"Love Alone is Worth the Fight" by Switchfoot This is a pretty simple song. You can play it different ways. For example, I've seen Jon use the E and E5 interchangeably, but I like using the E to give certain parts more emphasis, so you can do it however you want. I would recommend listening to a radio performance to get the strumming. At the bottom I've included a few notes on things you can add to make it more interesting once you've got this down. Have fun. Standard tuning, no capo. Chords: B- 7998xx E5- 079900 E- 022100 EM7- 066440 F#- 2443xx Intro: B E5 B E5 B E EM7 F# E Verse 1: B I’m trying to find where my place is I’m looking for my own oasis E5 So close I can taste this The fear that love alone erases B So I’m back to the basics I figure it’s time I face this E5 Time to take my own advice (pause) B Love alone is worth the fight E5 Love alone is worth the fight Verse 2: B And I never thought it’d come to this But it seems like I’m finally feeling numb to this E5 The funny thing about a name is You forget what the reason you were playing the game is B And it’s all an illusion A 21st century institution E So I’m heading down the open road unknown Chorus: B And we find what we’re made of E5 Through the open door B Is it fear you’re afraid of? E What are you waiting for? B E5 Love alone is worth the fight B E5 Love alone is worth the fight Verse 3: B We’re only here for a season I’m looking for the rhyme and reason E5 Why you’re born why you’re leaving What you fear and what you believe in B Why you’re living and breathing Why you’re fighting it and getting it even E Let’s go headed down the open road unknown Chorus: B And we find what we’re made of E5 Through the open door B Is it fear you’re afraid of? E What are you waiting for? B E5 Love alone is worth the fight B E5 Love alone is worth the fight Then on the last “yeah” you play this (listen for strumming pattern; I recommend an acoustic/radio performance): e-------------------------------------| B-------------------------------------| G--11/16-16-15-13—-11/16-16-15-13-----| D-------------------------------------| A---9/14-14-13-11---9/14-14-13-11-----| E-------------------------------------| Outro: B Here we are here we go E5 Where the road is our own B Feel it calling you home E Here we are here we go B Love alone is worth the fight E Love alone is worth the fight B Love alone is worth the fight E Love alone is worth the fight B Love alone is worth the fight E5 B E5 Notes: There's a few things you can add in if you want to make the song a little more interesting. -I like to play the B and e strings open for the second half of strumming the F# in the intro. I think it sounds more like the song. -During the verses it sounds like Jon is sort of strumming and picking at the strings. So I like to strum a few times lightly, and then pluck the D string. Also, on the last strum before you pluck the D string, I think it sounds good if you don't hit either E string. This only works when you're playing the E5, not the E, though. You can kind of play with it. It sounds like Jon is playing loosely. -The other thing is on the part I have tabbed out, I like to actually slide down one more fret quickly for one strum before moving to the next part (besides the slide). So, (following the finger on the A string) you'd slide 9/14, play on the 14th fret, quickly strum on the 15th fret before going up to the 13th fret and so on. I think that sounds more like the studio version of the song, though during radio performances they usually just play it how I have it tabbed above. I hope that made sense. Sorry this was long. Have fun.
