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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 "Ø" represents no chord.
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Song: Afterlife
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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If you don't want to use power chords, A5, F5, C5,
D5 become Am, F, C and Dm respectively
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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 G5
I'm ready now, I'm not 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 G5
I'm ready now, I'm not waiting for the other side
Prechorus 1:
F5 G5
I'm ready now, I'm ready now
Chorus:
A5 C5
Cuz everyday, the world is made
F5 D5
A chance to change, but I feel the same
A5 C5
And I wonder why would I wait till I die to come alive?
F5 G5
I'm ready now, I'm not waiting for the afterlife
Interlude 1
Verse 3:
A5
I still believe we could live forever
A5 F5
You and I, we begin forever now
G5
Forever now, forever
Verse 4:
A5
I still believe in us together
A5 F5
You and I, we're here together now
G5
Forever now
Prechorus 2:
F5 G5
Forever now, or never now
Chorus
Interlude 2:
Cm Bb Ab Fm
Cm Eb Fm G
Lead-in:
A5
Everyday, a choice is made
F5 D5
Everyday I choose my fate
Am C
And I wonder why would I wait till I die to come alive?
F G
To come alive?
Chorus (Final):
Am C
Everyday, everyday
F Dm
Everyday I still feel the same
Am C
And I wonder why would I wait till I die to come alive?
F G
I'm ready now, I'm not waiting for the afterlife
Tag:
F G
I'm ready now, I'm ready now, I'm ready now, I'm ready
F G
I'm ready now, I'm not waiting for the afterlife
Outro:
Am Am
Yeah, Yeah, YEAH!
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Song: The Original
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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Intro:
C5 Eb5 F5 G5 (x4)
YEAH!
C5 Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 (x2)
Verse 1:
Ø (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 Ø
Speak your mind up, come on baby free yourself
Chorus:
C5 Bb5 F5
Hey, no one can do it, free yourself
C5 Bb5 F5
Hey, nothing to it, free yourself
C5 Bb5 F5 Ab5
Yeah, don't let nobody try to steal your soul
Ø
You're the original
Interlude 1: C5 Eb5 F5 G5 (x2)
Verse 2:
Ø (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 Bb5
The original
C5 Ab5 Eb5 Bb5
You're the original
C5 Ab5 Eb5 Bb5
The original
C5 Ab5 Eb5 Bb5
All right
C5 Eb5 F5 G5 (x2)
C5 Eb5
Oh ohh, come on now
F5 G5
Oh ohh, come on now
C5 Eb5
On ohh, come on now
F5 G6
Oh ohh, YEAH!
Interlude 2: C7 C7 C7 [ch]C7/F[/ch] [ch]C7/Ab[/ch] Cmaj7/G
Chorus (Final):
C5 Bb5 F5
Yeah free yourself, hey, no one can do it, free yourself
C5 Bb5 F5
Hey, nothing to it, free yourself
C5 Bb5 F5 C5
Bb F5
Yeah, don't let nobody try to steal your soul
C5 Bb5 F5
Free yourself, hey, no one can do it, free yourself
C5 Bb5 F5
Hey, nothing to it, free yourself
C5 Bb5 F5 Ab5
Yeah, don't let nobody try to steal your soul
Ø
You're the original
Outro: C5 Eb5 F5 G5 (x2)
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Song: The War Inside
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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Intro: D5 D5 D5 Dm (x4)
Verse 1:
D5 Dm
Put your hands up open wide
D5 Dm
Put your hands up side by side
D5
Age don't matter like
Dm
Race don't matter like
D5 Dm
Place don't matter like what's inside
Verse 2:
D5 Dm
Let the kick drum kick one time
D5 Dm
Breathe out let your mind unwind
D5
Eyes on the ceiling
Dm
Looking for the feeling
D5 Dm
Wide open let your own eyes shine
Prechorus 1:
Dm
Yeah! It's where the fight begins
Yeah! Underneath the skin
Bb
Beneath 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 Dm
I get the feeling like we're living in sci-fi
D5 Dm
I get the feeling that our weapons are lo–fi
D5
Ain't no killer like pride
Dm D5
No killer like I
Dm
No killer like what's inside
Prechorus 2:
Dm
Yeah! It's in the air we breathe
Yeah! It's in the blood we bleed
Bb
Beneath 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
Bb
The 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)
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Song: Restless
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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You can play Bsus4 and Bsus2 as B4 and B2 respectively.
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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
Bsus2
The 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:
B
I am restless
E/B
I am restless
B
I am restless
E
Looking for you
B
I am restless
E/B G#m (F#) (only in final chorus)
I run like the ocean to find your shore
E
Looking for you
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
Bsus4
The world that I've always been denied
B
Running hard for the infinite
Bsus2
With the 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
E
Oh, death in life and night in day
G#m ([ch]G#m/A#[/ch] [ch]G#m/B[/ch])
One by one by one
E
We let our rivers run
Chorus
Bridge:
B
I can hear you breathing
E
I can feel you leading
B
More than just a feeling
E
More than just a feeling
B
I can feel you reaching
E
Pushing through the ceiling
B
íTil the final healing
E
I'm looking for you
Prechorus 3:
G#m [ch]G#m2[/ch]
Until the sea of glass we meet
E
At last completed and complete
G#m
Where tide and tear and pain subside
E
And laughter drinks them dry
Refrain:
B
I'll be waiting
(E)
Anticipating
B
All that I aim for
F#
What I was made for
G#m
With every heartbeat
E
All of my blood bleeds
B
Running inside me
E
Looking for you
B
Looking for you
Bsus4
Looking for you
B
Looking for you
Bsus2
Looking for you
Chorus+
B (lead into interlude)
Looking for you
Interlude: B E (x3) B Bsus4
Bridge
Outro:
B E B E
I'm looking for you
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Song: Blinding Light
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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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 G
Deep down there's a boy inside
F G
Asleep waiting for the sun to rise
F (sustain)
Wake up, wake up
Chorus:
C
Still looking for the blinding light
G
Still looking for the reason why
Am
Still looking for the sun to shine
F G
Take me higher and higher
C
All my life
G
I've been living in the darkest night
Am
Still looking for the blinding light
F Fm
To take me higher and 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 G
Deep down there's a hope inside
F G
You've got wings, but you're scared to fly
F (sustain)
Wake up, wake up
Chorus (Change the lyrics "blinding light" to "sun to shine")
Interlude (x2)
Prechorus 3:
F G
Deep down there's a hope inside
F G
Brighter than the fears of my mind
F G
I keep looking for the blinding light
F G
It's the hope that keeps me 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:
C
The blinding light
G
The blinding light
Am
I've been waiting all my life
F G
Take me higher and higher
C
The blinding light
G
You're the vision that gives me sight
Am
Oh the blinding light
F Fm
Take me higher and higher
Outro: C
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Song: Selling the News
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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Verse 1:
B5
Welcome to the holy city a silver screen
A#5
Built with the lens and a low self esteem
G5
A teenager's plea for meaning and means
F#5
We're selling the news
Verse 2:
B5
See opinions are easier to swallow than facts
A#5
The grays instead of the whites and the blacks
G5
If you shoot it too straight they wont come back
F#5 D5 C5
We're selling the news
Verse 3:
B5
See money speaks volumes louder than words
A#5
And virtues with wings maybe not quite at first
G5
But their salaries are paying for the ad not the verbs
F#5
We're selling the news
Verse 4:
B5
See all men are equal all is for sale
A#5
A powerful dog has been chasing his tail
G5
The lowest common denominator prevails
F#5
We're selling the news
Chorus:
Bm
I want to believe you
[ch]F#m/A[/ch]
I want to believe but everything is in between
G
The fact is fiction
F#
The fact is fiction
Bm
I want to believe you
[ch]F#m/A[/ch]
I want to believe but everything is in between
G
The fact is fiction
Ø (F#)
Suspicion is a new religion
Interlude: B5 A#5 G5 F#5
Verse 5:
B5
America listens the story is told
A#5
With an eye on truth the story unfolds
G5
But the ratings determine the story was sold
F#5
We're selling the news
Verse 6:
B5
Begging the question mongering fears
A#5
Stroking the eyes and tickling ears
G5
The truth's just seldom just as it appears
F#5
We're selling the news
Chorus
Bridge:
Bm
I can see your talking heads
G F#
On the television set
Bm
On the Internet they said
G
That fact is fiction
F#
Suspicion is a new religion
Interlude
Verse 7:
B5
Substance oh substance where have you been
A#5
You've been replaced by the masters of spin
G5
Who make good looking books and write history in
F#5
We're selling the news
Verse 8:
B5
The lines start to blur I get so confused
A#5
I get shiny new models mixed up with the blues
G5
I get binary code mixed up with abuse
F#5
The facts are simply one option to choose
Verse 9:
B5
When nothing is sacred there's nothing to lose
A#5
When nothing is sacred all is consumed
G5
We're still on the air it must be the truth
F#5
We're selling the news
Chorus (final):
Bm
I want to believe you
[ch]F#m/A[/ch]
I want to believe but everything is in between
G
The fact is fiction
F#
The fact is fiction
Bm
I want to believe you
[ch]F#m/A[/ch]
I want to believe but everything is in between
G
The fact is fiction
F#
The fact is fiction
Bm
I want to believe you
[ch]F#m/A[/ch]
I want to believe but everything I see is greed
G
The fact is fiction
Ø (F#)
Suspicion is a new religion
Outro: B5 and fade out
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Song: Thrive
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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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
G
Checking for a pulse but I just don't know
Bm
Am I a man when I feel like a ghost?
G
The stranger in the mirror is wearing my clothes
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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
G
But deep down inside me I just don't know
Bm
Am I a man when I feel like a hoax?
G
The stranger in the mirror is wearing my clothes
Chorus
Bridge:
Em Bm A
I'm always close but I'm never enough
Em Bm A
I'm always in line but I'm never in love
G D A
I get so down but I won't give up
G D A
I get slowed down but I won't give up
Verse 1
Tag:
Bm G
Am I myself or am I dreaming?
Bm G
Am I myself or am I dreaming?
Bm G
Thrive Thrive
Bm G
Thrive 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
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Song: Dark Horses
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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If you don't want to use power chords, A5, F5, C5,
D5 become Am, F, C and Dm respectively
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Intro: A5 C5 F5 D5 (x4)
Verse 1:
A5
I've made my mistakes
F5 D5
I've seen my heart cave in
A5
I got my scars
F5 D5
I've been to hell and back again
Prechorus:
A5
Born for the blue skies
F5 D5
We'll survive the rain
A5
Born for the sunrise
F5
We'll survive the pain
Chorus:
A5 C5
We're singing hey, you can't count us out
F5 D5
We've been running up against the crowd
A5 C5 F5 D5
Yeah, we are the dark horses
A5 C5
We're singing wait, it's not over now
F5 D5
We've been down but we've never been out
A5 C5 F5 D5
Yeah, we are the dark horses
Verse 2:
A5
We found a way out
F5 D5
The city takes everything it can
A5
But outside the crowds
F5 D5
I can feel my lungs again
Prechorus
Chorus
Tag:
A5 C5 F5 D5
We're singing la, la la, la la la la
A5 C5 F5 D5
La, la la, la la la la
Interlude: A5 C5 F5 D5 (x2)
Bridge:
A5 C5 F5 D5
Born for the blue skies
A5 C5 F5 D5
Born for the blue skies
A5
Born for the sunrise
F5 D5
We'll survive the pain
Interlude
Chorus (final):
A5 C5
We're singing hey, you can't count us out
F5 D5
We've been running up against the crowd
A5 C5 F5 D5
Yeah, we are the dark horses
A5 C5
We're singing we don't care what they say
F5 D5
We know we'll find a way
A5 C5 F5 D5
Yeah, we are the dark horses
Tag (Remove "We're singing")
Interlude (x1/2)
Outro (whispered):
A5 C5
Keep running with the dark horses
F5 D5
Hope makes the blood change courses
A5 C5
Keep running with the dark horses
F5 D5
Stand up for the dark horses
A5 C5
Keep running with the dark horses
F5 D5
Hope makes the blood change courses
A5 C5
Keep running with the dark horses
F5 D5 and fade out
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Song: Souvenirs
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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Intro: G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch] F C2 (x2)
Verse 1:
G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch]
Here's to the twilight
F C2
Here's to the memories
G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch]
These are my souvenirs
F C2
My mental pictures of everything
Verse 2:
G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch]
Here's to the late nights
F C2
Here's to the fire light
G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch]
These are my souvenirs
F C
My souvenirs
Chorus 1:
Em C2
I close my eyes and go back in time
G5 D5
I can see you smiling, you're so alive
Em C2
We were so young, we had no fear
G5 G/B
We were so young, we had no idea
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 G/F#
Here's to your bright eyes
F C2
Shining like fireflies
G G/F#
These are my souvenirs
F C
The memory of a lifetime
Verse 4:
G G/F#
We were wide-eyed with everything
F C
Everything around us
G G/F#
We were enlightened by everything
F C
Everything
Chorus 2:
Em C2
So I close my eyes and go back in time
G D
I can see you smiling, you're so alive
Em C2
I close my eyes and go back in time
G G/F#
You were just a child then, and so was I
Em C2
We were so young, we had no fear
G G/F#
We were so young, we had no idea
Em C2 G G/B
That nothing lasts forever
Em C2
That nothing lasts forever
G G/B
Nothing lasts, nothing lasts
Em C2
You and me together
G D
Were always now or never
Bridge:
G G/F# F C2
Can you hear me?
G G/F# F C2
Can you hear me?
Interlude: G D/G Am C2 (x2)
Chorus (final):
G D
I close my eyes and go back in time
Am C2
I can see you smiling, you're so alive
G D
I close my eyes and go back in time
Am G/B
You were wide-eyed, you were wide-eyed
Em C2
We were so young, we had no fear
G D
We were so young, we had just begun
Em C2
A song we knew but had never sung
G G/B
It burned like fire inside our lungs
Outro:
Em C2 G
D
And life was just happening (nothing lasts, nothing lasts forever)
Em C2 G
D
And life was just happening (nothing lasts, nothing lasts forever)
G5 [ch]G5/F#[/ch]
I wouldn't trade it for anything
F C2
My souvenirs
Outro: G5 and fade out
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Song: Rise Above It
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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Intro: C#5 C#5 C#5 C#sus4 (x6)
Verse 1:
C#5 C#sus4
Another couple kids with their heads on top
C#5 C#sus4
Just another stranger just another plot
B5 Bsus4
Another track home where the city streets stop
C#5 C#sus4
Just another kid with another bored cop
Verse 2:
C#5 C#sus4
Just another lemon into lemonade job
C#5 C#sus4
Just another rust and dust facade
C#5 C#sus4
Just another key stuck broken in the lock
C#5 C#sus4
Just another scarecrow choking on a cough
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 C#sus4
Listen up loud listen up listen here
C#5 C#sus4
Just because you're running doesn't mean that you're scared
C#5 C#sus4
Just because it's law doesn't mean it is fair
C#5 C#sus4
Never let another tell your soul what to fear
Verse 4:
C#5 C#sus4
Here we go again give it one more try
C#5 C#sus4
Don't believe the system's on your side
C#5 C#sus4
Just another lover turned enemy fight
C#5 C#sus4
Just another blood and nicotine sky
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 B C#m
We will rise like the tide
E
Like dead men
Coming back to life
A B
We are rising, rising
Interlude (x2)
Verse 5:
C#5 C#sus4
Turn it up now, listen loud and clear
C#5 C#sus4
Just because you're present doesn't mean you're here
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)
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Song: Vice Verses
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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Intro: A D E/A D (x2)
Verse 1:
A
Walking along the high tide-line
D
Watching the Pacific from the side-lines
E/A
I wonder what it means to live together
D
Looking for more than just guide-lines
Verse 2:
A
Looking for signs in the night sky
D
Wishing that i wasn't such a nice guy
E/A
I wonder what it means to live forever
D
I wonder what it means to die
Chorus:
A D
I know that there is meaning to it all
A D
A little resurrection every time i fall
F#m E
You've got your babies, I've got my hearses
D
Every blessing comes with a set of curses
E D
I've got my vices, I've got my vice verses
E A (lead into interlude)
I've got my vice verses
Verse 3:
A
The wind could be my new obsession
D
The wind could be my next depression
E/A
The wind goes anywhere it wants to
D
Wishing that i learned my lesson
Verse 4:
A
The ocean sounds like a garage band
D
Coming at me like a drunk man
E/A
The ocean tells me a thousand stories
D
None of them are lies
Chorus (Change the last A into Bm)
Bridge:
Bm Assu4 E
Let the Pacific laugh
Bm Asus4 E
Be on my epitaph
D E
With these rising and falling
D E
And after all,
F#m E Dsus2
It's just water and I am just soul
F#m E Dsus2
With a body of water and 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):
A D
I know that there is meaning to it all
A D
A little resurrection every time i fall
F#m E
You've got your babies, 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 outré)
I've got my vice verses
Outro: A D E/A D (x2) A and fade out
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Song: Where I Belong
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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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.
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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 Dsus2
The colours flash across the sky
A
This air feels strange to me
A
Feeling like a tragedy
Dsus2 Dsus2
I take a deep breath and close my eyes
A
One last time
Dsus2
One last time
Verse 2:
A
Storms on the wasteland
A Dsus2
Dark clouds on the plains again
Dsus2
We were born into the fight
A
But I'm not sentimental
A
This skin and bones is a rental
Dsus2 Dsus2
And no one makes it out alive, 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 Dsus2
Feels like we've been fighting against the tide
A
I wanna see the earth start shaking
A
I wanna see a generation
Dsus2 Dsus2
Finally waking up inside, yeah
Chorus
F#m E Dsus2 Dsus2
A world where I belong
Bridge:
F#m
This body's not my own
E
This world is not my own
Dsus2
But I still can hear the sound
Dsus2
Of my heart beating 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 Dsus2
I want to look You in the eye
Dsus2
And know that I've arrived
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 Dsus2 Dsus2
Where I belong, yeah
A A Dsus2 Dsus2
Where I belong, yeah!
Refrain:
A
I still believe we can live forever
A Dsus2
You and I we begin forever now
Dsus2
Forever now, forever
A
I still believe in us together
A Dsus2
You and I we're here together now
Dsus2
Together now
A
Forever now
A
Forever now
Dsus2
Forever now
Dsus2
Forever
A and fade out
Forever
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