It is best to do these chords barred! Whenever Switchfoot goes up on their odd chord I 
just bar at the twelfth fret and play the 4 highest strings

Intro: Am

AmI've (x02210@1)tasted fire I'm ready to come alive
AmI (x02210@1)can't just shut it up and fake that I'm alright
FI'm (133211@1)ready now
GI'm (320003@1)not waiting for the afterlife

AmLet (x02210@1)it burn the way the sunlight burns my skin
AmThe (x02210@1)way I feel inside, the way the day begins
FI'm (133211@1)ready now
GI'm (320003@1)not waiting for the other side cause...
FI'm (133211@1)ready now
GI'm (320003@1)ready now

(CHORUS)
      AmEveryday (x02210@1)               CThe (x32010@1)world is made
                 FA (133211@1)chance to change
                 DmBut (xx0231@1)I feel the same
                 AmAnd (x02210@1)I wonder why
                     Cwould (x32010@1)I wait till I die
             Fto (133211@1)come alive?

I'm ready now
GI'm (320003@1)not waiting for the afterlife

AmI (x02210@1)still believe we can live forever
                             FYou (133211@1)and I we begin forever now
           DmForever (xx0231@1)now
AmI (x02210@1)still believe in us together
                             FYou (133211@1)and I we're here together now
          DmForever (xx0231@1)now
          FForever (133211@1)now
           DmOr (xx0231@1)never now

AmEveryday (x02210@1)                CA (x32010@1)choice is made
        FEveryday (133211@1)              DmI (xx0231@1)choose my fate
               AmAnd (x02210@1)I wonder why
                      CWould (x32010@1)I wait till I die
          Fto (133211@1)come alive?
        Dmto (xx0231@1)come alive

AmEveryday (x02210@1)      CEveryday (x32010@1)     FEveryday (133211@1)                       DmI (xx0231@1)still feel the same
FI'm (133211@1)ready now
GI'm (320003@1)not waiting for the afterlife
FI'm (133211@1)ready now
GI'm (320003@1)ready now

Am