-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 alive A5 I can't just shut it up and fake that I'm alright F5 G5 I'm ready now, I'm not waiting for the afterlife Interlude 1: A5 Verse 2: A5 Oh, let it burn the way the sunlight burns my skin A5 The way I feel inside, the way the day begins F5 G5 I'm ready now, I'm not waiting for the other side Prechorus 1: F5 G5 I'm ready now, I'm ready now Chorus: A5 C5 Cuz everyday, the world is made F5 D5 A chance to change, but I feel the same A5 C5 And I wonder why would I wait till I die to come alive? F5 G5 I'm ready now, I'm not waiting for the afterlife Interlude 1 Verse 3: A5 I still believe we could live forever A5 F5 You and I, we begin forever now G5 Forever now, forever Verse 4: A5 I still believe in us together A5 F5 You and I, we're here together now G5 Forever now Prechorus 2: F5 G5 Forever now, or never now Chorus Interlude 2: Cm Bb Ab Fm Cm Eb Fm G Lead-in: A5 Everyday, a choice is made F5 D5 Everyday I choose my fate Am C And I wonder why would I wait till I die to come alive? F G To come alive? Chorus (Final): Am C Everyday, everyday F Dm Everyday I still feel the same Am C And I wonder why would I wait till I die to come alive? F G I'm ready now, I'm not waiting for the afterlife Tag: F G I'm ready now, I'm ready now, I'm ready now, I'm ready F G I'm ready now, I'm not waiting for the afterlife Outro: 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 pay Got 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 yourself Chorus: C5 Bb5 F5 Hey, no one can do it, free yourself C5 Bb5 F5 Hey, nothing to it, free yourself C5 Bb5 F5 Ab5 Yeah, don't let nobody try to steal your soul Ø 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 that So 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 original C5 Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 You're the original C5 Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 The original C5 Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 All right C5 Eb5 F5 G5 (x2) C5 Eb5 Oh ohh, come on now F5 G5 Oh ohh, come on now C5 Eb5 On ohh, come on now F5 G6 Oh ohh, YEAH! Interlude 2: C7 C7 C7 C7/F C7/Ab Cmaj7/G Chorus (Final): C5 Bb5 F5 Yeah free yourself, hey, no one can do it, free yourself C5 Bb5 F5 Hey, nothing to it, free yourself C5 Bb5 F5 C5 Bb F5 Yeah, don't let nobody try to steal your soul C5 Bb5 F5 Free yourself, hey, no one can do it, free yourself C5 Bb5 F5 Hey, nothing to it, free yourself C5 Bb5 F5 Ab5 Yeah, don't let nobody try to steal your soul Ø 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 wide D5 Dm Put your hands up side by side D5 Age don't matter like Dm Race don't matter like D5 Dm Place don't matter like what's inside Verse 2: D5 Dm Let the kick drum kick one time D5 Dm Breathe out let your mind unwind D5 Eyes on the ceiling Dm Looking for the feeling D5 Dm Wide open let your own eyes shine Prechorus 1: Dm Yeah! It's where the fight begins Yeah! Underneath the skin Bb Beneath these hopes and where we've been Gm Every fight comes from the fight within Chorus 1: Dm I am the war inside I am the battle line Bb I am the rising tide Gm I am the war I fight Dm Eyes open, open wide I can feel it like a crack in my spine Bb I can feel it like the back of my mind Gm I am the war inside Verse 3: D5 Dm I get the feeling like we're living in sci-fi D5 Dm I get the feeling that our weapons are lo–fi D5 Ain't no killer like pride Dm D5 No killer like I Dm No killer like what's inside Prechorus 2: Dm Yeah! It's in the air we breathe Yeah! It's in the blood we bleed Bb Beneath these dreams and what we've seen Gm We are the kids of the in-between Chorus 2: Dm I am the war inside I am the battle line Bb I am the rising tide Gm I am the war I fight Bb Eyes open, open wide Dm I can feel it like a crack in my spine Gm I can feel it like the back of my mind Dm I am the war inside Refrain: Bb I am the war inside Dm I am the war inside Gm I am the war inside Dm I am the war inside Interlude: D5 D5 D5 Dm (x4) Verse 1 Prechorus 3: Dm Yeah! Every thought or deed Yeah! Every tree or seed Bb The big thing come from the little dreams Gm Everyone of these made by make-believe Chorus 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: B I am the sea on a moonless night Bsus4 Calling falling, slipping tides B I am the leaky, dripping pipes Bsus2 The endless, aching drops of light B I am the raindrop falling down Bsus4 Always longing for the deeper ground B I am the broken, breaking seas Bsus2 Even my blood finds ways to bleed Prechorus 1: Abm Even the rivers ways to run E/G# Even the rain to reach the sun Abm Even my thirsty streams E/G# Even in my dreams Chorus: B I am restless E/B I am restless B I am restless E Looking for you B I am restless E/B Abm (F#) (only in final chorus) I run like the ocean to find your shore E Looking for you Verse 2: B I am the thorn stuck in your side Bsus4 I am the one that you left behind B I am the dried-up doubting eyes Bsus2 Looking for the well that won't run dry B Running hard for the other side Bsus4 The world that I've always been denied B Running hard for the infinite Bsus2 With the tears of saints and hypocrites Prechorus 2: Abm (G#m/A# G#m/B) Oh, blood of black and white and grey E Oh, death in life and night in day Abm (G#m/A# G#m/B) One by one by one E We let our rivers run Chorus Bridge: B I can hear you breathing E I can feel you leading B More than just a feeling E More than just a feeling B I can feel you reaching E Pushing through the ceiling B íTil the final healing E I'm looking for you Prechorus 3: Abm G#m2 Until the sea of glass we meet E At last completed and complete Abm Where tide and tear and pain subside E And laughter drinks them dry Refrain: B I'll be waiting (E) Anticipating B All that I aim for F# What I was made for Abm With every heartbeat E All of my blood bleeds B Running inside me E Looking for you B Looking for you Bsus4 Looking for you B Looking for you Bsus2 Looking for you Chorus+ B (lead into interlude) Looking for you Interlude: B E (x3) B Bsus4 Bridge Outro: B E B E I'm looking for you ================================================================================================== Song: Blinding Light Artist: Switchfoot Album: Vice Verses ================================================================================================== Intro: C Verse 1: C Hey boy, don't believe 'em Csus2 The old lies never could come through C Hey boy, don't believe 'em Csus2 Everything that they told you to C Hey boy, don't believe 'em Csus2 We're the nation that eats our youth C Hey boy, don't believe 'em Csus2 None of us are bullet-proof Interlude: C Prechorus 1: F G Deep down there's a boy inside F G Asleep waiting for the sun to rise F (sustain) Wake up, wake up Chorus: C Still looking for the blinding light G Still looking for the reason why Am Still looking for the sun to shine F G Take me higher and higher C All my life G I've been living in the darkest night Am Still looking for the blinding light F Fm To take me higher and higher Interlude Verse 2: C Hey girl, be yourself now Csus2 Don't believe what they told you to C Hey girl, be yourself now Csus2 Your skin is more than a pin-up suit C Hey girl, don't conform now Csus2 No one else got soul like you C Hey girl, you're a strong one Csus2 But none of us are bullet-proof Prechorus 2: F G Deep down there's a hope inside F G You've got wings, but you're scared to fly F (sustain) Wake up, wake up Chorus (Change the lyrics "blinding light" to "sun to shine") Interlude (x2) Prechorus 3: F G Deep down there's a hope inside F G Brighter than the fears of my mind F G I keep looking for the blinding light F G It's the hope that keeps me alive F (sustain) Wake up, wake up Chorus (Change the first three times of "Still looking" to "Keep looking", and "blinding light" to "sun to rise") Refrain: C The blinding light G The blinding light Am I've been waiting all my life F G Take me higher and higher C The blinding light G You're the vision that gives me sight Am Oh the blinding light F Fm Take me higher and higher Outro: C ================================================================================================== Song: Selling the News Artist: Switchfoot Album: Vice Verses ================================================================================================== Verse 1: B5 Welcome to the holy city a silver screen Bb5 Built with the lens and a low self esteem G5 A teenager's plea for meaning and means F#5 We're selling the news Verse 2: B5 See opinions are easier to swallow than facts Bb5 The grays instead of the whites and the blacks G5 If you shoot it too straight they wont come back F#5 D5 C5 We're selling the news Verse 3: B5 See money speaks volumes louder than words Bb5 And virtues with wings maybe not quite at first G5 But their salaries are paying for the ad not the verbs F#5 We're selling the news Verse 4: B5 See all men are equal all is for sale Bb5 A powerful dog has been chasing his tail G5 The lowest common denominator prevails F#5 We're selling the news Chorus: Bm I want to believe you F#m/A I want to believe but everything is in between G The fact is fiction F# The fact is fiction Bm I want to believe you F#m/A I want to believe but everything is in between G The fact is fiction Ø (F#) Suspicion is a new religion Interlude: B5 Bb5 G5 F#5 Verse 5: B5 America listens the story is told Bb5 With an eye on truth the story unfolds G5 But the ratings determine the story was sold F#5 We're selling the news Verse 6: B5 Begging the question mongering fears Bb5 Stroking the eyes and tickling ears G5 The truth's just seldom just as it appears F#5 We're selling the news Chorus Bridge: Bm I can see your talking heads G F# On the television set Bm On the Internet they said G That fact is fiction F# Suspicion is a new religion Interlude Verse 7: B5 Substance oh substance where have you been Bb5 You've been replaced by the masters of spin G5 Who make good looking books and write history in F#5 We're selling the news Verse 8: B5 The lines start to blur I get so confused Bb5 I get shiny new models mixed up with the blues G5 I get binary code mixed up with abuse F#5 The facts are simply one option to choose Verse 9: B5 When nothing is sacred there's nothing to lose Bb5 When nothing is sacred all is consumed G5 We're still on the air it must be the truth F#5 We're selling the news Chorus (final): Bm I want to believe you F#m/A I want to believe but everything is in between G The fact is fiction F# The fact is fiction Bm I want to believe you F#m/A I want to believe but everything is in between G The fact is fiction F# The fact is fiction Bm I want to believe you F#m/A I want to believe but everything I see is greed G The fact is fiction Ø (F#) Suspicion is a new religion Outro: B5 and fade out ================================================================================================== Song: Thrive Artist: Switchfoot Album: Vice Verses ================================================================================================== Intro: D Verse 1: D Been fighting things that I can't see in D Like voices coming from the inside of me and G Like doing things I find hard to believe in G Am I myself or am I dreaming? Prechorus 1: Bm I've been awake for an hour or so G Checking for a pulse but I just don't know Bm Am I a man when I feel like a ghost? G The stranger in the mirror is wearing my clothes Chorus: D No I'm not alright A I know that I'm not right Bm A steering wheel don't mean you can drive G A warm body don't mean I'm alive D No I'm not alright A I know that I'm not right Bm Feels like I travel but I never arrive G I want to thrive not just survive Interlude: D Verse 2: D I come alive when I hear you singing D But lately I haven't been hearing a thing and G I get the feeling that I'm in between G A machine and a man who only looks like me Prechorus 2: Bm I try and hide it and not let it show G But deep down inside me I just don't know Bm Am I a man when I feel like a hoax? G The stranger in the mirror is wearing my clothes Chorus Bridge: Em Bm A I'm always close but I'm never enough Em Bm A I'm always in line but I'm never in love G D A I get so down but I won't give up G D A I get slowed down but I won't give up Verse 1 Tag: Bm G Am I myself or am I dreaming? Bm G Am I myself or am I dreaming? Bm G Thrive Thrive Bm G Thrive Thrive Chorus (Change the lyrics "Feels like" to "Feel like") Refrain: D I want to thrive not just survive G Ehh...Ehhh... Bm Feel like I travel but I never arrive G I want to thrive not just survive D I want to thrive not just survive G I want to thrive not just survive Bm Feel like I travel but I never arrive G 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: A5 I've made my mistakes F5 D5 I've seen my heart cave in A5 I got my scars F5 D5 I've been to hell and back again Prechorus: A5 Born for the blue skies F5 D5 We'll survive the rain A5 Born for the sunrise F5 We'll survive the pain Chorus: A5 C5 We're singing hey, you can't count us out F5 D5 We've been running up against the crowd A5 C5 F5 D5 Yeah, we are the dark horses A5 C5 We're singing wait, it's not over now F5 D5 We've been down but we've never been out A5 C5 F5 D5 Yeah, we are the dark horses Verse 2: A5 We found a way out F5 D5 The city takes everything it can A5 But outside the crowds F5 D5 I can feel my lungs again Prechorus Chorus Tag: A5 C5 F5 D5 We're singing la, la la, la la la la A5 C5 F5 D5 La, la la, la la la la Interlude: A5 C5 F5 D5 (x2) Bridge: A5 C5 F5 D5 Born for the blue skies A5 C5 F5 D5 Born for the blue skies A5 Born for the sunrise F5 D5 We'll survive the pain Interlude Chorus (final): A5 C5 We're singing hey, you can't count us out F5 D5 We've been running up against the crowd A5 C5 F5 D5 Yeah, we are the dark horses A5 C5 We're singing we don't care what they say F5 D5 We know we'll find a way A5 C5 F5 D5 Yeah, we are the dark horses Tag (Remove "We're singing") Interlude (x1/2) Outro (whispered): A5 C5 Keep running with the dark horses F5 D5 Hope makes the blood change courses A5 C5 Keep running with the dark horses F5 D5 Stand up for the dark horses A5 C5 Keep running with the dark horses F5 D5 Hope makes the blood change courses A5 C5 Keep running with the dark horses F5 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 twilight F C2 Here's to the memories G5 G5/F# These are my souvenirs F C2 My mental pictures of everything Verse 2: G5 G5/F# Here's to the late nights F C2 Here's to the fire light G5 G5/F# These are my souvenirs F C My souvenirs Chorus 1: Em C2 I close my eyes and go back in time G5 D5 I can see you smiling, you're so alive Em C2 We were so young, we had no fear G5 G/B We were so young, we had no idea G5 G5/F# F C2 That life was just happening G5 G5/F# F C2 Life was just happening Verse 3: G G/f# Here's to your bright eyes F C2 Shining like fireflies G G/f# These are my souvenirs F C The memory of a lifetime Verse 4: G G/f# We were wide-eyed with everything F C Everything around us G G/f# We were enlightened by everything F C Everything Chorus 2: Em C2 So I close my eyes and go back in time G D I can see you smiling, you're so alive Em C2 I close my eyes and go back in time G G/f# You were just a child then, and so was I Em C2 We were so young, we had no fear G G/f# We were so young, we had no idea Em C2 G G/B That nothing lasts forever Em C2 That nothing lasts forever G G/B Nothing lasts, nothing lasts Em C2 You and me together G D Were always now or never Bridge: G G/f# F C2 Can you hear me? G G/f# F C2 Can you hear me? Interlude: G D/G Am C2 (x2) Chorus (final): G D I close my eyes and go back in time Am C2 I can see you smiling, you're so alive G D I close my eyes and go back in time Am G/B You were wide-eyed, you were wide-eyed Em C2 We were so young, we had no fear G D We were so young, we had just begun Em C2 A song we knew but had never sung G G/B It burned like fire inside our lungs Outro: Em C2 G D And life was just happening (nothing lasts, nothing lasts forever) Em C2 G D And life was just happening (nothing lasts, nothing lasts forever) G5 G5/F# I wouldn't trade it for anything F C2 My souvenirs Outro: 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#sus4 Another couple kids with their heads on top C#5 C#sus4 Just another stranger just another plot B5 Bsus4 Another track home where the city streets stop C#5 C#sus4 Just another kid with another bored cop Verse 2: C#5 C#sus4 Just another lemon into lemonade job C#5 C#sus4 Just another rust and dust facade C#5 C#sus4 Just another key stuck broken in the lock C#5 C#sus4 Just another scarecrow choking on a cough Oh come on! Chorus 1: E It all feels so typical B Guess I'm looking for a miracle C#m Rise above it, rise above it E I don't care what they're telling me B We could be what we want to be C#m Rise above it, rise above it Verse 3: C#5 C#sus4 Listen up loud listen up listen here C#5 C#sus4 Just because you're running doesn't mean that you're scared C#5 C#sus4 Just because it's law doesn't mean it is fair C#5 C#sus4 Never let another tell your soul what to fear Verse 4: C#5 C#sus4 Here we go again give it one more try C#5 C#sus4 Don't believe the system's on your side C#5 C#sus4 Just another lover turned enemy fight C#5 C#sus4 Just another blood and nicotine sky Oh come on! Chorus 2: E It all feels so typical B Guess I'm looking for a miracle C#m Rise above it, rise above it E I get so sick of it B Feels so counterfeit C#m I rise above it, rise above it Interlude: C#m (x4) Bridge: A Hear our voices rise B Hear our battle cry C#m We've been under the curse A With our arms raised high B Hear us sing tonight C#m Like the last night on earth A B C#m We will rise like the tide E Like dead men Coming back to life A B We are rising, rising Interlude (x2) Verse 5: C#5 C#sus4 Turn it up now, listen loud and clear C#5 C#sus4 Just because you're present doesn't mean you're here Oh come on! Chorus 3: E It all feels so typical B Guess I'm looking for a miracle C#m Rise above it, rise above it E A curse this broken B The system's broken C#m Rise above it, rise above it Tag: E Let's rise above it B We can rise above it C#m Let's rise above it E Rise above it B Let's rise above it C#m (one strum) ================================================================================================== Song: Vice Verses Artist: Switchfoot Album: Vice Verses ================================================================================================== Intro: A D E/A D (x2) Verse 1: A Walking along the high tide-line D Watching the Pacific from the side-lines E/A I wonder what it means to live together D Looking for more than just guide-lines Verse 2: A Looking for signs in the night sky D Wishing that i wasn't such a nice guy E/A I wonder what it means to live forever D I wonder what it means to die Chorus: A D I know that there is meaning to it all A D A little resurrection every time i fall F#m E You've got your babies, I've got my hearses D Every blessing comes with a set of curses E D I've got my vices, I've got my vice verses E A (lead into interlude) I've got my vice verses Verse 3: A The wind could be my new obsession D The wind could be my next depression E/A The wind goes anywhere it wants to D Wishing that i learned my lesson Verse 4: A The ocean sounds like a garage band D Coming at me like a drunk man E/A The ocean tells me a thousand stories D None of them are lies Chorus (Change the last A into Bm) Bridge: Bm Assu4 E Let the Pacific laugh Bm Asus4 E Be on my epitaph D E With these rising and falling D E And after all, F#m E Dsus2 It's just water and I am just soul F#m E Dsus2 With a body of water and bone Water and bone Interlude (x2) Verse 5: A Where is God in the city life? D Where is God in the city light? E/A Where is God in the earthquake? D Where is God in the genocide? Verse 6: A Where are you in my broken heart? D Everything seems to fall apart E/A Everything feels rusted over D Tell me that you're there Chorus (final): A D I know that there is meaning to it all A D A little resurrection every time i fall F#m E You've got your babies, I've got my hearses D Every blessing comes with a set of curses E C#7/F F#m I've got my vices, I've got my vice verses D A (lead into outré) I've got my vice verses Outro: 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 refugee A Like it don't belong to me Dsus2 Dsus2 The colours flash across the sky A This air feels strange to me A Feeling like a tragedy Dsus2 Dsus2 I take a deep breath and close my eyes A One last time Dsus2 One last time Verse 2: A Storms on the wasteland A Dsus2 Dark clouds on the plains again Dsus2 We were born into the fight A But I'm not sentimental A This skin and bones is a rental Dsus2 Dsus2 And no one makes it out alive, yeah Chorus: A Until I die I'll sing these songs A On the shores of Babylon Dsus2 Still looking for a home Dsus2 In a world where I belong A Where the weak are finally strong A Where the righteous right the wrongs Dsus2 Still looking for a home Dsus2 In a world where I belong Interlude: A A Dsus2 Dsus2 Verse 3: A Feels like we're just waiting, waiting A While are hearts are just breaking, breaking Dsus2 Dsus2 Feels like we've been fighting against the tide A I wanna see the earth start shaking A I wanna see a generation Dsus2 Dsus2 Finally waking up inside, yeah Chorus F#m E Dsus2 Dsus2 A world where I belong Bridge: F#m This body's not my own E This world is not my own Dsus2 But I still can hear the sound Dsus2 Of my heart beating out So let's go boys, sing it loud Interlude (x2) Verse 4: A And on the final day I die A I want to hold my head up high Dsus2 I want to tell You that I tried Dsus2 To live it like a song A And when I reach the other side A Dsus2 I want to look You in the eye Dsus2 And know that I've arrived In a world where I belong Tag: F#m In a world where I belong E In a world where I belong Dsus2 Where I belong Dsus2 Where I belong Tag: A A Dsus2 Dsus2 Where I belong, yeah A A Dsus2 Dsus2 Where I belong, yeah! Refrain: A I still believe we can live forever A Dsus2 You and I we begin forever now Dsus2 Forever now, forever A I still believe in us together A Dsus2 You and I we're here together now Dsus2 Together now A Forever now A Forever now Dsus2 Forever now Dsus2 Forever A and fade out Forever --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------