The Original Live Tab by Switchfoot

The Original Live tab by Switchfoot

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THE ORIGINAL LIVE                 SWITCHFOOT
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Tabbed by:hurricaneherman

Electric Guitar 1:Standard Tuning
Electric Guitar 2:Standard Tuning

This is an awesome song from Switchfoot's album due to come out, Vice Verses.

~INTRO~

 |Guitar 1 and 2|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|__
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|  |
D|--------10--\-------8-------------------10--\-------8-----------|  |
A|---------------/10------10---------------------/10------10------|  |
E|8---------------------------11--11--------------------------11--|  |
                                                                     |X2
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|  |
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|  |
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|  |
D|--------10--\-------8-------------------------------8---8---9---|  |
A|---------------/10------10--------------------------8---8---9---|__|
E|8---------------------------11--11------11------\---6---6---7---|

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e|----------------------------------------------------------------|  |----|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|  |----|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|  |----|
D|10------10--10--18------18--18--13------13--13--8-------8---8---|X2|10--|
A|10------10--10--18------18--18--13------13--13--8-------8---8---|  |10--|
E|8-------8---8---16------16--16--11------11--11--6-------6---6---|  |8---|

~VERSE~

No guitar.

Got you're hands in your pockets like you're ready to pay
Got you're eyes out of socket like you're a mile away
Mouth shut like a locket like you've nothing to say

~PRE-CHORUS~

 |Guitar 1 and 2|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|8---8---8---6--------------------------------3------------------|
A|8---8---8---6(let ring)----------------------3------------------|
E|6---6---6---4--------------------------------1------------------|
         Speak your mind up come on baby free yourself

~CHORUS~

 |guitar 1 and 2|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|10------10--10--8-------8---8---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---|X3
A|10------10--10--8-------8---8---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---|
E|8-------8---8---6-------6---6---1-------1---1---1-------1---1---|
               Aye no one to do it free yourself
            Aye there's nothing to it free yourself
             Aye don't let nobody try to take your
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|6-------6---6---6-------6---6---6-------------------------------|
A|6-------6---6---6-------6---6---6-------------------------------|
E|4-------4---4---4-------4---4---4-------------------------------|
                  Soul you're the original

~INTERLUDE~

 |Guitar 1 and 2|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------10--\-------8-------------------10--\-------8-----------|
A|---------------/10------10---------------------/10------10------|
E|8---------------------------11--11--------------------------11--|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|----|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----|
D|--------10--\-------8-------------------------------8---8---9---|10--|
A|---------------/10------10--------------------------8---8---9---|10--|
E|8---------------------------11--11------11------\---6---6---7---|8---|

~VERSE~

Guitar 1 drops out.

              So you say you're just a lost soul
 |Guitar 2|
e|8---8---8-----------------------8---8---8-----------------------|
B|x---x---x-----------------------x---x---x-----------------------|
G|5---5---5-----------------------5---5---5-----------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 I know you better than that so you say you're just lost in the wash
e|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|
B|x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---|
G|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
I know you better than that so you say you're just a face in a city race
 |Guitar 1|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------8-8-8-6--------------3----------------|
A|--------------------------8-8-8-6--------------3----------------|
E|--------------------------6-6-6-4--------------1----------------|
 |Guitar 2|                                                       |
e|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8-----------------------------------|
B|x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x-----------------------------------|
G|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------6---------------3---------------|
A|--------------------------------6(let ring)-----3---------------|
E|--------------------------------4---------------1---------------|
Wasted and sick of it all speak your mind up come on baby free yourself

~REPEAT CHORUS~

~BRIDGE~

 |Guitar 1 and 2|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|  |----|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|  |----|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|  |----|
D|10------10--10--6-------6---6---13------13--13--8-------8---8---|X4|9---|
A|10------10--10--6-------6---6---13------13--13--8-------8---8---|  |7---|
E|8-------8---8---4-------4---4---11------11--11--6-------6---6---|  |7---|


 |Guitar 1 and 2|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------10--\-------8-------------------10--\-------8-----------|
A|---------------/10------10---------------------/10------10------|
E|8---------------------------11--11--------------------------11--|

 |Guitar 1 and 2|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------10--\-------8-------------------------------8---8---9---|
A|---------------/10------10--------------------------8---8---9---|
E|8---------------------------11--11------11------\---6---6---7---|

 |Guitar 1 and 2|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------10--\-------8-------------------10--\-------8-----------|
A|---------------/10------10---------------------/10------10------|
E|8---------------------------11--11--------------------------11--|

 |Guitar 1|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|----|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----|
D|--------10--\-------8-------------------------------8---8---9---|10--|
A|---------------/10------10--------------------------8---8---9---|10--|
E|8---------------------------11--11------11------\---6---6---7---|8---|
 |Guitar 2|                                                       |    |
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|----|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----|
G|------------------------------------------------5---7---b-------|5---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----|

~SOLO~

Guitar 2(Drews) part.

e|6-------6-------6-----------------------6-----------------------|
B|x-------x-------x-------------------8-------8p6-----------------|
G|5-------5-------5---------------5--------------h5---7b------5---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|6-------6-------6---------------11b-----8-------8---------------|
A|x-------x-------x-------------------------------11b-------------|
D|5-------5-------5---------------------------------------8-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|6-------6-------6-----------------------------------------------|
B|x-------x-------x-------------------4---6---6-/-8-\-6---4-------|
G|5-------5-------5---------------5---------------------------5---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
                                             Pick scrape
e|6-------6-------6-------6-------6-/-7~~~~~~~----|---------------|
B|x-------x-------x-------x-------x---------------|---------------|
G|5-------5-------5-------5-------5---------------V---------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------(3)--------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------(3)--------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------(1)--------------|

~CHORUS~

Guitar 2 plays the same riff(*) on the 4th time through the first line.

 |Guitar 1|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|10------10--10--8-------8---8---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---|X7
A|10------10--10--8-------8---8---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---|
E|8-------8---8---6-------6---6---1-------1---1---1-------1---1---|
                         Same lyrics X2
 |Guitar 1|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|6-------6---6---6-------6---6---6-------------------------------|
A|6-------6---6---6-------6---6---6-------------------------------|
E|4-------4---4---4-------4---4---4-------------------------------|
 |Guitar 2|*                                                      |
e|----------------------------------------8-----------------------|
B|----------------------------------------11B---------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

~OUTRO~

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------10--\-------8-------------------10--\-------8-----------|
A|---------------/10------10---------------------/10------10------|
E|8---------------------------11--11--------------------------11--|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|----|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----|
D|--------10--\-------8-------------------------------8---8---9---|10--|
A|---------------/10------10--------------------------8---8---9---|10--|
E|8---------------------------11--11------11------\---6---6---7---|8---|

=============================================================================
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h = hammer on
p = pull off
b = half bend
B = whole bend
x = muted note
~ = vibrato

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