Dark Horses Live Chords by Switchfoot

Dark Horses Live chords by Switchfoot

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Drop D

Intro

Clean or acoustic

e|--------------0----------------1----------1--1--------------1--------------|
B|--1--------1-----1-----1----------1----1--------3-------3------------------|
G|--------2-----------------0---------2--------------2-----------------------|
D|-----2--------------2----------3----------3-----------0--------------------|
A|--0--------------3---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------0-----------------------------|
                                                            "We're Singing...

e|--------------0----------------1----------1--1--------------1--------------|
B|--1--------1-----1-----1----------1----1--------3-------3------------------|
G|--------2-----------------0---------2--------------2-----------------------|
D|-----2--------------2----------3----------3-----------0--------------------|
A|--0--------------3---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------0-----------------------------|
                                                           "The Daaaaaark Horses....

🎸

Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

Hard distortion volume swell
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|--7~~~~~~~~~~-------|
A|--7~~~~~~~~~~-------|
D|--7~~~~~~~~~~-------|


Second intro
Distortion
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--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|--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|--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|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x--10-10-10/12-12\-3-3-3-3--x-x-x--0-0-0-0--|
A|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x--10-10-10/12-12\-3-3-3-3--x-x-x--0-0-0-0--|
D|--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 second guitar plays a part like this in the intro after one time through of the above riff.

e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
G|---7--9--7--9--7--9--9--10b---7--9--7--9--7--9--9--9--|
D|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7---7----7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|


Verses

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

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

Chorus

Distortion
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--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|--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|--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|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--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|--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|--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|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--7-7-7-7-7/-10-10-10-10\--3-3-3-3\--0-0-0-0--| X2
A|--7-7-7-7-7/-10-10-10-10\--3-3-3-3\--0-0-0-0--|
D|--7-7-7-7-7/-10-10-10-10\--3-3-3-3\--0-0-0-0--|


Play loud. Get feedback if possible
e|------|
B|------|
G|------|
D|-7-7--|
A|-7-7--|
D|-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 B|--5--5--8--8--5--5--13-13--5--5--8--8--5--6---13----13---------------------|
             G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Low Xylo D|--7--7-10-10--7--7--15-14--7--7-10-10--7--8--(14)15-14---------------------|
             A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     Marimba D|--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|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--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|--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|--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|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x--10-10-10/12-12\-3-3-3-3--x-x-x--0-0-0-0--|
A|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x--10-10-10/12-12\-3-3-3-3--x-x-x--0-0-0-0--|
D|--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|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x--10-10-10--0-(-\--\--\-----)--------------|
A|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x--10-10-10--0-(--\--\--\--=1)--------------|
D|--7-7-7-7\-x-x-x--10-10-10--0-(---\--\--\---)--------------|
                                Get feedback and SLOWLY dive with a bar here if you want.

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