• 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       B      A
Do me a favor
                      C#m
Would sing this to me slow?
                E              A
'Cause I'm thinking it's my song
C#m       B      A
Do me a favor
                      C#m
Would you tell me when to let go?
                E              A
'Cause I think I'm holding on


G
Would you do it for me?
C
Would you do it for me?
A             B
'Cause I'm playing for keeps


E         B         A
Tell me tomorrow has come
E               B             A
With open arms, open arms, open arms
C#m        B             A
If you say it's time to move on
E                B            A
Then I'll stop holding on, holding on
     A
If you say that it's time for moving on

 A      B
Time for moving on

C#m       B      A
Do me a favor
                      C#m
Would you tell me which way's up?
                E              A
'Cause I don't know where I fit
C#m       B      A
Do me a favor
                      C#m
Would to you tell me when to stop?
                E              A
'Cause I don't know how to quit


G
Would you do it for me?
C
Would you do it for me?
A             B
'Cause I'm playing for keeps


E         B         A
Tell me tomorrow has come
E               B             A
With open arms, open arms, open arms
C#m        B             A
If you say it's time to move on
E                B            A
Then I'll stop holding on, holding on
     A
If you say that it's time for moving on

 A      B
Time for moving on

C#m       B      A
Do me a favor
A             B
'Cause I'm playing for keeps

E         B         A
Tell me tomorrow has come
E               B             A
With open arms, open arms, open arms
C#m        B             A
If you say it's time to move on
E                B            A
Then I'll stop holding on, holding on
     A
If you say that it's time for moving on

 A      B                     E
Time for moving on
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