The Best Yet
Switchfoot
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE BEST YET ALBUM SWITCHFOOT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.DARE YOU TO MOVE SWITCHFOOT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning:Standard *Chords listed at end ~INTRO~ / Asus2 X2 ~VERSE~ Welcome to the planet Welcome to existence F#m Asus2 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 Asus2 I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor I dare you to move I dare you to move Asus2 B5 N.C 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| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| 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-| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| ~OUTRO CHORUS~ I dare you to move I dare you to move Asus2 I dare you to lift yourself to lift yourself up off the floor 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 / Asus2 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 ============================================================================= 2.MEANT TO LIVE SWITCHFOOT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning:Drop Tuning(-----) *Chords listed at end ~INTRO~ ~VERSE~ G5(let ring) Fumbling his confidence and wondering why the world has passed him By G5(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~ G5(let ring) Dreaming about providence and whether mice or men have second Tries G5(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 And everything inside screams for second life yeah ~OUTRO CHORUS~ 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 *Chords used 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 ============================================================================= 3.STARS SWITCHFOOT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 |----------------------------------------------------------------| 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] 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 |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| 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 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 and maybe I’m overcast and maybe all my lucks washed down the drain ~PRE-CHORUS~ G Asus2 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 G 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~ Stars Stars ~PRE-CHORUS~ Everyone everyone we feel so lonely G Asus2 Bsus2 Csus2 Everyone yeah everyone we feel so empty ~OUTRO-CHORUS~ 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) G Em A7sus When I look at the stars the stars N.C I see someone ~OUTRO~ play riff 2 twice. *Chords used A7sus Asus2 Bsus2 Csus2 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 ============================================================================= 4.OH! GRAVITY SWITCHFOOT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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~ Why this tragedy why can’t we seem to keep it together 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~ Oh gravity why can’t we seem to keep it together Oh gravity why can’t we seem to pull it together Why this tragedy why can’t we seem to keep it together 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 La la la la la la la la la la lets pull it together *Chords used 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 ============================================================================= 5.THIS IS HOME SWITCHFOOT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning:Standard *Chords listed at end listed at the end. ~INTRO~ Cadd11 X6 NOTE:Keeps repeating throughout entire verse. ~VERSE~ I’ve got my memories always inside of me But I can’t go back back to how it was I believe you now I’ve come to far No I can’t go back back to how it was ~PRE-CHORUS~ Created for a place I’ve never known ~CHORUS~ This is home now I’m finally where I belong where I belong Yeah this is home I’ve been searching for a place of my own Now I’ve found it maybe this is home yeah this is home ~VERSE~ Belief over misery I’ve seen the enemy 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 We are miracles and we’re not alone yeah ~REPEAT CHORUS~ ~BRIDGE~ And now after all my searching after all my questions I’m gonna call it home I’ve got a brand new mind set I can finally see the sunset I’m gonna call it home ~OUTRO-CHORUS~ Home This is home now I’m finally where I belong where I belong Yeah this is home I’ve been searching for a place of my own Now I’ve found it maybe this is home This is home Now I know yeah this is home I’ve come to far and I wont go back yeah this is home *Chords used 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-| END ============================================================================= 6.LEARNING TO BREATHE SWITCHFOOT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning:Standard *Chords listed at end ~INTRO~ Dsus Dsus ~VERSE~ Hello good morning how you do What makes your rising sun so new I could use a fresh beginning too All of my regrets are nothing new ~PRE-CHORUS~ 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 I’m finding that you and you alone can break my fall I’m living again awake and alive D G Dsus Csus2 I’m dying to breathe in these abundant skies ~VERSE~ Hello good morning how you been Yesterday left my head kicked in I never never thought that I would fall like that Never knew that I could hurt this bad ~REPEAT CHORUS~ ~BRIDGE~ Em Csus2 These abundant skies 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 ~OUTRO-CHORUS~ Csus2 Em That I’m learning to breathe I’m learning to crawl I’m finding that you and you alone can break my fall 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 Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah D G Dsus Csus2 Learning to breathe I’m dying to breathe In these abundant skies hello good morning how you do ~OUTRO~ Csus2 Csus2 Dsus Csus2 *Chords used Dsus Csus2 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 ============================================================================= 7.AWAKENING SWITCHFOOT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning:Standard *Chords listed at end ~INTRO~ E A5 X[4] ~VERSE~ Face down with the L.A curbside endings With the ones and zeros Downtown was the perfect place to hide The first star that I saw last night was a headlight Of a man made sky but Man made never made our dreams collide collide ~CHORUS~ Here we are now with the falling sky and the rain We’re awakening Here we are now with our desp’rate youth and the pain We’re awakening Maybe it’s called ambition you’ve been talking in your sleep About a dream (we’re awakening) NOTE:Only sing the lines in the parentheses the first time. ~INTERLUDE~ E A5 ~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~ E Dsus2 A We’re awakening 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 Asus2 It’s beating I’m bleeding 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 Asus2 It’s beating it’s beating it’s beating I’m bleeding ~REPEAT CHORUS~ ~OUTRO~ We’re awakening dream We’re awakening yeah! *Chords used 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-----| END ============================================================================= 8.THIS IS YOUR LIFE SWITCHFOOT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning:Standard *Chords listed at end ~INTRO~ C#m A X[4] ~VERSE~ Yesterday is a wrinkle on your forehead Yesterday is a promise that you’ve broken Don’t close your eyes don’t close your eyes This is your life 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~ 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 That it would be when the world was younger And you had everything to lose ~VERSE~ Yesterday is a kid in the corner Yesterday is dead and over ~REPEAT CHORUS~ ~INTERLUDE~ C#m A ~BRIDGE~ Don’t close your eyes don’t close your eyes Don’t close your eyes don’t close your eyes ~OUTRO-CHORUS~ 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 That it would be when the world was younger B Asus2 And you had everything to lose You had everything to lose ~OUTRO~ NOTE:It starts fading out once you reach the repeat sign. X[2] *Chords used 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-----| END ============================================================================= 9.ON FIRE SWITCHFOOT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning:Standard *Chords listed at end ~INTRO~ ~VERSE~ They tell you where you need to go They tell you when you need to leave They tell you what you need to know Tell you who you need to be But everything inside you knows There’s more than what you’ve heard There’s so much more than empty conversations Filled with empty words ~CHORUS~ And you’re on fire when he’s near you You’re on fire when he speaks You’re on fire burning at these mysteries ~VERSE~ Give me one more time around Give me one more chance to see Give me everything you are Give me one more chance to be near you and When everything inside me Looks like everything I hate You are the hope I have for change You are the only chance I’ll take ~CHORUS~ When I’m on fire when you’re near me I’m on fire when you speak I’m on fire burning at these mysteries Mysteries Mysteries ~INTERLUDE~ ~BRIDGE~ I’m standing on the edge of me I’m standing on the edge of me I’m standing on the edge of me I’m standing on the edge of me I’m standing on the edge of everything I’ve never been before And I’ve been standing on the edge of me Standing on the edge ~CHORUS~ And I’m on fire when you’re near me I’m on fire when you speak Yeah I’m on fire burning out these mysteries These mysteries These mysteries Yeah your mysteries yeah your mystery ~OUTRO~ () Fsus2 *Chords used 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 ============================================================================= 10.ONLY HOPE SWITCHFOOT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning:Standard *Chords listed at end ~INTRO~ X[2] ~VERSE~ There’s a song that’s inside of my soul It’s the one that I’ve tried to write over and over again I’m awake in the in---finite cold But you sing to me o---ver and over and over again ~CHORUS~ So I lay my head back down And I lift my hands and pray to be only yours I pray to be only yours I know now you’re my only hope ~INTERLUDE~ () ~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~ ~BRIDGE~ I give you my apathy I’m giving you all of me 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 And I lift my hands and pray to be only yours I pray to be only yours I pray to be only yours I know now you’re my only hope ~OUTRO~ () *Chords used 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 ============================================================================= 11.DIRTY SECOND HANDS SWITCHFOOT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning:Drop tuning(-----) *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. B|----------------3---3--------------------3---3-----------------| 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~ Please don’t be so naive You know you’re not foo-ling anyone You’re not as tough as you think With dirty second hands the dirty second hands Can’t get nothing for free It becomes so predictable You start fighting to breathe The dirty second hands your dirty second hands ~CHORUS~ Here’s the face of everything that brakes you down 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 Here’s the face of everything that brakes you down You bind you with dirty second hands Now you face the face of everything that brakes you down You bind you with dirty second hands 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 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 ============================================================================= 12.LOVE IS THE MOVEMENT SWITCHFOOT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning:Standard *Chords listed at end ~INTRO~ ~VERSE~ A day in L.A and millions of faces Are looking for a movement ’Cause everything’s stuck and everything’s frozen And everyone’s broken And nobody moves and everyone’s scared That the motion will never come ~PRE-CHORUS~ This is the incompletion Stuck in a line ~CHORUS~ Love is the movement love is a revolution This is redemption we don’t have to slow back down ~INTERLUDE~ ~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~ We’re starting now we’re starting now Yeah we’re starting now we don’t have to slow back down Yeah Yeah ~INTERLUDE~ ~OUTRO~ This is a revolution this is a revolution Love is the movement Love is a revolution This is redemption we don’t have to slow back down Love is the movement love is a revolution We have redemption we don’t have to slow back down Love is the movement *Chords used 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 ============================================================================= 13.COMPANY CAR SWITCHFOOT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning:Standard *Chords listed at end ~INTRO~ Asus2 ~VERSE~ Mike was right when he said I’d put up a fight To be someone a fight to be me but see Now I’m down under the pavement Of capitol hills and lowercase people ~PRE-CHORUS~ As time rolls by my dreams have become 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 Yeah I’ve become one with the ones that I’ve never believed in 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~ Yeah all the kings horses at the foot of the wall They’re taking pictures of the man who lost all 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~ Mike was right hey mike we’re one and the same We’re the faceless combatants in the loneliest game ~PRE-CHORUS~ Ah but say I’ll wave as I’m driving by 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 Yeah I’ve become one with the ones that I’ve never believed in But I’ve got the company car yeah check me out I’ve got the company car yeah check me out I’ve got the company car yeah *Chords used Asus2 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 ============================================================================= 14.LONELY NATION SWITCHFOOT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning:Standard *Chords listed at end ~INTRO~ ~VERSE~ She turns like the ocean she tells no emotion She’s been gunning down the fight She’s just reminiscing blood sweat and one thing’s missing 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~ Oh Oh ~VERSE~ We are the target market we set the corp’rate target We are slaves of what we want 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.C 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 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 G Csus2 Of feeling hollow of feeling hollow ~REPEAT CHORUS~ ~OUTRO~ N.C G Oh oh *Chords used 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 ============================================================================= 15.THE SHADOW PROVES THE SUNSHINE SWITCHFOOT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning:Standard *Chords listed at end ~VERSE~ Sunshine won’t you be my mother sunshine come and help me sing 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. | 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 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~ Yeah yeah shine on me yeah yeah shine on me Yeah yeah shine on me Shine on me oh Yeah ~REPEAT CHORUS~ ~OUTRO~ Yeah yeah shine on me yeah yeah shine on me Yeah yeah shine on me shine on me (C#m) Asus2 E Let my shadow prove the sunshine *Chords used Asus2 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 ============================================================================= 16.CONCRETE GIRL SWITCHFOOT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning:Standard *Chords listed at end ~VERSE~ Bleeding thoughts cracking boulder don’t fall over Fake your laughter burn the tear sing it louder 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 Twist and shout ~PRE-CHORUS~ Immovable shadows concrete girl They’ll rock your world to nothing ~CHORUS~ And they’re swimming around again again And they’re swimming around the concrete ~VERSE~ 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 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~ And they’re swimming around again again And they’re swimming around again again And they’re swimming around the concrete Girl concrete girl don’t fall down In this broken world around you Concrete girl don’t fall down Don’t fall down my concrete girl ~BRIDGE~ Ah ah concrete girl 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~ And we’re standing on top of our hopes and fears And we’re fighting for words now concrete girl And we’re swimming around again again And we’re swimming around now concrete Girl concrete girl don’t fall down in this broken world around you Concrete girl don’t fall down don’t fall down my concrete Girl concrete girl don’t fall down in this concrete world around you Concrete girl don’t fall down don’t break down my concrete girl ~INTERLUDE~ ~OUTRO-CHORUS~ NOTE:It starts fading out here. Girl concrete girl don’t fall down in this broken world around you Concrete girl don’t fall down don’t fall down my concrete Girl concrete girl don’t fall down in this concrete world around you Concrete girl don’t fall down don’t break down my concrete girl ~OUTRO~ *Chords used 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 ============================================================================= 17.TWENTY-FOUR SWITCHFOOT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning:Standard *Chords listed at end ~VERSE~ Twenty four oceans twenty four skies Dsus G Twenty four failures in twenty four tries Twenty four finds me in twenty fourth place Dsus G D With twenty four drop outs at the end of the day 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 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 It’s twenty four reasons to admit that I’m wrong Dsus G With all my excuses still twenty four strong ~PRE-CHORUS~ But see I’m not coping out not coping out Not coping out when you’re raising the dead in me ~CHORUS~ 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~ Twenty four voices with twenty four hearts Dsus G And all of my symphonies in twenty four parts But I wanna be one today centered and true Dsus C 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~ ~VERSE~ I wanna see miracles to see the world change Wrestled the angel for more than a name Dsus Em7 C For more than a feeling for more than a cause I’m singing spirit take me up in arms with you Twenty four oceans with twenty four hearts G C Dsus With all of my symphonies in twenty four parts Life is not what I thought it was twenty four hours ago Still I’m singing spirit take me up in arms Yeah ~OUTRO~ 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 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 ============================================================================= 18.THE BEAUTIFUL LETDOWN SWITCHFOOT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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~ In a world full of bitter pain bitter doubt I was trying so hard to fit in to fit in Until I found out that ~CHORUS~ 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~ 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 I’ll be a beautiful letdown that’s what I’ll forever be And though it may cost my soul I’ll sing for free ~PRE-CHORUS~ We’re still chasing our tails in the rising sun And our dark water planet’s still spinning in a race where no one wins And no one’s won see ~CHORUS~ 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 (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~ 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 Easy living please come on and let me down 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 E Dsus2 E Dsus2 Hey let us sing one true tune yeah ~OUTRO-CHORUS~ I don’t belong here no I don’t belong here Now I don’t belong here feels like I don’t belong here yeah I don’t belong feels like I don’t belong here No I don’t belong here would you let me down Come and let me down you always let me down 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 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 ============================================================================= ============================================================================= 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.
