Dark Horses Live chords by Switchfoot

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Drop D MajorD

Intro

Clean or acoustic

e|--------------0----------------1----------1--1--------------1--------------|
BB|--1--------1-----1-----1----------1----1--------3-------3------------------|
G+G|--------2-----------------0---------2--------------2-----------------------|
D MajorD|-----2--------------2----------3----------3-----------0--------------------|
A augmentedA|--0--------------3---------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------0-----------------------------|
                              "We're Singing...

e|--------------0----------------1----------1--1--------------1--------------|
BB|--1--------1-----1-----1----------1----1--------3-------3------------------|
G+G|--------2-----------------0---------2--------------2-----------------------|
D MajorD|-----2--------------2----------3----------3-----------0--------------------|
A augmentedA|--0--------------3---------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------0-----------------------------|
                              "The Daaaaaark Horses....

Hard distortion volume swell
e|--------------------|
BB|--------------------|
G+G|--------------------|
D MajorD|--7~~~~~~~~~~-------|
A augmentedA|--7~~~~~~~~~~-------|
D MajorD|--7~~~~~~~~~~-------|

Second intro
Distortion
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x-/10-10-10-10--x-x-x--3-3-3-3\-x-x-x--0-0-0-0--|
A augmentedA|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x-/10-10-10-10--x-x-x--3-3-3-3\-x-x-x--0-0-0-0--|
D MajorD|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x-/10-10-10-10--x-x-x--3-3-3-3\-x-x-x--0-0-0-0--|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x--10-10-10/12-12\-3-3-3-3--x-x-x--0-0-0-0--|
A augmentedA|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x--10-10-10/12-12\-3-3-3-3--x-x-x--0-0-0-0--|
D MajorD|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x--10-10-10/12-12\-3-3-3-3--x-x-x--0-0-0-0--|
Play this twice

A augmentedA second guitar plays a part like this in the intro after one time through of the above riff.

e|------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
G+G|---7--9--7--9--7--9--9--10b---7--9--7--9--7--9--9--9--|
D MajorD|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7---7----7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------|

Verses

Clean with some kind of effect (Chorus or like a fast phaser?)
e|--------------------------|
BB|---------17------------18-|
G+G|-----14------------14-----|
D MajorD|--14------------15--------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------|

pretty straight forward. Just keep a clean tone and play smooth!

Chorus

Distortion
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x-/10-10-10-10--x-x-x--3-3-3-3\-x-x-x--0-0-0-0--| X3
A augmentedA|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x-/10-10-10-10--x-x-x--3-3-3-3\-x-x-x--0-0-0-0--|
D MajorD|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x-/10-10-10-10--x-x-x--3-3-3-3\-x-x-x--0-0-0-0--|

last time play:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x-/10-10-10-10--x-x-x--0-0-0-0--x-x-x--3-3-3-3--|
A augmentedA|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x-/10-10-10-10--x-x-x--0-0-0-0--x-x-x--3-3-3-3--|
D MajorD|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x-/10-10-10-10--x-x-x--0-0-0-0--x-x-x--3-3-3-3--|

REPEAT VERSE
REPEAT CHORUS

Bridge (Na na na na na na na part)

Distortion
e|----------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--7-7-7-7-7/-10-10-10-10\--3-3-3-3\--0-0-0-0--| X2
A augmentedA|--7-7-7-7-7/-10-10-10-10\--3-3-3-3\--0-0-0-0--|
D MajorD|--7-7-7-7-7/-10-10-10-10\--3-3-3-3\--0-0-0-0--|


Play loud. Get feedback if possible
e|------|
BB|------|
G+G|------|
D MajorD|-7-7--|
A augmentedA|-7-7--|
D MajorD|-7-7--|


Bridge (keep running with the Dark Horses part)
Here's the bells/marimba/Xylophone part for the quiet part of the bridge

                               Grace note
    bells e|--5--5--8--8--5--5--13-12--5--5--8--8--5--5--(12)13-12---------------------|
  High Xylo BB|--5--5--8--8--5--5--13-13--5--5--8--8--5--6---13----13---------------------|
       G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Low Xylo D MajorD|--7--7-10-10--7--7--15-14--7--7-10-10--7--8--(14)15-14---------------------|
       A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   Marimba D MajorD|--7--7-10-10--7--7--15-14--7--7-10-10--7--7------15-14---------------------|

Just have some fun and mess around with that if you want.

HARD Distortion
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x-/10-10-10-10--x-x-x--3-3-3-3\-x-x-x--0-0-0-0--|
A augmentedA|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x-/10-10-10-10--x-x-x--3-3-3-3\-x-x-x--0-0-0-0--|
D MajorD|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x-/10-10-10-10--x-x-x--3-3-3-3\-x-x-x--0-0-0-0--|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x--10-10-10/12-12\-3-3-3-3--x-x-x--0-0-0-0--|
A augmentedA|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x--10-10-10/12-12\-3-3-3-3--x-x-x--0-0-0-0--|
D MajorD|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x--10-10-10/12-12\-3-3-3-3--x-x-x--0-0-0-0--|

REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT BRIDGE (NA NA NA NA NA NA NA)

End on
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x--10-10-10--0-(-\--\--\-----)--------------|
A augmentedA|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x--10-10-10--0-(--\--\--\--=1)--------------|
D MajorD|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x--10-10-10--0-(---\--\--\---)--------------|
                Get feedback and SLOWLY dive with a bar here if you want.