Swing Life Away0 chords by Rise Against

Chords with lyrics

Half-Step Down Capo 4 or Standard Capo 3

The studio version of this song is played half-step down without a capo but tim plays it live with the capo
on the fourth (half-step down).
So I'll show you the version tim plays live and the version I play too.. have fun;)

All chords in the verse that are no powerchords (E5,G5,C5,D5) are picked.
The powerchords and the whole chorus are strummed. Powerchords are also muted.
Chords marked with an 'x' are strummed once.
You should listen to the live version of the song to get a feeling for the song...

The picking I use goes like this:           The strumming all along the whole song goes like this:
                           down down up down up, down down up down up, and so on...
  E minorEm  G+G   C majorC       D MajorD
e/-0-----3-----0-----0-------2-----3-----2-/
B/---0-----3-----1-----1-------3-----3-----/
G/-----0-----0-----0-----0-------2-----2---/
D/---------------------------0-------------/
A/-------------3---------------------------/
E/-0-----3---------------------------------/

Chords

E5E5  G5G5  C5C5  D5D5  E minorEm  C majorC   G+G   A major 6A6  D MajorD   Cadd9Cadd9
e/x/ e/x/ e/x/ e/x/ e/0/ e/0/ e/3/ e/3/ e/2/ e/3/
B/x/ B/x/ B/x/ B/3/ B/0/ B/1/ B/3/ B/3/ B/3/ B/3/
G/x/ G/x/ G/5/ G/0/ G/0/ G/0/ G/0/ G/2/ G/2/ G/0/
D/2/ D/5/ D/5/ D/4/ D/2/ D/2/ D/0/ D/2/ D/0/ D/x/
A/2/ A/5/ A/3/ A/5/ A/2/ A/3/ A/x/ A/0/ A/x/ A/3/
E/0/ E/3/ E/x/ E/x/ E/0/ E/x/ E/3/ E/x/ E/x/ E/x/

Intro

        Cadd9Cadd9
e/-------------------------/
B/-0-----------------3-----/
G/---0---2-0-------0---0---/
D/-----0-----4---2-------2-/
A/-------------3-----------/
E/-0-----3-----------------/

play that 3 times and after the 3rd time you end with

  D MajorD
e/---------2h3-----2h3p2-/
B/-------3-----3---------/
G/---0h2---------2-------/
D/-0---------------------/
A/-----------------------/
E/-----------------------/

Verse 1

     E minorEm     G+G     C majorC
A minorAm I loud and clear or am I breaking up
         E minorEm     G+G    C majorC
A minorAm I still your charm or am I just bad luck
  E minorEm      G+G      C majorC        D MajorD
Are we getting closer or are we just getting more lost
        E minorEm      G+G      C majorC
I'll show you mine if you show me yours first
        E minorEm     G+G      C majorC
Let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose is worse
   E minorEm       G+G      C majorC         D MajorD
Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words

Chorus

     E minorEm       C majorC      G+G     A major 6A6
'Cause we live on front porches an swing life away
  E minorEm      C majorC      D2
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
  E minorEm    C majorC      G+G      A major 6A6
If love is a labor I'll slave 'til the end
   E minorEm          C majorC      D5D5
And I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand

Verse 2

E5E5 G5G5 C5C5 E5E5 G5G5 C5C5

   C5x     E5E5        G5G5      C5C5
I've been here so long I think that it's time to move
         E5E5      G5G5  C5C5
The winter's so cold summer's over too soon
 E5E5       G5G5    C5C5           D5D5
Let's pack our bags and settle down where palm trees grow
        E5x       G5x    C5x
I've got some friends, some that I hardly know
          E5x       G5x     C5x
But we've had some times I wouldn't trade for the world
        E5E5      G5G5    C5C5      D5D5
We chase these days down with talks of places that we will go

Chorus

     E minorEm       C majorC      G+G     A major 6A6
'Cause we live on front porches an swing life away
  E minorEm      C majorC      D2
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
  E minorEm    C majorC      G+G      A major 6A6
If love is a labor I'll slave 'til the end
   E minorEm          C majorC      D5D5
And I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand
E minorEm  C majorC  D5D5
until you hold my hand

Solo

e/-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-/
B/-8--7--0--3--5--3--3--3--5--3--3--3--x--x--x--2-/
G/-0--0--0--0--0--0--5--0--0--0--5--0--0--0--0--3-/
D/-x--x--x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--4--5--0-/
A/-7--7--7--x--3--3--3--x--3--3--3--x--0--0--0--x-/
E/-x--x--x--3--x--x--x--3--x--x--x--3--x--x--x--x-/

e/-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-/
B/-8--7--0--3--5--3--3--3--5--3--3--3--x--x--x--x--3-/
G/-0--0--0--0--0--0--5--0--0--0--5--0--0--0--0--0--0-/
D/-x--x--x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--5--7--4--2-/
A/-7--7--7--x--3--3--3--x--3--3--3--x--0--0--0--0--3-/
E/-x--x--x--3--x--x--x--3--x--x--x--3--x--x--x--x--x-/

Verse 1

        E minorEm      G+G      C majorC
I'll show you mine if you show me yours first
        E minorEm     G+G      C majorC
Let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose is worse
   E5E5       G5G5     C5C5         D5D5
Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words

Chorus

     E minorEm       C majorC      G+G     A major 6A6
'Cause we live on front porches an swing life away
  E minorEm      C majorC      D2
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
  E minorEm    C majorC      G+G      A major 6A6
If love is a labor I'll slave 'til the end
   E minorEm          C majorC      D5D5
And I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand

Ending

 E minorEm  G+G  Cadd9Cadd9      E minorEm  G+G  Cadd9Cadd9
Swing Life Away      Swing Life Away
 E minorEm  G+G  A major 6A6 Cadd9Cadd9   E minorEm   G+G  Cadd9Cadd9
Swing Life Away      Swing Life Away


 Outro

     G+G
e/-------x-----------------/
B/-0-----3-----------------/
G/---0---0-----------------/
D/-----2-0-----------------/
A/-------x-----------------/
E/-------3-----------------/