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/ Switchfoot / The Beautiful Letdown (2003) / Meant to Live guitar tab

ya know, its funny whne you discover things!
well i discovered a neat trick for you
guitarists who dont like to play
standard power chords! enjoy!

i've included corrections to my own tab

including almost two ways to do everything
in this song. Thats the neat thing! enjoy!

*: Harmonics
b: bend.
<: let ring
X: Dead Note

Intro (ansrew call feeling first time, then play it both together)

    GT1   GT2       GT1       GT2  GT1&2
E|------|---------|---------|---|------------|
B|------|---------|---------|---|------------|
G|-4-4-4|----2-2-2|---------|---|------------|
D|-4-4-4|-b4-2-2-2|-b4-2-2-2|-b4|-5--5--5-7--|
A|-2-2-2|----0-0-0|----2-2-2|---|-5--5--5-7--|
D|------|---------|----2-2-2|---|-5--5--5-7--|

or

    GT1   GT2       GT1       GT2  GT1&2
E|------|---------|---------|---|------------|
B|------|---------|---------|---|------------|
G|------|---------|---------|---|------------|
D|-9-9-9|-b4-7-7-7|-b4-2-2-2|-b4|-5--5--5-7--|
A|-9-9-9|----7-7-7|----2-2-2|---|-5--5--5-7--|
D|-9-9-9|----7-7-7|----2-2-2|---|-5--5--5-7--|


Solo: (one guitarist splits from the main riff
to play this neat simple little solo)

E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|--4b5--2--0--4--0---------------5<|
A|-------------------4------------5<|
D|----------------------7b--------5<|
                  full slow bend

Verse. Repeat 2x (throughout the verse)  (second option below)
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-0-0--4-0-0--2-0-0--4h5p4--2-0-0--4-0-0--2-0-0-------------|
D|-2-0-0--4-0-0--2-0-0--4h5p4--2-0-0--4-0-0--2-0-0-------------|

E|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|-4h5/7--5<|
D|-4h5/7--5<|

Chorus. repeat 2x (this is the way i play it, for another option see below)
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9--2-2-2---b4---|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9--2-2-2--------|
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9--2-2-2--------|
          * * *       * * *       * * *

E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2----b4---5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2<------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2---------5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2<------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2---------5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2<------|
         * * *                      * * *

Chorus
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------2-2-2--x-x-x-4-4-4--x-x-x----------|
D|-5-5-5--x-x-x-2-2-2--x-x-x-4-4-4--x-x-x-2-2-2-4b-|
A|-5-5-5--x-x-x-0-0-0--x-x-x-2-2-2--x-x-x-2-2-2----|
D|-5-5-5--x-x-x---------------------------2-2-2----|

E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5--x-x-x-2-2-2-4b--5-5-5--x-x-x-2-2-2--x-x-x-|
A|-5-5-5--x-x-x-2-2-2-----5-5-5--x-x-x-2-2-2--x-x-x-|
D|-5-5-5--x-x-x-2-2-2-----5-5-5--x-x-x-2-2-2--x-x-x-|

E|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-------------2-2-2-x-x-x-4-4-4-x-x-x----------|
D|-5-5-5-x-x-x-2-2-2-x-x-x-4-4-4-x-x-x-2-2-2-4b-|
A|-5-5-5-x-x-x-0-0-0-x-x-x-2-2-2-x-x-x-2-2-2----|
D|-5-5-5-x-x-x-------------------------2-2-2----|

E|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2|
         * * *
Bridge
Acoustic:repeat X times| *distortion*
E|---------------------|-----------------|
B|--3--3--3---8--8--8--|-----------------|
G|--2--2--2---7--7--7--|---5-5-55--------|
D|--0--0--0---5--5--5--|---5-5-55-5-5-55-|
A|--0--0--0---5--5--5--|---3-3-33-5-5-55-|
D|--0--0--0---5--5--5--|----------5-5-55-|

Outro:
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--4-4-4------2-2-2----------|
D|--4-4-4--b4--2-2-2--b4--0~--|
A|--2-2-2------0-0-0------0~--|
D|------------------------0~--|

or

E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|--9-9-9--b4-7-7-7--b4--2~~--|
A|--9-9-9-----7-7-7------2~~--|
D|--9-9-9-----7-7-7------2~~--|


Switchfoot albums
2005 Nothing Is Sound
2003 The Beautiful Letdown
2000 Learning to Breathe
1999 New Way to Be Human
1997 The Legend of Chin
The Beautiful Letdown tabs
01Meant to Live tabbass tab
02This Is Your Life tabbass tab
03More Than Fine tabbass tab
04Ammunition tabbass tab
05Dare You to Move tabbass tab
06Redemption tabbass tab
07The Beautiful Letdown tabbass tab
08Gone tabbass tab
09On Fire tabbass tab
10Adding to the Noise tabbass tab
11Twenty-Four tabbass tab

 

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