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THE BEST YET ALBUM SWITCHFOOT
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Tabbed by:hurricaneherman
Here are the chords for Switchfoot s album The Best Yet.
TRACK LIST:
1:Dare You To Move
2:Meant To Live
3:Stars
4:Oh! Gravity
5:This Is Home
6:Learning To Breathe
7:Awakening
8:This Is Your Life
9:On Fire
10:Only Hope
11:Dirty Second Hands
12:Love Is The Movement
13:Company Car
14:Lonely Nation
15:The Shadow Proves The Sunshine
16:Concrete Girl
17:Twenty-Four
18:The Beautiful Letdown
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1.DARE YOU TO MOVE SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
~INTRO~
/ X2
~VERSE~
/
Welcome to the planet
/
Welcome to existence
Everyone s here everyone s here
/
Everybody s watch------ing you now
/
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next what happens next
~CHORUS~ NOTE:Only play (BEFORE) the first time.
I dare you to move I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move I dare you to move
N.
Like today never happened today never happened (before)
~INTERLUDE~ Play the intro riff.
Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistance
The tension is here the tension is here
Between who you are and who you could be
Between how it is and how it should be Yeah
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~BRIDGE~
Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself
Where you gonna go where you gonna go
Salvation is here
~INTERLUDE~
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---|
|1212121212121212121212121212121414b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
~OUTRO CHORUS~
I dare you to move I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move I dare you to move
Like today never happened today never happened
Today never happened today it never happened before
*chords used
/
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-|
END
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2.MEANT TO LIVE SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Drop Tuning(D-----e)
*Chords listed at end
~INTRO~
~VERSE~
(let ring)
Fumbling his confidence and wondering why the world has passed him
By
(let ring)
Hoping that he s bent for more than arguments and failed attempts to
Fly fly
~CHORUS~
We were meant to live for so much more have we lost ourselves
Somewhere we live inside somewhere we live inside
We were meant to live for so much more have we lost ourselves
Somewhere we live inside
~INTERLUDE~
~VERSE~
(let ring)
Dreaming about providence and whether mice or men have second
Tries
(let ring)
Maybe we ve been living with our eyes half open maybe where bent and
Broken broken oh
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~INTERLUDE~
~BRIDGE~
We want more than this worlds got to offer
We want more than this worlds got to offer
We want more than the wars of our fathers
C5
And everything inside screams for second life yeah
~OUTRO CHORUS~
Dsus2
We were meant to live for so much more have we lost ourselves
Dsus2
We were meant to live for so much more have we lost ourselves
Dsus2
We were meant to live for so much more have we lost ourselves
Dsus2
We were meant to live we were meant to live
*Chords used
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-----|
END
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3.STARS SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Intro is in drop D tuning, but the rest of the song is standard.
*Chords listed at end
~INTRO~
If you don t want to detune, you can just play the D chord through the
entire intro.
|RIFF 1
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
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-|X[4]
|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|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|X[2]
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----------|
~VERSE~
Maybe I ve been the problem maybe I m the one to blame
A7sus A7
But even when I turn it off and blame myself the outcome feels the same
I ve been thinking maybe I ve been partly cloudy maybe I m the chance of rain
A7sus A7
and maybe I m overcast and maybe all my lucks washed down the drain
~PRE-CHORUS~
Bsus2 Csus2
I ve been thinking bout everyone everyone you look so lonely
~CHORUS~
But when I look at the stars when I look at the stars
When I look at the stars I see someone else
Em A7sus
When I look at the stars the stars
I feel like myself
~INTERLUDE~ Play second half of Riff 2.
~VERSE~ (Chords are the same as first verse)
Stars looking at a planet watching entropy and pain
And maybe start to wonder how the chaos in our lives could pass as sane
I ve been thinking bout the meaning of Resistance of a hope beyond my own
And suddenly the infinite and penitent begin to look like home
I ve been thinking bout everyone everyone you look so empty
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~REPEAT INTERLUDE~
~BRIDGE~
G F#m A (Play second half of riff 2)
Stars
Stars
~PRE-CHORUS~
Everyone everyone we feel so lonely
Bsus2 Csus2
Everyone yeah everyone we feel so empty
~OUTRO-CHORUS~
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)
Em A7sus
When I look at the stars the stars
N.
I see someone
~OUTRO~
play riff 2 twice.
*Chords used
A7sus A7 Bsus2 Csus2 Em
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-----|
END
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4.OH! GRAVITY SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
~INTRO~
~VERSE~
There s a fracture in the color bar
In the backseat of a parked car
By the liquor store where the street light
Keep you company til the next night
In the same town there s the same scar
In the same glow of the liquor store
By the freeway where the headlight
Keep her company til the next night
~CHORUS~
Oh! gravity why can t we seem to keep it together
()
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----|
~VERSE~
In the back room of the pentagon
There s a thin man with a line drawn
With a red jaw and a red bite
Watch the headline on the next night
~REPEAT CHORUS~
F#m7
Why this tragedy why can t we seem to keep it together
()
F#m7
Oh gravity why can t we seem to pull it together
~BRIDGE~
In the fallout the fallout we found out the hype wont get you through
We re connected connected I meant it the hype wont get you through through
~OUTRO-CHORUS~
A7
Oh gravity why can t we seem to keep it together
A7
Oh gravity why can t we seem to pull it together
F#m7
Why this tragedy why can t we seem to keep it together
F#m7
Oh gravity why can t we seem to pull it together
()
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
() N.
La la la la la la la la la la lets pull it together
*Chords used
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-----|
END
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5.THIS IS HOME SWITCHFOOT
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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
listed at the end.
~INTRO~
C2 C Cadd11 C X6 NOTE:Keeps repeating throughout entire verse.
~VERSE~
Am7
I ve got my memories always inside of me
F Am7
But I can t go back back to how it was
()
Am7
I believe you now I ve come to far
F Am7
No I can t go back back to how it was
~PRE-CHORUS~
Dm Am
Created for a place I ve never known
~CHORUS~
()
Am7 F
This is home now I m finally where I belong where I belong
Dm7
Yeah this is home I ve been searching for a place of my own
Am7 F Am7 F
Now I ve found it maybe this is home yeah this is home
~VERSE~
()
Am7
Belief over misery I ve seen the enemy
F Am7
And I wont go back back to how it was
And I got my heart set on what happens next
I got my eyes wide it s not over yet
F Am7
We are miracles and we re not alone yeah
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~BRIDGE~
Gm7 F
And now after all my searching after all my questions
I m gonna call it home
Gm7 F
I ve got a brand new mind set I can finally see the sunset
Fm Fm7 Am
I m gonna call it home
~OUTRO-CHORUS~
F
Home
Am F
This is home now I m finally where I belong where I belong
Dm7
Yeah this is home I ve been searching for a place of my own
Am F Am7
Now I ve found it maybe this is home
F
This is home
Dm Am F
Now I know yeah this is home
Am7 F
I ve come to far and I wont go back yeah this is home
*Chords used
C2 Cadd11
Am7 F 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-|
END
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6.LEARNING TO BREATHE SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
~INTRO~
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Dsus
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Dsus
~VERSE~
Am
Hello good morning how you do
Cmaj7 Bm Bm
What makes your rising sun so new
Am
I could use a fresh beginning too
Cmaj7 Bm
All of my regrets are nothing new
~PRE-CHORUS~
Bm Csus2 Gmaj7
So this is the way that I say I need you
Dsus
This is the way this is the way
~CHORUS~
(
Dsus)
Csus2 Em
That I m learning to breathe I m learning to crawl
Csus2 Em
I m finding that you and you alone can break my fall
Csus2 Em
I m living again awake and alive
Dsus Csus2
I m dying to breathe in these abundant skies
~VERSE~
Em
Hello good morning how you been
Cmaj7 Bm
Yesterday left my head kicked in
()
Bm Am
I never never thought that I would fall like that
Cmaj7 Bm
Never knew that I could hurt this bad
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~BRIDGE~
Em Csus2
These abundant skies
Bm Em Csus2 Bm
Yeah abundant skies Yeah
()
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
~OUTRO-CHORUS~
Csus2 Em
That I m learning to breathe I m learning to crawl
Csus2 Em
I m finding that you and you alone can break my fall
Csus2 Em
I m living again awake and alive
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 Csus2 Em Csus2 Em
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Dsus Csus2
Learning to breathe I m dying to breathe
In these abundant skies hello good morning how you do
~OUTRO~
Em Csus2 Em Csus2
Em Dsus Csus2
*Chords used
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Dsus 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-----|
END
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7.AWAKENING SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
~INTRO~
X[4]
~VERSE~
C#m
Face down with the L.A curbside endings
With the ones and zeros
C#m
Downtown was the perfect place to hide
C#m
The first star that I saw last night was a headlight
Of a man made sky but
C#m
Man made never made our dreams collide collide
~CHORUS~
C#m
Here we are now with the falling sky and the rain
We re awakening
C#m
Here we are now with our desp rate youth and the pain
We re awakening
C#m
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
the first time.
~INTERLUDE~
~VERSE~ (Chords are the same as first verse)
Last week found me living for nothing but deadlines
With my deadbeat sky but
This town doesn t look the same tonight
These dreams started singing to me out of no where
And in all my life I
Don t know if I ve ever felt so alive alive
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~BRIDGE~
Dsus2
We re awakening
C#m
I want to wake up kicking and screaming
I want to wake up kicking and screaming
I want to now that my heart s still beating
It s beating I m bleeding
C#m
I want to wake up kicking and screaming
I want to live like I know what I m leaving
I want to know that my hearts still beating
It s beating it s beating it s beating
I m bleeding
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~OUTRO~
C#m
We re awakening dream
We re awakening yeah!
*Chords used
C#m Dsus2
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-----|
END
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8.THIS IS YOUR LIFE SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
~INTRO~
C#m X[4]
~VERSE~
C#m
Yesterday is a wrinkle on your forehead
C#m
Yesterday is a promise that you ve broken
Don t close your eyes don t close your eyes
C#m
This is your life
C#m
And today is all you ve got now and
And today is all you ever had
Don t close your eyes don t close your eyes
~CHORUS~
This is your life are you who you want to be
This is your life are you who you want to be
This is your life is it everything you dreamed
That it would be when the world was younger
C#m
And you had everything to lose
~VERSE~
C#m
Yesterday is a kid in the corner
C#m
Yesterday is dead and over
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~INTERLUDE~
C#m
~BRIDGE~
Don t close your eyes don t close your eyes
Don t close your eyes don t close your eyes
~OUTRO-CHORUS~
This is your life are you who you want to be
This is your life are you who you want to be
Yeah yeah yeah are you who you want to be
This is your life who you want to be
This is your life is it everything you dreamed
That it would be when the world was younger
And you had everything to lose
C#m
You had everything to lose
~OUTRO~ NOTE:It starts fading out once you reach the repeat sign.
C#m C#m X[2]
C#m
*Chords used
C#m
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-----|
END
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9.ON FIRE SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
~INTRO~
Cmaj7 Am F
~VERSE~
Cmaj7
They tell you where you need to go
Am
They tell you when you need to leave
Cmaj7
They tell you what you need to know
Am
Tell you who you need to be
Cmaj7
But everything inside you knows
There s more than what you ve heard
Am
There s so much more than empty conversations
F
Filled with empty words
~CHORUS~
And you re on fire when he s near you
Am F
You re on fire when he speaks
You re on fire burning at these mysteries
~VERSE~
Cmaj7
Give me one more time around
Am F
Give me one more chance to see
Cmaj7
Give me everything you are
Am F
Give me one more chance to be near you and
Cmaj7
When everything inside me
Looks like everything I hate
Am
You are the hope I have for change
F
You are the only chance I ll take
~CHORUS~
When I m on fire when you re near me
Am F
I m on fire when you speak
Am F
I m on fire burning at these mysteries
Am F Am F
Mysteries Mysteries
~INTERLUDE~
Dm Am F Cmaj7 Am F
~BRIDGE~
Cmaj7
I m standing on the edge of me
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
I m standing on the edge of everything
I ve never been before
Am
And I ve been standing on the edge of me
F
Standing on the edge
~CHORUS~
And I m on fire when you re near me
Am F
I m on fire when you speak
Am
Yeah I m on fire burning out these mysteries
F
These mysteries These mysteries
Am F Cmaj7
Yeah your mysteries yeah your mystery
~OUTRO~
(
Cmaj7)
Am F Cmaj7 Am Fsus2
*Chords used
Cmaj7 Am F 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-----|
END
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10.ONLY HOPE SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
~INTRO~
Em Bm Em X[2]
~VERSE~
Em Bm Em
There s a song that s inside of my soul
Em Bm Em
It s the one that I ve tried to write over and over again
Em Bm Em
I m awake in the in---finite cold
Em Bm Em
But you sing to me o---ver and over and over again
~CHORUS~
()
So I lay my head back down
C#m
And I lift my hands and pray to be only yours
C#m
I pray to be only yours
Em
I know now you re my only hope
~INTERLUDE~ (
Em)
Bm Em
~VERSE~ (Chords are the same as verse 1)
Sing to me of the song of the stars
Of your galaxy dancing and laughing and laughing again
When it feels like my dreams are so far
Sing to me of the plans that you have for me over again
~REPEAT CHORUS~
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
~INTERLUDE~
Bm Em Em Bm Em
~BRIDGE~
()
Em
I give you my apathy
Em
I m giving you all of me
Em F#
I want your symphony Singing in all that I am
At the top of my lungs
()
I m giving it back
~CHORUS~
And I lay my head back down
C#m
And I lift my hands and pray to be only yours
C#m C#m
I pray to be only yours I pray to be only yours
Em
I know now you re my only hope
~OUTRO~
(
Em)
Bm Em Em Bm Em Em
*Chords used
Em Bm 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-----|
END
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11.DIRTY SECOND HANDS SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Drop tuning(D-----E)
*Chords listed at end
~INTRO~
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-|
~VERSE~
/
Em/D Dm7 Dsus
Please don t be so naive
() / /
You know you re not foo-ling anyone
(D5/
Em/D Dm7 Dsus /
You re not as tough as you think
(D5/A)
With dirty second hands the dirty second hands
(D5/A)
Em/D Dm7 Dsus
Can t get nothing for free
() / /
It becomes so predictable
(D5/A)
Em/D Dm7 Dsus /
You start fighting to breathe
(D5/A)
The dirty second hands your dirty second hands
~CHORUS~
F5 F5 C5 /
Here s the face of everything that brakes you down
F5 F5 /
But now you face the face of everything that brakes you down
~VERSE~ (Chords are the same as verse 1)
With an army of me
We invent our own enemies
Man versus machine
And the dirty second hands the dirty second hands
In the land of the free
And the home of the remedy
The old clock is a thief
With dirty second hands with dirty second hands
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~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.
Are you really as tough as you think
You blink and you re over the brink
You bleed but the blood runs pink
With dirty second hands dirty second hands
You re not quite as tough as you thought
You bought the American rot
The very seed that you thought you shot
With dirty second hands dirty second hands
You might be right the fight might be right inside you
The blind leading the lied to
Tonight maybe you bind you with dirty second hands
F5 F5 C5 /
Here s the face of everything that brakes you down
You bind you with dirty second hands
F5 F5 C5 /
Now you face the face of everything that brakes you down
You bind you with dirty second hands
F5 F5 C5 /
Now you face the face of everything that brakes you down
~OUTRO~
Play the intro riff once, and then end on D5/A.
*Chords used
/
Em/D Dm7 Dsus Dsus2 F5 C5
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-----|
END
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12.LOVE IS THE MOVEMENT SWITCHFOOT
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Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
~INTRO~
Em7
Dm A7 Bb Dm A7 Bb Dm
~VERSE~
(
Dm)
F Bb
A day in L.A and millions of faces
Dm
Are looking for a movement
(
Dm)
F Bb
Cause everything s stuck and everything s frozen
Dm
And everyone s broken
(
Dm)
F Bb
And nobody moves and everyone s scared
That the motion will never come
~PRE-CHORUS~
()
Bb
This is the incompletion
Bb Dm
Stuck in a line
~CHORUS~
(
Dm)
Bb Dm
Love is the movement love is a revolution
(
Dm)
Bb
This is redemption we don t have to slow back down
~INTERLUDE~
Dm Bb Dm Bb Dm
~VERSE~ (Chords are same as verse 1)
The stars are alive they dance to the music
Of the deepest emotion
And all of the world is singing in time
As the heavens are caving in
Mysterious ways why god gave his life
To put motion inside my soul
~PRE-CHORUS~ (Chords same as pre-chorus 1)
It s bigger than cold religion
It s bigger than life
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~BRIDGE~
Bb F Bb F
We re starting now we re starting now
Bb F Bb F
Yeah we re starting now we don t have to slow back down
Yeah Yeah
~INTERLUDE~
Em7
Dm A7 Bb Dm A7 Bb Dm
~OUTRO~
Bb Dm
This is a revolution this is a revolution
Bb Dm
Love is the movement Love is a revolution
Bb
This is redemption we don t have to slow back down
Bb Dm
Love is the movement love is a revolution
Bb Dm
We have redemption we don t have to slow back down
Bb
Love is the movement
*Chords used
Em7 Dm A7 F 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~
C#m
C#m
~VERSE~
C#m
Mike was right when he said I d put up a fight
To be someone a fight to be me but see
C#m
Now I m down under the pavement
Of capitol hills and lowercase people
~PRE-CHORUS~
C#m F#7
As time rolls by my dreams have become
C#m
That which is attainable not what I m looking for
~CHORUS~
I ve got the company car
I m the one swinging at two below par
C#m
Yeah I ve become one with the ones that I ve never believed in
F#7
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~
N. N.
Yeah all the kings horses at the foot of the wall
N. N.
They re taking pictures of the man who lost all
Of his masks of pretension he s got two faces left
F#7 (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~
C#m
Mike was right hey mike we re one and the same
We re the faceless combatants in the loneliest game
~PRE-CHORUS~
C#m F#7
Ah but say I ll wave as I m driving by
C#m
With that smirk in my eye yelling
Hey I m something man check me out
~OUTRO-CHORUS~
I ve got the company car
I m the one swinging at two below par
C#m
Yeah I ve become one with the ones that I ve never believed in
F#7
But I ve got the company car yeah check me out
F#7
I ve got the company car yeah check me out
F#7
I ve got the company car yeah
*Chords used
C#m F#7
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
She s been gunning down the fight
Em7
She s just reminiscing blood sweat and one thing s missing
Csus2
She s been breaking up inside inside
~CHORUS~
() |
Singing without tongues screaming without lungs - - - - - |1
() |
I want more than my lonely nation - - - - - - - - - - - - |2
|
I want more than my lonely nation - - - - - - - - - - - - |3
|
Desp rate we are young sep rate we are one - - - - - - - -|4
|
I want more than my desperation - - - - - - - - - - - - - |5
|
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
We are slaves of what we want
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~
N.
Em7
Oh lonely lonely
Don t leave me hollow I m tired don t leave me hollow
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
I m tired of feeling low of feeling hollow
Em7 Csus2
Of feeling hollow of feeling hollow
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~OUTRO~
N.
Oh oh
*Chords used
Em7 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~
C#m C#m
Sunshine won t you be my mother sunshine come and help me sing
()
C#m C#m
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.
|
|
C#m
Crooked soul(s) tryin to stay up straight dry eyes in the pouring rain where
The shadow proves the sunshine the shadow proves the sunshine
()
C#m
Two scared little run a ways hold fast till the brake of daylight where
()
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~
C#m C#m
Yeah yeah shine on me yeah yeah shine on me
()
C#m C#m
Yeah yeah shine on me Shine on me oh
C#m
Yeah
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~OUTRO~
C#m C#m
Yeah yeah shine on me yeah yeah shine on me
C#m C#m
Yeah yeah shine on me shine on me
(
C#m)
Let my shadow prove the sunshine
*Chords used
C#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 Amadd2
Am F Amadd2
Bleeding thoughts cracking boulder don t fall over
Fake your laughter burn the tear sing it louder
Fm Cmaj7
Twist and shout
Amadd2
Am F Amadd2
Way up here we stand on shoulders growing colder
Laugh or cry I won t mind sing it louder
Fm
Twist and shout
~PRE-CHORUS~
()
Immovable shadows concrete girl
They ll rock your world to nothing
~CHORUS~
C#m
And they re swimming around again again
C#m
And they re swimming around the concrete
~VERSE~
Cmaj7
Girl
Amadd2
Am F Amadd2
Catch your breathe like four leaf clover hand it over
Scream to no one take your time sing it louder
Fm
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
And they re swimming around again again
C#m
And they re swimming around again again
C#m
And they re swimming around the concrete
F Am
Girl concrete girl don t fall down
F
In this broken world around you
F Am
Concrete girl don t fall down
F Cmaj7 N.
Don t fall down my concrete girl
~BRIDGE~
Cmaj7 Amadd2
Am F Amadd2
Ah ah concrete girl
Fm
Don t stop thinking don t stop feeling now
~PRE-CHORUS~
One step away from where we were
And one step back to nothing
~CHORUS~
C#m
And we re standing on top of our hopes and fears
C#m
And we re fighting for words now concrete girl
C#m
And we re swimming around again again
C#m
And we re swimming around now concrete
Am F Am F
Girl concrete girl don t fall down in this broken world around you
Am F Am F
Concrete girl don t fall down don t fall down my concrete
Am F Am F
Girl concrete girl don t fall down in this concrete world around you
Am F Am F Cmaj7
Concrete girl don t fall down don t break down my concrete girl
~INTERLUDE~
Am F Cmaj7 Am F
~OUTRO-CHORUS~ NOTE:It starts fading out here.
Am F Am F
Girl concrete girl don t fall down in this broken world around you
Am F Am F
Concrete girl don t fall down don t fall down my concrete
Am F Am F
Girl concrete girl don t fall down in this concrete world around you
Am F Am F Cmaj7
Concrete girl don t fall down don t break down my concrete girl
~OUTRO~
Am F Cmaj7 Am F
*Chords used
Cmaj7 Amadd2
Am F C#m 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 oceans twenty four skies
Dsus
Twenty four failures in twenty four tries
Em7
Twenty four finds me in twenty fourth place
Dsus
With twenty four drop outs at the end of the day
()
Em7
Life s not what I thought it was twenty four hours ago
Dsus
Still I m singing spirit take me up in arms with you
Em7
And I m not who I thought I was twenty four hours ago
Dsus
Still I m singing spirit take me up in arms with you
()
It s twenty four reasons to admit that I m wrong
Dsus
With all my excuses still twenty four strong
~PRE-CHORUS~
Em7
But see I m not coping out not coping out
Not coping out when you re raising the dead in me
~CHORUS~
Em7
Oh oh I am the second man oh oh I am the second man
Now oh I am the second man now and you re raising (these)
~VERSE~
()
Em7
Twenty four voices with twenty four hearts
Dsus
And all of my symphonies in twenty four parts
Em7
But I wanna be one today centered and true
Dsus
I m singing spirit take me up in arms with you
~PRE-CHORUS~
You re raising the dead in me
~CHORUS~ (Repeat the chorus, and then add this to the end)
The dead in me yeah
~INTERLUDE~
Em7
~VERSE~
I wanna see miracles to see the world change
Wrestled the angel for more than a name
Dsus Em7
For more than a feeling for more than a cause
I m singing spirit take me up in arms with you
()
Em7
Twenty four oceans with twenty four hearts
Dsus
With all of my symphonies in twenty four parts
Em7
Life is not what I thought it was twenty four hours ago
Still I m singing spirit take me up in arms Yeah
~OUTRO~
Em7
I m not coping out not coping out not
()
I m not coping out and you re raising the dead in me
*Chords used
Dsus Em7
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~
X[3]
~VERSE~
It was a beautiful letdown when I crashed and burned
When I found myself alone unknown and hurt
It was a beautiful letdown the day I knew
That all the riches this world had to offer me would never do
~PRE-CHORUS~
C#m
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#)
I don t belong here I don t belong here
I will carry a cross and a song where I don t belong
I don t belong
~VERSE~
()
Dsus2 Dsus2
It was a beautiful letdown when you found me here
Dsus2 Dsus2
Yeah for once in a rare blue moon I see everything clear
Dsus2 Dsus2
I ll be a beautiful letdown that s what I ll forever be
Dsus2 Dsus2
And though it may cost my soul I ll sing for free
~PRE-CHORUS~
()
C#m
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~
Dsus2 Dsus2
I don t belong here I don t belong
Dsus2
I will carry a cross and a song where I don t belong
Dsus2
(I don t belong) I don t belong here I don t belong here
Dsus2 Dsus2
I don t belong I m gonna set sight and set sail for the kingdom come
Dsus2 Dsus2
Kingdom come Your kingdom come won t you let me down
Dsus2 Dsus2
Yeah let my foolish pride forever let me down
~BRIDGE~
Ah easy living you re not much like the name
Easy dying hey you look just about the same
Will you please take me off your list
Dsus2
Easy living please come on and let me down
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
Dsus2 Dsus2
Hey let us sing one true tune yeah
~OUTRO-CHORUS~
Dsus2 Dsus2
I don t belong here no I don t belong here
Dsus2 Dsus2
Now I don t belong here feels like I don t belong here yeah
Dsus2 Dsus2
I don t belong feels like I don t belong here
Dsus2 Dsus2
No I don t belong here would you let me down
Dsus2 Dsus2
Come and let me down you always let me down
Dsus2 Dsus2
So glad that I m let down yeah yeah come on and let me down
Dsus2
Cause I don t belong here please won t you let me down
*Chords used
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
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.
