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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Switchfoot
We Are Bound
B-Side -- 2008
Standard ( E   A   D   G   B  E)
*Chords are listed at end of song
Intro - 4x
  E5  E5/C  
Verse 1
          E5  E5/C  
A slip of a tongue and fist
       E5  E5/C  
Aaaah Ah Aaaah Ah
            E5  E5/C  
A slight of a hand like this
       E5  E5/C  
Aaaah Ah Aaaah Ah
           E5  E5/C  
Touch of the fingertips
       E5  E5/C  
Aaaah Ah Aaaah Ah
               E5  E5/C  
Goes through the note we skipped
       E5  E5/C  
Aaaah Ah Aaaah Ah
Chorus
     E5  E5/C  
We are bound
     E5  E5/C  
We are falling through 
     E5  E5/C  
We are bound
     E5  E5/C  
We are falling through
Interlude 1
Guitar 1 - 2x
  E5  E5/C  
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7--7--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2 - Same as V.1
Moment of bitter bliss
Licking the Judas lips
Throwing the timeless fit
With tongues of a fire we lit
Interlude 2 - 2x (I play octaves, but you can use standard chords)
Octaves:     Standard Chords:
 G#   G   F#      E   G#5   G5   F#5  E5*
  C   G   F#      E    C5   G5   F#5  E5* 
Bridge
AWe follow Bsons of messC  
The sons of the F#counterfeits
             A                B      E5  E5/  C    E5  E5/C  
The devil has called me from inside
     E5  E5/C  
We are bound
     E5  E5/C  
We are falling through
Outro
Guitar 1 - 8x 
  E5  E5/C  
Guitar 2 (3:06-3:12) - Heavy delay & distortion
e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|--7-7-7-7--|??x
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|
"Counterfeit sons..." (3:18-3:28)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7--7--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
*Chords Used
      E5  E5/  C    G#    G    F#    E    A    B    C    F#  
e|--0----0------------------------------|
B|--5----5------------------------------|
G|--4----4----13--12-11--9--6--8---9-3--|
D|--2----2-----x---x--X--x--7--9--10-4--|
A|--2----3----11--10--9--7--7--9--10-4--|
E|--0----0------------------5--7---8-2--|
Standard Chords for Inter.2
     G#5    G5    F#5  E5*      C5  
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|---------------9----5--|
D|--6---5----4---9----5--|
A|--6---5----4---7----3--|
E|--4---3----2-----------|

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We Are Bound

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Chords in this song · guitar

G#5

F#5

Switchfoot

We Are Bound

B-Side -- 2008

E A D G B E

Standard ( )

*Chords are listed at end of song

Intro - 4x

E5 E5 C

Verse 1

E5 E5 C

A slip of a tongue and fist

E5 E5 C

Aaaah Ah Aaaah Ah

E5 E5 C

A slight of a hand like this

E5 E5 C

Aaaah Ah Aaaah Ah

E5 E5 C

Touch of the fingertips

E5 E5 C

Aaaah Ah Aaaah Ah

E5 E5 C

Goes through the note we skipped

E5 E5 C

Aaaah Ah Aaaah Ah

Chorus

E5 E5 C

We are bound

E5 E5 C

We are falling through

E5 E5 C

We are bound

E5 E5 C

We are falling through

Interlude 1

Guitar 1 - 2x

E5 E5 C

Guitar 2

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------------------------------|

G|--7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7--7--|

D|-----------------------------------------------------------|

A|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2 - Same as V.1

Moment of bitter bliss

Licking the Judas lips

Throwing the timeless fit

With tongues of a fire we lit

Interlude 2 - 2x (I play octaves, but you can use standard chords)

Octaves: Standard Chords:

G# G F# E G#5 G5 F#5 E5

C G F# E C5 G5 F#5 E5

Bridge

A B C

We follow sons of mess

The sons of the counterfeits

A B E5 E5 C E5 E5 C

/ /

The devil has called me from inside

E5 E5 C

We are bound

E5 E5 C

We are falling through

Outro

Guitar 1 - 8x

E5 E5 C

Guitar 2 (3:06-3:12) - Heavy delay & distortion

e|-----------|

B|-----------|

G|--7-7-7-7--|??x

D|-----------|

A|-----------|

E|-----------|

"Counterfeit sons..." (3:18-3:28)

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------------------------------|

G|--7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7--7-9-9-7--7--|

D|-----------------------------------------------------------|

A|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

*Chords Used

E5 E5 C G# G F# E A B C F#

e|--0----0------------------------------|

B|--5----5------------------------------|

G|--4----4----13--12-11--9--6--8---9-3--|

D|--2----2-----x---x--X--x--7--9--10-4--|

A|--2----3----11--10--9--7--7--9--10-4--|

E|--0----0------------------5--7---8-2--|

Standard Chords for Inter.2

G#5 G5 F#5 E5 C5

e|-----------------------|

B|-----------------------|

G|---------------9----5--|

D|--6---5----4---9----5--|

A|--6---5----4---7----3--|

E|--4---3----2-----------|

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