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Switchfoot - Meant To Live

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Submitted by: scheller

MEANT TO LIVE (Bassline)
by Switchfoot
Album THE BEAUTIFUL LETDOWN
C 2003 Sparrow Records

Tabbed by scheller   sonnyschell@hotmail.com
I'm not a bass player, but I think this is what is played.
The only part I'm sketchy on is the Bridge.  Corrections welcome.

Gtr I (DADG) - Drop-D tuning

 Intro
|--rest---|-------------------|-----------------------|
|--two----|-------------------|-----------------------|
|--bars---|-2-2-2----0-0-0----|---------------------0-|
|---------|-------------------|-2-2-2---0-2-0-0-0-2---|

|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-2-2-2----0-0-0----|---------------------------|
|-------------------|-2-2-2----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|

   Verse
||-----------|------------|-------------------------|
||o----------|------------|-------------------------|
||o----------|------------|-------------------------|
||--5--------|-(5)--------|-4-0-0-2-0-0-4-0-0-4-5-4-|

|--------------------------||
|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------o||
|-4-0-0-2-0-0-4-0-0-4-5-7--||


   Chorus
||--------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------|------------------4b5----|
||o-------------------|-------------------------|
||--5-5-5----7-7-7----|-9-9-9---0-2-2-2---------|


  1. (1st ending)                             2. (2nd ending)
|--------------------|---------------------||---------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------o||---------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------o||---------------------|
|-5-5-5---0-2-2-2----|-5-5-5---0-2-2-2-----||-5-5-5---0-2-2-2-----|


|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-4-0-2-0-4-0-4-5-4-|-4-0-2-0-4-0-4-5-7-|


   Verse 2
||-----------|------------|-------------------------|
||o----------|------------|-------------------------|
||o----------|------------|-------------------------|
||--5--------|-(5)--------|-4-0-0-2-0-0-4-0-0-4-5-4-|

|--------------------------||
|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------o||
|-4-0-0-2-0-0-4-0-0-4-5-7--||


   Chorus 2
||--------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------------|------------------4b5--|
||o-------------------|-----------------------|
||--5-5-5----7-7-7----|-9-9-9---0-2-2-2-------|


|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|-5-5-5---0-2-2-2----|-5-5-5---0-2-2-2-----||

|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-2-2-2----0-0-0----|---------------------5-|
|-------------------|-2-2-2---0-2-0-0-0-2---|

|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-2-2-2----0-0-0----|---------------------------|
|-------------------|-2-2-2----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|

 Bridge
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-0--------|-5--------|-0--------|-5----|

|----------|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
|-0--------|-5--------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


   Outro                                              4x
||-------------------------|--------------------------||
||o------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-----------/5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------/9-9-9-9-9-9--o||
||--0--0--0-0--------------|-0--0--0-0----------------||

|-------------------|------*|
|-------------------|------*|
|-2-2-2----0-0-0----|------*|
|-------------------|-2----*|


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Comments about this tab

madelineadele - 2004-08-02

is this a christian song? ive always loved it but i didnt think it was.. huh go fig.


madelineadele - 2004-08-02

and isnt it "and the band started leaving and they all started screaming" ? i could be totally wrong, but eh. thought id throw that in.


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