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VICE VERSES (2011)
SWITCHFOOT
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Track listing:
1) Afterlife 3:37
2) The Original 3:15
3) The War Inside 3:38
4) Restless 5:17
5) Blinding Light 4:16
6) Selling the News 3:34
7) Thrive 5:12
8) Dark Horses 3:59
9) Souvenirs 4:31
10) Rise Above It 3:33
11) Vice Verses 5:07
12) Where I Belong 6:52
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All chords are transcribed by me and not copied off other already-existing chords on
this site, even if some (e.g. Where I Belong) might look similar :D
Also, the symbol "" represents no chord.
Song: Afterlife
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
If you don't want to use power chords, A5, F5, C5,
D5 become Am, F, C and Dm respectively
Intro: A5
Verse 1:
[A5] I've tasted fire, I'm ready to come alive
[A5] I can't just shut it up and fake that I'm alright
[F5] I'm ready now, I'm not [G5]waiting for the afterlife
Interlude 1: A5
Verse 2:
[A5] Oh, let it burn the way the sunlight burns my skin
[A5] The way I feel inside, the way the day begins
[F5] I'm ready now, I'm not [G5]waiting for the other side
Prechorus 1:
[F5] I'm ready now, I'm ready n[G5]ow
Chorus:
Cuz everyd[A5]ay, the world is m[C5]ade
A chance to ch[F5]ange, but I feel the sa[D5]me
And I wonder wh[A5]y would I wait till I d[C5]ie to come alive?
[F5] I'm ready now, I'm not [G5]waiting for the afterlife
Interlude 1
Verse 3:
[A5]I still believe we could live forever
[A5] You and I, we begin forever [F5]now
Forever [G5]now, forever
Verse 4:
[A5]I still believe in us together
[A5] You and I, we're here together [F5]now
Forever [G5]now
Prechorus 2:
Forever [F5]now, or never [G5]now
Chorus
Interlude 2:
[Cm] [Bb] [Ab] [Fm]
[Cm] [Eb] [Fm] [G]
Lead-in:
Everyd[A5]ay, a choice is made
Everyd[F5]ay I choose my f[D5]ate
And I wonder wh[Am]y would I wait till I d[C]ie to come alive?
[F] To come alive?[G]
Chorus (Final):
Everyd[Am]ay, everyd[C]ay
Everyd[F]ay I still feel the s[Dm]ame
And I wonder wh[Am]y would I wait till I d[C]ie to come alive?
[F] I'm ready now, I'm not [G]waiting for the afterlife
Tag:
[F] I'm ready now, I'm ready n[G]ow, I'm ready now, I'm ready
[F] I'm ready now, I'm not [G]waiting for the afterlife
Outro:
[Am] Yeah, Yeah[Am], YEAH!
Song: The Original
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
Intro:
C5 Eb5 F5 G5 (x4)
YEAH!
C5 Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 (x2)
Verse 1:
(C5)
Got your hands in your pockets, like your ready to pay
Got your eyes out of socket, like your a mile away
Mouth shut, like a locket, like you've nothing to say
Prechorus:
Ab5 F5
Speak your mind up, come on baby free yourself
Chorus:
[C5] Hey[Bb5], no one can [F5]do it, free yourself
[C5] Hey[Bb5], nothing [F5]to it, free yourself
[C5] Yeah[Bb5], don't let no[F5]body try to steal your so[Ab5]ul
You're the original
Interlude 1: C5 Eb5 F5 G5 (x2)
Verse 2:
(C5)
So you say your just a lost soul, I know you better than that
So you say your just a loss in the wash oh, I know you better than that
So you say your just a face in the city race, wasted and sick of it all
Prechorus
Chorus
Tag:
[C5] [Ab5] [Eb5] The o[Bb5]riginal
[C5] [Ab5] [Eb5] You're the o[Bb5]riginal
[C5] [Ab5] [Eb5] The o[Bb5]riginal
[C5] [Ab5] [Eb5] [Bb5]All right
C5 Eb5 F5 G5 (x2)
[C5]Oh ohh[Eb5], come on now
[F5]Oh ohh[G5], come on now
[C5]On ohh[Eb5], come on now
[F5]Oh ohh[G6], YEAH!
Interlude 2: C7 C7 C7 [ch]C7/F[/ch] [ch]C7/Ab[/ch] Cmaj7/G
Chorus (Final):
Yeah free yourself[C5], hey[Bb5], no one can [F5]do it, free yourself
[C5] Hey[Bb5], nothing [F5]to it, free yourself
[C5] [Bb5] [F5] [C5]
[Bb] Y[F5]eah, don't let nobody try to steal your soul
Free yourself[C5], hey[Bb5], no one can [F5]do it, free yourself
[C5] Hey[Bb5], nothing [F5]to it, free yourself
[C5] Yeah[Bb5], don't let no[F5]body try to steal your so[Ab5]ul
You're the original
Outro: C5 Eb5 F5 G5 (x2)
Song: The War Inside
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
Intro: D5 D5 D5 Dm (x4)
Verse 1:
[D5] Put your hands up open wide[Dm]
[D5] Put your hands up side by side[Dm]
[D5]Age don't matter like
Race don't matter [Dm]like
[D5]Place don't matter like what's inside[Dm]
Verse 2:
[D5] Let the kick drum kick one time[Dm]
[D5] Breathe out let your mind unwind[Dm]
[D5]Eyes on the ceiling
Looking for the fee[Dm]ling
[D5] Wide open let your own eyes[Dm] shine
Prechorus 1:
[Dm] Yeah! It's where the fight begins
Yeah! Underneath the skin
Be[Bb]neath these hopes and where we've been
[Gm]Every fight comes from the fight within
Chorus 1:
[Dm]I am the war inside
I am the battle line
[Bb]I am the rising tide
[Gm] I am the war I fight
[Dm]Eyes open, open wide
I can feel it like a crack in my spine
[Bb] I can feel it like the back of my mind
[Gm] I am the war inside
Verse 3:
[D5] I get the feeling like we're living in sci-f[Dm]i
[D5] I get the feeling that our weapons are lof[Dm]i
[D5]Ain't no killer like pride
No killer [Dm]like [D5]I
No killer like what's inside[Dm]
Prechorus 2:
[Dm]Yeah! It's in the air we breathe
Yeah! It's in the blood we bleed
Be[Bb]neath these dreams and what we've seen
[Gm]We are the kids of the in-between
Chorus 2:
[Dm]I am the war inside
I am the battle line
[Bb]I am the rising tide
[Gm] I am the war I fight
[Bb]Eyes open, open wide
[Dm] I can feel it like a crack in my spine
[Gm] I can feel it like the back of my mind
[Dm] I am the war inside
Refrain:
[Bb]I am the war inside
[Dm] I am the war inside
[Gm]I am the war inside
[Dm] I am the war inside
Interlude: D5 D5 D5 Dm (x4)
Verse 1
Prechorus 3:
[Dm] Yeah! Every thought or deed
Yeah! Every tree or seed
The [Bb]big thing come from the little dreams
[Gm]Everyone of these made by make-believe
Chorus 2
Tag (x2)
Outro: D5 D5 D5 Dm (x4)
Song: Restless
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
You can play Bsus4 and Bsus2 as B4 and B2 respectively.
Intro: B Bsus4 B Bsus4 (x2)
Verse 1:
[B]I am the sea on a moonless night
[Bsus4]Calling falling, slipping tides
[B]I am the leaky, dripping pipes
The [Bsus2]endless, aching drops of light
[B]I am the raindrop falling down
[Bsus4]Always longing for the deeper ground
[B]I am the broken, breaking seas
[Bsus2]Even my blood finds ways to bleed
Prechorus 1:
[G#m]Even the rivers ways to run
[E/G#]Even the rain to reach the sun
[G#m]Even my thirsty streams
[E/G#]Even in my dreams
Chorus:
I am re[B]stless
I am re[E/B]stless
I am re[B]stless
Looking for y[E]ou
I am re[B]stless
E/B G#m (F#) (only in final chorus)
I run like the ocean to find your shore
Looking for y[E]ou
Verse 2:
[B]I am the thorn stuck in your side
[Bsus4]I am the one that you left behind
[B]I am the dried-up doubting eyes
[Bsus2]Looking for the well that won't run dry
[B]Running hard for the other side
The [Bsus4]world that I've always been denied
[B]Running hard for the infinite
With the [Bsus2]tears of saints and hypocrites
Prechorus 2:
G#m ([ch]G#m/A#[/ch] [ch]G#m/B[/ch])
Oh, blood of black and white and grey
Oh, [E]death in life and night in day
G#m ([ch]G#m/A#[/ch] [ch]G#m/B[/ch])
One by one by one
We [E]let our rivers run
Chorus
Bridge:
I can hear you [B]breathing
I can feel you [E]leading
More than just a [B]feeling
More than just a [E]feeling
I can feel you [B]reaching
Pushing through the [E]ceiling
Til the final [B]healing
I'm looking for y[E]ou
Prechorus 3:
G#m [ch]G#m2[/ch]
Until the sea of glass we meet
[E]At last completed and complete
Where [G#m]tide and tear and pain subside
And [E]laughter drinks them dry
Refrain:
I'll be w[B]aiting
Antici[(E)]pating
All that I a[B]im for
What I was m[F#]ade for
With every h[G#m]eartbeat
All of my blo[E]od bleeds
Running ins[B]ide me
Looking for y[E]ou
Looking for y[B]ou
Looking for y[Bsus4]ou
Looking for y[B]ou
Looking for y[Bsus2]ou
Chorus+
B (lead into interlude)
Looking for you
Interlude: B E (x3) B Bsus4
Bridge
Outro:
I'm looking for y[B]ou[E][B][E]
Song: Blinding Light
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
Intro: C
Verse 1:
[C] Hey boy, don't believe 'em
[Csus2] The old lies never could come through
[C] Hey boy, don't believe 'em
[Csus2] Everything that they told you to
[C] Hey boy, don't believe 'em
[Csus2] We're the nation that eats our youth
[C] Hey boy, don't believe 'em
[Csus2] None of us are bullet-proof
Interlude: C
Prechorus 1:
[F] Deep down there's a boy i[G]nside
[F] Asleep waiting for the su[G]n to rise
F (sustain)
Wake up, wake up
Chorus:
Still looking for the [C]blinding light
Still looking for the [G]reason why
Still looking for the [Am]sun to shine
Take me [F]higher and [G]higher
[C]All my life
I've been living in the [G]darkest night
Still looking for the [Am]blinding light
To take me [F]higher and [Fm]higher
Interlude
Verse 2:
[C] Hey girl, be yourself now
[Csus2] Don't believe what they told you to
[C] Hey girl, be yourself now
[Csus2] Your skin is more than a pin-up suit
[C] Hey girl, don't conform now
[Csus2] No one else got soul like you
[C] Hey girl, you're a strong one
[Csus2] But none of us are bullet-proof
Prechorus 2:
[F] Deep down there's a hope i[G]nside
[F] You've got wings, but you're scar[G]ed to fly
F (sustain)
Wake up, wake up
Chorus (Change the lyrics "blinding light" to "sun to shine")
Interlude (x2)
Prechorus 3:
[F] Deep down there's a hope i[G]nside
[F] Brighter than the fears[G] of my mind
[F] I keep looking for the bli[G]nding light
[F] It's the hope that keeps me[G] alive
F (sustain)
Wake up, wake up
Chorus (Change the first three times of "Still looking" to "Keep looking", and "blinding
light" to "sun to rise")
Refrain:
The [C]blinding light
The [G]blinding light
I've been [Am]waiting all my life
Take me [F]higher and [G]higher
The [C]blinding light
You're the [G]vision that gives me sight
Oh the [Am]blinding light
Take me [F]higher and [Fm]higher
Outro: C
Song: Selling the News
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
Verse 1:
Welcome to the holy city[B5] a silver screen
Built with the lens[A#5] and a low self esteem
A tee[G5]nager's plea for meaning and means
We're [F#5]selling the news
Verse 2:
See o[B5]pinions are easier to swallow than facts
The [A#5]grays instead of the whites and the blacks
If you [G5]shoot it too straight they wont come back
We're [F#5]selling the news[D5][C5]
Verse 3:
See [B5]money speaks volumes louder than words
And [A#5]virtues with wings maybe not quite at first
But their [G5]salaries are paying for the ad not the verbs
We're [F#5]selling the news
Verse 4:
See a[B5]ll men are equal all is for sale
A [A#5]powerful dog has been chasing his tail
The [G5]lowest common denominator prevails
We're [F#5]selling the news
Chorus:
I [Bm]want to believe you
[ch]F#m/A[/ch]
I want to believe but everything is in between
The fa[G]ct is fiction
The fa[F#]ct is fiction
I [Bm]want to believe you
[ch]F#m/A[/ch]
I want to believe but everything is in between
The fa[G]ct is fiction
(F#)
Suspicion is a new religion
Interlude: B5 A#5 G5 F#5
Verse 5:
A[B5]merica listens the story is told
With an [A#5]eye on truth the story unfolds
But the [G5]ratings determine the story was sold
We're [F#5]selling the news
Verse 6:
Beggin[B5]g the question mongering fears
Stroking the eyes[A#5] and tickling ears
The truth's just [G5]seldom just as it appears
We're [F#5]selling the news
Chorus
Bridge:
I can [Bm]see your talking heads
On the [G]television s[F#]et
On the [Bm]Internet they said
That fact is fi[G]ction
Sus[F#]picion is a new religion
Interlude
Verse 7:
Sub[B5]stance oh substance where have you been
You've [A#5]been replaced by the masters of spin
Who make [G5]good looking books and write history in
We're [F#5]selling the news
Verse 8:
The lines [B5]start to blur I get so confused
I get [A#5]shiny new models mixed up with the blues
I get [G5]binary code mixed up with abuse
The [F#5]facts are simply one option to choose
Verse 9:
When [B5]nothing is sacred there's nothing to lose
When [A#5]nothing is sacred all is consumed
We're [G5]still on the air it must be the truth
We're [F#5]selling the news
Chorus (final):
I [Bm]want to believe you
[ch]F#m/A[/ch]
I want to believe but everything is in between
The fa[G]ct is fiction
The fa[F#]ct is fiction
I [Bm]want to believe you
[ch]F#m/A[/ch]
I want to believe but everything is in between
The fa[G]ct is fiction
The fa[F#]ct is fiction
I [Bm]want to believe you
[ch]F#m/A[/ch]
I want to believe but everything I see is greed
The fa[G]ct is fiction
(F#)
Suspicion is a new religion
Outro: B5 and fade out
Song: Thrive
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
Intro: D
Verse 1:
[D] Been fighting things that I can't see in
[D] Like voices coming from the inside of me and
[G] Like doing things I find hard to believe in
[G] Am I myself or am I dreaming?
Prechorus 1:
[Bm] I've been awake for an hour or so
Ch[G]ecking for a pulse but I just don't know
[Bm] Am I a man when I feel like a ghost?
The str[G]anger in the mirror is wearing my clothes
[ Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/switchfoot/vice_verses_crd_ver_2.html ]
Chorus:
[D]No I'm not alright
[A]I know that I'm not right
[Bm] A steering wheel don't mean you can drive
[G] A warm body don't mean I'm alive
[D]No I'm not alright
[A]I know that I'm not right
[Bm]Feels like I travel but I never arrive
[G] I want to thrive not just survive
Interlude: D
Verse 2:
[D] I come alive when I hear you singing
[D] But lately I haven't been hearing a thing and
[G] I get the feeling that I'm in between
[G] A machine and a man who only looks like me
Prechorus 2:
[Bm] I try and hide it and not let it show
But deep[G] down inside me I just don't know
[Bm] Am I a man when I feel like a hoax?
The str[G]anger in the mirror is wearing my clothes
Chorus
Bridge:
[Em] I'm always clo[Bm]se but I'm never eno[A]ugh
[Em] I'm always in [Bm]line but I'm never in lo[A]ve
[G] I get so do[D]wn but I won't give up[A]
[G] I get slowed do[D]wn but I won't give up[A]
Verse 1
Tag:
[Bm] [G] Am I myself or am I dreaming?
[Bm] [G] Am I myself or am I dreaming?
[Bm] Thrive [G] Thrive
[Bm] Thrive [G] Thrive
Chorus (Change the lyrics "Feels like" to "Feel like")
Refrain:
[D] I want to thrive not just survive
[G] Ehh...Ehhh...
[Bm]Feel like I travel but I never arrive
[G] I want to thrive not just survive
[D] I want to thrive not just survive
[G] I want to thrive not just survive
[Bm]Feel like I travel but I never arrive
G and fade out
I want to thrive not just survive
Song: Dark Horses
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
If you don't want to use power chords, A5, F5, C5,
D5 become Am, F, C and Dm respectively
Intro: A5 C5 F5 D5 (x4)
Verse 1:
I've made my mi[A5]stakes
I've seen my [F5]heart cave in[D5]
I got my[A5] scars
I've been to hell and [F5]back again[D5]
Prechorus:
Born for the [A5]blue skies
We'll survive the ra[F5]in[D5]
Born for the [A5]sunrise
We'll survive the pa[F5]in
Chorus:
We're singing [A5]hey, you can't [C5]count us out
[F5] We've been running up a[D5]gainst the crowd
[A5] Yeah[C5], we are the dark [F5]horses[D5]
We're singing [A5]wait, it's not [C5]over now
[F5] We've been down but we've [D5]never been out
[A5] Yeah[C5], we are the dark [F5]horses[D5]
Verse 2:
We found a wa[A5]y out
The city takes [F5]everything it can[D5]
But outside[A5] the crowds
I can feel my [F5]lungs again[D5]
Prechorus
Chorus
Tag:
We're singing [A5]la, la la, [C5]la la la la[F5][D5]
[A5]La, la la, [C5]la la la la[F5][D5]
Interlude: A5 C5 F5 D5 (x2)
Bridge:
Born for the [A5]blue skies[C5][F5][D5]
Born for the [A5]blue skies[C5][F5][D5]
Born for the [A5]sunrise
We'll survive the pa[F5]in[D5]
Interlude
Chorus (final):
We're singing [A5]hey, you can't [C5]count us out
[F5] We've been running up a[D5]gainst the crowd
[A5] Yeah[C5], we are the dark [F5]horses[D5]
We're singing [A5]we don't care [C5]what they say
[F5] We know we'll [D5]find a way
[A5] Yeah[C5], we are the dark [F5]horses[D5]
Tag (Remove "We're singing")
Interlude (x1/2)
Outro (whispered):
[A5] Keep running with the [C5]dark horses
[F5] Hope makes the blo[D5]od change courses
[A5] Keep running with the [C5]dark horses
[F5] Stand up for the [D5]dark horses
[A5] Keep running with the [C5]dark horses
[F5] Hope makes the blo[D5]od change courses
[A5] Keep running with the [C5]dark horses
F5 D5 and fade out
Song: Souvenirs
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
Intro: G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch] F C2 (x2)
Verse 1:
G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch]
Here's to the twilight
[F] Here's to the [C2]memories
G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch]
These are my souvenirs
[F] My mental pictures of [C2]everything
Verse 2:
G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch]
Here's to the late nights
[F] Here's to the [C2]fire light
G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch]
These are my souvenirs
[F] My souven[C]irs
Chorus 1:
I close my ey[Em]es and go back in ti[C2]me
I can see you sm[G5]iling, you're so ali[D5]ve
We were so yo[Em]ung, we had no fe[C2]ar
We were so yo[G5]ung, we had no id[G/B]ea
G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch] F C2
That life was just happening
G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch] F C2
Life was just happening
Verse 3:
[G] Here's to your [G/F#]bright eyes
[F] Shining like [C2]fireflies
[G] These are my [G/F#]souvenirs
[F] The memory of a [C]lifetime
Verse 4:
[G] We were wide-ey[G/F#]ed with everything
[F] Everything[C] around us
[G] We were enli[G/F#]ghtened by everything
[F] Everything[C]
Chorus 2:
So I close my ey[Em]es and go back in ti[C2]me
I can see you sm[G]iling, you're so ali[D]ve
I close my ey[Em]es and go back in ti[C2]me
You were just a ch[G]ild then, and so was I[G/F#]
We were so yo[Em]ung, we had no fe[C2]ar
We were so yo[G]ung, we had no id[G/F#]ea
That nothing [Em]lasts forever[C2][G][G/B]
That nothing [Em]lasts forever[C2]
Nothing la[G]sts, nothing la[G/B]sts
You and [Em]me together[C2]
Were always [G]now or never[D]
Bridge:
Can you [G]hear me?[G/F#][F][C2]
Can you [G]hear me?[G/F#][F][C2]
Interlude: G D/G Am C2 (x2)
Chorus (final):
I close my ey[G]es and go back in ti[D]me
I can see you sm[Am]iling, you're so ali[C2]ve
I close my ey[G]es and go back in ti[D]me
You were wide-ey[Am]ed, you were wide-ey[G/B]ed
We were so yo[Em]ung, we had no fe[C2]ar
We were so yo[G]ung, we had just beg[D]un
A song we kn[Em]ew but had never su[C2]ng
It burned like f[G]ire inside our lu[G/B]ngs
Outro:
[Em] [C2][G]
And[D] life was just happening (nothing lasts, nothing lasts forever)
[Em] [C2][G]
And[D] life was just happening (nothing lasts, nothing lasts forever)
G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch]
I wouldn't trade it for anything
[F] My souvenirs[C2]
Outro: G5 and fade out
Song: Rise Above It
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
Intro: C#5 C#5 C#5 C#sus4 (x6)
Verse 1:
A[C#5]nother couple kids with their heads on top[C#sus4]
[C#5]Just another stranger just another plot[C#sus4]
A[B5]nother track home where the city streets stop[Bsus4]
[C#5]Just another kid with another bored cop[C#sus4]
Verse 2:
[C#5]Just another lemon into lemonade job[C#sus4]
[C#5]Just another rust and dust facade[C#sus4]
[C#5]Just another key stuck broken in the lock[C#sus4]
[C#5]Just another scarecrow choking on a cough[C#sus4]
Oh come on!
Chorus 1:
[E] It all feels so typical
[B] Guess I'm looking for a miracle
[C#m] Rise above it, rise above it
[E] I don't care what their telling me
[B] We could be what we want to be
[C#m] Rise above it, rise above it
Verse 3:
[C#5]Listen up loud listen up listen here[C#sus4]
[C#5]Just because you're running doesn't mean that you're scared[C#sus4]
[C#5]Just because it's law doesn't mean it is fa[C#sus4]ir
[C#5]Never let another tell your soul what to fear[C#sus4]
Verse 4:
[C#5]Here we go again give it one more try[C#sus4]
[C#5]Don't believe the system's on your side[C#sus4]
[C#5]Just another lover turned enemy fight[C#sus4]
[C#5]Just another blood and nicotine sky[C#sus4]
Oh come on!
Chorus 2:
[E] It all feels so typical
[B] Guess I'm looking for a miracle
[C#m] Rise above it, rise above it
[E] I get so sick of it
[B] Feels so counterfeit
[C#m] I rise above it, rise above it
Interlude: C#m (x4)
Bridge:
[A] Hear our voices rise
[B] Hear our battle cry
[C#m] We've been under the curse
[A] With our arms raised high
[B] Hear us sing tonight
[C#m] Like the last night on earth
[A] We will ri[B]se like the ti[C#m]de
Like dead men[E]
Coming back to life
[A] We are rising,[B] rising
Interlude (x2)
Verse 5:
[C#5]Turn it up now, listen loud and clear[C#sus4]
[C#5]Just because you're present doesn't mean you're here[C#sus4]
Oh come on!
Chorus 3:
[E] It all feels so typical
[B] Guess I'm looking for a miracle
[C#m] Rise above it, rise above it
[E] A curse this broken
[B] The system's broken
[C#m] Rise above it, rise above it
Tag:
[E] Let's rise above it
[B] We can rise above it
[C#m] Let's rise above it
[E] Rise above it
[B] Let's rise above it
C#m (one strum)
Song: Vice Verses
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
Intro: A D E/A D (x2)
Verse 1:
Wa[A]lking along the high tide-line
Wa[D]tching the Pacific from the side-lines
I [E/A]wonder what it means to live together
[D]Looking for more than just guide-lines
Verse 2:
Lo[A]oking for signs in the night sky
[D]Wishing that i wasn't such a nice guy
I [E/A]wonder what it means to live forever
I [D]wonder what it means to die
Chorus:
I [A]know that there is meaning to it all[D]
A [A]little resurrection every ti[D]me i fall
[F#m]You've got your babies, [E]I've got my hearses
[D]Every blessing comes with a set of curses
[E]I've got my vices, I've got my vice[D] verses
E A (lead into interlude)
I've got my vice verses
Verse 3:
The wi[A]nd could be my new obsession
The wi[D]nd could be my next depression
The [E/A]wind goes anywhere it wants to
[D]Wishing that i learned my lesson
Verse 4:
The o[A]cean sounds like a garage band
[D]Coming at me like a drunk man
The [E/A]ocean tells me a thousand stories
[D] None of them are lies
Chorus (Change the last A into Bm)
Bridge:
[Bm] Let the Pac[Assu4]ific laugh[E]
[Bm] Be on my [Asus4]epitaph[E]
With these [D]rising and [E]falling
And [D]after [E]all,
It's just [F#m]water and [E]I am just so[Dsus2]ul
With a [F#m]body of [E]water and [Dsus2]bone
Water and bone
Interlude (x2)
Verse 5:
[A]Where is God in the city life?
[D]Where is God in the city light?
[E/A]Where is God in the earthquake?
[D]Where is God in the genocide?
Verse 6:
[A]Where are you in my broken heart?
[D]Everything seems to fall apart
[E/A]Everything feels rusted over
[D] Tell me that you're there
Chorus (final):
I [A]know that there is meaning to it all[D]
A [A]little resurrection every ti[D]me i fall
[F#m]You've got your babies, [E]I've got my hearses
[D]Every blessing comes with a set of curses
E [ch]C#7/F[/ch] F#m
I've got my vices, I've got my vice verses
D A (lead into outr)
I've got my vice verses
Outro: A D E/A D (x2) A and fade out
Song: Where I Belong
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
The refrain of this final track is the same as verses 3 and 4 in Afterlife (the first
track), making this a nice cyclic close to the album.
Intro:
Dsus2 F#m (x4)
A A Dsus2 Dsus2 (x2)
Verse 1:
[A] Feeling like a refugee
[A] Like it don't belong to me
[Dsus2] The colours flash across the sky[Dsus2]
[A] This air feels strange to me
[A] Feeling like a tragedy
[Dsus2] I take a deep breath and close my eyes[Dsus2]
One last ti[A]me
One last ti[Dsus2]me
Verse 2:
[A] Storms on the wasteland
[A] Dark clouds on the plains a[Dsus2]gain
We were born into the fight[Dsus2]
[A] But I'm not sentimental
[A] This skin and bones is a rental
[Dsus2] And no one makes it out ali[Dsus2]ve, yeah
Chorus:
[A] Until I die I'll sing these songs
[A] On the shores of Babylon
[Dsus2] Still looking for a home
[Dsus2] In a world where I belong
[A] Where the weak are finally strong
[A] Where the righteous right the wrongs
[Dsus2] Still looking for a home
[Dsus2] In a world where I belong
Interlude: A A Dsus2 Dsus2
Verse 3:
[A] Feels like we're just waiting, waiting
[A] While are hearts are just breaking, breaking
[Dsus2] Feels like we've been fighting against the t[Dsus2]ide
[A] I wanna see the earth start shaking
[A] I wanna see a generation
[Dsus2] Finally waking up insi[Dsus2]de, yeah
Chorus
[F#m] [E] A world where I belo[Dsus2]ng[Dsus2]
Bridge:
This body's not my [F#m]own
This world is not my ow[E]n
But I still can hear the so[Dsus2]und
Of my heart beating [Dsus2]out
So let's go boys, sing it loud
Interlude (x2)
Verse 4:
[A] And on the final day I die
[A] I want to hold my head up high
[Dsus2] I want to tell You that I tried
[Dsus2] To live it like a song
[A] And when I reach the other side
[A] I want to look You in the [Dsus2]eye
And know that I've arr[Dsus2]ived
In a world where I belong
Tag:
[F#m] In a world where I belong
[E] In a world where I belong
[Dsus2] Where I belong
[Dsus2] Where I belong
Tag:
[A] [A] Where I belong[Dsus2], [Dsus2] yeah
[A] [A] Where I belong[Dsus2], [Dsus2] yeah!
Refrain:
[A]I still believe we can live forever
[A] You and I we begin forever [Dsus2]now
Forever [Dsus2]now, forever
[A]I still believe in us together
[A] You and I we're here together [Dsus2]now
Together [Dsus2]now
Forever [A]now
Forever [A]now
Forever [Dsus2]now
Forever[Dsus2]
A and fade out
Forever
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VICE VERSES (2011)
SWITCHFOOT
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Track listing:
1) Afterlife 3:37
2) The Original 3:15
3) The War Inside 3:38
4) Restless 5:17
5) Blinding Light 4:16
6) Selling the News 3:34
7) Thrive 5:12
8) Dark Horses 3:59
9) Souvenirs 4:31
10) Rise Above It 3:33
11) Vice Verses 5:07
12) Where I Belong 6:52
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All chords are transcribed by me and not copied off other already-existing chords on
this site, even if some (e.g. Where I Belong) might look similar :D
Also, the symbol "" represents no chord.
Song: Afterlife
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
If you don't want to use power chords, A5, F5, C5,
D5 become Am, F, C and Dm respectively
Intro: A5
Verse 1:
[A5] I've tasted fire, I'm ready to come alive
[A5] I can't just shut it up and fake that I'm alright
[F5] I'm ready now, I'm not [G5]waiting for the afterlife
Interlude 1: A5
Verse 2:
[A5] Oh, let it burn the way the sunlight burns my skin
[A5] The way I feel inside, the way the day begins
[F5] I'm ready now, I'm not [G5]waiting for the other side
Prechorus 1:
[F5] I'm ready now, I'm ready n[G5]ow
Chorus:
Cuz everyd[A5]ay, the world is m[C5]ade
A chance to ch[F5]ange, but I feel the sa[D5]me
And I wonder wh[A5]y would I wait till I d[C5]ie to come alive?
[F5] I'm ready now, I'm not [G5]waiting for the afterlife
Interlude 1
Verse 3:
[A5]I still believe we could live forever
[A5] You and I, we begin forever [F5]now
Forever [G5]now, forever
Verse 4:
[A5]I still believe in us together
[A5] You and I, we're here together [F5]now
Forever [G5]now
Prechorus 2:
Forever [F5]now, or never [G5]now
Chorus
Interlude 2:
[Cm] [Bb] [Ab] [Fm]
[Cm] [Eb] [Fm] [G]
Lead-in:
Everyd[A5]ay, a choice is made
Everyd[F5]ay I choose my f[D5]ate
And I wonder wh[Am]y would I wait till I d[C]ie to come alive?
[F] To come alive?[G]
Chorus (Final):
Everyd[Am]ay, everyd[C]ay
Everyd[F]ay I still feel the s[Dm]ame
And I wonder wh[Am]y would I wait till I d[C]ie to come alive?
[F] I'm ready now, I'm not [G]waiting for the afterlife
Tag:
[F] I'm ready now, I'm ready n[G]ow, I'm ready now, I'm ready
[F] I'm ready now, I'm not [G]waiting for the afterlife
Outro:
[Am] Yeah, Yeah[Am], YEAH!
Song: The Original
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
Intro:
C5 Eb5 F5 G5 (x4)
YEAH!
C5 Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 (x2)
Verse 1:
(C5)
Got your hands in your pockets, like your ready to pay
Got your eyes out of socket, like your a mile away
Mouth shut, like a locket, like you've nothing to say
Prechorus:
Ab5 F5
Speak your mind up, come on baby free yourself
Chorus:
[C5] Hey[Bb5], no one can [F5]do it, free yourself
[C5] Hey[Bb5], nothing [F5]to it, free yourself
[C5] Yeah[Bb5], don't let no[F5]body try to steal your so[Ab5]ul
You're the original
Interlude 1: C5 Eb5 F5 G5 (x2)
Verse 2:
(C5)
So you say your just a lost soul, I know you better than that
So you say your just a loss in the wash oh, I know you better than that
So you say your just a face in the city race, wasted and sick of it all
Prechorus
Chorus
Tag:
[C5] [Ab5] [Eb5] The o[Bb5]riginal
[C5] [Ab5] [Eb5] You're the o[Bb5]riginal
[C5] [Ab5] [Eb5] The o[Bb5]riginal
[C5] [Ab5] [Eb5] [Bb5]All right
C5 Eb5 F5 G5 (x2)
[C5]Oh ohh[Eb5], come on now
[F5]Oh ohh[G5], come on now
[C5]On ohh[Eb5], come on now
[F5]Oh ohh[G6], YEAH!
Interlude 2: C7 C7 C7 [ch]C7/F[/ch] [ch]C7/Ab[/ch] Cmaj7/G
Chorus (Final):
Yeah free yourself[C5], hey[Bb5], no one can [F5]do it, free yourself
[C5] Hey[Bb5], nothing [F5]to it, free yourself
[C5] [Bb5] [F5] [C5]
[Bb] Y[F5]eah, don't let nobody try to steal your soul
Free yourself[C5], hey[Bb5], no one can [F5]do it, free yourself
[C5] Hey[Bb5], nothing [F5]to it, free yourself
[C5] Yeah[Bb5], don't let no[F5]body try to steal your so[Ab5]ul
You're the original
Outro: C5 Eb5 F5 G5 (x2)
Song: The War Inside
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
Intro: D5 D5 D5 Dm (x4)
Verse 1:
[D5] Put your hands up open wide[Dm]
[D5] Put your hands up side by side[Dm]
[D5]Age don't matter like
Race don't matter [Dm]like
[D5]Place don't matter like what's inside[Dm]
Verse 2:
[D5] Let the kick drum kick one time[Dm]
[D5] Breathe out let your mind unwind[Dm]
[D5]Eyes on the ceiling
Looking for the fee[Dm]ling
[D5] Wide open let your own eyes[Dm] shine
Prechorus 1:
[Dm] Yeah! It's where the fight begins
Yeah! Underneath the skin
Be[Bb]neath these hopes and where we've been
[Gm]Every fight comes from the fight within
Chorus 1:
[Dm]I am the war inside
I am the battle line
[Bb]I am the rising tide
[Gm] I am the war I fight
[Dm]Eyes open, open wide
I can feel it like a crack in my spine
[Bb] I can feel it like the back of my mind
[Gm] I am the war inside
Verse 3:
[D5] I get the feeling like we're living in sci-f[Dm]i
[D5] I get the feeling that our weapons are lof[Dm]i
[D5]Ain't no killer like pride
No killer [Dm]like [D5]I
No killer like what's inside[Dm]
Prechorus 2:
[Dm]Yeah! It's in the air we breathe
Yeah! It's in the blood we bleed
Be[Bb]neath these dreams and what we've seen
[Gm]We are the kids of the in-between
Chorus 2:
[Dm]I am the war inside
I am the battle line
[Bb]I am the rising tide
[Gm] I am the war I fight
[Bb]Eyes open, open wide
[Dm] I can feel it like a crack in my spine
[Gm] I can feel it like the back of my mind
[Dm] I am the war inside
Refrain:
[Bb]I am the war inside
[Dm] I am the war inside
[Gm]I am the war inside
[Dm] I am the war inside
Interlude: D5 D5 D5 Dm (x4)
Verse 1
Prechorus 3:
[Dm] Yeah! Every thought or deed
Yeah! Every tree or seed
The [Bb]big thing come from the little dreams
[Gm]Everyone of these made by make-believe
Chorus 2
Tag (x2)
Outro: D5 D5 D5 Dm (x4)
Song: Restless
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
You can play Bsus4 and Bsus2 as B4 and B2 respectively.
Intro: B Bsus4 B Bsus4 (x2)
Verse 1:
[B]I am the sea on a moonless night
[Bsus4]Calling falling, slipping tides
[B]I am the leaky, dripping pipes
The [Bsus2]endless, aching drops of light
[B]I am the raindrop falling down
[Bsus4]Always longing for the deeper ground
[B]I am the broken, breaking seas
[Bsus2]Even my blood finds ways to bleed
Prechorus 1:
[G#m]Even the rivers ways to run
[E/G#]Even the rain to reach the sun
[G#m]Even my thirsty streams
[E/G#]Even in my dreams
Chorus:
I am re[B]stless
I am re[E/B]stless
I am re[B]stless
Looking for y[E]ou
I am re[B]stless
E/B G#m (F#) (only in final chorus)
I run like the ocean to find your shore
Looking for y[E]ou
Verse 2:
[B]I am the thorn stuck in your side
[Bsus4]I am the one that you left behind
[B]I am the dried-up doubting eyes
[Bsus2]Looking for the well that won't run dry
[B]Running hard for the other side
The [Bsus4]world that I've always been denied
[B]Running hard for the infinite
With the [Bsus2]tears of saints and hypocrites
Prechorus 2:
G#m ([ch]G#m/A#[/ch] [ch]G#m/B[/ch])
Oh, blood of black and white and grey
Oh, [E]death in life and night in day
G#m ([ch]G#m/A#[/ch] [ch]G#m/B[/ch])
One by one by one
We [E]let our rivers run
Chorus
Bridge:
I can hear you [B]breathing
I can feel you [E]leading
More than just a [B]feeling
More than just a [E]feeling
I can feel you [B]reaching
Pushing through the [E]ceiling
Til the final [B]healing
I'm looking for y[E]ou
Prechorus 3:
G#m [ch]G#m2[/ch]
Until the sea of glass we meet
[E]At last completed and complete
Where [G#m]tide and tear and pain subside
And [E]laughter drinks them dry
Refrain:
I'll be w[B]aiting
Antici[(E)]pating
All that I a[B]im for
What I was m[F#]ade for
With every h[G#m]eartbeat
All of my blo[E]od bleeds
Running ins[B]ide me
Looking for y[E]ou
Looking for y[B]ou
Looking for y[Bsus4]ou
Looking for y[B]ou
Looking for y[Bsus2]ou
Chorus+
B (lead into interlude)
Looking for you
Interlude: B E (x3) B Bsus4
Bridge
Outro:
I'm looking for y[B]ou[E][B][E]
Song: Blinding Light
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
Intro: C
Verse 1:
[C] Hey boy, don't believe 'em
[Csus2] The old lies never could come through
[C] Hey boy, don't believe 'em
[Csus2] Everything that they told you to
[C] Hey boy, don't believe 'em
[Csus2] We're the nation that eats our youth
[C] Hey boy, don't believe 'em
[Csus2] None of us are bullet-proof
Interlude: C
Prechorus 1:
[F] Deep down there's a boy i[G]nside
[F] Asleep waiting for the su[G]n to rise
F (sustain)
Wake up, wake up
Chorus:
Still looking for the [C]blinding light
Still looking for the [G]reason why
Still looking for the [Am]sun to shine
Take me [F]higher and [G]higher
[C]All my life
I've been living in the [G]darkest night
Still looking for the [Am]blinding light
To take me [F]higher and [Fm]higher
Interlude
Verse 2:
[C] Hey girl, be yourself now
[Csus2] Don't believe what they told you to
[C] Hey girl, be yourself now
[Csus2] Your skin is more than a pin-up suit
[C] Hey girl, don't conform now
[Csus2] No one else got soul like you
[C] Hey girl, you're a strong one
[Csus2] But none of us are bullet-proof
Prechorus 2:
[F] Deep down there's a hope i[G]nside
[F] You've got wings, but you're scar[G]ed to fly
F (sustain)
Wake up, wake up
Chorus (Change the lyrics "blinding light" to "sun to shine")
Interlude (x2)
Prechorus 3:
[F] Deep down there's a hope i[G]nside
[F] Brighter than the fears[G] of my mind
[F] I keep looking for the bli[G]nding light
[F] It's the hope that keeps me[G] alive
F (sustain)
Wake up, wake up
Chorus (Change the first three times of "Still looking" to "Keep looking", and "blinding
light" to "sun to rise")
Refrain:
The [C]blinding light
The [G]blinding light
I've been [Am]waiting all my life
Take me [F]higher and [G]higher
The [C]blinding light
You're the [G]vision that gives me sight
Oh the [Am]blinding light
Take me [F]higher and [Fm]higher
Outro: C
Song: Selling the News
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
Verse 1:
Welcome to the holy city[B5] a silver screen
Built with the lens[A#5] and a low self esteem
A tee[G5]nager's plea for meaning and means
We're [F#5]selling the news
Verse 2:
See o[B5]pinions are easier to swallow than facts
The [A#5]grays instead of the whites and the blacks
If you [G5]shoot it too straight they wont come back
We're [F#5]selling the news[D5][C5]
Verse 3:
See [B5]money speaks volumes louder than words
And [A#5]virtues with wings maybe not quite at first
But their [G5]salaries are paying for the ad not the verbs
We're [F#5]selling the news
Verse 4:
See a[B5]ll men are equal all is for sale
A [A#5]powerful dog has been chasing his tail
The [G5]lowest common denominator prevails
We're [F#5]selling the news
Chorus:
I [Bm]want to believe you
[ch]F#m/A[/ch]
I want to believe but everything is in between
The fa[G]ct is fiction
The fa[F#]ct is fiction
I [Bm]want to believe you
[ch]F#m/A[/ch]
I want to believe but everything is in between
The fa[G]ct is fiction
(F#)
Suspicion is a new religion
Interlude: B5 A#5 G5 F#5
Verse 5:
A[B5]merica listens the story is told
With an [A#5]eye on truth the story unfolds
But the [G5]ratings determine the story was sold
We're [F#5]selling the news
Verse 6:
Beggin[B5]g the question mongering fears
Stroking the eyes[A#5] and tickling ears
The truth's just [G5]seldom just as it appears
We're [F#5]selling the news
Chorus
Bridge:
I can [Bm]see your talking heads
On the [G]television s[F#]et
On the [Bm]Internet they said
That fact is fi[G]ction
Sus[F#]picion is a new religion
Interlude
Verse 7:
Sub[B5]stance oh substance where have you been
You've [A#5]been replaced by the masters of spin
Who make [G5]good looking books and write history in
We're [F#5]selling the news
Verse 8:
The lines [B5]start to blur I get so confused
I get [A#5]shiny new models mixed up with the blues
I get [G5]binary code mixed up with abuse
The [F#5]facts are simply one option to choose
Verse 9:
When [B5]nothing is sacred there's nothing to lose
When [A#5]nothing is sacred all is consumed
We're [G5]still on the air it must be the truth
We're [F#5]selling the news
Chorus (final):
I [Bm]want to believe you
[ch]F#m/A[/ch]
I want to believe but everything is in between
The fa[G]ct is fiction
The fa[F#]ct is fiction
I [Bm]want to believe you
[ch]F#m/A[/ch]
I want to believe but everything is in between
The fa[G]ct is fiction
The fa[F#]ct is fiction
I [Bm]want to believe you
[ch]F#m/A[/ch]
I want to believe but everything I see is greed
The fa[G]ct is fiction
(F#)
Suspicion is a new religion
Outro: B5 and fade out
Song: Thrive
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
Intro: D
Verse 1:
[D] Been fighting things that I can't see in
[D] Like voices coming from the inside of me and
[G] Like doing things I find hard to believe in
[G] Am I myself or am I dreaming?
Prechorus 1:
[Bm] I've been awake for an hour or so
Ch[G]ecking for a pulse but I just don't know
[Bm] Am I a man when I feel like a ghost?
The str[G]anger in the mirror is wearing my clothes
[ Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/switchfoot/vice_verses_crd_ver_2.html ]
Chorus:
[D]No I'm not alright
[A]I know that I'm not right
[Bm] A steering wheel don't mean you can drive
[G] A warm body don't mean I'm alive
[D]No I'm not alright
[A]I know that I'm not right
[Bm]Feels like I travel but I never arrive
[G] I want to thrive not just survive
Interlude: D
Verse 2:
[D] I come alive when I hear you singing
[D] But lately I haven't been hearing a thing and
[G] I get the feeling that I'm in between
[G] A machine and a man who only looks like me
Prechorus 2:
[Bm] I try and hide it and not let it show
But deep[G] down inside me I just don't know
[Bm] Am I a man when I feel like a hoax?
The str[G]anger in the mirror is wearing my clothes
Chorus
Bridge:
[Em] I'm always clo[Bm]se but I'm never eno[A]ugh
[Em] I'm always in [Bm]line but I'm never in lo[A]ve
[G] I get so do[D]wn but I won't give up[A]
[G] I get slowed do[D]wn but I won't give up[A]
Verse 1
Tag:
[Bm] [G] Am I myself or am I dreaming?
[Bm] [G] Am I myself or am I dreaming?
[Bm] Thrive [G] Thrive
[Bm] Thrive [G] Thrive
Chorus (Change the lyrics "Feels like" to "Feel like")
Refrain:
[D] I want to thrive not just survive
[G] Ehh...Ehhh...
[Bm]Feel like I travel but I never arrive
[G] I want to thrive not just survive
[D] I want to thrive not just survive
[G] I want to thrive not just survive
[Bm]Feel like I travel but I never arrive
G and fade out
I want to thrive not just survive
Song: Dark Horses
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
If you don't want to use power chords, A5, F5, C5,
D5 become Am, F, C and Dm respectively
Intro: A5 C5 F5 D5 (x4)
Verse 1:
I've made my mi[A5]stakes
I've seen my [F5]heart cave in[D5]
I got my[A5] scars
I've been to hell and [F5]back again[D5]
Prechorus:
Born for the [A5]blue skies
We'll survive the ra[F5]in[D5]
Born for the [A5]sunrise
We'll survive the pa[F5]in
Chorus:
We're singing [A5]hey, you can't [C5]count us out
[F5] We've been running up a[D5]gainst the crowd
[A5] Yeah[C5], we are the dark [F5]horses[D5]
We're singing [A5]wait, it's not [C5]over now
[F5] We've been down but we've [D5]never been out
[A5] Yeah[C5], we are the dark [F5]horses[D5]
Verse 2:
We found a wa[A5]y out
The city takes [F5]everything it can[D5]
But outside[A5] the crowds
I can feel my [F5]lungs again[D5]
Prechorus
Chorus
Tag:
We're singing [A5]la, la la, [C5]la la la la[F5][D5]
[A5]La, la la, [C5]la la la la[F5][D5]
Interlude: A5 C5 F5 D5 (x2)
Bridge:
Born for the [A5]blue skies[C5][F5][D5]
Born for the [A5]blue skies[C5][F5][D5]
Born for the [A5]sunrise
We'll survive the pa[F5]in[D5]
Interlude
Chorus (final):
We're singing [A5]hey, you can't [C5]count us out
[F5] We've been running up a[D5]gainst the crowd
[A5] Yeah[C5], we are the dark [F5]horses[D5]
We're singing [A5]we don't care [C5]what they say
[F5] We know we'll [D5]find a way
[A5] Yeah[C5], we are the dark [F5]horses[D5]
Tag (Remove "We're singing")
Interlude (x1/2)
Outro (whispered):
[A5] Keep running with the [C5]dark horses
[F5] Hope makes the blo[D5]od change courses
[A5] Keep running with the [C5]dark horses
[F5] Stand up for the [D5]dark horses
[A5] Keep running with the [C5]dark horses
[F5] Hope makes the blo[D5]od change courses
[A5] Keep running with the [C5]dark horses
F5 D5 and fade out
Song: Souvenirs
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
Intro: G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch] F C2 (x2)
Verse 1:
G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch]
Here's to the twilight
[F] Here's to the [C2]memories
G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch]
These are my souvenirs
[F] My mental pictures of [C2]everything
Verse 2:
G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch]
Here's to the late nights
[F] Here's to the [C2]fire light
G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch]
These are my souvenirs
[F] My souven[C]irs
Chorus 1:
I close my ey[Em]es and go back in ti[C2]me
I can see you sm[G5]iling, you're so ali[D5]ve
We were so yo[Em]ung, we had no fe[C2]ar
We were so yo[G5]ung, we had no id[G/B]ea
G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch] F C2
That life was just happening
G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch] F C2
Life was just happening
Verse 3:
[G] Here's to your [G/F#]bright eyes
[F] Shining like [C2]fireflies
[G] These are my [G/F#]souvenirs
[F] The memory of a [C]lifetime
Verse 4:
[G] We were wide-ey[G/F#]ed with everything
[F] Everything[C] around us
[G] We were enli[G/F#]ghtened by everything
[F] Everything[C]
Chorus 2:
So I close my ey[Em]es and go back in ti[C2]me
I can see you sm[G]iling, you're so ali[D]ve
I close my ey[Em]es and go back in ti[C2]me
You were just a ch[G]ild then, and so was I[G/F#]
We were so yo[Em]ung, we had no fe[C2]ar
We were so yo[G]ung, we had no id[G/F#]ea
That nothing [Em]lasts forever[C2][G][G/B]
That nothing [Em]lasts forever[C2]
Nothing la[G]sts, nothing la[G/B]sts
You and [Em]me together[C2]
Were always [G]now or never[D]
Bridge:
Can you [G]hear me?[G/F#][F][C2]
Can you [G]hear me?[G/F#][F][C2]
Interlude: G D/G Am C2 (x2)
Chorus (final):
I close my ey[G]es and go back in ti[D]me
I can see you sm[Am]iling, you're so ali[C2]ve
I close my ey[G]es and go back in ti[D]me
You were wide-ey[Am]ed, you were wide-ey[G/B]ed
We were so yo[Em]ung, we had no fe[C2]ar
We were so yo[G]ung, we had just beg[D]un
A song we kn[Em]ew but had never su[C2]ng
It burned like f[G]ire inside our lu[G/B]ngs
Outro:
[Em] [C2][G]
And[D] life was just happening (nothing lasts, nothing lasts forever)
[Em] [C2][G]
And[D] life was just happening (nothing lasts, nothing lasts forever)
G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch]
I wouldn't trade it for anything
[F] My souvenirs[C2]
Outro: G5 and fade out
Song: Rise Above It
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
Intro: C#5 C#5 C#5 C#sus4 (x6)
Verse 1:
A[C#5]nother couple kids with their heads on top[C#sus4]
[C#5]Just another stranger just another plot[C#sus4]
A[B5]nother track home where the city streets stop[Bsus4]
[C#5]Just another kid with another bored cop[C#sus4]
Verse 2:
[C#5]Just another lemon into lemonade job[C#sus4]
[C#5]Just another rust and dust facade[C#sus4]
[C#5]Just another key stuck broken in the lock[C#sus4]
[C#5]Just another scarecrow choking on a cough[C#sus4]
Oh come on!
Chorus 1:
[E] It all feels so typical
[B] Guess I'm looking for a miracle
[C#m] Rise above it, rise above it
[E] I don't care what their telling me
[B] We could be what we want to be
[C#m] Rise above it, rise above it
Verse 3:
[C#5]Listen up loud listen up listen here[C#sus4]
[C#5]Just because you're running doesn't mean that you're scared[C#sus4]
[C#5]Just because it's law doesn't mean it is fa[C#sus4]ir
[C#5]Never let another tell your soul what to fear[C#sus4]
Verse 4:
[C#5]Here we go again give it one more try[C#sus4]
[C#5]Don't believe the system's on your side[C#sus4]
[C#5]Just another lover turned enemy fight[C#sus4]
[C#5]Just another blood and nicotine sky[C#sus4]
Oh come on!
Chorus 2:
[E] It all feels so typical
[B] Guess I'm looking for a miracle
[C#m] Rise above it, rise above it
[E] I get so sick of it
[B] Feels so counterfeit
[C#m] I rise above it, rise above it
Interlude: C#m (x4)
Bridge:
[A] Hear our voices rise
[B] Hear our battle cry
[C#m] We've been under the curse
[A] With our arms raised high
[B] Hear us sing tonight
[C#m] Like the last night on earth
[A] We will ri[B]se like the ti[C#m]de
Like dead men[E]
Coming back to life
[A] We are rising,[B] rising
Interlude (x2)
Verse 5:
[C#5]Turn it up now, listen loud and clear[C#sus4]
[C#5]Just because you're present doesn't mean you're here[C#sus4]
Oh come on!
Chorus 3:
[E] It all feels so typical
[B] Guess I'm looking for a miracle
[C#m] Rise above it, rise above it
[E] A curse this broken
[B] The system's broken
[C#m] Rise above it, rise above it
Tag:
[E] Let's rise above it
[B] We can rise above it
[C#m] Let's rise above it
[E] Rise above it
[B] Let's rise above it
C#m (one strum)
Song: Vice Verses
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
Intro: A D E/A D (x2)
Verse 1:
Wa[A]lking along the high tide-line
Wa[D]tching the Pacific from the side-lines
I [E/A]wonder what it means to live together
[D]Looking for more than just guide-lines
Verse 2:
Lo[A]oking for signs in the night sky
[D]Wishing that i wasn't such a nice guy
I [E/A]wonder what it means to live forever
I [D]wonder what it means to die
Chorus:
I [A]know that there is meaning to it all[D]
A [A]little resurrection every ti[D]me i fall
[F#m]You've got your babies, [E]I've got my hearses
[D]Every blessing comes with a set of curses
[E]I've got my vices, I've got my vice[D] verses
E A (lead into interlude)
I've got my vice verses
Verse 3:
The wi[A]nd could be my new obsession
The wi[D]nd could be my next depression
The [E/A]wind goes anywhere it wants to
[D]Wishing that i learned my lesson
Verse 4:
The o[A]cean sounds like a garage band
[D]Coming at me like a drunk man
The [E/A]ocean tells me a thousand stories
[D] None of them are lies
Chorus (Change the last A into Bm)
Bridge:
[Bm] Let the Pac[Assu4]ific laugh[E]
[Bm] Be on my [Asus4]epitaph[E]
With these [D]rising and [E]falling
And [D]after [E]all,
It's just [F#m]water and [E]I am just so[Dsus2]ul
With a [F#m]body of [E]water and [Dsus2]bone
Water and bone
Interlude (x2)
Verse 5:
[A]Where is God in the city life?
[D]Where is God in the city light?
[E/A]Where is God in the earthquake?
[D]Where is God in the genocide?
Verse 6:
[A]Where are you in my broken heart?
[D]Everything seems to fall apart
[E/A]Everything feels rusted over
[D] Tell me that you're there
Chorus (final):
I [A]know that there is meaning to it all[D]
A [A]little resurrection every ti[D]me i fall
[F#m]You've got your babies, [E]I've got my hearses
[D]Every blessing comes with a set of curses
E [ch]C#7/F[/ch] F#m
I've got my vices, I've got my vice verses
D A (lead into outr)
I've got my vice verses
Outro: A D E/A D (x2) A and fade out
Song: Where I Belong
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
The refrain of this final track is the same as verses 3 and 4 in Afterlife (the first
track), making this a nice cyclic close to the album.
Intro:
Dsus2 F#m (x4)
A A Dsus2 Dsus2 (x2)
Verse 1:
[A] Feeling like a refugee
[A] Like it don't belong to me
[Dsus2] The colours flash across the sky[Dsus2]
[A] This air feels strange to me
[A] Feeling like a tragedy
[Dsus2] I take a deep breath and close my eyes[Dsus2]
One last ti[A]me
One last ti[Dsus2]me
Verse 2:
[A] Storms on the wasteland
[A] Dark clouds on the plains a[Dsus2]gain
We were born into the fight[Dsus2]
[A] But I'm not sentimental
[A] This skin and bones is a rental
[Dsus2] And no one makes it out ali[Dsus2]ve, yeah
Chorus:
[A] Until I die I'll sing these songs
[A] On the shores of Babylon
[Dsus2] Still looking for a home
[Dsus2] In a world where I belong
[A] Where the weak are finally strong
[A] Where the righteous right the wrongs
[Dsus2] Still looking for a home
[Dsus2] In a world where I belong
Interlude: A A Dsus2 Dsus2
Verse 3:
[A] Feels like we're just waiting, waiting
[A] While are hearts are just breaking, breaking
[Dsus2] Feels like we've been fighting against the t[Dsus2]ide
[A] I wanna see the earth start shaking
[A] I wanna see a generation
[Dsus2] Finally waking up insi[Dsus2]de, yeah
Chorus
[F#m] [E] A world where I belo[Dsus2]ng[Dsus2]
Bridge:
This body's not my [F#m]own
This world is not my ow[E]n
But I still can hear the so[Dsus2]und
Of my heart beating [Dsus2]out
So let's go boys, sing it loud
Interlude (x2)
Verse 4:
[A] And on the final day I die
[A] I want to hold my head up high
[Dsus2] I want to tell You that I tried
[Dsus2] To live it like a song
[A] And when I reach the other side
[A] I want to look You in the [Dsus2]eye
And know that I've arr[Dsus2]ived
In a world where I belong
Tag:
[F#m] In a world where I belong
[E] In a world where I belong
[Dsus2] Where I belong
[Dsus2] Where I belong
Tag:
[A] [A] Where I belong[Dsus2], [Dsus2] yeah
[A] [A] Where I belong[Dsus2], [Dsus2] yeah!
Refrain:
[A]I still believe we can live forever
[A] You and I we begin forever [Dsus2]now
Forever [Dsus2]now, forever
[A]I still believe in us together
[A] You and I we're here together [Dsus2]now
Together [Dsus2]now
Forever [A]now
Forever [A]now
Forever [Dsus2]now
Forever[Dsus2]
A and fade out
Forever
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