Switchfoot – Vice Verses chords ver. 2
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VICE VERSES (2011) SWITCHFOOT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ================================================================================================== Song: Afterlife Artist: Switchfoot Album: Vice Verses ================================================================================================== If you don't want to use power chords, A5, F5, C5,D5 become Am, F, C and Dm respectively==================================================================================================Intro: A5 Verse 1:A5 I've tasted fire, I'm ready to come aliveA5 I can't just shut it up and fake that I'm alrightF5 G5 I'm ready now, I'm not waiting for the afterlifeInterlude 1: A5 Verse 2:A5 Oh, let it burn the way the sunlight burns my skinA5 The way I feel inside, the way the day beginsF5 G5 I'm ready now, I'm not waiting for the other sidePrechorus 1:F5 G5 I'm ready now, I'm ready nowChorus:A5 C5Cuz everyday, the world is madeF5 D5A chance to change, but I feel the sameA5 C5And I wonder why would I wait till I die to come alive?F5 G5 I'm ready now, I'm not waiting for the afterlifeInterlude 1 Verse 3:A5I still believe we could live foreverA5 F5 You and I, we begin forever nowG5Forever now, foreverVerse 4:A5I still believe in us togetherA5 F5 You and I, we're here together nowG5Forever nowPrechorus 2:F5 G5Forever now, or never nowChorus Interlude 2: Cm Bb Ab Fm Cm Eb Fm G Lead-in:A5Everyday, a choice is madeF5 D5Everyday I choose my fateAm CAnd I wonder why would I wait till I die to come alive?F G To come alive?Chorus (Final):Am CEveryday, everydayF DmEveryday I still feel the sameAm CAnd I wonder why would I wait till I die to come alive?F G I'm ready now, I'm not waiting for the afterlifeTag:F G I'm ready now, I'm ready now, I'm ready now, I'm readyF G I'm ready now, I'm not waiting for the afterlifeOutro:Am Am Yeah, Yeah, YEAH!================================================================================================== Song: The Original Artist: Switchfoot Album: Vice Verses ================================================================================================== 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 payGot 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 yourselfChorus:C5 Bb5 F5 Hey, no one can do it, free yourselfC5 Bb5 F5 Hey, nothing to it, free yourselfC5 Bb5 F5 Ab5 Yeah, don't let nobody try to steal your soulØ 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 thatSo 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 originalC5 Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 You're the originalC5 Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 The originalC5 Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 All rightC5 Eb5 F5 G5 (x2)C5 Eb5Oh ohh, come on nowF5 G5Oh ohh, come on nowC5 Eb5On ohh, come on nowF5 G6Oh ohh, YEAH!Interlude 2: C7 C7 C7 C7/F C7/Ab Cmaj7/G Chorus (Final):C5 Bb5 F5Yeah free yourself, hey, no one can do it, free yourselfC5 Bb5 F5 Hey, nothing to it, free yourselfC5 Bb5 F5 C5Bb F5 Yeah, don't let nobody try to steal your soulC5 Bb5 F5Free yourself, hey, no one can do it, free yourselfC5 Bb5 F5 Hey, nothing to it, free yourselfC5 Bb5 F5 Ab5 Yeah, don't let nobody try to steal your soulØ You're the original Outro: C5 Eb5 F5 G5 (x2) ================================================================================================== Song: The War Inside Artist: Switchfoot Album: Vice Verses ================================================================================================== Intro: D5 D5 D5 Dm (x4) Verse 1:D5 Dm Put your hands up open wideD5 Dm Put your hands up side by sideD5Age don't matter likeDmRace don't matter likeD5 DmPlace don't matter like what's insideVerse 2:D5 Dm Let the kick drum kick one timeD5 Dm Breathe out let your mind unwindD5Eyes on the ceilingDmLooking for the feelingD5 Dm Wide open let your own eyes shinePrechorus 1:Dm Yeah! It's where the fight beginsYeah! Underneath the skinBbBeneath these hopes and where we've beenGmEvery fight comes from the fight withinChorus 1:DmI am the war insideI am the battle lineBbI am the rising tideGm I am the war I fightDmEyes open, open wideI can feel it like a crack in my spineBb I can feel it like the back of my mindGm I am the war insideVerse 3:D5 Dm I get the feeling like we're living in sci-fiD5 Dm I get the feeling that our weapons are lo–fiD5Ain't no killer like prideDm D5No killer like IDmNo killer like what's insidePrechorus 2:DmYeah! It's in the air we breatheYeah! It's in the blood we bleedBbBeneath these dreams and what we've seenGmWe are the kids of the in-betweenChorus 2:DmI am the war insideI am the battle lineBbI am the rising tideGm I am the war I fightBbEyes open, open wideDm I can feel it like a crack in my spineGm I can feel it like the back of my mindDm I am the war insideRefrain:BbI am the war insideDm I am the war insideGmI am the war insideDm I am the war insideInterlude: D5 D5 D5 Dm (x4) Verse 1 Prechorus 3:Dm Yeah! Every thought or deedYeah! Every tree or seedBbThe big thing come from the little dreamsGmEveryone of these made by make-believeChorus 2 Tag (x2) Outro: D5 D5 D5 Dm (x4) ================================================================================================== Song: Restless Artist: Switchfoot Album: Vice Verses ================================================================================================== You can play Bsus4 and Bsus2 as B4 and B2 respectively. ================================================================================================== Intro: B Bsus4 B Bsus4 (x2) Verse 1:BI am the sea on a moonless nightBsus4Calling falling, slipping tidesBI am the leaky, dripping pipesBsus2The endless, aching drops of lightBI am the raindrop falling downBsus4Always longing for the deeper groundBI am the broken, breaking seasBsus2Even my blood finds ways to bleedPrechorus 1:G#mEven the rivers ways to runE/G#Even the rain to reach the sunG#mEven my thirsty streamsE/G#Even in my dreamsChorus:BI am restlessE/BI am restlessBI am restlessELooking for youBI am restlessE/B G#m (F#) (only in final chorus)I run like the ocean to find your shoreELooking for youVerse 2:BI am the thorn stuck in your sideBsus4I am the one that you left behindBI am the dried-up doubting eyesBsus2Looking for the well that won't run dryBRunning hard for the other sideBsus4The world that I've always been deniedBRunning hard for the infiniteBsus2With the tears of saints and hypocritesPrechorus 2:G#m (G#m/A# G#m/B)Oh, blood of black and white and greyEOh, death in life and night in dayG#m (G#m/A# G#m/B)One by one by oneEWe let our rivers runChorus Bridge:BI can hear you breathingEI can feel you leadingBMore than just a feelingEMore than just a feelingBI can feel you reachingEPushing through the ceilingBÃTil the final healingEI'm looking for youPrechorus 3:G#m G#m2Until the sea of glass we meetEAt last completed and completeG#mWhere tide and tear and pain subsideEAnd laughter drinks them dryRefrain:BI'll be waiting(E)AnticipatingBAll that I aim forF#What I was made forG#mWith every heartbeatEAll of my blood bleedsBRunning inside meELooking for youBLooking for youBsus4Looking for youBLooking for youBsus2Looking for youChorus+B (lead into interlude)Looking for youInterlude: B E (x3) B Bsus4 Bridge Outro:B E B EI'm looking for you================================================================================================== Song: Blinding Light Artist: Switchfoot Album: Vice Verses ================================================================================================== Intro: C Verse 1:C Hey boy, don't believe 'emCsus2 The old lies never could come throughC Hey boy, don't believe 'emCsus2 Everything that they told you toC Hey boy, don't believe 'emCsus2 We're the nation that eats our youthC Hey boy, don't believe 'emCsus2 None of us are bullet-proofInterlude: C Prechorus 1:F G Deep down there's a boy insideF G Asleep waiting for the sun to riseF (sustain) Wake up, wake upChorus:CStill looking for the blinding lightGStill looking for the reason whyAmStill looking for the sun to shineF GTake me higher and higherCAll my lifeGI've been living in the darkest nightAmStill looking for the blinding lightF FmTo take me higher and higherInterlude Verse 2:C Hey girl, be yourself nowCsus2 Don't believe what they told you toC Hey girl, be yourself nowCsus2 Your skin is more than a pin-up suitC Hey girl, don't conform nowCsus2 No one else got soul like youC Hey girl, you're a strong oneCsus2 But none of us are bullet-proofPrechorus 2:F G Deep down there's a hope insideF G You've got wings, but you're scared to flyF (sustain) Wake up, wake upChorus (Change the lyrics "blinding light" to "sun to shine") Interlude (x2) Prechorus 3:F G Deep down there's a hope insideF G Brighter than the fears of my mindF G I keep looking for the blinding lightF G It's the hope that keeps me aliveF (sustain) Wake up, wake upChorus (Change the first three times of "Still looking" to "Keep looking", and "blinding light" to "sun to rise") Refrain:CThe blinding lightGThe blinding lightAmI've been waiting all my lifeF GTake me higher and higherCThe blinding lightGYou're the vision that gives me sightAmOh the blinding lightF FmTake me higher and higherOutro: C ================================================================================================== Song: Selling the News Artist: Switchfoot Album: Vice Verses ================================================================================================== Verse 1:B5Welcome to the holy city a silver screenA#5Built with the lens and a low self esteemG5A teenager's plea for meaning and meansF#5We're selling the newsVerse 2:B5See opinions are easier to swallow than factsA#5The grays instead of the whites and the blacksG5If you shoot it too straight they wont come backF#5 D5 C5We're selling the newsVerse 3:B5See money speaks volumes louder than wordsA#5And virtues with wings maybe not quite at firstG5But their salaries are paying for the ad not the verbsF#5We're selling the newsVerse 4:B5See all men are equal all is for saleA#5A powerful dog has been chasing his tailG5The lowest common denominator prevailsF#5We're selling the newsChorus:BmI want to believe youF#m/AI want to believe but everything is in betweenGThe fact is fictionF#The fact is fictionBmI want to believe youF#m/AI want to believe but everything is in betweenGThe fact is fictionØ (F#)Suspicion is a new religionInterlude: B5 A#5 G5 F#5 Verse 5:B5America listens the story is toldA#5With an eye on truth the story unfoldsG5But the ratings determine the story was soldF#5We're selling the newsVerse 6:B5Begging the question mongering fearsA#5Stroking the eyes and tickling earsG5The truth's just seldom just as it appearsF#5We're selling the newsChorus Bridge:BmI can see your talking headsG F#On the television setBmOn the Internet they saidGThat fact is fictionF#Suspicion is a new religionInterlude Verse 7:B5Substance oh substance where have you beenA#5You've been replaced by the masters of spinG5Who make good looking books and write history inF#5We're selling the newsVerse 8:B5The lines start to blur I get so confusedA#5I get shiny new models mixed up with the bluesG5I get binary code mixed up with abuseF#5The facts are simply one option to chooseVerse 9:B5When nothing is sacred there's nothing to loseA#5When nothing is sacred all is consumedG5We're still on the air it must be the truthF#5We're selling the newsChorus (final):BmI want to believe youF#m/AI want to believe but everything is in betweenGThe fact is fictionF#The fact is fictionBmI want to believe youF#m/AI want to believe but everything is in betweenGThe fact is fictionF#The fact is fictionBmI want to believe youF#m/AI want to believe but everything I see is greedGThe fact is fictionØ (F#)Suspicion is a new religionOutro: B5 and fade out ================================================================================================== Song: Thrive Artist: Switchfoot Album: Vice Verses ================================================================================================== Intro: D Verse 1:D Been fighting things that I can't see inD Like voices coming from the inside of me andG Like doing things I find hard to believe inG Am I myself or am I dreaming?Prechorus 1:Bm I've been awake for an hour or soGChecking for a pulse but I just don't knowBm Am I a man when I feel like a ghost?GThe stranger in the mirror is wearing my clothesChorus:DNo I'm not alrightAI know that I'm not rightBm A steering wheel don't mean you can driveG A warm body don't mean I'm aliveDNo I'm not alrightAI know that I'm not rightBmFeels like I travel but I never arriveG I want to thrive not just surviveInterlude: D Verse 2:D I come alive when I hear you singingD But lately I haven't been hearing a thing andG I get the feeling that I'm in betweenG A machine and a man who only looks like mePrechorus 2:Bm I try and hide it and not let it showGBut deep down inside me I just don't knowBm Am I a man when I feel like a hoax?GThe stranger in the mirror is wearing my clothesChorus Bridge:Em Bm A I'm always close but I'm never enoughEm Bm A I'm always in line but I'm never in loveG D A I get so down but I won't give upG D A I get slowed down but I won't give upVerse 1 Tag:Bm G Am I myself or am I dreaming?Bm G Am I myself or am I dreaming?Bm G Thrive ThriveBm G Thrive ThriveChorus (Change the lyrics "Feels like" to "Feel like") Refrain:D I want to thrive not just surviveG Ehh...Ehhh...BmFeel like I travel but I never arriveG I want to thrive not just surviveD I want to thrive not just surviveG I want to thrive not just surviveBmFeel like I travel but I never arriveG and fade out I want to thrive not just survive================================================================================================== Song: Dark Horses Artist: Switchfoot Album: Vice Verses ================================================================================================== If you don't want to use power chords, A5, F5, C5,D5 become Am, F, C and Dm respectively==================================================================================================Intro: A5 C5 F5 D5 (x4) Verse 1:A5I've made my mistakesF5 D5I've seen my heart cave inA5I got my scarsF5 D5I've been to hell and back againPrechorus:A5Born for the blue skiesF5 D5We'll survive the rainA5Born for the sunriseF5We'll survive the painChorus:A5 C5We're singing hey, you can't count us outF5 D5 We've been running up against the crowdA5 C5 F5 D5 Yeah, we are the dark horsesA5 C5We're singing wait, it's not over nowF5 D5 We've been down but we've never been outA5 C5 F5 D5 Yeah, we are the dark horsesVerse 2:A5We found a way outF5 D5The city takes everything it canA5But outside the crowdsF5 D5I can feel my lungs againPrechorus Chorus Tag:A5 C5 F5 D5We're singing la, la la, la la la laA5 C5 F5 D5La, la la, la la la laInterlude: A5 C5 F5 D5 (x2) Bridge:A5 C5 F5 D5Born for the blue skiesA5 C5 F5 D5Born for the blue skiesA5Born for the sunriseF5 D5We'll survive the painInterlude Chorus (final):A5 C5We're singing hey, you can't count us outF5 D5 We've been running up against the crowdA5 C5 F5 D5 Yeah, we are the dark horsesA5 C5We're singing we don't care what they sayF5 D5 We know we'll find a wayA5 C5 F5 D5 Yeah, we are the dark horsesTag (Remove "We're singing") Interlude (x1/2) Outro (whispered):A5 C5 Keep running with the dark horsesF5 D5 Hope makes the blood change coursesA5 C5 Keep running with the dark horsesF5 D5 Stand up for the dark horsesA5 C5 Keep running with the dark horsesF5 D5 Hope makes the blood change coursesA5 C5 Keep running with the dark horsesF5 D5 and fade out ================================================================================================== Song: Souvenirs Artist: Switchfoot Album: Vice Verses ================================================================================================== Intro: G5 G5/F# F C2 (x2) Verse 1:G5 G5/F# Here's to the twilightF C2 Here's to the memoriesG5 G5/F# These are my souvenirsF C2 My mental pictures of everythingVerse 2:G5 G5/F# Here's to the late nightsF C2 Here's to the fire lightG5 G5/F# These are my souvenirsF C My souvenirsChorus 1:Em C2I close my eyes and go back in timeG5 D5I can see you smiling, you're so aliveEm C2We were so young, we had no fearG5 G/BWe were so young, we had no ideaG5 G5/F# F C2That life was just happeningG5 G5/F# F C2Life was just happeningVerse 3:G G/F# Here's to your bright eyesF C2 Shining like firefliesG G/F# These are my souvenirsF C The memory of a lifetimeVerse 4:G G/F# We were wide-eyed with everythingF C Everything around usG G/F# We were enlightened by everythingF C EverythingChorus 2:Em C2So I close my eyes and go back in timeG DI can see you smiling, you're so aliveEm C2I close my eyes and go back in timeG G/F#You were just a child then, and so was IEm C2We were so young, we had no fearG G/F#We were so young, we had no ideaEm C2 G G/BThat nothing lasts foreverEm C2That nothing lasts foreverG G/BNothing lasts, nothing lastsEm C2You and me togetherG DWere always now or neverBridge:G G/F# F C2Can you hear me?G G/F# F C2Can you hear me?Interlude: G D/G Am C2 (x2) Chorus (final):G DI close my eyes and go back in timeAm C2I can see you smiling, you're so aliveG DI close my eyes and go back in timeAm G/BYou were wide-eyed, you were wide-eyedEm C2We were so young, we had no fearG DWe were so young, we had just begunEm C2A song we knew but had never sungG G/BIt burned like fire inside our lungsOutro: Em C2 GDAnd life was just happening (nothing lasts, nothing lasts forever)Em C2 GDAnd life was just happening (nothing lasts, nothing lasts forever)G5 G5/F#I wouldn't trade it for anythingF C2 My souvenirsOutro: G5 and fade out ================================================================================================== Song: Rise Above It Artist: Switchfoot Album: Vice Verses ================================================================================================== Intro: C#5 C#5 C#5 C#sus4 (x6) Verse 1:C#5 C#sus4Another couple kids with their heads on topC#5 C#sus4Just another stranger just another plotB5 Bsus4Another track home where the city streets stopC#5 C#sus4Just another kid with another bored copVerse 2:C#5 C#sus4Just another lemon into lemonade jobC#5 C#sus4Just another rust and dust facadeC#5 C#sus4Just another key stuck broken in the lockC#5 C#sus4Just another scarecrow choking on a coughOh come on! Chorus 1:E It all feels so typicalB Guess I'm looking for a miracleC#m Rise above it, rise above itE I don't care what their telling meB We could be what we want to beC#m Rise above it, rise above itVerse 3:C#5 C#sus4Listen up loud listen up listen hereC#5 C#sus4Just because you're running doesn't mean that you're scaredC#5 C#sus4Just because it's law doesn't mean it is fairC#5 C#sus4Never let another tell your soul what to fearVerse 4:C#5 C#sus4Here we go again give it one more tryC#5 C#sus4Don't believe the system's on your sideC#5 C#sus4Just another lover turned enemy fightC#5 C#sus4Just another blood and nicotine skyOh come on! Chorus 2:E It all feels so typicalB Guess I'm looking for a miracleC#m Rise above it, rise above itE I get so sick of itB Feels so counterfeitC#m I rise above it, rise above itInterlude: C#m (x4) Bridge:A Hear our voices riseB Hear our battle cryC#m We've been under the curseA With our arms raised highB Hear us sing tonightC#m Like the last night on earthA B C#m We will rise like the tideELike dead menComing back to lifeA B We are rising, risingInterlude (x2) Verse 5:C#5 C#sus4Turn it up now, listen loud and clearC#5 C#sus4Just because you're present doesn't mean you're hereOh come on! Chorus 3:E It all feels so typicalB Guess I'm looking for a miracleC#m Rise above it, rise above itE A curse this brokenB The system's brokenC#m Rise above it, rise above itTag:E Let's rise above itB We can rise above itC#m Let's rise above itE Rise above itB Let's rise above itC#m (one strum) ================================================================================================== Song: Vice Verses Artist: Switchfoot Album: Vice Verses ================================================================================================== Intro: A D E/A D (x2) Verse 1:AWalking along the high tide-lineDWatching the Pacific from the side-linesE/AI wonder what it means to live togetherDLooking for more than just guide-linesVerse 2:ALooking for signs in the night skyDWishing that i wasn't such a nice guyE/AI wonder what it means to live foreverDI wonder what it means to dieChorus:A DI know that there is meaning to it allA DA little resurrection every time i fallF#m EYou've got your babies, I've got my hearsesDEvery blessing comes with a set of cursesE DI've got my vices, I've got my vice versesE A (lead into interlude)I've got my vice versesVerse 3:AThe wind could be my new obsessionDThe wind could be my next depressionE/AThe wind goes anywhere it wants toDWishing that i learned my lessonVerse 4:AThe ocean sounds like a garage bandDComing at me like a drunk manE/AThe ocean tells me a thousand storiesD None of them are liesChorus (Change the last A into Bm) Bridge:Bm Assu4 E Let the Pacific laughBm Asus4 E Be on my epitaphD EWith these rising and fallingD EAnd after all,F#m E Dsus2It's just water and I am just soulF#m E Dsus2With a body of water and boneWater and bone Interlude (x2) Verse 5:AWhere is God in the city life?DWhere is God in the city light?E/AWhere is God in the earthquake?DWhere is God in the genocide?Verse 6:AWhere are you in my broken heart?DEverything seems to fall apartE/AEverything feels rusted overD Tell me that you're thereChorus (final):A DI know that there is meaning to it allA DA little resurrection every time i fallF#m EYou've got your babies, I've got my hearsesDEvery blessing comes with a set of cursesE C#7/F F#mI've got my vices, I've got my vice versesD A (lead into outré)I've got my vice versesOutro: A D E/A D (x2) A and fade out ================================================================================================== Song: Where I Belong Artist: Switchfoot Album: Vice Verses ================================================================================================== 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. ================================================================================================== Intro: Dsus2 F#m (x4) A A Dsus2 Dsus2 (x2) Verse 1:A Feeling like a refugeeA Like it don't belong to meDsus2 Dsus2 The colours flash across the skyA This air feels strange to meA Feeling like a tragedyDsus2 Dsus2 I take a deep breath and close my eyesAOne last timeDsus2One last timeVerse 2:A Storms on the wastelandA Dsus2 Dark clouds on the plains againDsus2We were born into the fightA But I'm not sentimentalA This skin and bones is a rentalDsus2 Dsus2 And no one makes it out alive, yeahChorus:A Until I die I'll sing these songsA On the shores of BabylonDsus2 Still looking for a homeDsus2 In a world where I belongA Where the weak are finally strongA Where the righteous right the wrongsDsus2 Still looking for a homeDsus2 In a world where I belongInterlude: A A Dsus2 Dsus2 Verse 3:A Feels like we're just waiting, waitingA While are hearts are just breaking, breakingDsus2 Dsus2 Feels like we've been fighting against the tideA I wanna see the earth start shakingA I wanna see a generationDsus2 Dsus2 Finally waking up inside, yeahChorusF#m E Dsus2 Dsus2 A world where I belongBridge:F#mThis body's not my ownEThis world is not my ownDsus2But I still can hear the soundDsus2Of my heart beating outSo let's go boys, sing it loud Interlude (x2) Verse 4:A And on the final day I dieA I want to hold my head up highDsus2 I want to tell You that I triedDsus2 To live it like a songA And when I reach the other sideA Dsus2 I want to look You in the eyeDsus2And know that I've arrivedIn a world where I belong Tag:F#m In a world where I belongE In a world where I belongDsus2 Where I belongDsus2 Where I belongTag:A A Dsus2 Dsus2 Where I belong, yeahA A Dsus2 Dsus2 Where I belong, yeah!Refrain:AI still believe we can live foreverA Dsus2 You and I we begin forever nowDsus2Forever now, foreverAI still believe in us togetherA Dsus2 You and I we're here together nowDsus2Together nowAForever nowAForever nowDsus2Forever nowDsus2ForeverA and fade outForever--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------