• Song:

    Vice Verses

  • Artist:

    Switchfoot

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                                       VICE VERSES (2011)
                                           SWITCHFOOT
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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
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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.


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Song: Afterlife
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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If you don't want to use power chords, A5, F5, C5, D5 become Am, F, C and Dm respectively
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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!


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Song: The Original
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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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)


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Song: The War Inside
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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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)


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Song: Restless
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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You can play Bsus4 and Bsus2 as B4 and B2 respectively.
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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


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Song: Blinding Light
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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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


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Song: Selling the News
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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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


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Song: Thrive
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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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


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Song: Dark Horses
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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If you don't want to use power chords, A5, F5, C5, D5 become Am, F, C and Dm respectively
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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


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Song: Souvenirs
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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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


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Song: Rise Above It
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Vice Verses
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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


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