E|----x----x----x----0----x----|
DIn Athe back rooAm Dof the pentagonD A
There's a thin maAn Dwith a line drawnD G
With a red jaGw Dand a red biteD A
Watch the headlinAe Don the next night
F#m7Why this tragedDy why can't Awe seem to Dkeep it AtoDgetAher
(A) D F#m7 D A D A
Oh gravity why can't we seem to pull it together
AIn the fallout Dthe fallout Awe found out the Dhype wont get you tAhrough
We're connected Dconnected AI meant it the Dhype wont get you Athrough throuDghA D
A7Oh gravitDy why can't Awe seem to Dkeep it together
A7Oh gravitDy why can't Awe seem to Dpull it together
F#m7Why this trageDdy why can't Awe seem to Dkeep it AtogDethAer
AOh gravitDy why can't F#m7we seem to Dpull it AtogDethAer
(A) D A D A D A
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
(A) D A DN.C
La la la la la la la la la la lets pull it together
*Chords used
e|-----A0-----D2-----G3----F#m7-2-----A70-----|
B|-----2-----3-----0-----2-----2-----|
G|-----2-----2-----0-----2-----0-----|
D|-----2-----0-----0-----2-----2-----|
A|-----0-----x-----2-----4-----0-----|
E|-----x-----x-----3-----2-----x-----|
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
NOTE:C = C type 1, and C2 = C type two. These different types are both
C2 C Cadd11 C X6 NOTE:Keeps repeating throughout entire verse.
CI've got my memories Am7always inside of me
But I cFan't go back Gback to how it Am7wasG
(G) C Am7
I believe you now I've come to far
No I Fcan't go back Gback to how it Am7was
CreDmated for a Amplace I've never knoGwn
(G) C G Am7 F
This is home now I'm finally where I belong where I belong
Yeah this is Chome I've been Gsearching for a place of my Dm7own
Am7Now I've Gfound it maybe this is FhomAm7e yeah Gthis is FhomeC G
(G) C Am7
Belief over misery I've seen the enemy
And I Fwont go back Gback to how it Am7was
GAnd I Cgot my heart set on what happens next
I Ggot my eyes wide it's not over yet
We are Fmiracles Gand we're not aAm7lone Gyeah
And Cnow after all my Gm7searching after all my Fquestions
I'm gonna call it Chome
I've got a brand new Gm7mind set I can finally see the Fsunset
FmI'm gonna Fm7call it ChomeAm G C
FHome
This is Chome now I'm Gfinally where I beAmlong where I beFlong
Yeah this is Chome I've been Gsearching for a place of my Dm7own
AmNow I've Gfound it maybe this is Fhome C Am7
GThis is Fhome C G
Now I Dmknow Am CyeaGh this is Fhome C G
I've Ccome to far and I Am7wont go back Fyeah this is Chome
*Chords used
C C2Cadd11 Am7 F G Dm Am Dm7 Gm7 Fm Fm7
e|-----0-----3-----1-----0-----1-----3-----1-----0-----1-----3-----1-----1-|
B|-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----0-----3-----1-----1-----3-----1-----1-|
G|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----0-----2-----2-----2-----3-----1-----1-|
D|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----3-----0-----0-----2-----0-----3-----3-----1-|
A|-----3-----3-----3-----0-----3-----2-----x-----0-----0-----5-----3-----3-|
E|-----x-----x-----x-----x-----1-----3-----x-----x-----x-----3-----1-----1-|
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
G Gmaj7 Cmaj7 G Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Dsus
G Gmaj7 Cmaj7 D Dsus D
AmHello good morning how you Gdo
Cmaj7What makes your rising sun so newG Bm G Bm G
AmI could use a fresh beginning too G
Cmaj7All of my regrets are nothing newG Bm G
So Bmthis is Gthe Csus2way that I say I Gmaj7need you
This is the Dsusway this is the way
(Dsus) Csus2 Em
That I'm learning to breathe I'm learning to crawl
I'm Dfinding Gthat Csus2you and you alone can break my Emfall
I'm Dliving GagCsus2ain awake and alEmive
I'm Ddying Gto Dsusbreathe in these abundant Csus2skies
EmHello good morning how you been
Cmaj7Yesterday left my head kicked inG Bm G
(G) Bm G Am
I never never thought that I would fall like that
Cmaj7Never knew that I could hurt this badG Bm G
These abundant EmskiesCsus2
Yeah G Bm Gabundant Emskies Csus2YeahG Bm G
(G) Csus2 Gmaj7
This is the way that I say I need you
This is the Csus2way that I say I Gmaj7love you
This is the Csus2way that I say I'm Gmaj7yours
This is the Dsusway this is the way
That I'm learning to Csus2breathe I'm learning to Emcrawl
I'm Dfinding Gthat Csus2you and you alone can break my Emfall
I'm Dliving GagCsus2ain awake and aEmlive
I'm Ddying Gto Dsusbreathe in these abundant Csus2skies
Yes I'm dying to Dsusbreathe in these abundant Csus2skies
These abundant Emskies Csus2yeah yeah yeah
Yeah Em Dyeah G Csus2 Emyeah Dyeah Gyeah Csus2yeah Emyeah
DLearning Gto Dsusbreathe I'm dying to Csus2breathe
Em D G Csus2 Em D G Csus2
Em*ChorDds uGsedDsus Csus2 G
e|-----G3---Gmaj7--2---Cmaj7--0----Dsus-3-----D2-----Am0-----Bm2---Csus2--3-----Em0-----|
B|-----0-----0-----0-----3-----3-----1-----3-----3-----0-----|
G|-----0-----0-----0-----2-----2-----2-----4-----5-----0-----|
D|-----0-----0-----2-----0-----0-----2-----4-----5-----2-----|
A|-----2-----x-----3-----x-----x-----0-----2-----3-----2-----|
E|-----3-----3-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----0-----|
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
E A5X4
EFace down with the BL.A curbside C#mendings
With the Aones and zeros
EDowntown was the Bperfect place to C#mhideA
EThe first star that I Bsaw last night was a C#mheadlight
Of a Aman made sky but
Man Emade never made Bour dreams collide C#mcollideA
EHere we are now with the Bfalling sky and the C#mrain
We're aAwakening
EHere we are now with our Bdesp'rate youth and the C#mpain
We're aAwakening
EMaybe it's called amBbition you've been C#mtalking in your Asleep
About a C#mdream (we're awakening) NOTE:Only sing the lines in the parentheses
~INTERLUDE~ E A5
~VERSE~ (Chords are the same as first verse)
We're aEwakeningDsus2 A
C#mI want to wake up kicking and screaming
AI want to wake up kicking and screaming
EI want to now that my Bheart's still beating
Asus2It's beating I'm bleeding
C#mI want to wake up kicking and screaming
AI want to live like I know what I'm leaving
EI want to know that my Bhearts still beating
Asus2It's beating it's beating it's beating
We're aAwakening C#mdream
We're aAwakening yeah!A5 E A5 E A5 E
*Chords used
e|-----E0-----A5x-----B2----C#m-3-----A0---Dsus2--0---Asus2--0-----|
B|-----0-----x-----4-----4-----3-----3-----0-----|
G|-----1-----2-----4-----5-----3-----2-----2-----|
D|-----2-----2-----4-----5-----3-----0-----2-----|
A|-----2-----0-----2-----3-----0-----x-----0-----|
E|-----0-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----|
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
C#m AX4
C#mYesterday is a wrinkle on your foreheadA
C#mYesterday is a promise that you've brokenA
BDon't close your Aeyes Bdon't close your Aeyes
This is your C#mlife
And today is all you've got now AandC#m
And today is all you ever Ahad
BDon't close your Aeyes Bdon't close your Aeyes
This is your Elife are you Bwho you want to beAsus2
This is your Elife are you Bwho you want to beAsus2
This is your Elife is it Beverything you Asus2dreamed
That it would be when the world was Eyounger
And you had Beverything to C#mloseA
C#mYesterday is a kid in the cornerA
C#mYesterday is dead and overA
~INTERLUDE~ C#m A
BDon't close your Aeyes Bdon't close your Aeyes
BDon't close your Aeyes Bdon't close your Aeyes
This is your Elife are you who you want to beAsus2
This is your Elife are you who you want to beAsus2
Yeah yeah Eyeah are you Bwho you want to beAsus2
This is your Elife Bwho you want to beAsus2
This is your Elife is it Beverything you Asus2dreamed
That it would be when the world was Eyounger
And you had Beverything to Asus2lose
You had everything to C#mloseA
C#m A C#m AX 2 C#m
*Chords used
e|----C#m-4-----A0-----B2-----E0---Asus2--0-----|
B|-----5-----3-----4-----0-----0-----|
G|-----6-----3-----4-----1-----2-----|
D|-----6-----3-----4-----2-----2-----|
A|-----4-----0-----2-----2-----0-----|
E|-----x-----x-----x-----0-----x-----|
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
Cmaj7 G Am F
Cmaj7They tell you where you need to Ggo
They tell you when you need Amto leave
Cmaj7They tell you what you need to Gknow
Tell you who you need Amto be
But Cmaj7everything inside you knows
There's Gmore than what you've heard
There's so Ammuch more than empty conversations
FFilled with empty words
And you're on Cfire when he's Gnear you
You're on Amfire when he Fspeaks
You're on Cfire burning at Gthese mysteCries
Cmaj7Give me one more time aGround
Give me one more chance Amto seeF
Cmaj7Give me everything you Gare
Give me one more chance Amto be near you Fand
When Cmaj7everything inside me
Looks like Geverything I hate
You are the hope AmI have for change
You are the Fonly chance I'll take
When I'm on Cfire when you're near Gme
I'm on Amfire when you Fspeak
I'm on Cfire burning at Gthese mysterAmiesF
MysteAmries FMysteAmries F
C Dm Am F Cmaj7 G Am F
I'm Cmaj7standing on the edge of me
I'm Gstanding on the edge of me
I'm Amstanding on the edge of me
I'm Fstanding on the edge of me
I'm Cmaj7standing on the edge of everyGthing
And I've been Amstanding on the edge of me
FStanding on the edge
And I'm on Cfire when you're Gnear me
I'm on Amfire when you Fspeak
Yeah I'm on Cfire burning out Gthese mysteAmries
These Fmysteries These Cmysteries
GYeah your Ammysteries Fyeah your mysteCmaj7ry
(Cmaj7) G Am F Cmaj7 G Am Fsus2
*Chords used
e|---Cmaj7--0-----G3-----Am0-----F2-----C0-----Dm1---Fsus2--1-----|
B|-----0-----0-----1-----2-----1-----3-----1-----|
G|-----0-----0-----2-----3-----0-----2-----0-----|
D|-----2-----0-----2-----4-----2-----0-----3-----|
A|-----3-----2-----0-----4-----3-----x-----x-----|
E|-----x-----3-----x-----2-----x-----x-----x-----|
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
Em G Bm Em C G C BX2
EmThere's a Gsong that's inBmside Emof my CsoulG C B
EmIt's the Gone that I've BmtrieEmd to write Cover and Gover aCgainB
EmI'm aGwake in the Bmin-Em--finite CcoldG C B
EmBut you Gsing to me Bmo--Em-ver and Cover and Gover aCgainB
(B) E B A
So I lay my head back down
And I Elift my Bhands and Apray to be C#monly yours
I Apray to be C#monly yours
I Cknow now you're my only Emhope
~INTERLUDE~ (Em) G Bm Em C G C B
~VERSE~ (Chords are the same as verse 1)
~INTERLUDE~ G Bm Em C G C B Em G Bm Em C G C B G
(G) Em
I give you my apathy
GI'm giving you Emall of me
GI want your Emsymphony F#Singing in all that I Bam
At the Atop of my lungsB
(B) A B
I'm giving it back
And I Elay my Bhead back Adown
And I Elift my Bhands and Apray to be C#monly yours
I Apray to be C#monly yours I Apray to be C#monly yours
I Cknow now you're my only Emhope
(Em) G Bm Em C G C B Em G Bm Em C G C B Em
*Chords used
e|-----Em0-----G3-----Bm2-----C0-----B2-----E0-----A0----C#m-4-----F#2-----|
B|-----0-----0-----3-----1-----3-----0-----2-----5-----2-----|
G|-----0-----0-----4-----0-----3-----1-----2-----6-----3-----|
D|-----2-----0-----4-----2-----3-----2-----2-----6-----4-----|
A|-----2-----2-----2-----3-----2-----2-----0-----4-----4-----|
E|-----0-----3-----x-----x-----x-----0-----x-----x-----2-----|
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Tuning:Drop Dtuning(D-A-D-G-B-E)
*Chords listed at end
I tabbed this out because there are no chords.
NOTE:If you don't want to play any riffs, you can play D5/A for the entire
intro.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------3---3--------------------3---3-----------------|
G|----------------2---2--------------------2---2-----------------|
D|0-3---0---0-----0---0-0----3---0---0-----0---0-0---3---0---0---|
A|--------3-------0---0------------3-------0---0-----------3-----|
D|------------0---0---0----------------0---0---0---------------0-|
D5/ A Em/D Dm7 Dsus D
Please don't be so naive
(D) D5/ A D D5/ A
You know you're not foo-ling anyone
(D5/ A Em/D Dm7 Dsus D5/A
You're not as tough as you think
D5/A
(D5/A) Em/D Dm7 Dsus D
Can't get nothing for free
(D) D5/ A D D5/ A
It becomes so predictable
(D5/A) Em/D Dm7 Dsus D5/A
You start fighting to breathe
D5/A
F5 B5 F5 B5 C5 C#5 D5/A
Here's the face of everything that brakes you down
F5 B5 F5 B5 C C#5 D5/A
But now you face the face of everything that brakes you down
~VERSE~ (Chords are the same as verse 1)
~BRIDGE~ NOTE:You keep repeating the intro riff all the way through
The bridge, until the chords come in, or you can just play D5/A throughout.
F5 B5 F5 B5 C5 C#5 D5/A
Here's the face of everything that brakes you down
F5 B5 F5 B5 C5 C#5 D5/A
Now you face the face of everything that brakes you down
F5 B5 F5 B5 C5 C#5 D5/A
Now you face the face of everything that brakes you down
Play the intro riff once, and then end on D5/A.
*Chords used
D5/ A Em/D Dm7 Dsus D Dsus2 F5 B5 C5 C#5
e|-----x-----0-----1-----3-----2-----0-----x-----x-----x-----x-----|
B|-----3-----0-----1-----3-----3-----3-----x-----x-----x-----x-----|
G|-----2-----0-----2-----2-----2-----2-----10----4-----5-----6-----|
D|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----10----4-----5-----6-----|
A|-----0-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----8-----2-----3-----4-----|
D|-----0-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----|
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
G D G D G D G D Em7 D G D
G D G D Dm A7 Bb Dm A7 Bb Dm
(Dm) F Bb
A day in L.A and millions of faces
Are Clooking for a movementDm
(Dm) F Bb
'Cause everything's stuck and everything's frozen
And Ceveryone's brokenDm
(Dm) F Bb
And nobody moves and everyone's scared
That the Cmotion will never Gcome
(G) Bb G
This is the incompletion
Stuck in a BblineDm
(Dm) Bb G C A Dm
Love is the movement love is a revolution
(Dm) Bb G C A
This is redemption we don't have to slow back down
~INTERLUDE~ Dm Bb Dm Bb Dm
~VERSE~ (Chords are same as verse 1)
~PRE-CHORUS~ (Chords same as pre-chorus 1)
BbWe're starting Fnow Bbwe're starting Fnow
BbYeah we're starting nFow Bbwe don't Fhave to slow back GdownD
GYeDah G DYeah
G D Em7 D G D G D G D
Dm A7 Bb Dm A7 Bb Dm
GThis is a Bbrevolution Gthis is a revolutDmion
Love is the Bbmovement GLove is a CrevoAlutionDm
This is reBbdemption Gwe don't Chave to Aslow back down
Love is the Bbmovement Glove is a CrevoAlutionDm
We have reBbdemption Gwe don't Chave to Aslow back Dmdown
Love is the Bbmovement
*Chords used
e|-----G3-----D2----Em7-0-----Dm1-----A70-----F1-----C0-----A0-----Bb1-----|
B|-----0-----3-----3-----3-----2-----1-----1-----2-----3-----|
G|-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----3-----|
D|-----0-----0-----2-----0-----2-----3-----2-----2-----3-----|
A|-----2-----x-----2-----x-----0-----3-----3-----0-----1-----|
E|-----3-----x-----0-----x-----x-----1-----x-----x-----x-----|
END
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13.COMPANY CAR SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
~INTRO~
E Asus2 C#m B
E A C#m B
~VERSE~
EMike was Aright when C#mhe said I'd Bput up a Afight
To be Esomeone a Afight to be Bme but see
ENow I'm Adown C#munder the paveBment
Of Acapitol Ehills and Alowercase Bpeople
~PRE-CHORUS~
As C#mtime rolls Aby my F#7dreams have beBcome
That G#which is atC#mtainable Bnot what I'm looking for
~CHORUS~
EI've got the Bcompany CcarG5 G#5
AI'm the one Eswinging at G#two below Apar
Yeah CI've become Eone with the Bones that I've C#mnever belAieved in
But EI've got the F#7company Acar
~VERSE~ (Chords are same as verse 1)
Hey I'm the king of things I've always despised
I'm the gingerbread man who got eaten alive
I'm half baked I'm fake but see I've got hotels
On park place and boardwalk and two hundred bucks I pass
~PRE-CHORUS~ (Chords are same as pre-chorus 1)
Go but oh life's taken its toll
Have I won monopoly to forfeit my soul
But see
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~BRIDGE~
B BN. C BN.C
Yeah all the kings horses at the foot of the wall
BN. C BN.C
They're taking pictures of the man who lost all
Of his Amasks of pretension he's got Etwo faces left
A F#7 Asus2(let ring throughout)
His is the one that he hides on the left behind that smile
Hiding tears and fears that burn like an engine
It drives him away from the ones that he loves
~VERSE~
Mike was Eright hey Amike we're C#mone and the Bsame
We're the Afaceless comEbatants in the Aloneliest Bgame
~PRE-CHORUS~
Ah but C#msay I'll Awave as F#7I'm driving Bby
With that G#smirk in my C#meye yelling
BHey I'm something man check me out
~OUTRO-CHORUS~
EI've got the Bcompany CcarG5 G#5
AI'm the one Eswinging at G#two below Apar
Yeah CI've become Eone with the Bones that I've C#mnever beAlieved in
But EI've got the F#7company Acar yeah Bcheck me out
EI've got the F#7company Acar yeah Bcheck me out
EI've got the F#7company Acar ByeaEh
*Chords used
e|-----E0---Asus2--0----C#m-4-----B2-----A0-----F#72-----G#4-----C0-----G5x----G#5-x-----|
B|-----0-----0-----5-----4-----2-----2-----4-----1-----x-----x-----|
G|-----1-----2-----6-----4-----2-----3-----5-----0-----5-----6-----|
D|-----2-----2-----6-----4-----2-----2-----6-----2-----5-----6-----|
A|-----2-----0-----4-----2-----0-----4-----6-----3-----3-----4-----|
E|-----0-----x-----x-----x-----x-----2-----4-----x-----x-----x-----|
END
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14.LONELY NATION SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
~INTRO~
Em7
~VERSE~
(Em7)
She turns like the ocean she tells no emotion
She's been gunning down the Cfight
Em7She's just reminiscing blood sweat and one thing's missing
She's been breaking up inCside inGsideCsus2 G D
~CHORUS~
(D) G C|
Singing without tongues screaming without lungs - - - - - |1
(C) G|
I want more than my lonely nation - - - - - - - - - - - - |2
C G D G|
I want more than my lonely nation - - - - - - - - - - - - |3
D G C|
Desp'rate we are young sep'rate we are one - - - - - - - -|4
G|
I want more than my desperation - - - - - - - - - - - - - |5
C G D|
I want more than my lonely nation - - - - - - - - - - - - |6
~INTERLUDE~
Em7Oh Oh
~VERSE~
Em7We are the target market we set the corp'rate target
We are slaves of what we Cwant
GWe're just Em7numb and mused and we're just used to bad news
And we are slaves of what we Csus2want
~REPEAT CHORUS~ NOTE:Sing lines in this order(1-5-6-4-2-3) they are numbered.
~BRIDGE~
N. C Em7
Oh lonely lonely
Don't leave me hollow I'm tired don't leave me hollow
I'm Gtired of feeling low of feeling hollow
I'm Em7tired of feeling low of feeling hollow
I'm tired of feeling low of feeling hollow
I'm Gtired of feeling low of feeling hollow
Of feeling Em7hollow of feeling GholCsus2low
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~OUTRO~
N. C G
Oh oh
*Chords used
e|----Em7-0-----C0-----G3-----D2---Csus2--3-----|
B|-----3-----1-----0-----3-----3-----|
G|-----0-----0-----0-----2-----5-----|
D|-----2-----2-----0-----0-----5-----|
A|-----2-----3-----2-----x-----3-----|
E|-----0-----x-----3-----x-----x-----|
END
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15.THE SHADOW PROVES THE SUNSHINE SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
~VERSE~
E5Sunshine B5won't you be my C#mmother B5 Asus2sunshine B5come and help me singC#m B5 E5
(E5) B5 C#m B5 Asus2 B5 C#m B5
My heart is darker than these oceans my heart is frozen underneath
We are
~CHORUS~ NOTE:Sing SOULS, the first and third time, and SOUL the second.
|
E| B C#m B
Crooked soul(s) tryin' to stay up straight dry eyes in the pouring rain where
Asus2The shadow Bproves the sunshine Asus2the shadow Bproves the sunshineE
(E) B C#m B Asus2
Two scared little run a ways hold fast till the brake of daylight where
(Asus2) B Asus2 B
The shadow proves the sunshine the shadow proves the sunshine
~VERSE~ (Chords are the same as verse 1)
Oh lord why did you forsake me oh lord don't be far away away
Storm clouds gathering beside me please lord don't look the other way
I'm a
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~BRIDGE~
EYeah Asus2yeaC#mh Asus2shine on Eme yeaAsus2h yeaC#mh Asus2shine on Eme
(E) F#m C#m Asus2 E Asus2 C#m Asus2 E
Yeah yeah shine on me Shine on me oh
B C#m B Asus2 B Asus2 BYeah
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~OUTRO~
EYeaAsus2h yeaC#mh Asus2shine on Eme yeaAsus2h yeaC#mh Asus2shine on Eme
YeaF#mh yeC#mah Asus2shine on Eme F#mshine on C#mme
(C#m) Asus2 E
Let my shadow prove the sunshine
*Chords used
e|-----E5x-----B5x----C#m-4---Asus2--0-----E0-----B2-----F#m2-----|
B|-----x-----x-----5-----0-----0-----4-----2-----|
G|-----x-----4-----6-----2-----1-----4-----2-----|
D|-----2-----4-----6-----2-----2-----4-----4-----|
A|-----2-----2-----4-----0-----2-----2-----4-----|
E|-----0-----x-----x-----x-----0-----x-----2-----|
END
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16.CONCRETE GIRL SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
~VERSE~
Cmaj7Amadd2 Am FAmadd2
Bleeding thoughts cracking boulder don't fall over
Fake your Elaughter burn the Gtear sing it louder
FmTwist Gand Cmaj7shout
Amadd2 Am FAmadd2
Way up here we stand on shoulders growing colder
Laugh or Ecry I won't Gmind sing it louder
FmTwist Gand EshoutB
~PRE-CHORUS~
(B) A C E B
Immovable shadows concrete girl
They'll rock your Aworld to Cnothing
~CHORUS~
And they're C#mswimming aG#round aAgain aCgain
And they're C#mswimming aG#round the CconGcrete
~VERSE~
Cmaj7Girl
Amadd2 Am FAmadd2
Catch your breathe like four leaf clover hand it over
Scream to Eno one take your Gtime sing it louder
FmTwist Gand EshoutB
~PRE-CHORUS~ (Chords are same as pre-chorus 1)
Nothing to run from is worse than something
And all your fears of nothing
~CHORUS~
And they're C#mswimming aG#round aAgain aCgain
And they're C#mswimming aG#round aAgain aCgain
And they're C#mswimming aG#round the CconGcrete
CGirl concrete Fgirl don't fall Amdown
In this Fbroken Gworld aCround you
Concrete Fgirl Gdon't fall Amdown
F G Cmaj7N.C
Don't fall down my concrete girl
~BRIDGE~
Cmaj7Amadd2 Am FAmadd2
Ah ah concrete girl
Don't stop Ethinking don't stop Gfeeling nowFm G
~PRE-CHORUS~
E BOne step aAway Cfrom where we EwereB
And one step Aback to Cnothing
~CHORUS~
And we're C#mstanding on G#top of our Ahopes and Cfears
And we're C#mfighting for G#words now Aconcrete Cgirl
And we're C#mswimming aG#round aAgain aCgain
And we're C#mswimming aG#round now CconGcrete
CGirl Amconcrete Fgirl Gdon't fall Amdown in this Fbroken Gworld aCround you
AmConcrete Fgirl Gdon't fall Amdown don't fall Fdown my Gconcrete
CGirl Amconcrete Fgirl Gdon't fall Amdown in this Fconcrete Gworld aCround you
AmConcrete Fgirl don't Gfall Amdown don't break Fdown my Gconcrete Cmaj7girl
~INTERLUDE~
Am G F Cmaj7 Am G F
~OUTRO-CHORUS~ NOTE:It starts fading out here.
CGirl Amconcrete Fgirl Gdon't fall Amdown in this Fbroken Gworld aCround you
AmConcrete Fgirl Gdon't fall Amdown don't fall Fdown my Gconcrete
CGirl Amconcrete Fgirl Gdon't fall Amdown in this Fconcrete Gworld aCround you
AmConcrete Fgirl don't Gfall Amdown don't break Fdown my Gconcrete Cmaj7girl
~OUTRO~
Am G F Cmaj7 Am G F
*Chords used
Cmaj7Amadd2 Am F G E B A C C#m G# Fm
e|-----0-----0-----0-----2-----3-----0-----2-----0-----0-----4-----4-----1--|
B|-----0-----1-----1-----2-----0-----0-----4-----2-----1-----5-----4-----1--|
G|-----0-----4-----2-----3-----0-----1-----4-----2-----0-----6-----5-----1--|
D|-----2-----2-----2-----4-----0-----2-----4-----2-----2-----6-----6-----3--|
A|-----3-----0-----0-----4-----2-----2-----2-----0-----3-----4-----6-----3--|
E|-----x-----x-----x-----2-----3-----0-----x-----x-----x-----x-----4-----1--|
END
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17.TWENTY-FOUR SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
~VERSE~
Twenty four Goceans twenty four Cskies
Twenty four Dsusfailures in twenty four Gtries
Twenty four Em7finds me in twenty fourth Cplace
With twenty four Dsusdrop outs at the end of the GdayD
(D) Em7 C
Life's not what I thought it was twenty four hours ago
Still I'm singing Dsusspirit take me Dup in arms with Gyou
And I'm not who I Em7thought I was twenty four hours Cago
Still I'm singing Dsusspirit take me Dup in arms with Gyou
(G) C
It's twenty four reasons to admit that I'm wrong
With all my exDsuscuses still twenty four Gstrong
~PRE-CHORUS~
But see Em7I'm not coping Cout not coping Dout
Not coping Cout when you're Draising the dead in me
~CHORUS~
GOh oh I am the second man Em7oh oh I am the second man
CNow oh I am the second Dman now and you're raising (these)
~VERSE~
(D) G Em7
Twenty four voices with twenty four hearts
And all of my Dsussymphonies in twenty four Gparts
But I wanna be Em7one today centered and Ctrue
I'm singing Dsusspirit take me up in arms with Cyou
~PRE-CHORUS~
You're Draising the dead in me
~CHORUS~ (Repeat the chorus, and then add this to the end)
The dead in Gme yeah
~INTERLUDE~ G Em7 G C D
~VERSE~
I wanna see Gmiracles to see the world Cchange
Wrestled the Dangel for more than a Gname
For more Dsusthan a Em7feeling for more than a Ccause
I'm singing Dspirit take me up in arms with CyouD
(D) G Em7
Twenty four oceans with twenty four hearts
With Gall of my Csymphonies in twenty four Dsusparts
Life is not what I Gthought it was twenty four hours Em7ago
Still I'm Gsinging Cspirit take me up in arms DYeah
~OUTRO~
GI'm not coping oEm7ut not copGing Cout not
D(G)
I'm not coping out and you're raising the dead in me
*Chords used
e|-----G3-----C0----Dsus-3----Em7-0-----D2-----|
B|-----0-----1-----3-----3-----3-----|
G|-----0-----0-----2-----0-----2-----|
D|-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----|
A|-----2-----3-----x-----2-----x-----|
E|-----3-----x-----x-----0-----x-----|
END
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18.THE BEAUTIFUL LETDOWN SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
~INTRO~
E D E D AX 3 E D E
~VERSE~
DIt was a Abeautiful Eletdown Dwhen I crashed and EburnedD A
When I Efound myself Dalone unknown and EhurtD
It was a Abeautiful Eletdown Dthe day I EknewD A
That all the Eriches this world had to offer Dme would never EdoD A
~PRE-CHORUS~
In a C#mworld full of bitter pain bitter doubtA
I was C#mtrying so hard to fit in to fit inF#
Until I found out that
~CHORUS~
(F#) E D E D A
I don't belong here I don't belong here
I will Ecarry a cross and a Dsong where I don't Ebelong
I don't belDongA
~VERSE~
(A) E Dsus2 E Dsus2 A
It was a beautiful letdown when you found me here
Yeah for Eonce in a rare blue Dsus2moon I see everything EclearDsus2
I'll be a Abeautiful Eletdown Dsus2that's what I'll forever EbeDsus2 A
And Ethough it may cost my Dsus2soul I'll sing for EfreeDsus2 A
~PRE-CHORUS~
(A) C#m A
We're still chasing our tails in the rising sun
And our C#mdark water planet's still spinning in a race where no one F#wins
And no one's won see
~CHORUS~
I don't beElong here Dsus2I don't beElongDsus2 A
I will Ecarry a cross and a Dsus2song where I don't beElong
(I don't beAlong) I don't beElong here Dsus2I don't beElong here
I don't beDsus2long I'm gonna Eset sight and set Dsus2sail for the kingdom Ecome
Kingdom Dsus2come Your kingdom Ecome Dsus2won't you let me Edown
Dsus2Yeah let my fEoolish pride forDsus2ever let me down
~BRIDGE~
EAh easy lDiving you're Enot much like the DnameE
Easy Ddying hey you Elook just about the Dsame
Will you Eplease Dtake me off your Glist
Easy Aliving Eplease come Dsus2on and let me Edown
N.C
We are a beautiful letdown painfully uncool
The church of the drop outs the losers the sinners the failures and the fools
Oh what a beautiful letdown are we salt in the wound
Hey Elet us sing Dsus2one true Etune Dsus2yeah
~OUTRO-CHORUS~
I don't beElong Dsus2here no I don't beElong hereDsus2 A
Now I don't beElong here Dsus2feels like I don't beElong here Dsus2yeahA
I don't beElong Dsus2feels like I don't beElong hereDsus2 A
No I don't beElong here Dsus2would you let me Edown Dsus2 A
Come and Elet me down Dsus2you always Elet me down Dsus2 A
So Eglad that I'm let down Dsus2yeah yeah come on and Elet me downDsus2 A
'Cause I don't beElong here Dsus2please won't you let me Edown
*Chords used
e|-----E0-----D2-----A0----C#m-4-----F#2---Dsus2--0-----3-----|
B|-----0-----3-----2-----5-----2-----3-----0-----|
G|-----1-----2-----2-----6-----3-----2-----0-----|
D|-----2-----0-----2-----6-----4-----0-----0-----|
A|-----2-----x-----0-----4-----4-----x-----2-----|
E|-----0-----x-----x-----x-----2-----x-----3-----|
END
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b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
. = staccato
X = tone clusters
N.C = no chords
I know that this isn't exactly the way Switchfoot plays it, but if you don't
want to play a whole bunch of riffs, and just want to be able to sing to some
music, this tab is perfect.
It took me a while to tab these out, so I hope you enjoy being able to play
some of the best music in the world.
All chords in this song (24)
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The Best Yet
by Switchfoot
Chords in this song · guitar
C#m7
G#
E5
E
Asus2
F#m
G
B5
C
C#5
F#5
G#5
A5
B
D
A
G5
D5
C5
Dsus2
A7sus
A7
Bsus2
Csus2
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Here are the chords for Switchfoot's album The Best Yet.
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
C#m7 G# E5 E E5 Asus2
/ X2
C#m7 G# E5 E E5 Asus2
/
Welcome to the planet
C#m7 G# E5 E E5 Asus2
/
Welcome to existence
F#m Asus2
Everyone's here everyone's here
C#m7 G# E5 E E5 Asus2
/
Everybody's watch------ing you now
C#m7 G# E5 E E5 Asus2
/
Everybody waits for you now
G B5
What happens next what happens next
E5 B5
I dare you to move I dare you to move
Asus2
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
B5 E5 B5
I dare you to move I dare you to move
Asus2 B5 C
N.
Like today never happened today never happened (before)
~INTERLUDE~ Play the intro riff.
B5 C#5 B5 C#5 C#5 Asus2
Welcome to the fallout
B5 C#5 B5 C#5 C#5 Asus2
Welcome to resistance
F#5 E5 F#5 E5 F#5 F#5 G#5 A5 B5
The tension is here the tension is here
B5 C#5 B5 C#5 C#5 Asus2
Between who you are and who you could be
F#5 E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G#5 A5 B5
Between how it is and how it should be Yeah
E5 A5
Maybe redemption has stories to tell
E5 A5
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
C#5 A5
Where can you run to escape from yourself
F#m B5
Where you gonna go where you gonna go
I decided to tab this interlude out, because it's not really chords.
e|-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-7-7-7/9-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/10101010101010101010101010101012|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
NOTE:These are 10's 12's and 14's.
NOTE:These are whole bends.
e|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
B
|1212121212121212121212121212121414b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E5 B5
I dare you to move I dare you to move
Asus2
I dare you to lift yourself to lift yourself up off the floor
B5 E5 B5
I dare you to move I dare you to move
Asus2 C#m7
Like today never happened today never happened
Asus2 B5 E
Today never happened today it never happened before
*chords used
C#m7 G# E5 E Asus2 F#m G B5 C#5 F#5 G#5 A5 C#m7
/
e|-----7-----x-----0-----0-----2-----3-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----4-|
B|-----5-----x-----0-----0-----2-----0-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----5-|
G|-----4-----x-----1-----2-----2-----0-----4-----6-----x-----x-----x-----4-|
D|-----6-----2-----2-----2-----4-----0-----4-----6-----4-----6-----7-----6-|
A|-----4-----2-----2-----0-----4-----2-----2-----4-----4-----6-----7-----4-|
E|-----x-----0-----0-----x-----2-----3-----x-----x-----2-----4-----5-----x-|
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D A D G B
Tuning:Drop Tuning(D-----e)
*Chords listed at end
B5 A5 E5 G5 A5
B5 A5 E5 E5 D5 E5 A5
B5 A5 E5 F#5 G5
G5
(let ring)
Fumbling his confidence and wondering why the world has passed him
F#5 D5 E5 D5 F#5 D5 F#5 G5 F#5 F#5 D5 E5 D5 F#5 D5 F#5 G5 A5
By
G5
(let ring)
Hoping that he's bent for more than arguments and failed attempts to
F#5 D5 E5 D5 F#5 D5 F#5 G5 F#5 F#5 D5 E5 D5 F#5 D5 F#5 G5 A5
Fly fly
G5 A5 B5 D5 E5
We were meant to live for so much more have we lost ourselves
G5 D5 E5 G5 D5 E5 D5
Somewhere we live inside somewhere we live inside
G5 A5 B5 D5 E5
We were meant to live for so much more have we lost ourselves
G5 D5 E5 D5
Somewhere we live inside
F#5 D5 E5 D5 F#5 D5 F#5 G5 F#5 F#5 D5 E5 D5 F#5 G5 A5
G5
(let ring)
Dreaming about providence and whether mice or men have second
F#5 D5 E5 D5 F#5 D5 F#5 G5 F#5 F#5 D5 E5 D5 F#5 D5 F#5 G5 A5
Tries
G5
(let ring)
Maybe we've been living with our eyes half open maybe where bent and
F#5 D5 E5 D5 F#5 D5 F#5 G5 F#5 F#5 D5 E5 D5 F#5 D5 F#5 G5 A5
Broken broken oh
B5 A5 E5 E5 D5 E5 A5 B5 A5 E5 G5
D5 G5
We want more than this worlds got to offer
D5 G5
We want more than this worlds got to offer
D5 G5
We want more than the wars of our fathers
C5 G5
And everything inside screams for second life yeah
D5 Dsus2
We were meant to live for so much more have we lost ourselves
D5 Dsus2
We were meant to live for so much more have we lost ourselves
D5 Dsus2
We were meant to live for so much more have we lost ourselves
D5 Dsus2
We were meant to live we were meant to live
B5 A5 E5
*Chords used
B5 A5 E5 G5 D5 F#5 C5 Dsus2
e|-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----0-----|
B|-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----3-----|
G|-----4-----2-----x-----x-----x-----x-----5-----2-----|
D|-----4-----2-----2-----5-----0-----4-----5-----0-----|
A|-----2-----0-----2-----5-----0-----4-----3-----0-----|
D|-----x-----x-----2-----5-----0-----4-----x-----x-----|
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Tuning:Intro is in drop D tuning, but the rest of the song is standard.
*Chords listed at end
If you don't want to detune, you can just play the D chord through the
|RIFF 1
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------6-7-----11------9-----131614----6-7-----11------9---9-9-9-|
4
D|------x-x-----x-------x-----x-x-x-----x-x-----x-------x---x-x-x-|X
A
|0-0-0-4-5-0-0-9-0-0-0-7-0-0-1114120-0-4-5-0-0-9-0-0-0-7-0-7-7-7-|
D|0-0-0-----0-0---0-0-0---0-0-------0-0-----0-0---0-0-0---0-------|
|RIFF 2
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
2
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|X
A|0-2-0-4-5-0---9-0-4-5-7-0-2-4-5-|0-2-0-4-5-0---9-0-4-5-7---7-7-7|
D|0-2-0-----0-7---0-4-5---0-2-----|0-2-0-----0-7---0-4-5----------|
D G D
Maybe I've been the problem maybe I'm the one to blame
C G A7sus A7
But even when I turn it off and blame myself the outcome feels the same
D G D
I've been thinking maybe I've been partly cloudy maybe I'm the chance of rain
C G A7sus A7
and maybe I'm overcast and maybe all my lucks washed down the drain
G Asus2 Bsus2 Csus2
I've been thinking 'bout everyone everyone you look so lonely
D G
But when I look at the stars when I look at the stars
C G D
When I look at the stars I see someone else
G Em A7sus
When I look at the stars the stars
~INTERLUDE~ Play second half of Riff 2.
~VERSE~ (Chords are the same as first verse)
G F#m A (Play second half of riff 2)
G F#m A
Stars
G Asus2 F#m G
Everyone everyone we feel so lonely
G Asus2 Bsus2 Csus2
Everyone yeah everyone we feel so empty
C
N.
When I look at the stars when I look at the stars
When I look at the stars I feel like myself (play second half of riff 2)
G Em A7sus
When I look at the stars the stars
C
N.
I see someone
play riff 2 twice.
*Chords used
D G C A7sus A7 Asus2 Bsus2 Csus2 Em F#m A
e|-----2-----3-----0-----3-----0-----0-----2-----3-----0-----2-----0-----|
B|-----3-----0-----1-----3-----2-----0-----2-----3-----0-----2-----2-----|
G|-----2-----0-----0-----2-----0-----2-----4-----5-----0-----2-----2-----|
D|-----0-----0-----2-----2-----2-----2-----4-----5-----2-----4-----2-----|
A|-----x-----2-----3-----0-----0-----0-----2-----3-----2-----4-----0-----|
E|-----x-----3-----0-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----0-----2-----x-----|
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
A D A D G D A D
A D A
There's a fracture in the color bar
D G
In the backseat of a parked car
A
By the liquor store where the street light
D A
Keep you company 'til the next night
D A
In the same town there's the same scar
D G
In the same glow of the liquor store
A
By the freeway where the headlight
D
Keep her company 'til the next night
A D A D A D A
Oh! gravity why can't we seem to keep it together
A D A D A D A
()
Sons of my enemies why can't we seem to keep it together
~INTERLUDE~ A D A X X X
X X X
NOTE:On these tone clusters, I like playing this.
e|----5----3----4----x----1----|
B|----7----5----6----4----3----|
G|----7----5----6----4----3----|
D|----7----5----6----4----3----|
A|----5----3----4----0----1----|
E|----x----x----x----0----x----|
D A A D D A
In the back room of the pentagon
A D D G
There's a thin man with a line drawn
G D D A
With a red jaw and a red bite
A D
Watch the headline on the next night
F#m7 D A D A D A
Why this tragedy why can't we seem to keep it together
A D F#m7 D A D A
()
Oh gravity why can't we seem to pull it together
A D A D A
In the fallout the fallout we found out the hype wont get you through
D A D A D A D
We're connected connected I meant it the hype wont get you through through
A7 D A D
Oh gravity why can't we seem to keep it together
A7 D A D
Oh gravity why can't we seem to pull it together
F#m7 D A D A D A
Why this tragedy why can't we seem to keep it together
A D F#m7 D A D A
Oh gravity why can't we seem to pull it together
A D A D A D A
()
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
A D A D C
() N.
La la la la la la la la la la lets pull it together
*Chords used
A D G F#m7 A7
e|-----0-----2-----3-----2-----0-----|
B|-----2-----3-----0-----2-----2-----|
G|-----2-----2-----0-----2-----0-----|
D|-----2-----0-----0-----2-----2-----|
A|-----0-----x-----2-----4-----0-----|
E|-----x-----x-----3-----2-----x-----|
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
NOTE:C = C type 1, and C2 = C type two. These different types are both
C2 C Cadd11 C X6 NOTE:Keeps repeating throughout entire verse.
C Am7
I've got my memories always inside of me
F G Am7 G
But I can't go back back to how it was
G C Am7
()
I believe you now I've come to far
F G Am7
No I can't go back back to how it was
Dm Am G
Created for a place I've never known
G C G Am7 F
()
This is home now I'm finally where I belong where I belong
C G Dm7
Yeah this is home I've been searching for a place of my own
Am7 G F Am7 G F C G
Now I've found it maybe this is home yeah this is home
G C Am7
()
Belief over misery I've seen the enemy
F G Am7
And I wont go back back to how it was
G C
And I got my heart set on what happens next
G
I got my eyes wide it's not over yet
F G Am7 G
We are miracles and we're not alone yeah
C Gm7 F
And now after all my searching after all my questions
C
I'm gonna call it home
Gm7 F
I've got a brand new mind set I can finally see the sunset
Fm Fm7 C Am G C
I'm gonna call it home
F
Home
C G Am F
This is home now I'm finally where I belong where I belong
C G Dm7
Yeah this is home I've been searching for a place of my own
Am G F C Am7
Now I've found it maybe this is home
G F C G
This is home
Dm Am C G F C G
Now I know yeah this is home
C Am7 F C
I've come to far and I wont go back yeah this is home
*Chords used
C C2 Am7 F G Dm Am Dm7 Gm7 Fm Fm7
Cadd11
e|-----0-----3-----1-----0-----1-----3-----1-----0-----1-----3-----1-----1-|
B|-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----0-----3-----1-----1-----3-----1-----1-|
G|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----0-----2-----2-----2-----3-----1-----1-|
D|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----3-----0-----0-----2-----0-----3-----3-----1-|
A|-----3-----3-----3-----0-----3-----2-----x-----0-----0-----5-----3-----3-|
E|-----x-----x-----x-----x-----1-----3-----x-----x-----x-----3-----1-----1-|
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
G Gmaj7 Cmaj7 G Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Dsus
G Gmaj7 Cmaj7 D Dsus D
Am G
Hello good morning how you do
Cmaj7 G Bm G Bm G
What makes your rising sun so new
Am G
I could use a fresh beginning too
Cmaj7 G Bm G
All of my regrets are nothing new
Bm G Csus2 Gmaj7
So this is the way that I say I need you
Dsus
This is the way this is the way
Dsus Csus2 Em
()
That I'm learning to breathe I'm learning to crawl
D G Csus2 Em
I'm finding that you and you alone can break my fall
D G Csus2 Em
I'm living again awake and alive
D G Dsus Csus2
I'm dying to breathe in these abundant skies
Em
Hello good morning how you been
Cmaj7 G Bm G
Yesterday left my head kicked in
G Bm G Am
()
I never never thought that I would fall like that
Cmaj7 G Bm G
Never knew that I could hurt this bad
Em Csus2
These abundant skies
G Bm G Em Csus2 G Bm G
Yeah abundant skies Yeah
G Csus2 Gmaj7
()
This is the way that I say I need you
Csus2 Gmaj7
This is the way that I say I love you
Csus2 Gmaj7
This is the way that I say I'm yours
Dsus
This is the way this is the way
Csus2 Em
That I'm learning to breathe I'm learning to crawl
D G Csus2 Em
I'm finding that you and you alone can break my fall
D G Csus2 Em
I'm living again awake and alive
D G Dsus Csus2
I'm dying to breathe in these abundant skies
Dsus Csus2
Yes I'm dying to breathe in these abundant skies
Em Csus2
These abundant skies yeah yeah yeah
Em D G Csus2 Em D G Csus2 Em
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
D G Dsus Csus2
Learning to breathe I'm dying to breathe
Em D G Csus2 Em D G Csus2
Em D G Dsus Csus2 G
*Chords used
G Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Dsus D Am Bm Csus2 Em
e|-----3-----2-----0-----3-----2-----0-----2-----3-----0-----|
B|-----0-----0-----0-----3-----3-----1-----3-----3-----0-----|
G|-----0-----0-----0-----2-----2-----2-----4-----5-----0-----|
D|-----0-----0-----2-----0-----0-----2-----4-----5-----2-----|
A|-----2-----x-----3-----x-----x-----0-----2-----3-----2-----|
E|-----3-----3-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----0-----|
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
E A5 4
X
E B C#m
Face down with the L.A curbside endings
A
With the ones and zeros
E B C#m A
Downtown was the perfect place to hide
E B C#m
The first star that I saw last night was a headlight
A
Of a man made sky but
E B C#m A
Man made never made our dreams collide collide
E B C#m
Here we are now with the falling sky and the rain
A
We're awakening
E B C#m
Here we are now with our desp'rate youth and the pain
A
We're awakening
E B C#m A
Maybe it's called ambition you've been talking in your sleep
C#m
About a dream (we're awakening) NOTE:Only sing the lines in the parentheses
E A5
~INTERLUDE~
~VERSE~ (Chords are the same as first verse)
E Dsus2 A
We're awakening
C#m
I want to wake up kicking and screaming
A
I want to wake up kicking and screaming
E B
I want to now that my heart's still beating
Asus2
It's beating I'm bleeding
C#m
I want to wake up kicking and screaming
A
I want to live like I know what I'm leaving
E B
I want to know that my hearts still beating
Asus2
It's beating it's beating it's beating
A C#m
We're awakening dream
A A5 E A5 E A5 E
We're awakening yeah!
*Chords used
E A5 B C#m A Dsus2 Asus2
e|-----0-----x-----2-----3-----0-----0-----0-----|
B|-----0-----x-----4-----4-----3-----3-----0-----|
G|-----1-----2-----4-----5-----3-----2-----2-----|
D|-----2-----2-----4-----5-----3-----0-----2-----|
A|-----2-----0-----2-----3-----0-----x-----0-----|
E|-----0-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----|
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
C#m A 4
X
C#m A
Yesterday is a wrinkle on your forehead
C#m A
Yesterday is a promise that you've broken
B A B A
Don't close your eyes don't close your eyes
C#m
This is your life
A C#m
And today is all you've got now and
A
And today is all you ever had
B A B A
Don't close your eyes don't close your eyes
E B Asus2
This is your life are you who you want to be
E B Asus2
This is your life are you who you want to be
E B Asus2
This is your life is it everything you dreamed
E
That it would be when the world was younger
B C#m A
And you had everything to lose
C#m A
Yesterday is a kid in the corner
C#m A
Yesterday is dead and over
C#m A
~INTERLUDE~
B A B A
Don't close your eyes don't close your eyes
B A B A
Don't close your eyes don't close your eyes
E Asus2
This is your life are you who you want to be
E Asus2
This is your life are you who you want to be
E B Asus2
Yeah yeah yeah are you who you want to be
E B Asus2
This is your life who you want to be
E B Asus2
This is your life is it everything you dreamed
E
That it would be when the world was younger
B Asus2
And you had everything to lose
C#m A
You had everything to lose
C#m A C#m A 2 C#m
X
*Chords used
C#m A B E Asus2
e|-----4-----0-----2-----0-----0-----|
B|-----5-----3-----4-----0-----0-----|
G|-----6-----3-----4-----1-----2-----|
D|-----6-----3-----4-----2-----2-----|
A|-----4-----0-----2-----2-----0-----|
E|-----x-----x-----x-----0-----x-----|
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
Cmaj7 G Am F
Cmaj7 G
They tell you where you need to go
Am
They tell you when you need to leave
Cmaj7 G
They tell you what you need to know
Am
Tell you who you need to be
Cmaj7
But everything inside you knows
G
There's more than what you've heard
Am
There's so much more than empty conversations
F
Filled with empty words
C G
And you're on fire when he's near you
Am F
You're on fire when he speaks
C G C
You're on fire burning at these mysteries
Cmaj7 G
Give me one more time around
Am F
Give me one more chance to see
Cmaj7 G
Give me everything you are
Am F
Give me one more chance to be near you and
Cmaj7
When everything inside me
G
Looks like everything I hate
Am
You are the hope I have for change
F
You are the only chance I'll take
C G
When I'm on fire when you're near me
Am F
I'm on fire when you speak
C G Am F
I'm on fire burning at these mysteries
Am F Am F
Mysteries Mysteries
C Dm Am F Cmaj7 G Am F
Cmaj7
I'm standing on the edge of me
G
I'm standing on the edge of me
Am
I'm standing on the edge of me
F
I'm standing on the edge of me
Cmaj7 G
I'm standing on the edge of everything
Am
And I've been standing on the edge of me
F
Standing on the edge
C G
And I'm on fire when you're near me
Am F
I'm on fire when you speak
C G Am
Yeah I'm on fire burning out these mysteries
F C
These mysteries These mysteries
G Am F Cmaj7
Yeah your mysteries yeah your mystery
Cmaj7 G Am F Cmaj7 G Am Fsus2
()
*Chords used
Cmaj7 G Am F C Dm Fsus2
e|-----0-----3-----0-----2-----0-----1-----1-----|
B|-----0-----0-----1-----2-----1-----3-----1-----|
G|-----0-----0-----2-----3-----0-----2-----0-----|
D|-----2-----0-----2-----4-----2-----0-----3-----|
A|-----3-----2-----0-----4-----3-----x-----x-----|
E|-----x-----3-----x-----2-----x-----x-----x-----|
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
Em G Bm Em C G C B 2
X
Em G Bm Em C G C B
There's a song that's inside of my soul
Em G Bm Em C G C B
It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again
Em G Bm Em C G C B
I'm awake in the in---finite cold
Em G Bm Em C G C B
But you sing to me o---ver and over and over again
B E B A
()
So I lay my head back down
E B A C#m
And I lift my hands and pray to be only yours
A C#m
I pray to be only yours
C Em
I know now you're my only hope
Em G Bm Em C G C B
~INTERLUDE~ ()
~VERSE~ (Chords are the same as verse 1)
G Bm Em C G C B Em G Bm Em C G C B G
~INTERLUDE~
G Em
()
I give you my apathy
G Em
I'm giving you all of me
G Em F# B
I want your symphony Singing in all that I am
A B
At the top of my lungs
B A B
()
I'm giving it back
E B A
And I lay my head back down
E B A C#m
And I lift my hands and pray to be only yours
A C#m A C#m
I pray to be only yours I pray to be only yours
C Em
I know now you're my only hope
Em G Bm Em C G C B Em G Bm Em C G C B Em
()
*Chords used
Em G Bm C B E A C#m F#
e|-----0-----3-----2-----0-----2-----0-----0-----4-----2-----|
B|-----0-----0-----3-----1-----3-----0-----2-----5-----2-----|
G|-----0-----0-----4-----0-----3-----1-----2-----6-----3-----|
D|-----2-----0-----4-----2-----3-----2-----2-----6-----4-----|
A|-----2-----2-----2-----3-----2-----2-----0-----4-----4-----|
E|-----0-----3-----x-----x-----x-----0-----x-----x-----2-----|
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D A D G B
Tuning:Drop tuning(D-----E)
*Chords listed at end
I tabbed this out because there are no chords.
NOTE:If you don't want to play any riffs, you can play D5/A for the entire
intro.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------3---3--------------------3---3-----------------|
G|----------------2---2--------------------2---2-----------------|
D|0-3---0---0-----0---0-0----3---0---0-----0---0-0---3---0---0---|
A|--------3-------0---0------------3-------0---0-----------3-----|
D|------------0---0---0----------------0---0---0---------------0-|
D5 A Em/D Dm7 Dsus D
/
Please don't be so naive
D D5 A D D5 A
() / /
You know you're not foo-ling anyone
A Em/D Dm7 Dsus D5 A
(D5/ /
You're not as tough as you think
D5/A
Em/D Dm7 Dsus D
(D5/A)
Can't get nothing for free
D D5 A D D5 A
() / /
It becomes so predictable
Em/D Dm7 Dsus D5 A
(D5/A) /
You start fighting to breathe
D5/A
F5 B5 F5 B5 C5 C#5 D5 A
/
Here's the face of everything that brakes you down
F5 B5 F5 B5 C C#5 D5 A
/
But now you face the face of everything that brakes you down
~VERSE~ (Chords are the same as verse 1)
~BRIDGE~ NOTE:You keep repeating the intro riff all the way through
The bridge, until the chords come in, or you can just play D5/A throughout.
F5 B5 F5 B5 C5 C#5 D5 A
/
Here's the face of everything that brakes you down
F5 B5 F5 B5 C5 C#5 D5 A
/
Now you face the face of everything that brakes you down
F5 B5 F5 B5 C5 C#5 D5 A
/
Now you face the face of everything that brakes you down
Play the intro riff once, and then end on D5/A.
*Chords used
D5 A Em/D Dm7 Dsus D Dsus2 F5 B5 C5 C#5
/
e|-----x-----0-----1-----3-----2-----0-----x-----x-----x-----x-----|
B|-----3-----0-----1-----3-----3-----3-----x-----x-----x-----x-----|
G|-----2-----0-----2-----2-----2-----2-----10----4-----5-----6-----|
D|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----10----4-----5-----6-----|
A|-----0-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----8-----2-----3-----4-----|
D|-----0-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----|
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
G D G D G D G D Em7 D G D
G D G D Dm A7 Bb Dm A7 Bb Dm
Dm F Bb
()
A day in L.A and millions of faces
C Dm
Are looking for a movement
Dm F Bb
()
'Cause everything's stuck and everything's frozen
C Dm
And everyone's broken
Dm F Bb
()
And nobody moves and everyone's scared
C G
That the motion will never come
G Bb G
()
This is the incompletion
Bb Dm
Stuck in a line
Dm Bb G C A Dm
()
Love is the movement love is a revolution
Dm Bb G C A
()
This is redemption we don't have to slow back down
Dm Bb Dm Bb Dm
~INTERLUDE~
~VERSE~ (Chords are same as verse 1)
~PRE-CHORUS~ (Chords same as pre-chorus 1)
Bb F Bb F
We're starting now we're starting now
Bb F Bb F G D
Yeah we're starting now we don't have to slow back down
G D G D
Yeah Yeah
G D Em7 D G D G D G D
Dm A7 Bb Dm A7 Bb Dm
G Bb G Dm
This is a revolution this is a revolution
Bb G C A Dm
Love is the movement Love is a revolution
Bb G C A
This is redemption we don't have to slow back down
Bb G C A Dm
Love is the movement love is a revolution
Bb G C A Dm
We have redemption we don't have to slow back down
Bb
Love is the movement
*Chords used
G D Em7 Dm A7 F C A Bb
e|-----3-----2-----0-----1-----0-----1-----0-----0-----1-----|
B|-----0-----3-----3-----3-----2-----1-----1-----2-----3-----|
G|-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----3-----|
D|-----0-----0-----2-----0-----2-----3-----2-----2-----3-----|
A|-----2-----x-----2-----x-----0-----3-----3-----0-----1-----|
E|-----3-----x-----0-----x-----x-----1-----x-----x-----x-----|
END
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13.COMPANY CAR SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
~INTRO~
E Asus2 C#m B
E A C#m B
~VERSE~
E A C#m B A
Mike was right when he said I'd put up a fight
E A B
To be someone a fight to be me but see
E A C#m B
Now I'm down under the pavement
A E A B
Of capitol hills and lowercase people
~PRE-CHORUS~
C#m A F#7 B
As time rolls by my dreams have become
G# C#m B
That which is attainable not what I'm looking for
~CHORUS~
E B C G5 G#5
I've got the company car
A E G# A
I'm the one swinging at two below par
C E B C#m A
Yeah I've become one with the ones that I've never believed in
E F#7 A
But I've got the company car
~VERSE~ (Chords are same as verse 1)
Hey I'm the king of things I've always despised
I'm the gingerbread man who got eaten alive
I'm half baked I'm fake but see I've got hotels
On park place and boardwalk and two hundred bucks I pass
~PRE-CHORUS~ (Chords are same as pre-chorus 1)
Go but oh life's taken its toll
Have I won monopoly to forfeit my soul
But see
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~BRIDGE~
B B C B C
N. N.
Yeah all the kings horses at the foot of the wall
B C B C
N. N.
They're taking pictures of the man who lost all
A E
Of his masks of pretension he's got two faces left
A F#7 Asus2
(let ring throughout)
His is the one that he hides on the left behind that smile
Hiding tears and fears that burn like an engine
It drives him away from the ones that he loves
~VERSE~
E A C#m B
Mike was right hey mike we're one and the same
A E A B
We're the faceless combatants in the loneliest game
~PRE-CHORUS~
C#m A F#7 B
Ah but say I'll wave as I'm driving by
G# C#m
With that smirk in my eye yelling
B
Hey I'm something man check me out
~OUTRO-CHORUS~
E B C G5 G#5
I've got the company car
A E G# A
I'm the one swinging at two below par
C E B C#m A
Yeah I've become one with the ones that I've never believed in
E F#7 A B
But I've got the company car yeah check me out
E F#7 A B
I've got the company car yeah check me out
E F#7 A B E
I've got the company car yeah
*Chords used
E Asus2 C#m B A F#7 G# C G5 G#5
e|-----0-----0-----4-----2-----0-----2-----4-----0-----x-----x-----|
B|-----0-----0-----5-----4-----2-----2-----4-----1-----x-----x-----|
G|-----1-----2-----6-----4-----2-----3-----5-----0-----5-----6-----|
D|-----2-----2-----6-----4-----2-----2-----6-----2-----5-----6-----|
A|-----2-----0-----4-----2-----0-----4-----6-----3-----3-----4-----|
E|-----0-----x-----x-----x-----x-----2-----4-----x-----x-----x-----|
END
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14.LONELY NATION SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
~INTRO~
Em7
~VERSE~
Em7
()
She turns like the ocean she tells no emotion
C
She's been gunning down the fight
Em7
She's just reminiscing blood sweat and one thing's missing
C G Csus2 G D
She's been breaking up inside inside
~CHORUS~
D G C
() |
Singing without tongues screaming without lungs - - - - - |1
C G
() |
I want more than my lonely nation - - - - - - - - - - - - |2
C G D G
|
I want more than my lonely nation - - - - - - - - - - - - |3
D G C
|
Desp'rate we are young sep'rate we are one - - - - - - - -|4
G
|
I want more than my desperation - - - - - - - - - - - - - |5
C G D
|
I want more than my lonely nation - - - - - - - - - - - - |6
~INTERLUDE~
Em7
Oh Oh
~VERSE~
Em7
We are the target market we set the corp'rate target
C
We are slaves of what we want
G Em7
We're just numb and mused and we're just used to bad news
Csus2
And we are slaves of what we want
~REPEAT CHORUS~ NOTE:Sing lines in this order(1-5-6-4-2-3) they are numbered.
~BRIDGE~
C Em7
N.
Oh lonely lonely
Don't leave me hollow I'm tired don't leave me hollow
G
I'm tired of feeling low of feeling hollow
Em7
I'm tired of feeling low of feeling hollow
I'm tired of feeling low of feeling hollow
G
I'm tired of feeling low of feeling hollow
Em7 G Csus2
Of feeling hollow of feeling hollow
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~OUTRO~
C G
N.
Oh oh
*Chords used
Em7 C G D Csus2
e|-----0-----0-----3-----2-----3-----|
B|-----3-----1-----0-----3-----3-----|
G|-----0-----0-----0-----2-----5-----|
D|-----2-----2-----0-----0-----5-----|
A|-----2-----3-----2-----x-----3-----|
E|-----0-----x-----3-----x-----x-----|
END
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15.THE SHADOW PROVES THE SUNSHINE SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
~VERSE~
E5 B5 C#m B5 Asus2 B5 C#m B5 E5
Sunshine won't you be my mother sunshine come and help me sing
E5 B5 C#m B5 Asus2 B5 C#m B5
()
My heart is darker than these oceans my heart is frozen underneath
We are
~CHORUS~ NOTE:Sing SOULS, the first and third time, and SOUL the second.
|
E B C#m B
|
Crooked soul(s) tryin' to stay up straight dry eyes in the pouring rain where
Asus2 B Asus2 B E
The shadow proves the sunshine the shadow proves the sunshine
E B C#m B Asus2
()
Two scared little run a ways hold fast till the brake of daylight where
Asus2 B Asus2 B
()
The shadow proves the sunshine the shadow proves the sunshine
~VERSE~ (Chords are the same as verse 1)
Oh lord why did you forsake me oh lord don't be far away away
Storm clouds gathering beside me please lord don't look the other way
I'm a
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~BRIDGE~
E Asus2 C#m Asus2 E Asus2 C#m Asus2 E
Yeah yeah shine on me yeah yeah shine on me
E F#m C#m Asus2 E Asus2 C#m Asus2 E
()
Yeah yeah shine on me Shine on me oh
B C#m B Asus2 B Asus2 B
Yeah
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~OUTRO~
E Asus2 C#m Asus2 E Asus2 C#m Asus2 E
Yeah yeah shine on me yeah yeah shine on me
F#m C#m Asus2 E F#m C#m
Yeah yeah shine on me shine on me
C#m Asus2 E
()
Let my shadow prove the sunshine
*Chords used
E5 B5 C#m Asus2 E B F#m
e|-----x-----x-----4-----0-----0-----2-----2-----|
B|-----x-----x-----5-----0-----0-----4-----2-----|
G|-----x-----4-----6-----2-----1-----4-----2-----|
D|-----2-----4-----6-----2-----2-----4-----4-----|
A|-----2-----2-----4-----0-----2-----2-----4-----|
E|-----0-----x-----x-----x-----0-----x-----2-----|
END
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16.CONCRETE GIRL SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
~VERSE~
Cmaj7 Am F
Amadd2 Amadd2
Bleeding thoughts cracking boulder don't fall over
E G
Fake your laughter burn the tear sing it louder
Fm G Cmaj7
Twist and shout
Am F
Amadd2 Amadd2
Way up here we stand on shoulders growing colder
E G
Laugh or cry I won't mind sing it louder
Fm G E B
Twist and shout
~PRE-CHORUS~
B A C E B
()
Immovable shadows concrete girl
A C
They'll rock your world to nothing
~CHORUS~
C#m G# A C
And they're swimming around again again
C#m G# C G
And they're swimming around the concrete
~VERSE~
Cmaj7
Girl
Am F
Amadd2 Amadd2
Catch your breathe like four leaf clover hand it over
E G
Scream to no one take your time sing it louder
Fm G E B
Twist and shout
~PRE-CHORUS~ (Chords are same as pre-chorus 1)
Nothing to run from is worse than something
And all your fears of nothing
~CHORUS~
C#m G# A C
And they're swimming around again again
C#m G# A C
And they're swimming around again again
C#m G# C G
And they're swimming around the concrete
C F Am
Girl concrete girl don't fall down
F G C
In this broken world around you
F G Am
Concrete girl don't fall down
F G Cmaj7 C
N.
Don't fall down my concrete girl
~BRIDGE~
Cmaj7 Am F
Amadd2 Amadd2
Ah ah concrete girl
E G Fm G
Don't stop thinking don't stop feeling now
~PRE-CHORUS~
E B A C E B
One step away from where we were
A C
And one step back to nothing
~CHORUS~
C#m G# A C
And we're standing on top of our hopes and fears
C#m G# A C
And we're fighting for words now concrete girl
C#m G# A C
And we're swimming around again again
C#m G# C G
And we're swimming around now concrete
C Am F G Am F G C
Girl concrete girl don't fall down in this broken world around you
Am F G Am F G
Concrete girl don't fall down don't fall down my concrete
C Am F G Am F G C
Girl concrete girl don't fall down in this concrete world around you
Am F G Am F G Cmaj7
Concrete girl don't fall down don't break down my concrete girl
~INTERLUDE~
Am G F Cmaj7 Am G F
~OUTRO-CHORUS~ NOTE:It starts fading out here.
C Am F G Am F G C
Girl concrete girl don't fall down in this broken world around you
Am F G Am F G
Concrete girl don't fall down don't fall down my concrete
C Am F G Am F G C
Girl concrete girl don't fall down in this concrete world around you
Am F G Am F G Cmaj7
Concrete girl don't fall down don't break down my concrete girl
~OUTRO~
Am G F Cmaj7 Am G F
*Chords used
Cmaj7 Am F G E B A C C#m G# Fm
Amadd2
e|-----0-----0-----0-----2-----3-----0-----2-----0-----0-----4-----4-----1--|
B|-----0-----1-----1-----2-----0-----0-----4-----2-----1-----5-----4-----1--|
G|-----0-----4-----2-----3-----0-----1-----4-----2-----0-----6-----5-----1--|
D|-----2-----2-----2-----4-----0-----2-----4-----2-----2-----6-----6-----3--|
A|-----3-----0-----0-----4-----2-----2-----2-----0-----3-----4-----6-----3--|
E|-----x-----x-----x-----2-----3-----0-----x-----x-----x-----x-----4-----1--|
END
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17.TWENTY-FOUR SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
~VERSE~
G C
Twenty four oceans twenty four skies
Dsus G
Twenty four failures in twenty four tries
Em7 C
Twenty four finds me in twenty fourth place
Dsus G D
With twenty four drop outs at the end of the day
D Em7 C
()
Life's not what I thought it was twenty four hours ago
Dsus D G
Still I'm singing spirit take me up in arms with you
Em7 C
And I'm not who I thought I was twenty four hours ago
Dsus D G
Still I'm singing spirit take me up in arms with you
G C
()
It's twenty four reasons to admit that I'm wrong
Dsus G
With all my excuses still twenty four strong
~PRE-CHORUS~
Em7 C D
But see I'm not coping out not coping out
C D
Not coping out when you're raising the dead in me
~CHORUS~
G Em7
Oh oh I am the second man oh oh I am the second man
C D
Now oh I am the second man now and you're raising (these)
~VERSE~
D G Em7
()
Twenty four voices with twenty four hearts
Dsus G
And all of my symphonies in twenty four parts
Em7 C
But I wanna be one today centered and true
Dsus C
I'm singing spirit take me up in arms with you
~PRE-CHORUS~
D
You're raising the dead in me
~CHORUS~ (Repeat the chorus, and then add this to the end)
G
The dead in me yeah
G Em7 G C D
~INTERLUDE~
~VERSE~
G C
I wanna see miracles to see the world change
D G
Wrestled the angel for more than a name
Dsus Em7 C
For more than a feeling for more than a cause
D C D
I'm singing spirit take me up in arms with you
D G Em7
()
Twenty four oceans with twenty four hearts
G C Dsus
With all of my symphonies in twenty four parts
G Em7
Life is not what I thought it was twenty four hours ago
G C D
Still I'm singing spirit take me up in arms Yeah
~OUTRO~
G Em7 G C
I'm not coping out not coping out not
D G
()
I'm not coping out and you're raising the dead in me
*Chords used
G C Dsus Em7 D
e|-----3-----0-----3-----0-----2-----|
B|-----0-----1-----3-----3-----3-----|
G|-----0-----0-----2-----0-----2-----|
D|-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----|
A|-----2-----3-----x-----2-----x-----|
E|-----3-----x-----x-----0-----x-----|
END
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18.THE BEAUTIFUL LETDOWN SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
~INTRO~
E D E D A 3 E D E
X
~VERSE~
D A E D E D A
It was a beautiful letdown when I crashed and burned
E D E D
When I found myself alone unknown and hurt
A E D E D A
It was a beautiful letdown the day I knew
E D E D A
That all the riches this world had to offer me would never do
~PRE-CHORUS~
C#m A
In a world full of bitter pain bitter doubt
C#m F#
I was trying so hard to fit in to fit in
Until I found out that
~CHORUS~
F# E D E D A
()
I don't belong here I don't belong here
E D E
I will carry a cross and a song where I don't belong
D A
I don't belong
~VERSE~
A E Dsus2 E Dsus2 A
()
It was a beautiful letdown when you found me here
E Dsus2 E Dsus2
Yeah for once in a rare blue moon I see everything clear
A E Dsus2 E Dsus2 A
I'll be a beautiful letdown that's what I'll forever be
E Dsus2 E Dsus2 A
And though it may cost my soul I'll sing for free
~PRE-CHORUS~
A C#m A
()
We're still chasing our tails in the rising sun
C#m F#
And our dark water planet's still spinning in a race where no one wins
And no one's won see
~CHORUS~
E Dsus2 E Dsus2 A
I don't belong here I don't belong
E Dsus2 E
I will carry a cross and a song where I don't belong
A E Dsus2 E
(I don't belong) I don't belong here I don't belong here
Dsus2 E Dsus2 E
I don't belong I'm gonna set sight and set sail for the kingdom come
Dsus2 E Dsus2 E
Kingdom come Your kingdom come won't you let me down
Dsus2 E Dsus2
Yeah let my foolish pride forever let me down
~BRIDGE~
E D E D E
Ah easy living you're not much like the name
D E D
Easy dying hey you look just about the same
E D G
Will you please take me off your list
A E Dsus2 E
Easy living please come on and let me down
C
N.
We are a beautiful letdown painfully uncool
The church of the drop outs the losers the sinners the failures and the fools
Oh what a beautiful letdown are we salt in the wound
E Dsus2 E Dsus2
Hey let us sing one true tune yeah
~OUTRO-CHORUS~
E Dsus2 E Dsus2 A
I don't belong here no I don't belong here
E Dsus2 E Dsus2 A
Now I don't belong here feels like I don't belong here yeah
E Dsus2 E Dsus2 A
I don't belong feels like I don't belong here
E Dsus2 E Dsus2 A
No I don't belong here would you let me down
E Dsus2 E Dsus2 A
Come and let me down you always let me down
E Dsus2 E Dsus2 A
So glad that I'm let down yeah yeah come on and let me down
E Dsus2 E
'Cause I don't belong here please won't you let me down
*Chords used
E D A C#m F# Dsus2
e|-----0-----2-----0-----4-----2-----0-----3-----|
B|-----0-----3-----2-----5-----2-----3-----0-----|
G|-----1-----2-----2-----6-----3-----2-----0-----|
D|-----2-----0-----2-----6-----4-----0-----0-----|
A|-----2-----x-----0-----4-----4-----x-----2-----|
E|-----0-----x-----x-----x-----2-----x-----3-----|
END
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b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
. = staccato
X = tone clusters
N.C = no chords
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