• Song:

    Sound In My Mouth

  • Artist:

    Switchfoot

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                           THE SOUND IN MY MOUTH              SWITCHFOOT     
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Tabbed by:hurricaneherman
Tuning:Standard

*Chords listed at end

This song is from Switchfoot's EP "Oh [EP]".

~INTRO~ D

~VERSE~  NOTE:You can palm mute the D chord throughout the entire verse. 
N.C
I am the crook who robs me I am my own adversary

I am my enemy I am my enemy and my mouth is an army

~INTERLUDE~ D

~VERSE~
N.C
And when the night falls on me I become anything but free
                                          A
I get so sick of this it gets ridiculous

~PRE-CHORUS~
(A)
My mouth is an army
 
                            NOTE: This D5, and G/D are different fingerings,
~CHORUS~                    so you might want to refer to the *chords first.
    D           Dsus4             D5              G/D
The sound in my mouth it gets so loud it gets so loud
       D                A              Csus2 G  Csus2 G
Little words can't slip out words like sor---ry 
       Csus2 G  Csus2 G   
I'm so sor---ry         yeah  yeah

~INTERLUDE~ D

~VERSE~

D
I am the tyrant of discourse I am the beater of the dead horse
 
I am the irritant I am the irritant and my mouth is a brute force
                Dsus4        D5                G/D            
Here we are in another night gearing up for a social accident
D                      Dsus4   A
With a pick pot I pick fights

~PRE-CHORUS~
(A)
My mouth is an army

~CHORUS~
    D           Dsus4             D5              G/D   
The sound in my mouth it gets so loud it gets so loud
           D                A              Csus2 G  Csus2 G Csus2
And little words can't slip out words like sor---ry
    D           Dsus4             D5              G/D
The sound in my mouth it gets so loud it gets so loud
           D                A              Csus2 G  Csus2 G Csus2
And little words can't slip out words like sor---ry
(Csus2)     Csus2 G  Csus2 G
Yeah I'm so sor---ry yeah  yeah

~BRIDGE~
D              A            G
Where will you find yourself without love
D           A           G
Give her to someone else is that enough
   D          A            G
If love is to find yourself are you finding love
   A               G
Or are you picking sides

This part is just a bunch of voices, so no chords.

The sound in my mouth gets so loud gets so loud it gets so loud so loud
so loud so loud 
           D    Dsus4   D5   G/D   D   G/D   D2
It gets so loud                             NOTE: D2 is a different fingering
                                            than D. Refer to *chords.
~REPEAT-CHORUS 1~

~OUTRO~ D

*Chords used
       D     A    Dsus4   D5   G/D  Csus2   G     D2
e|-----2-----0-----3-----5-----7-----3-----3-----10----|
B|-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----7-----|
G|-----2-----3-----2-----2-----0-----5-----4-----7-----|
D|-----0-----3-----0-----0-----0-----5-----5-----7-----|
A|-----x-----0-----x-----x-----x-----3-----5-----x-----|
E|-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----3-----x-----|

N.C = no chords

I have really grown to love this song, the more I listen to it. The chords
are pretty simple, but it is still a fun song to play, and I hope you enjoy
playing it.
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