LEARNING TO BREATHE (Bassline)
As recorded by Switchfoot
(From the 2000 Album LEARNING TO BREATHE)
Words by Jon Foreman
Music by Jon and Tim Foreman
Transcribed by scheller sonnyschell@hotmail.com
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=80
1/4 4/4
Gtr I
S E. H E E E E +H. Q
|---11/-||--16------14----9-|--(9)------11/---||
|---12/-||o-17------16---10-|-(10)------12/--o||
|-------||o-----------------|----------------o||
|-------||------------------|-----------------||
H E E E E +H. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-16------14----9-|--(9)------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-17------16---10-|-(10)------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
|-----------------|-------------10\-|-----------------|-----------------||
Verse 1
H +E E E E W E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
||-----------------|----------|-----------------|---4-7-/12-11--------||
||o----------------|----------|-----------------|-5-------------12---o||
||o-0----(0)-0-2-2-|-3--------|---------2-2-5-5-|--------------------o||
||-----------------|----------|-3-3-3-3---------|---------------------||
Pre-Chorus 1
W W H e Q. H e E Q
|----------|----------|-------------|--------------||
|----------|----------|-------------|--------------||
|----------|----------|-5----5-5----|-5----5-5-7\--||
|-8--------|-7--------|-------------|--------------||
Chorus 1
Q. e E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. e E E E E Q. E S S E S S E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------5-4-|----------------------|
|-3------3-3-----|----------------|-3------3-3-----|----------------------|
|------3-----3-2-|-0----0-2-2-3-3-|------3---------|-0----0-2-2-2-3-3-3---|
Q. e E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H.
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-9-9-9-----||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------||
|-3------3-3----3-|----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------||
|------3-----/3---|-0----0-2-2-3-3-|-----------------|-----------||
Verse 2
Q E. S e E Q Q E. S e E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---4-7-/12-11------|
|----5--5-----5--|----5--5-----5-----|-----------------|-5-------------12--|
|----------------|-3-------3-3---(5)-|---------2-2-5-5-|-------------------|
|-0-------0-0----|-------------------|-3-3-3-3---------|-------------------|
Q E. S e E Q Q E. S e E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---4-7-/12-11------||
|----5--5-----5--|----5--5-----5-----|-----------------|-5-------------12--||
|----------------|-3-------3-3---(5)-|---------2-2-5-5-|-------------------||
|-5-------5-5----|-------------------|-3-3-3-3---------|-------------------||
Chorus 2
Q. e E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. e E E E E Q. E S S E S S E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------5-4-|----------------------|
|-3------3-3-----|----------------|-3------3-3-----|----------------------|
|------3-----3-2-|-0----0-2-2-3-3-|------3---------|-0----0-2-2-2-3-3-3---|
Q. e E E E E Q. E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-3------3-3----3-|----------------|
|------3-----/3---|-0----0-2-2-3-3-|
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/---||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
Bridge
Q Q Q Q E E S. +T E Q Q
|-----------------|-------------------19------|
|-----------------|-17----19--(19)s21-----21--|
|-19--19--21--21--|----17---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|---------2-2-5-5-|---2-5-/10-9------|
|-3-3-3-3---------|-3------------10--|
Q Q Q Q E E S. +T E Q Q
|-----------------|-------------------19------|
|-----------------|-17----19--(19)s21-----21--|
|-19--19--21--21--|----17---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------|
E E E E E E E E S. +T E S. +T E Q Q
|-----------------|----------7--(7)s12-11-------||
|-----------------|-5--(5)s9---------------12---||
|---------2-2-5-5-|-----------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------------------||
Pre-Chorus 2
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-8--------|-7--------|-8--------|-7----|
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S
|----------|----------|-----------------|-----------------------||
|----------|----------|-----------------|-----------------------||
|----------|----------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
|-8--------|-7--------|-----------------|-----------------------||
Chorus 3
Q. e E E E E E Q E E E E E Q. e E E E E E Q E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------5-4-|----------------|
|-3------3-3-----|----------------|-3------3-3-----|----------------|
|------3-----3-2-|-0-0--0-2-2-3-3-|------3---------|-0-0--0-2-2-3-3-|
Q. e E E E E E Q E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-3------3-3----3-|----------------|
|------3-----/3---|-0-0--0-2-2-3-3-|
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E E S S S S E E S S E E E S S S S E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----||
|-----------------------|-------------------3--||
Out-Chorus
Q. e E E E E E Q E E E E E Q. e E E E E E Q E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o----------------|----------------|------------/5-4-|-----------------|
||o-3------3-3-----|----------------|-3------3-3------|-----------------|
||-------3-----3-2-|-0-0--0-2-2-3-3-|------3----------|-0-0--0-2-2-3-3--|
Q. e E E E E E Q E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-3------3-3----3-|----------------|
|------3-----/3---|-0-0--0-2-2-3-3-|
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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