• Song:

    Redemption

  • Artist:

    Switchfoot

  • Album:

    Beautiful Letdown

Band: Switchfoot
Song: Redemption
Album: The Beautiful Letdown (2003)
Track: 06
Track Length: 3:06

Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)

This is a cool song with a unique chord progression.  This tab should be just about perfect, if you have comments or questions make sure you let me know.

This part is played 3x throughout the song at 0:07, 1:09, 1:46.

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-3-3-0-0-1-1-0-0-1-1-0----------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This is the structure of the song:
Intro, Verse, Chorus, After-chorus, Verse, Chorus, After-chorus (2x), Bridge, Chorus (2x), After-chorus, End on a open E chord immediately following the last After-chorus.


All the chords in this song are played open except B, C#m, and the Bridge E.
For the intro and verse, only the bottom three strings(E, A, D) of each chord are played.

Intro:
Em, G, C, G, B, C (2x)                                             Tabs for Chords:

Verse:                                                               Em: 022000
Em, G, C, G, B, C                                                     G: 320033
Em, G, C, G, B, B                                                     C: 332010
                                                                      B: 224442
Chorus:                                                               E: 022100
E, A (2x)                                                             A: 002220
C#m, B, A, B                                                        C#m: 446654

After-chorus(Aliiiiiiive):
E, G, C (2x)

Bridge(My fears have worn me out):
E - 5 string bar it(seventh fret)

After last After-chorus, end the song on an E chord.

There it is.  Listen to the song carefully for the weird strumming pattern and rhythm.  ROCK ON!
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