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Song: Amy's Song
Artist: Switchfoot
Composer: Jon Foreman
Album: New Way To Be Human
Year: 1999

The song is played with a 4 string in drop D tuning. I have a 5 string,
so i'm putting in a tab for those who can't handle string changes.
5 string - standard tuning
4 string - Drop D

x - mute
/ - slide up to next note
\ - slide down to next note
~ - sustain note
^ - bend

***5 STRING VERSION***

Wait for the guitar to do it's little intro thing, then come in with the drums
Verse
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|------5------------5~----5---------------|
E|--------33--3/5------------33--3/5-------|
B|3~---3------------------3----------------|

Chorus
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------2~-2x2x-----------2-2-0-0-------5x--2~---2x-----5x----2-2-0-0--|
E|------------------3~-3x3x-----------------------3x----3~---3x-----------|
B|3~-3x3x-----------------------------3~-3x------------------------------3|

Pre Verse
G|------|
D|------|
A|------| x2 (For all you psychos with 24 fret basses, that's a 2 and a 3
E|----23|     not a 23)  
B|3~----|

repeat verse
repeat chorus
rest for the bridge
repeat chorus
repeat pre verse 4 times
repeat verse for outro

***FOUR STRING VERSION***

Drop D tuning

Wait for the guitar to do it's intro thing, then come in with the drums
Verse
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|------5------------5~----5---------------|
D|0~---0--55--5/7---------0--55--5/7-------|

Chorus
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------2~-2x2x-----------2-2-0-0-------5x--2~---2x-----5x----2-2-0-0--|
D|0~-0x0x-----------5~-5x5x-----------0~-0x-------5x----5~---5x----------0|

Pre Verse
G|------|
D|------|
A|------| x2
E|0~--45|       

repeat verse
repeat chorus
rest for the bridge
repeat chorus
repeat pre verse 4 times
repeat verse for outro

Alrighty. That's it. I'm pretty sure this is correct. If you have any
corrections, let me know. It's an awesome song, with a nice groove. Fun to
play! Enjoy!

God Bless!