• Song:

    Playing For Keeps

  • Artist:

    Switchfoot

  • Album:

    Double Take: New Way To...

One of my favorite Switchfoot songs from the album Learning To Breathe
I usually play the whole thing in power chords so its easier to get the "blocked" flicky 
listen to the song to get the strumming right

By Edward Lytton Cobbold

Standard tuning

Intro: C#m E

C#m (x13321@4)     B (x2444x@1)    ADo (x02220@1)me a favor
                      C#mWould (x13321@4)sing this to me slow?
                E (022100@1)            A'Cause (x02220@1)I'm thinking it's my song
C#m (x13321@4)     B (x2444x@1)    ADo (x02220@1)me a favor
                      C#mWould (x13321@4)you tell me when to let go?
                E (022100@1)            A'Cause (x02220@1)I think I'm holding on


GWould (320003@1)you do it for me?
CWould (x32010@1)you do it for me?
A (x02220@1)           B'Cause (x2444x@1)I'm playing for keeps


E (022100@1)       B (x2444x@1)       ATell (x02220@1)me tomorrow has come
E (022100@1)             B (x2444x@1)           AWith (x02220@1)open arms, open arms, open arms
C#m (x13321@4)      B (x2444x@1)           AIf (x02220@1)you say it's time to move on
E (022100@1)              B (x2444x@1)          AThen (x02220@1)I'll stop holding on, holding on
     AIf (x02220@1)you say that it's time for moving on

 A (x02220@1)    BTime (x2444x@1)for moving on

C#m (x13321@4)     B (x2444x@1)    ADo (x02220@1)me a favor
                      C#mWould (x13321@4)you tell me which way's up?
                E (022100@1)            A'Cause (x02220@1)I don't know where I fit
C#m (x13321@4)     B (x2444x@1)    ADo (x02220@1)me a favor
                      C#mWould (x13321@4)to you tell me when to stop?
                E (022100@1)            A'Cause (x02220@1)I don't know how to quit


GWould (320003@1)you do it for me?
CWould (x32010@1)you do it for me?
A (x02220@1)           B'Cause (x2444x@1)I'm playing for keeps


E (022100@1)       B (x2444x@1)       ATell (x02220@1)me tomorrow has come
E (022100@1)             B (x2444x@1)           AWith (x02220@1)open arms, open arms, open arms
C#m (x13321@4)      B (x2444x@1)           AIf (x02220@1)you say it's time to move on
E (022100@1)              B (x2444x@1)          AThen (x02220@1)I'll stop holding on, holding on
     AIf (x02220@1)you say that it's time for moving on

 A (x02220@1)    BTime (x2444x@1)for moving on

C#m (x13321@4)     B (x2444x@1)    ADo (x02220@1)me a favor
A (x02220@1)           B'Cause (x2444x@1)I'm playing for keeps

E (022100@1)       B (x2444x@1)       ATell (x02220@1)me tomorrow has come
E (022100@1)             B (x2444x@1)           AWith (x02220@1)open arms, open arms, open arms
C#m (x13321@4)      B (x2444x@1)           AIf (x02220@1)you say it's time to move on
E (022100@1)              B (x2444x@1)          AThen (x02220@1)I'll stop holding on, holding on
     AIf (x02220@1)you say that it's time for moving on

 A (x02220@1)    B (x2444x@1)                   ETime (022100@1)for moving on

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