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/ Switchfoot / Nothing Is Sound (2005) / Lonely Nation guitar tab

Lonely Nation
Switchfoot

Somewhat hard... other version was a bit off, but it definately helped me out.

Drop-D! Order at the bottom!

Riff 1:
E---------------|
B---------------|
G-7-9---7-9-----|
D-----9-----9---|
A-5-7---5-7---5-|
D-----9-----9---|


Intro: Riff 1

Verse Part 1: One strum, very long
E5
She turns like the ocean, she tells no emotion, she's been gunning down the
C5
fire

Under that is the bass line, which I play in octaves:
E--------------------------|
B--------------------------|
G---7/9-99997/9--7/9--9----|
D---X/X-XXXXX/X--X/X--X----|
A---5/7-77775/7--5/7--7----|
D--------------------------|

Riff 2: B-5-5-5-7-5-------|
Riff 3: B-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

For the second half, I play the riff 1.

Chorus:Not putting strumming
E-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|
G---7----7---11---11/12----12---12--4/5-4/7-|
D-5-7--5-7-0-11-0-11/12--8-12---12--4/5-4/7-|
A-5-5--5-5-0-9--0-9//10--8-10---10--2/3-2/5-|
D-5----5---0----0--------8----8-------------|

After-chorus riff:
E-----10-------12----|
B--------12-------12-|
G-9-12-----9-12------|

Lonely riff(No strumming included):
G---x-
D-2-x-
A-2-x-
D-2-x-

Come on, go! Riff:
E----------|
G----------|
B-7---7----|
D-7-2-7-2--|
A-5-2-5-2--|
D---2---2--| X2

E---------------------|
G---------------------|
B-----7-------7-7-7-7-|
D-0-2-7-2-0-2-7-7-7-7-|
A-0-2-5-2-0-2-5-5-5-5-|
D-0-2---2-0-2---------|

Pre-chorus:
E---------|
G---------|
B-5-5-5-5-|
D-5-5-5-5-|
A-3-3-3-3-|
D---------|

Order:
Intro:
  Riff 1
1st Verse
  Verse pt. 1
  Riff 1
Chorus
  Chorus
  Riff 1
2nd Verse
  Riff 1(Played throughout)
  Riff 2 x 3(Played at same time as riff 1 until riff 3)
  Riff 3
  (The stop is a C5)
Chorus
  Chorus
  After chorus riff
Bridge
  Lonely Riff
  Come on go riff
  No guitar till just before chorus, then the pre-chorus riff
  Pre-chorus riff
Chorus
  Chorus
  Riff 1
  End on E5


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
Nothing Is Sound tabs
01Lonely Nation tabbass tab
02Stars tabbass tab
03Happy Is a Yuppie Word tabbass tab
04The Shadow Proves the Sunshine tabbass tab
05Easier Than Love tabbass tab
06The Blues tabbass tab
07The Setting Sun tabbass tab
08Politicians tabbass tab
10The Fatal Wound tabbass tab
11We Are One Tonight tabbass tab
12Daisy tabbass tab

 

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