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/ Switchfoot / Learning to Breathe (2000) / The Loser guitar tab
THE LOSER
                            As recorded by Switchfoot
                    (From the 2002 Album LEARNING TO BREATHE)

Words and Music by Jon Foreman
Transcribed by scheller                   sonnyschell@hotmail.com

          C#m                   B                    E                   F#m
      x 4 6 6 5 4          7 9 9 8 7 7          x 7 9 9 9 x          2 4 4 2 2 2

           A                   G#
      5 7 7 6 5 5          4 6 6 5 4 4

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

 Intro
  Q=83
  E                       B5        C#5                  A5
 4/4
  Gtr I
   Q   S  +S      +E   E  e E S S    Q  S +S     +E   E  e E S S
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----9-(9)b10r(9)-------------|
|-----13-(13)b14r(13)-------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-11------------------11\-9-9-x-x-|-11---------------11\-7-7-x-x-|
|--0-------------------0--7-7-x-x-|--9----------------9\-5-5-x-x-|
|
| Gtr II
|  W                                 W
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|


  E                        B5/F#     C#5                  A5
    Q   S  +S      +E   E  e E S S    Q  S +S     +E   E  e E S  S
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----9-(9)b10r(9)---------------|
|------13-(13)b14r(13)-------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------4-4-x-x-|--------------------------------|
|-/11------------------11\-2-2-x-x-|-11---------------11\-7-7-x--x--|
|---0-------------------0--2-2-x-x-|--9----------------9\-5-5-x--x--|
|
|   W                                 H                Q    E E
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------7/----|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------5/----|


  E                        B5        C#5                  A5
  Gtrs I, II
    Q   S  +S      +E   E  e E S S    Q  S +S     +E   E  e E S S
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----9-(9)b10r(9)-------------|
|------13-(13)b14r(13)-------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-/11------------------11\-9-9-x-x-|-11---------------11\-7-7-x-x-|
|---0-------------------0--7-7-x-x-|--9----------------9\-5-5-x-x-|


  E                        B5        G#5
    Q   S  +S      +E   E  e E S S   E E E E E E E S S
|----------------------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------||
|------13-(13)b14r(13)-------------|-------------------||
|----------------------------------|-------------------||
|-/11------------------11\-9-9-x-x-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-x-x-||
|---0-------------------0--7-7-x-x-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-x-x-||


 Verses
  $
  C#m         B           E         F#m
  Gtr I
  e e  E. S E e  E. S   E e  E. S E e  E. S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----^5--x-----^7--x-|-----^9--x-----^2--x-|
|-----^6--x-----^8--x-|-----^9--x-----^2--x-|
|-----^6--x-----^9--x-|-----^9--x-----^4--x-|
|-4-4-----------------|---7-----------^4----|
|-------------7-------|-------------2-------|


  A         B              G#          (A)
  e e  E. S S. T e  E. S   e e  E. S E e E E
|------------------------|---------x---------|
|-----^5--x--------^7--x-|-----^4--x---------|
|-----^6--x--------^8--x-|-----^5--x---------|
|-----^7--x--------^9--x-|-----^6--x---------|
|------------------------|-------------0-2-3-|
|-5-5-------7--7-7-------|-4-4---------------|


  C#m         B           E         F#m
  e e  E. S E e  E. S   E e  E. S E e  E. S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----^5--x-----^7--x-|-----^9--x-----^2--x-|
|-----^6--x-----^8--x-|-----^9--x-----^2--x-|
|-----^6--x-----^9--x-|-----^9--x-----^4--x-|
|-4-4-----------------|---7-----------^4----|
|-------------7-------|-------------2-------|


  A         B                G#        A
  e e  E. S S.  T  e  E. S   e e  E. S e e  E. S
|--------------------------|---------x-----------||
|-----^5--x----------^7--x-|-----^4--x-----^5--x-||
|-----^6--x----------^8--x-|-----^5--x-----^6--x-||
|-----^7--x----------^9--x-|-----^6--x-----^7--x-||
|--------------------------|---------------------||
|-5-5-------7--(0)-7-------|-4-4-------5-5-------||


 Pre-Chorus
  B5      A5        B5      A5
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-||
|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-||


 Chorus
  E                        B5        C#5                  A5
    Q   S  +S      +E   E  e E S S    Q  S +S     +E   E  e E S S
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----9-(9)b10r(9)-------------|
|------13-(13)b14r(13)-------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-/11------------------11\-9-9-x-x-|-11---------------11\-7-7-x-x-|
|---0-------------------0--7-7-x-x-|--9----------------9\-5-5-x-x-|


  E                        B5        C#5                  B5  Bb5
    Q   S  +S      +E   E  e E S S    Q  S +S     +E   E  e e E
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----9-(9)b10r(9)-----------|
|------13-(13)b14r(13)-------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-/11------------------11\-9-9-x-x-|-11---------------11\-9-9-8-|
|---0-------------------0--7-7-x-x-|--9----------------9\-7-7-6-|


                                               To Coda    D.S. al Coda
  A5      B5        A5      B5        A5      B5         E
                                                          >
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E     H.      E S S
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||----------------||
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-||-11---------3-3-||
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-||--0-------------||


 Breakdown
  &
  E5                A5
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E  E      E  E  E
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|--------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7--7------7--7--7--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5--5------5--5--5--|
|
| Gtr II
| W                 H        E      E  E  E
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|----------8------8--8--8--|
|-----------------|---------10b12==10-10-10r-|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E e e E E   e e E E  e      e  E  E
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----9-------9---|-----9--------------9-----|
|---9---9-9-9---9-|-7-7---7--7------7-----7--|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|


  E5                     A5
  E E E E  E  E   E  E     E    E   E E  E      E  E  E
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9--9--9---9--9-|----------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7--7--7---7--7-|---7----7---7-7--7------7--7--7---|
|-0-0-0-0--0--0---0--0-|---5----5---5-5--5------5--5--5---|
|
| >        <
| H        Q     +Q       +E   +E   Q    E      E  E  E
|---------12----(12)---|-(12)-(12)\-----------------------|
|-8-------(8)----------|----------------12-----12-12-12---|
|-9-------(9)----------|----------------14b16==14-14-14r--|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| e e E E  e  e   E  E     e    e   E E  e      e  E  E
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----9-----------9----|------------9--------------9------|
|-9-9---9--9--9------9-|---7----7-----7--7------7-----7---|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|


  E5
  E E E E  E E E E     E  E E E   E  E E E
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------||
|-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-|---9--9-9-9---9--9-9-9-||
|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|---7--7-7-7---7--7-7-7-||
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0-||
|
| >        <
| H        H          +H         +H
|---------12-------|-(12)-------(12)-------||
|-8----------------|-----------------------||
|-9----------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------||
|
| e e E E  e e E E     e  e E E   e  e E E
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------||
|-----9--------9---|--------9----------9---||
|-9-9---9--9-9---9-|---9--9---9---9--9---9-||
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------||


 Bridge
  N.C.
  Gtr IV
    e  e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|---6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|
|   >
|  +H        H         W
|-(12)---------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|


    e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   3x
||------------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-------------------||
||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---||
||o-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-------------------||
|
|   W                 W                 3x
||------------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-------------------||
||------------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-------------------||


                                           Gtrs I, V
                                           TP
  W          W          W          H    Q  Q
|----------|----------|----------|--------------||
|----------|----------|----------|--------------||
|----------|----------|----------|--------------||
|----------|----------|----------|---------x\---||
|----------|----------|----------|---------x\---||
|----------|----------|----------|---------x\---||


 Pre-Chorus 3
  B5      A5        B5      A5G#A5G#5
  Gtrs I, II
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-7-6-7-6-||
|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-5-4-5-4-||


 Out-Chorus
  E                 C#5                B5
   E  E  Q   H       E  E S +S     +E  S s e e E
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------9-(9)b10r(9)-----------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-11-11-11\-------|-11-11--------------9-9-9-9---|
|--0--0--0--------|--9--9--------------7-7-7-7-0-|


  E                      B5        C#5                B5
    E  E  S  +S      +E  e e e E    E  E S +S     +E  e e e E
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------9-(9)b10r(9)----------|
|--------13-(13)b14r(13)---------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-/11-11-----------------9-9-9---|-11-11--------------9-9-9----|
|---0--0-----------------7-7-7---|--9--9--------------7-7-7----|


  A5      B5        A5      B5        A5      B5        C#5   G#5
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    H    e e e e
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-11----6-6-6-6--|
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|--9----4-4-4-4--|


  A5    B5      C#5          G5
  Q  Q  Q  Q     Q   E  +E   S   s   S   s   S   s   S   s
|-------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-7--7--9--9--|----------------(<5>)---(<5>)---(<5>)---(<5>)-|
|-7--7--9--9--|-11--11-(11)\-5-------5-------5-------5-------|
|-5--5--7--7--|--9---9--(9)\-3-------3-------3-------3-------|


         A5      B5
  E E Q  Q  Q    E E Q  H
|--------------|-------------*|
|--------------|-------------*|
|--------------|-------------*|
|--------7--7--|-9-9---------*|
|-5------7--7--|-9-9---------*|
|-3------5--5--|-7-7---------*|


Duration Legend
---------------
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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