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Meant To Live

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1/47

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 47Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

The intro is in Drop D, but the rest is in standard.
Capo 2
        123456
Am+ : e|--x---
      B|x-----
      G|-x----
      D|-x----
      A|------
      E|------
[Intro]
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------4h5p4----------4b----------4b-------------------|
D|--------4h5p4----------4b----------4b---5-5-5-5-7-7-----|
A|---2-2-2-------0-0-0-------2-2-2--------5-5-5-5-7-7-----|
D|---------------------------2-2-2--------5-5-5-5-7-7-----|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|------4h5p4--------4h5p4-------4h5p4--------------------|
D|--------------------------------------0-2-0-0-0-2-7-7---|
A|-2-2-2--------0-0-0-------2-2-2-------0-2-0-0-0-2-7-7---|
D|--------------------------2-2-2-------0-2-0-0-0-2-7-7---|
[Verse 1]
F(hold)
Fumbling his confidence
And wondering why the world has passed him Cby
F(hold)
Hoping that he’s meant for more than arguments
And failed attempts to Cfly, fly
[Chorus]
FWe were meant to Glive for so much Ammore
        (Am+) 
Have we lost ourselves?
FSomewhere we live Aminside
FSomewhere we live Cinside
FWe were meant to Glive for so much Ammore
        (Am+)
Have we lost ourselves?
FSomewhere we live Cinside
Verse 2
F(hold)
Dreaming about providence
And whether mice or men have second Ctries
F(hold)
Maybe we’ve been livin with our eyes half open
Maybe we’re bent and Cbroken, broken
[Chorus]
FWe were meant to Glive for so much Ammore
        (Am+)
Have we lost ourselves?
FSomewhere we live Aminside
FSomewhere we live Cinside
FWe were meant to Glive for so much Ammore
        (Am+)
Have we lost ourselves?
FSomewhere we live Cinside
[Bridge]
We want Cmore than this world’s Fgot to offer
We want Cmore than this world’s Fgot to offer
We want Cmore than the Dmwars of our fathers
And eveBbrything inside scFreams for second life
[Outro]
CWe were meant to live for so much more
CHave we lost ourselves?
CWe were meant to live for so much more
CHave we lost ourselves?
CWe were meant to live for so much more
CHave we lost ourselves?
CWe were meant to live
CWe were meant to live
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| x  Dead note
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| b  Bend
************************************

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Meant To Live

by Switchfoot

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

The intro is in Drop D, but the rest is in standard.

Capo 2

123456

Am+ : e|--x---

B|x-----

G|-x----

D|-x----

A|------

E|------

[Intro]

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

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

G|--------4h5p4----------4b----------4b-------------------|

D|--------4h5p4----------4b----------4b---5-5-5-5-7-7-----|

A|---2-2-2-------0-0-0-------2-2-2--------5-5-5-5-7-7-----|

D|---------------------------2-2-2--------5-5-5-5-7-7-----|

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

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

G|------4h5p4--------4h5p4-------4h5p4--------------------|

D|--------------------------------------0-2-0-0-0-2-7-7---|

A|-2-2-2--------0-0-0-------2-2-2-------0-2-0-0-0-2-7-7---|

D|--------------------------2-2-2-------0-2-0-0-0-2-7-7---|

[Verse 1]

(hold)

Fumbling his confidence

And wondering why the world has passed him by

(hold)

Hoping that he’s meant for more than arguments

And failed attempts to fly, fly

[Chorus]

F G Am

We were meant to live for so much more

(+)

Have we lost ourselves?

F Am

Somewhere we live inside

F C

Somewhere we live inside

F G Am

We were meant to live for so much more

(+)

Have we lost ourselves?

F C

Somewhere we live inside

Verse 2

(hold)

Dreaming about providence

And whether mice or men have second tries

(hold)

Maybe we’ve been livin with our eyes half open

Maybe we’re bent and broken, broken

[Chorus]

F G Am

We were meant to live for so much more

(+)

Have we lost ourselves?

F Am

Somewhere we live inside

F C

Somewhere we live inside

F G Am

We were meant to live for so much more

(+)

Have we lost ourselves?

F C

Somewhere we live inside

[Bridge]

C F

We want more than this world’s got to offer

C F

We want more than this world’s got to offer

C Dm

We want more than the wars of our fathers

Bb F

And everything inside screams for second life

[Outro]

We were meant to live for so much more

Have we lost ourselves?

We were meant to live for so much more

Have we lost ourselves?

We were meant to live for so much more

Have we lost ourselves?

We were meant to live

************************************

| x Dead note

| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

| b Bend

************************************

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