The Best Yet

Switchfoot

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D-DU-UDU

/ X2

~VERSE~

Welcome to the planet

Welcome to existence

Everyone's here everyone's here

Asus2

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

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.

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NOTE:These are 10's 12's and 14's.

NOTE:These are whole bends.

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~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

END

2.MEANT TO LIVE SWITCHFOOT

~INTRO~

~VERSE~

Fumbling his confidence and wondering why the world has passed him

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~

Dreaming about providence and whether mice or men have second

Tries

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 the wars of our fathers

And everything inside screams for second life yeah

~OUTRO CHORUS~

We were meant to live for so much more have we lost ourselves

We were meant to live we were meant to live

END

3.STARS SWITCHFOOT

~INTRO~

If you don't want to detune, you can just play the D chord through the

entire intro.

|RIFF 1

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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~

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

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

~PRE-CHORUS~

Everyone everyone we feel so lonely

Everyone yeah everyone we feel so empty

~OUTRO-CHORUS~

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 stars the stars

I see someone

~OUTRO~

play riff 2 twice.

END

4.OH! GRAVITY SWITCHFOOT

~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----|

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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

END

5.THIS IS HOME SWITCHFOOT

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~

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

END

6.LEARNING TO BREATHE SWITCHFOOT

~INTRO~

~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

This is the way this is the way

~CHORUS~

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

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~

These abundant skies

Yeah abundant skies Yeah

This is the way that I say I need you

This is the way that I say I love you

This is the way that I say I'm yours

This is the way this is the way

~OUTRO-CHORUS~

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

I'm dying to breathe in these abundant skies

Yes I'm dying to breathe in these abundant skies

These abundant skies yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Learning to breathe I'm dying to breathe

In these abundant skies hello good morning how you do

~OUTRO~

END

7.AWAKENING SWITCHFOOT

~INTRO~

~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~

~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~

We're awakening

I want to wake up kicking and screaming

I want to now that my heart's still beating

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

It's beating it's beating it's beating

I'm bleeding

~REPEAT CHORUS~

~OUTRO~

We're awakening dream

We're awakening yeah!

END

8.THIS IS YOUR LIFE SWITCHFOOT

~INTRO~

~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~

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

And you had everything to lose

~VERSE~

Yesterday is a kid in the corner

Yesterday is dead and over

~REPEAT CHORUS~

~INTERLUDE~

~BRIDGE~

Don't close your eyes don't close your eyes

~OUTRO-CHORUS~

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

You had everything to lose

~OUTRO~ NOTE:It starts fading out once you reach the repeat sign.

END

9.ON FIRE SWITCHFOOT

~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 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~

END

10.ONLY HOPE SWITCHFOOT

~INTRO~

~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~

END

11.DIRTY SECOND HANDS SWITCHFOOT

~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.

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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

(D5/ /

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.

END

12.LOVE IS THE MOVEMENT SWITCHFOOT

~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

END

13.COMPANY CAR SWITCHFOOT

~INTRO~

~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

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

END

14.LONELY NATION SWITCHFOOT

~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

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~

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

Of feeling hollow of feeling hollow

~REPEAT CHORUS~

~OUTRO~

Oh oh

END

15.THE SHADOW PROVES THE SUNSHINE SWITCHFOOT

~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

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

Let my shadow prove the sunshine

END

16.CONCRETE GIRL SWITCHFOOT

~VERSE~

Bleeding thoughts cracking boulder don't fall over

Fake your laughter burn the tear sing it louder

Twist and shout

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

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 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~

END

17.TWENTY-FOUR SWITCHFOOT

~VERSE~

Twenty four oceans twenty four skies

Twenty four failures in twenty four tries

Twenty four finds me in twenty fourth place

With twenty four drop outs at the end of the day

Life's not what I thought it was twenty four hours ago

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

Still I'm singing spirit take me up in arms with you

It's twenty four reasons to admit that I'm wrong

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

And all of my symphonies in twenty four parts

But I wanna be one today centered and true

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

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

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

END

18.THE BEAUTIFUL LETDOWN SWITCHFOOT

~INTRO~

~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

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

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

I don't belong I'm gonna set sight and set sail for the kingdom come

Kingdom come Your kingdom come won't you let me down

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

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 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

'Cause I don't belong here please won't you let me down

END

b = bend

/ = slide up

\ = slide down

. = staccato

X = tone clusters

= no chords

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Readable chord sheet for The Best Yet by Switchfoot

[C#m7]/[Ab]  [E5]  [E]  [E5]  [Asus2] X2

~VERSE~

Welcome to the planet [C#m7]      [Ab]          [E5]              [E]                 [E5]                     [Asus2]
Welcome to existence  [C#m7]       [Ab]           [E5]               [E]                  [E5]                      [Asus2]
Everyone's [F#m]here everyone's [Asus2]here
            [C#m7] [Ab]     [E5]   [E]   [E5]    [Asus2]
Everybody's watch------ing  you now
Everybody [C#m7]waits[Ab]   f[E5]or y[E]ou n[E5]ow     [Asus2]
What happens [G]next what happens [B5]next

~CHORUS~ NOTE:Only play (BEFORE) the first time.

I dare you to [E5]move I dare you to [B5]move
I dare you to [Asus2]lift yourself up off the floor
I dare [B5]you to [E5]move I dare you to [B5]move
Like today never [Asus2]happened today never [B5]happened ([N.C.]before)

~INTERLUDE~ Play the intro riff.

Welcome to the fallout [B5]    [C#5]        [B5]           [C#5]               [C#5]                   [Asus2]
Welcome to resistance  [B5]     [C#5]         [B5]            [C#5]                [C#5]                    [Asus2]
The tension is [F#5]here[E5]   [F#5]  the[E5] te[F#5]nsion i[F#5]s he[Ab5]re  [A5]         [B5]
Between who you [B5]are[C#5] and who you [B5]could [C#5]be   [C#5]         [Asus2]
Between how it is[F#5] and [E5]how [F#5]it should [E5]be [F#5]Yeah[Ab5]    [A5]         [B5]

~REPEAT CHORUS~

~BRIDGE~

Maybe rede[E5]mption has stories to [A5]tell
Maybe forg[E5]iveness is right where you [A5]fell
Where can you [C#5]run to escape from your[A5]self
Where you gonna [F#m]go where you gonna [B5]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---|
[B]|1212121212121212121212121212121414b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-14b-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

~OUTRO CHORUS~

I dare you to [E5]move I dare you to [B5]move
I dare you to [Asus2]lift yourself to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to [B5]mov[E5]e I dare you to [B5]move
Like today never [Asus2]happened today never [C#m7]happened
Today never [Asus2]happened today it never [B5]happened be[E]fore

END
                             2.MEANT TO LIVE                  SWITCHFOOT

~INTRO~

[B5]      [A5]      [E5]      [G5]       [A5]
[B5]      [A5]      [E5]      [E5] [D5] [E5] [A5]
[B5]      [A5]      [E5]      [F#5]      [G5]

~VERSE~

[G5]Fumbling his confidence and wondering why the world has passed him
[F#5]By  [D5]      [E5]         [D5]             [F#5]                 [D5]                    [F#5]                        [G5]                           [F#5]                                 [F#5]                                     [D5]                                         [E5]                                            [D5]                                                [F#5]                                                    [D5]                                                        [F#5]                                                            [G5]                                                               [A5]
[G5]Hoping that he's bent for more than arguments and failed attempts to
[F#5]Fly [D5]    [E5]   [D5]    [F#5]    [D5]   [F#5]    [G5]   [F#5]      [F#5]fly [D5]     [E5]        [D5]            [F#5]                [D5]                    [F#5]                        [G5]                           [A5]

~CHORUS~

[G5]We were meant to [A5]live for so much [B5]more have [D5]we [E5]lost ourselves
[G5]Somewhere we live [D5]ins[E5]ide [G5]somewhere we live [D5]ins[E5]ide    [D5]
[G5]We were meant to [A5]live for so much [B5]more have [D5]we [E5]lost ourselves
[G5]Somewhere we live [D5]ins[E5]ide[D5]

~INTERLUDE~

[F#5] [D5]  [E5] [D5]  [F#5] [D5]  [F#5] [G5] [F#5]  [F#5] [D5]  [E5] [D5]  [F#5] [G5] [A5]

~VERSE~

[G5]Dreaming about providence and whether mice or men have second
[F#5]Trie[D5]s   [E5]      [D5]          [F#5]              [D5]                 [F#5]                     [G5]                        [F#5]                              [F#5]                                  [D5]                                      [E5]                                         [D5]                                             [F#5]                                                 [D5]                                                     [F#5]                                                         [G5]                                                            [A5]
[G5]Maybe we've been living with our eyes half open maybe where bent and
Broken[F#5]    [D5]    [E5]   [D5]    [F#5]    [D5]   [F#5] bro[G5]ken[F#5]      [F#5]    [D5]    [E5]   [D5]    [F#5]    [D5]    [F#5] oh [G5]    [A5]

~REPEAT CHORUS~

~INTERLUDE~

[B5]  [A5]  [E5]  [E5] [D5]  [E5] [A5]  [B5]  [A5]  [E5]  [G5]

~BRIDGE~

We want [D5]more than this worlds got to [G5]offer
We want [D5]more than this worlds got to [G5]offer
We want [D5]more than the wars of our [G5]fathers
And everything in[C5]side screams for second [G5]life   yeah

~OUTRO CHORUS~

[D5]We were meant to live for so much [Dsus2]more have we lost ourselves
[D5]We were meant to live for so much [Dsus2]more have we lost ourselves
[D5]We were meant to live for so much [Dsus2]more have we lost ourselves
[D5]We were meant to live [Dsus2]we were meant to live

[B5]   [A5]    [E5]

END
                              3.STARS                         SWITCHFOOT

~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]
[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|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|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~

[D]Maybe I've been the problem maybe [G]I'm the one to [D]blame
But even when I [C]turn it off and [G]blame myself the [A7sus4]outcome feels the s[A7]ame
I've been thinking maybe [D]I've been partly cloudy maybe [G]I'm the chance of [D]rain
and maybe I'm [C]overcast and [G]maybe all my [A7sus4]lucks washed down the d[A7]rain

~PRE-CHORUS~

I've been thinking 'bout [G]everyone [Asus2]everyone you look [Bsus2]so lonely  [Csus2]

~CHORUS~

But when I look at the [D]stars when I look at the [G]stars
When I look at the [C]star[G]s I see someone else [D]
When I look at the [G]stars the [Em]star[A7sus4]s

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]Stars   [F#m]         [A]
[G]Stars   [F#m]         [A]

~PRE-CHORUS~

[G]Everyone [Asus2]everyone we feel [F#m]so lonely  [G]
[G]Everyone yeah [Asus2]everyone we feel so [Bsus2]empty   [Csus2]

~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)
When I look at the [G]stars the [Em]star[A7sus4]s
I see [N.C.]someone

~OUTRO~

play riff 2 twice.

END
                                4.OH! GRAVITY                 SWITCHFOOT

~INTRO~

[A]  [D]  [A]  [D]  [G]  [D]  [A]  [D]

~VERSE~

[A]There's a fracture[D] in the color bar [A]
In the backseat[D] of a parked car [G]
By the liquor store where the street light[A]
Keep you company[D] 'til the next night [A]
In the same town[D] there's the same scar [A]
In the same glow[D] of the liquor store [G]
By the freeway where the headlight[A]
Keep her company[D] 'til the next night

~CHORUS~

[A]Oh! gravit[D]y why can't [A]we seem to [D]keep it [A]tog[D]eth[A]er
S[A]ons of my enemi[D]es why can't [A]we seem to [D]keep it [A]tog[D]eth[A]er

~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~

[D]In[A] the back roo[A]m [D]of the pentagon[D]  [A]
There's a thin ma[A]n [D]with a line drawn[D]  [G]
With a red ja[G]w [D]and a red bite[D]  [A]
Watch the headlin[A]e [D]on the next night

~REPEAT CHORUS~

[F#m7]Why this traged[D]y why can't [A]we seem to [D]keep it [A]to[D]get[A]her
O[A]h gravit[D]y why can't [F#m7]we seem to [D]pull it [A]to[D]get[A]her

~BRIDGE~

[A]In the fallout[D] the fallout[A] we found out the [D]hype wont get you t[A]hrough
We're connected[D] connected[A] I meant it the [D]hype wont get you [A]through throu[D]gh[A]  [D]

~OUTRO-CHORUS~
[A7]Oh gravit[D]y why can't [A]we seem to [D]keep it together
[A7]Oh gravit[D]y why can't [A]we seem to [D]pull it together
[F#m7]Why this trage[D]dy why can't [A]we seem to [D]keep it [A]tog[D]eth[A]er
[A]Oh gravit[D]y why can't [F#m7]we seem to [D]pull it [A]tog[D]eth[A]er
L[A]a la la la la [D]la la la [A]la la la [D]la la [A]la [D]la [A]la
L[A]a la la la la [D]la la la [A]la la lets [D]pull it [N.C.]together

END
                              5.THIS IS HOME                  SWITCHFOOT

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~

[C]I've got my memories [Am7]always inside of me
But I c[F]an't go back[G] back to how it [Am7]was   [G]
I[G] beli[C]eve you now I've [Am7]come to far
No I [F]can't go back[G] back to how it [Am7]was

~PRE-CHORUS~

Cre[Dm]ated for a [Am]place I've never kno[G]wn

~CHORUS~

T[G]his is [C]home now I'm [G]finally where I bel[Am7]ong where I bel[F]ong
Yeah this is [C]home I've been [G]searching for a place of my [Dm7]own
[Am7]Now I've [G]found it maybe this is [F]hom[Am7]e yeah [G]this is [F]home[C]     [G]

~VERSE~

B[G]eli[C]ef over misery [Am7]I've seen the enemy
And I [F]wont go back[G] back to how it [Am7]was
[G]And I [C]got my heart set on what happens next
I [G]got my eyes wide it's not over yet
We are [F]miracles[G] and we're not a[Am7]lone  [G]   yeah

~REPEAT CHORUS~

~BRIDGE~

And [C]now after all my [Gm7]searching after all my [F]questions
I'm gonna call it [C]home
I've got a brand new [Gm7]mind set I can finally see the [F]sunset
[Fm]I'm gonna [Fm7]call it [C]home [Am]     [G]        [C]

~OUTRO-CHORUS~

[F]Home
This is [C]home now I'm [G]finally where I be[Am]long where I be[F]long
Yeah this is [C]home I've been [G]searching for a place of my [Dm7]own
[Am]Now I've [G]found it maybe this is [F]home[C]    [Am7]
[G]This is [F]home [C]      [G]
Now I [Dm]know [Am]     [C]  yea[G]h this is [F]home[C]    [G]
I've [C]come to far and I [Am7]wont go back[F] yeah this is [C]home

END
                           6.LEARNING TO BREATHE              SWITCHFOOT

~INTRO~

[G]    [Gmaj7]   [Cmaj7]   [G]   [Gmaj7]   [Cmaj7]  [Dsus4]
[G]    [Gmaj7]   [Cmaj7]   [D]   [Dsus4]    [D]

~VERSE~

[Am]Hello good morning how you [G]do
[Cmaj7]What makes your rising sun so new [G]     [Bm]           [G]                [Bm]                      [G]
[Am]I could use a fresh beginning too [G]
[Cmaj7]All of my regrets are nothing new [G]     [Bm]           [G]

~PRE-CHORUS~

So [Bm]this is [G]the [Csus2]way that I say I [Gmaj7]need you
This is the [Dsus4]way this is the way

~CHORUS~

T[Dsus4]hat I'm learning to b[Csus2]reathe I'm learning to c[Em]rawl
I'm [D]finding [G]that [Csus2]you and you alone can break my [Em]fall
I'm [D]living [G]ag[Csus2]ain awake and al[Em]ive
I'm [D]dying [G]to [Dsus4]breathe in these abundant s[Csus2]kies

~VERSE~

[Em]Hello good morning how you been
[Cmaj7]Yesterday left my head kicked in [G]      [Bm]            [G]
I[G] never [Bm]never though[G]t that [Am]I would fall like that
[Cmaj7]Never knew that I could hurt this bad [G]      [Bm]            [G]

~REPEAT CHORUS~

~BRIDGE~

These abundant [Em]skies [Csus2]
Yeah[G]    [Bm]     [G]  abundant [Em]skies [Csus2]      Yeah[G]    [Bm]         [G]
T[G]his is the [Csus2]way that I say I [Gmaj7]need you
This is the [Csus2]way that I say I [Gmaj7]love you
This is the [Csus2]way that I say I'm [Gmaj7]yours
This is the [Dsus4]way this is the way

~OUTRO-CHORUS~
That I'm learning to [Csus2]breathe I'm learning to [Em]crawl
I'm [D]finding [G]that [Csus2]you and you alone can break my [Em]fall
I'm [D]living [G]ag[Csus2]ain awake and a[Em]live
I'm [D]dying [G]to [Dsus4]breathe in these abundant s[Csus2]kies
Yes I'm dying to [Dsus4]breathe in these abundant s[Csus2]kies
These abundant [Em]skies[Csus2]      yeah    yeah    yeah
Yeah[Em]     [D]yeah[G]  [Csus2]      [Em]   yeah [D]yeah [G]  yeah [Csus2]     yeah [Em]yeah
[D]Learning [G]to [Dsus4]breathe I'm dying to b[Csus2]reathe

In these abundant skies hello good morning how you do

~OUTRO~

[Em]   [D]   [G]   [Csus2]   [Em]   [D]   [G]   [Csus2]
[Em]   [D]   [G]   [Dsus4]   [Csus2]   [G]

END
                                7.AWAKENING                   SWITCHFOOT

~INTRO~

[E] [A5] X[4]

~VERSE~

[E]Face down with the [B]L.A curbside [C#m]endings
With the [A]ones and zeros
[E]Downtown was the [B]perfect place to [C#m]hide           [A]
[E]The first star that I [B]saw last night was a [C#m]headlight
Of a [A]man made sky but
Man [E]made never made[B] our dreams collide[C#m]    collide[A]

~CHORUS~

[E]Here we are now with the [B]falling sky and the [C#m]rain
We're a[A]wakening
[E]Here we are now with our [B]desp'rate youth and the [C#m]pain
We're a[A]wakening
[E]Maybe it's called am[B]bition you've been [C#m]talking in your [A]sleep
About a [C#m]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~

We're a[E]wakening   [Dsus2]               [A]
[C#m]I want to wake up kicking and screaming
[A]I want to wake up kicking and screaming
[E]I want to now that my [B]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]I want to know that my [B]hearts still beating
[Asus2]It's beating it's beating it's beating

I'm bleeding

~REPEAT CHORUS~

~OUTRO~

We're a[A]wakening [C#m]dream
We're a[A]wakening yeah! [A5]      [E]          [A5]               [E]                   [A5]                        [E]

END
                            8.THIS IS YOUR LIFE               SWITCHFOOT

~INTRO~
[C#m] [A] X[4]

~VERSE~

[C#m]Yesterday is a wrinkle on your forehead[A]
[C#m]Yesterday is a promise that you've broken[A]
[B]Don't close your [A]eyes [B]don't close your [A]eyes
This is your [C#m]life
And today is all you've got now[A] and [C#m]
And today is all you ever [A]had
[B]Don't close your [A]eyes [B]don't close your [A]eyes

~CHORUS~
This is your [E]life are you [B]who you want to be[Asus2]
This is your [E]life are you [B]who you want to be[Asus2]
This is your [E]life is it [B]everything you [Asus2]dreamed
That it would be when the world was [E]younger
And you had [B]everything to [C#m]lose      [A]

~VERSE~

[C#m]Yesterday is a kid in the corner[A]
[C#m]Yesterday is dead and over[A]

~REPEAT CHORUS~

~INTERLUDE~ [C#m] [A]

~BRIDGE~
[B]Don't close your [A]eyes [B]don't close your [A]eyes
[B]Don't close your [A]eyes [B]don't close your [A]eyes

~OUTRO-CHORUS~

This is your [E]life are you who you want to be[Asus2]
This is your [E]life are you who you want to be[Asus2]
Yeah yeah[E] yeah are you [B]who you want to be[Asus2]
This is your [E]life [B]who you want to be[Asus2]
This is your [E]life is it [B]everything you [Asus2]dreamed
That it would be when the world was [E]younger
And you had [B]everything to [Asus2]lose
You had everything to [C#m]lose   [A]

~OUTRO~ NOTE:It starts fading out once you reach the repeat sign.

[C#m] [A] [C#m] [A] X[2] [C#m]

END
                                 9.ON FIRE                    SWITCHFOOT

~INTRO~

[Cmaj7]  [G]  [Am]  [F]

~VERSE~

[Cmaj7]They tell you where you need to [G]go
They tell you when you need[Am] to leave
[Cmaj7]They tell you what you need to [G]know
Tell you who you need[Am] to be
But [Cmaj7]everything inside you knows
There's [G]more than what you've heard
There's so [Am]much more than empty conversations
[F]Filled with empty words

~CHORUS~

And you're on [C]fire when he's [G]near you
You're on [Am]fire when he [F]speaks
You're on [C]fire burning at[G] these myste[C]ries

~VERSE~

[Cmaj7]Give me one more time a[G]round
Give me one more chance[Am] to see   [F]
[Cmaj7]Give me everything you [G]are
Give me one more chance[Am] to be near you [F]and
When [Cmaj7]everything inside me
Looks like [G]everything I hate
You are the hope[Am] I have for change
You are the [F]only chance I'll take

~CHORUS~

When I'm on [C]fire when you're near [G]me
I'm on [Am]fire when you [F]speak
I'm on [C]fire burning at[G] these myster[Am]ies  [F]
Myste[Am]ries[F]  Myste[Am]ries [F]

~INTERLUDE~

[C]   [Dm]   [Am]   [F]   [Cmaj7]   [G]   [Am]   [F]

~BRIDGE~

I'm [Cmaj7]standing on the edge of me
I'm [G]standing on the edge of me
I'm [Am]standing on the edge of me
I'm [F]standing on the edge of me
I'm [Cmaj7]standing on the edge of every[G]thing

I've never been before
And I've been [Am]standing on the edge of me
[F]Standing on the edge

~CHORUS~

And I'm on [C]fire when you're [G]near me
I'm on [Am]fire when you [F]speak
Yeah I'm on [C]fire burning out[G] these myste[Am]ries
These [F]mysteries These [C]mysteries
[G]Yeah your [Am]mysteries [F]yeah your myste[Cmaj7]ry

~OUTRO~

 [Cmaj7]  [G]   [Am]   [F]   [Cmaj7]   [G]   [Am]   [Fsus2]

END
                               10.ONLY HOPE                   SWITCHFOOT

~INTRO~

[Em]   [G]   [Bm]   [Em]   [C]   [G]   [C]   [B] X[2]

~VERSE~

[Em]There's a [G]song that's in[Bm]side[Em] of my [C]soul    [G]        [C]            [B]
[Em]It's the [G]one that I've [Bm]trie[Em]d to write [C]over and [G]over a[C]gain    [B]
[Em]I'm a[G]wake in the [Bm]in-[Em]--finite [C]cold    [G]        [C]            [B]
[Em]But you [G]sing to me [Bm]o--[Em]-ver and [C]over and [G]over a[C]gain [B]

~CHORUS~

S[B]o I [E]lay my [B]head back [A]down
And I [E]lift my [B]hands and [A]pray to be [C#m]only yours
I [A]pray to be [C#m]only yours
I [C]know now you're my only [Em]hope

~INTERLUDE~  [Em]   [G]   [Bm]   [Em]   [C]   [G]   [C]   [B]

~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~ [G]  [Bm]  [Em]  [C]  [G]  [C]  [B]  [Em]  [G]  [Bm]  [Em]  [C]  [G]  [C]  [B]  [G]

~BRIDGE~

I[G] give you my [Em]apathy
[G]I'm giving you [Em]all of me
[G]I want your [Em]symphony [F#]Singing in all that I [B]am
At the [A]top of my lungs [B]
I[B]'m [A]giving it back [B]

~CHORUS~

And I [E]lay my [B]head back [A]down
And I [E]lift my [B]hands and [A]pray to be [C#m]only yours
I [A]pray to be [C#m]only yours I [A]pray to be [C#m]only yours
I [C]know now you're my only [Em]hope

~OUTRO~

 [Em]   [G]  [Bm]  [Em]  [C]  [G]  [C]  [B]  [Em]  [G]  [Bm]  [Em]  [C]  [G]  [C]  [B]  [Em]

END
                         11.DIRTY SECOND HANDS                SWITCHFOOT

~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~

[D5]Ple[A]ase don't be [Em/D]so   [Dm7]naive [Dsus4]       [D]
Y[D]ou know you're not [D5]foo[A]-l[D]ing anyone[D5]   [A]
(D5/[A]                 [Em/D] [Dm7]       [Dsus4] [D5]/[A]
You're not as tough as     you think
W[D5/A]ith dirty second hands the dirty second hands
C[D5/A]an't get nothi[Em/D]ng   [Dm7]for free [Dsus4]       [D]
I[D]t becomes [D5]so [A]   [D]predictable[D5]   [A]
Y[D5/A]ou start fight[Em/D]ing  [Dm7]to breathe[Dsus4]      [D5]         [A]
T[D5/A]he dirty second hands your dirty second hands

~CHORUS~

[F5]Here's the [B5]face of [F5]everyt[B5]hing that [C5]brakes [C#5]you [D5]dow[A]n
But [F5]now you [B5]face the [F5]face of [B5]everyt[C]hing that [C#5]brakes you [D5]dow[A]n

~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]Here's the [B5]face of [F5]everyt[B5]hing that [C5]brakes [C#5]you [D5]dow[A]n

You bind you with dirty second hands
[F5]Now you [B5]face the [F5]face of [B5]everyt[C5]hing that [C#5]brakes you [D5]dow[A]n

You bind you with dirty second hands
[F5]Now you [B5]face the [F5]face of [B5]everyt[C5]hing that [C#5]brakes you [D5]dow[A]n

~OUTRO~

Play the intro riff once, and then end on D5/A.

END
                        12.LOVE IS THE MOVEMENT                SWITCHFOOT

~INTRO~

[G]   [D]     [G] [D]   [G]   [D]     [G] [D]   [Em7]   [D]     [G] [D]
[G]   [D]     [G] [D]   [Dm]  [A7]   [Bb]     [Dm]  [A7]   [Bb]   [Dm]

~VERSE~

A[Dm] day in L.[F]A and millions of [Bb]faces
Are [C]looking for a movement [Dm]
'[Dm]Cause everything's [F]stuck and everything's [Bb]frozen
And [C]everyone's broken [Dm]
A[Dm]nd nobody [F]moves and every[Bb]one's scared
That the [C]motion will never [G]come

~PRE-CHORUS~

T[G]his is the [Bb]incomple[G]tion
Stuck in a [Bb]line   [Dm]

~CHORUS~

L[Dm]ove is the [Bb]movement[G] love is a [C]revol[A]ution [Dm]
T[Dm]his is re[Bb]demption[G] we don't [C]have to s[A]low 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]We're starting [F]now[Bb] we're starting [F]now
[Bb]Yeah we're starting n[F]ow[Bb] we don't [F]have to slow back [G]down  [D]
[G]Ye[D]ah [G]  [D] Yeah

~INTERLUDE~

[G] [D]   [Em7]   [D]   [G] [D]  [G]   [D]   [G] [D]
[Dm]   [A7]  [Bb]  [Dm]   [A7]  [Bb]  [Dm]

~OUTRO~

[G]This is a [Bb]revolution[G] this is a revolut[Dm]ion
Love is the [Bb]movement[G] Love is a [C]revo[A]lution [Dm]
This is re[Bb]demption[G] we don't [C]have to [A]slow back down
Love is the [Bb]movement[G] love is a [C]revo[A]lution [Dm]
We have re[Bb]demption[G] we don't [C]have to [A]slow back [Dm]down
Love is the [Bb]movement

END
                             13.COMPANY CAR                   SWITCHFOOT

~INTRO~

[E]   [Asus2]   [C#m]    [B]
[E]   [A]       [C#m]    [B]

~VERSE~

[E]Mike was [A]right when [C#m]he said I'd [B]put up a [A]fight
To be [E]someone a [A]fight to be [B]me but see
[E]Now I'm [A]down [C#m]under the pave[B]ment
Of [A]capitol [E]hills and [A]lowercase [B]people

~PRE-CHORUS~

As [C#m]time rolls [A]by my [F#7]dreams have be[B]come
That [Ab]which is at[C#m]tainable [B]not what I'm looking for

~CHORUS~

[E]I've got the [B]company [C]car [G5]    [Ab5]
[A]I'm the one [E]swinging at [Ab]two below [A]par
Yeah [C]I've become [E]one with the [B]ones that I've [C#m]never bel[A]ieved in
But [E]I've got the [F#7]company [A]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]Yeah [B]all the kings horse[N.C.]s at the f[B]oot of the wall [N.C.]
[B]They're taking pictures [N.C.]of the m[B]an who lost all [N.C.]
Of his [A]masks of pretension he's got [E]two faces left
[A]His is the one that he [F#7]hides on the [Asus2]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 [E]right hey [A]mike we're [C#m]one and the [B]same
We're the [A]faceless com[E]batants in the [A]loneliest [B]game

~PRE-CHORUS~

Ah but [C#m]say I'll [A]wave as [F#7]I'm driving [B]by
With that [Ab]smirk in my [C#m]eye yelling
[B]Hey I'm something man check me out

~OUTRO-CHORUS~

[E]I've got the [B]company [C]car[G5]   [Ab5]
[A]I'm the one [E]swinging at [Ab]two below [A]par
Yeah [C]I've become [E]one with the [B]ones that I've [C#m]never be[A]lieved in
But [E]I've got the [F#7]company [A]car yeah [B]check me out
[E]I've got the [F#7]company [A]car yeah [B]check me out
[E]I've got the [F#7]company [A]car [B]yea[E]h

END
                            14.LONELY NATION                   SWITCHFOOT

~INTRO~

[Em7]

~VERSE~

S[Em7]he turns like the ocean she tells no emotion
She's been gunning down the [C]fight
[Em7]She's just reminiscing blood sweat and one thing's missing
She's been breaking up in[C]side in[G]side[Csus2]        [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~

[Em7]Oh    Oh

~VERSE~

[Em7]We are the target market we set the corp'rate target
We are slaves of what we [C]want
[G]We're just [Em7]numb and mused and we're just used to bad news
And we are slaves of what we [Csus2]want

~REPEAT CHORUS~ NOTE:Sing lines in this order(1-5-6-4-2-3) they are numbered.

~BRIDGE~

[N.C.]Oh  lonely  lonely  [Em7]

Don't leave me hollow I'm tired don't leave me hollow
I'm [G]tired of feeling low of feeling hollow
I'm [Em7]tired of feeling low of feeling hollow

I'm tired of feeling low of feeling hollow
I'm [G]tired of feeling low of feeling hollow
Of feeling [Em7]hollow of feeling [G]hol[Csus2]low

~REPEAT CHORUS~

~OUTRO~

[N.C.]Oh   o[G]h

END
                    15.THE SHADOW PROVES THE SUNSHINE         SWITCHFOOT

~VERSE~

[E5]Sunshine [B5]won't you be my [C#m]mother [B5]   [Asus2] sunshine [B5]come and help me sing[C#m]    [B5]       [E5]
M[E5]y heart is [B5]darker than these [C#m]oceans [B5]   [Asus2] my heart is [B5]frozen underneath[C#m]    [B5]

We are

~CHORUS~ NOTE:Sing SOULS, the first and third time, and SOUL the second.
          |
[E]Crooked soul(s) tryin' to [B]stay up straight[C#m] dry eyes in the [B]pouring rain where
[Asus2] The shadow [B]proves the sunshine[Asus2] the shadow [B]proves the sunshine [E]
T[E]wo scared little [B]run a ways[C#m] hold fast till the [B]brake of daylight where[Asus2]
T[Asus2]he shadow [B]proves the sunshine[Asus2] the shadow [B]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] Yeah[Asus2]    yea[C#m]h    [Asus2]shine on [E]me    yea[Asus2]h    yea[C#m]h    [Asus2]shine on [E]me
Y[E]eah[F#m]    y[C#m]eah    [Asus2]shine on [E]me    [Asus2]Shine on [C#m]me   [Asus2]      [E]oh
[B]    [C#m]       [B]    [Asus2]        [B]    [Asus2]        [B] Yeah

~REPEAT CHORUS~

~OUTRO~

[E] Yea[Asus2]h    yea[C#m]h    [Asus2]shine on [E]me    yea[Asus2]h    yea[C#m]h    [Asus2]shine on [E]me
Yea[F#m]h    ye[C#m]ah    [Asus2]shine on [E]me    [F#m]shine on [C#m]me
L[C#m]et my shadow [Asus2]prove the sunshine    [E]

END
                              16.CONCRETE GIRL                 SWITCHFOOT

~VERSE~

[Cmaj7]Bleeding [Amadd2]thoughts cracking [Am]boulder don't fall [F]over [Amadd2]
Fake your [E]laughter burn the [G]tear sing it louder
[Fm]Twist [G]and [Cmaj7]shout
Way up [Amadd2]here we stand on [Am]shoulders growing [F]colder [Amadd2]
Laugh or [E]cry I won't [G]mind sing it louder
[Fm]Twist [G]and [E]shout [B]

~PRE-CHORUS~

I[B]mmovable [A]shadows[C] concrete [E]girl [B]
They'll rock your [A]world to [C]nothing

~CHORUS~

And they're [C#m]swimming a[Ab]round a[A]gain a[C]gain
And they're [C#m]swimming a[Ab]round the [C]con[G]crete

~VERSE~

[Cmaj7]Girl
Catch your [Amadd2]breathe like four leaf [Am]clover hand it [F]over [Amadd2]
Scream to [E]no one take your [G]time sing it louder
[Fm]Twist [G]and [E]shout [B]

~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#m]swimming a[Ab]round a[A]gain a[C]gain
And they're [C#m]swimming a[Ab]round a[A]gain a[C]gain
And they're [C#m]swimming a[Ab]round the [C]con[G]crete
[C]Girl concrete [F]girl don't fall [Am]down
In this [F]broken [G]world a[C]round you
Concrete [F]girl [G]don't fall [Am]down
Don't fall [F]down my [G]concrete [Cmaj7]girl      [N.C.]

~BRIDGE~

[Cmaj7]   Ah   [Amadd2]    ah   [Am]  concrete [F]girl  [Amadd2]
Don't stop [E]thinking don't stop [G]feeling now [Fm]    [G]

~PRE-CHORUS~

[E]  [B] One step a[A]way[C] from where we [E]were [B]
And one step [A]back to [C]nothing

~CHORUS~

And we're [C#m]standing on [Ab]top of our [A]hopes and [C]fears
And we're [C#m]fighting for [Ab]words now [A]concrete [C]girl
And we're [C#m]swimming a[Ab]round a[A]gain a[C]gain
And we're [C#m]swimming a[Ab]round now [C]con[G]crete
[C]Girl [Am]concrete [F]girl [G]don't fall [Am]down in this [F]broken [G]world a[C]round you
[Am]Concrete [F]girl [G]don't fall [Am]down don't fall [F]down my [G]concrete
[C]Girl [Am]concrete [F]girl [G]don't fall [Am]down in this [F]concrete [G]world a[C]round you
[Am]Concrete [F]girl don't [G]fall [Am]down don't break [F]down my [G]concrete [Cmaj7]girl

~INTERLUDE~

[Am]    [G]    [F]    [Cmaj7]    [Am]    [G]    [F]

~OUTRO-CHORUS~ NOTE:It starts fading out here.

[C]Girl [Am]concrete [F]girl [G]don't fall [Am]down in this [F]broken [G]world a[C]round you
[Am]Concrete [F]girl [G]don't fall [Am]down don't fall [F]down my [G]concrete
[C]Girl [Am]concrete [F]girl [G]don't fall [Am]down in this [F]concrete [G]world a[C]round you
[Am]Concrete [F]girl don't [G]fall [Am]down don't break [F]down my [G]concrete [Cmaj7]girl

~OUTRO~

[Am]    [G]    [F]    [Cmaj7]    [Am]    [G]    [F]

END
                              17.TWENTY-FOUR                   SWITCHFOOT

~VERSE~

Twenty four [G]oceans twenty four [C]skies
Twenty four [Dsus4]failures in twenty four t[G]ries
Twenty four [Em7]finds me in twenty fourth [C]place
With twenty four [Dsus4]drop outs at the end of the d[G]ay  [D]
L[D]ife's not what I [Em7]thought it was twenty four hours [C]ago
Still I'm singing [Dsus4]spirit take me u[D]p in arms with y[G]ou
And I'm not who I [Em7]thought I was twenty four hours [C]ago
Still I'm singing [Dsus4]spirit take me u[D]p in arms with y[G]ou
It's twenty four r[G]easons to admit that I'm [C]wrong
With all my ex[Dsus4]cuses still twenty four s[G]trong

~PRE-CHORUS~

But see [Em7]I'm not coping [C]out not coping [D]out
Not coping [C]out when you're [D]raising the dead in me

~CHORUS~

[G]Oh  oh I am the second man [Em7]oh  oh I am the second man
[C]Now  oh I am the second [D]man now and you're raising (these)

~VERSE~

T[D]wenty four [G]voices with twenty four [Em7]hearts
And all of my [Dsus4]symphonies in twenty four p[G]arts
But I wanna be [Em7]one today centered and [C]true
I'm singing [Dsus4]spirit take me up in arms with y[C]ou

~PRE-CHORUS~

You're [D]raising the dead in me

~CHORUS~ (Repeat the chorus, and then add this to the end)

The dead in [G]me yeah

~INTERLUDE~ [G]   [Em7]   [G]   [C]   [D]

~VERSE~

I wanna see [G]miracles to see the world [C]change
Wrestled the [D]angel for more than a [G]name
For more [Dsus4]than a f[Em7]eeling for more than a c[C]ause
I'm singing [D]spirit take me up in arms with [C]you [D]
T[D]wenty four [G]oceans with twenty four [Em7]hearts
With [G]all of my [C]symphonies in twenty four [Dsus4]parts
Life is not what I [G]thought it was twenty four hours [Em7]ago
Still I'm [G]singing [C]spirit take me up in arms[D]  Yeah

~OUTRO~

[G]I'm not coping o[Em7]ut not cop[G]ing [C]out not
I'm not coping [D]out and you're raising the dead in me [G]

END
                        18.THE BEAUTIFUL LETDOWN              SWITCHFOOT

~INTRO~

[E]   [D]   [E]   [D]   [A] X[3] [E]   [D]   [E]

~VERSE~

[D] It was a [A]beautiful [E]letdown[D] when I crashed and [E]burned [D]    [A]
When I [E]found myself [D]alone unknown and [E]hurt  [D]
It was a [A]beautiful [E]letdown[D] the day I [E]knew [D]    [A]
That all the [E]riches this world had to offer [D]me would never [E]do [D]    [A]

~PRE-CHORUS~

In a [C#m]world full of bitter pain bitter doubt[A]
I was [C#m]trying so hard to fit in to fit in[F#]

Until I found out that

~CHORUS~

I[F#] don't be[E]long here[D] I don't be[E]long here [D]   [A]
I will [E]carry a cross and a [D]song where I don't [E]belong
I don't bel[D]ong [A]

~VERSE~

I[A]t was a beautiful [E]letdown[Dsus2] when you found me [E]here[Dsus2]      [A]
Yeah for [E]once in a rare blue [Dsus2]moon I see everything [E]clear[Dsus2]
I'll be a [A]beautiful [E]letdown[Dsus2] that's what I'll forever [E]be[Dsus2]      [A]
And [E]though it may cost my [Dsus2]soul I'll sing for [E]free[Dsus2]      [A]

~PRE-CHORUS~

W[A]e're still [C#m]chasing our tails in the rising [A]sun
And our [C#m]dark water planet's still spinning in a race where no one [F#]wins

And no one's won see

~CHORUS~

I don't be[E]long here[Dsus2] I don't be[E]long  [Dsus2]        [A]
I will [E]carry a cross and a [Dsus2]song where I don't be[E]long
(I don't be[A]long) I don't be[E]long here[Dsus2] I don't be[E]long here
I don't be[Dsus2]long I'm gonna [E]set sight and set [Dsus2]sail for the kingdom [E]come
Kingdom [Dsus2]come Your kingdom [E]come[Dsus2] won't you let me [E]down
[Dsus2]Yeah let my f[E]oolish pride for[Dsus2]ever let me down

~BRIDGE~

[E]Ah easy l[D]iving you're [E]not much like the [D]name [E]
Easy [D]dying hey you [E]look just about the [D]same
Will you [E]please [D]take me off your [G]list
Easy [A]living [E]please come[Dsus2] on and let me [E]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
Hey [E]let us sing [Dsus2]one true [E]tune [Dsus2]yeah

~OUTRO-CHORUS~

I don't be[E]long[Dsus2] here no I don't be[E]long here[Dsus2]      [A]
Now I don't be[E]long here[Dsus2] feels like I don't be[E]long here [Dsus2]yeah  [A]
I don't be[E]long[Dsus2] feels like I don't be[E]long here[Dsus2]      [A]
No I don't be[E]long here[Dsus2] would you let me [E]down[Dsus2]      [A]
Come and [E]let me down[Dsus2] you always [E]let me down[Dsus2]      [A]
So [E]glad that I'm let down[Dsus2] yeah yeah come on and [E]let me down[Dsus2]      [A]
'Cause I don't be[E]long here[Dsus2] please won't you let me [E]down

END
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
. = staccato
X = tone clusters
[N.C.] = no chords

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