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Submitted by: scheller

Love Is A Movement
Switchfoot
Album: LEARNING TO BREATHE
C 2000 re:think Music
Words and Music by Jon Foreman

Transcribed by scheller  sonnyschell@hotmail.com
I've been wanting to tab this for a while, but it was too hard
to hear what's going on until I started using Transcribe!  It's 
not that hard to play either.  Powertab available here:
http://www.powertabs.net/pta.php?page=artist,1105


   G     A6sus2  Fsus2     F     Bbmaj7    Dm      C
 320033  x0420x  xx301x  xx321x  x1323x  x57x6x  x3505x

 Intro
    G             A6sus2                       4x
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|-----------0---------o||
||------0-----0-----2---|-----2-2-----2---2----||
||----0---0-0---0-4---4-|-4-4-----4-----4------||
||o-2-------------------|-------------------0-o||
||--3-------------------|----------------------||


  Dm         F             Bbmaj7
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----3-3----------------|-------3-----3---3-------|
|---2-----2----2-0-0-2-2-|---------2-------------2-|
|-0----------3-----------|-----3-----3---3---0-3---|
|------------------------|-(1)---------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|


  Dm       F             Bbmaj7
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----3----------------|-------3-----3---3---------|
|---2---2----2-0-0-2-2-|---------2-------------2---|
|-0--------3-----------|-----3-----3---3---0-3-----|
|----------------------|-(1)-----------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|


 Verse 1
    Dm          Fsus2          F
||-------------------------|------------------|
||o-----3-3---------1------|---------------6--|
||----2-----2-----0--------|-----2-0-2--------|
||--0---------2/3----------|-2/3-------5/7----|
||o------------------------|------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------|


  Bbmaj7                  C                        3x
|-----------------------|--------------------------||
|-----3-----3-----3-----|------5-----5-----5------o||
|-------2-----2-----2---|--------0-----0-----0-----||
|---3-----3-----3-----3-|----5-----5-----5-----5---||
|-1---------------------|-/3----------------------o||
|-----------------------|--------------------------||


 Pre-Chorus
  (G)        (Bbmaj7)   (G)            (Bbmaj7)
|----------|----------|--------------|-------------|
|-0--------|-3--------|-0------------|--3----------|
|-0--------|-2--------|-0------------|--2----------|
|----------|----------|--------------|-------------|
|----------|----------|--------------|-------------|
|----------|----------|--------------|-------------|
|
|                           *sim. fdbk (actually an octave higher)
|----------|----------|----[13]------|-------------|
|----------|----------|--------------|-------------|
|----------|----------|--------------|-12b14-------|
|----------|----------|--------------|-------------|
|----------|----------|--------------|-------------|
|----------|----------|--------------|-------------|


 Chorus 1
  D5                   Bbmaj7
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|---7--7--7-----7--7-|------2--2--2--2--2--2-|
|---7--7--7-----7--7-|-x-3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
|-5-5--5--5--5--5--5-|-x-1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----12-14----12-14-|-----12-14-14-12-12-12-|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----10-12----10-12-|-----10-12-12-10-10-10-|
|--------------------|-----------------------|


            G5         C5          A5
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-----2---2----------|--5-----5-------------|
|--x--3---3--5--5--5-|--5-----5-----x-7-7-7-|
|--x--1---1--5--5--5-|--3-----3-----x-7-7-7-|
|------------3--3--3-|--------------x-5-5-5-|
|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--x-14--14-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-|
|--x-----------------|----------------------|
|--x-12--12-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-|
|--------------------|----------------------|


  D5                   Bbmaj7
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|---7--7--7-----7--7-|------2--2--2--2--2--2-|
|---7--7--7-----7--7-|-x-3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
|-5-5--5--5--5--5--5-|-x-1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----12-14----12-14-|-----12-14-14-12-12-12-|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----10-12----10-12-|-----10-12-12-10-10-10-|
|--------------------|-----------------------|


            G5         C5          A5
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|-----2---2----------|--5-----5----------------|
|--x--3---3--5--5--5-|--5-----5-----x-7-7--7---|
|--x--1---1--5--5--5-|--3-----3-----x-7-7--7---|
|------------3--3--3-|--------------x-5-5--5---|
|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--x-14--14-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-9---(9)\-|
|--x-----------------|-------------------------|
|--x-12--12-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-7---(7)\-|
|--------------------|-------------------------|


  D5
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|-7----------------|-------------------------|
|-7----------------|-------------------------|
|-5----------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|
|------------------|-------------------13----|
|------10h13-11----|-------------10-11----10-|
|---------------10-|-------10-12-------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|


|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|--(7)--------------------|-(7)---------------------||
|--(7)--------------------|-(7)---------------------||
|--(5)--------------------|-(5)---------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|
|-------13----------------|-------------------------||
|----------11---10p8----8/|-10----/13--13-10-10-8\--||
|--------------------10---|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||


  Verse 2
    Dm      Fsus2     F                 Bbmaj7            C                 3x
||------------------|-------------1---|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----3-------3---|-----5-------5----o||
||----------------0-|-2---2---0-2---2-|-----------------|-------------------||
||----------0-2-3---|---3---3---------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-5-3-5-3---------|-----------------|-1-1---1-1-1---1-|-3-3---3-3-3---3--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||


 Pre-Chorus 2
  (G)        (Bbmaj7)   (G)        (Bbmaj7)
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------------||
|-0--------|-3--------|-0--------|---3-------------------------||
|-0--------|-2--------|-0--------|---2-------------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------------||
|
|                                   *sim. fdbk 
|                                   (octave higher)
|----------|----------|----------|-[12]----------13-13-13-13---||
|----------|----------|----------|---------------10-10-10-10---||
|----------|----------|----------|---------------10-10-10-10---||
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------------||


 Chorus 2 (same as Chorus 1)


 Bridge
    Bb5               F5                  Bb5               C5
                                       3x
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|------------------||
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|------------------||


 Interlude
  G              A6sus2
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-/7-------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-/5-------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------0---------|
|------0-----0-----2---|-------2-2-----2---2---|
|----0---0-0---0-4---4-|--4--4-----4-----4-----|
|--2-------------------|---------------------0-|
|--3-------------------|-----------------------|


  G                     A6sus2
   *sim. fdbk (octave higher)
|-[10]------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------10---------12\---|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------0-------------|
|--------0----------0-----2---|--------2-2------2---2-------|
|------0--------0-0---0-4---4-|---4--4------4-----4---------|
|---2-------------------------|------------------------0----|
|---3-------------------------|-----------------------------|


  G             A6sus2
                                            *sim. fdbk 
                                            (octave higher)
|---------------------|---------------------[10]---|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|-7-------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------0--------------|
|-----0-----0-----2---|-------2-2-----2---2--------|
|---0---0-0---0-4---4-|--4--4-----4-----4----------|
|-2-------------------|--------------------------0-|
|-3-------------------|----------------------------|


  G                A6sus2
                            *sim. fdbk (octave higher)
|------------------------|-[14]-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------0-----------|
|--------0-----0-----2---|--------2------2-----2---2-----|
|------0---0-0---0-4---4-|---4--4----------4-----4-------|
|---2--------------------|---------------------------0---|
|---3--------------------|-------------------------------|


  Dm         F             Bbmaj7                    Dm       F
|------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-----3-3----------------|-------3-----3---3-------|-----3----------------|
|---2-----2----2-0-0-2-2-|---------2-------------2-|---2---2----2-0-0-2-2-|
|-0----------3-----------|-----3-----3---3---0-3---|-0--------3-----------|
|------------------------|-(1)---------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|


  (G)        (Bbmaj7)   (G)        (Bbmaj7)
|----------|----------|----------|----------------------||
|-0--------|-3--------|-0--------|-3--------------------||
|-0--------|-2--------|-0--------|-2--------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------------------||
|
|----------|----------|----------|--------13-13-13-13---||
|----------|----------|----------|--------10-10-10-10---||
|----------|----------|----------|--------10-10-10-10---||
|----------|----------|----------|----------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------------------||


   Out-Chorus
    D5                   Bbmaj7
||---------------------|-----------------------|
||o--------------------|-----------------------|
||----7--7--7-----7--7-|------2--2--2--2--2--2-|
||----7--7--7-----7--7-|-x-3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
||o-5-5--5--5--5--5--5-|-x-1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|
||---------------------|-----------------------|
|
||---------------------|-----------------------|
||o--------------------|-----------------------|
||------12-14----12-14-|-----12-14-14-12-12-12-|
||---------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----10-12----10-12-|-----10-12-12-10-10-10-|
||---------------------|-----------------------|


            G5         C5          A5
|--------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----2---2----------|--5-----5---------------||
|--x--3---3--5--5--5-|--5-----5-----x-7-7-7---||
|--x--1---1--5--5--5-|--3-----3-----x-7-7-7--o||
|------------3--3--3-|--------------x-5-5-5---||
|
|--------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------o||
|--x-14--14-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-9-9-9---||
|--x-----------------|------------------------||
|--x-12--12-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7--o||
|--------------------|------------------------||


    D5                   Bbmaj7
||---------------------|-----------------------|
||o--------------------|-----------------------|
||----7--7--7-----7--7-|------2--2--2--2--2--2-|
||----7--7--7-----7--7-|-x-3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
||o-5-5--5--5--5--5--5-|-x-1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|
||---------------------|-----------------------|
|
||---------------------|-----------------------|
||o--------------------|-----------------------|
||------12-14----12-14-|-----12-14-14-12-12-12-|
||---------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----10-12----10-12-|-----10-12-12-10-10-10-|
||---------------------|-----------------------|


             G5        C5       A5         4x
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|-----2----2---------|-5---5---------------||
|--x--3----3-5--5--5-|-5---5-----x-7-7-7---||
|--x--1----1-5--5--5-|-3---3-----x-7-7-7--o||
|------------3--3--3-|-----------x-5-5-5---||
|
|                                          4x
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|----14-12-----14-12-|----12-12-12-9-9-9---||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|----12-10-----12-10-|----10-10-10-7-7-7--o||
|--------------------|---------------------||


  D5                   Bbmaj7
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|---7--7--7-----7--7-|------2--2--2--2--2--2-|
|---7--7--7-----7--7-|-x-3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
|-5-5--5--5--5--5--5-|-x-1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----12-14----12-14-|-----12-14-14-12-12-12-|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----10-12----10-12-|-----10-12-12-10-10-10-|
|--------------------|-----------------------|


|-----------------|------------------|-----*|
|-----------------|------------------|-----*|
|-----------------|------------------|-----*|
|-----------------|------------------|-----*|
|-----------------|------------------|-----*|
|-----------------|------------------|-----*|
|
|-----------------|------------------|-----*|
|-----------------|------------------|-----*|
|---14-12---14-12-|---12-12-12-9-9-9-|-----*|
|-----------------|------------------|-----*|
|---12-10---12-10-|---10-10-10-7-7-7-|-----*|
|-----------------|------------------|-----*|


Tablature Legend
----------------
[n]  - artificial harmonic


Misc Legend
-----------
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end


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Comments about this tab

Relient_Kev - 2004-07-21

OH MY GOSH!!! i've been looking so hard for a tab for this song...one thats actually right ;) lol after seeing them in concert, i tried learning it myself...and yea, kinda hard. BUT THANKS FOR FINALLY HELPING ME OUT! :D:D:D SUCH A GOOD TAB


Mattular - 2004-11-08

hey thanks ive been lookin every where for a tab to this song... awsome ever since i saw them ive wanted to learn all their songs keep listening to switchfoot they are amazing


sixstringes777 - 2005-02-14

this is an amazing song


Timberwolf - 2005-05-25

Dude, this tab is the most accurate one I've seen yet!:)


Ibanez_online - 2005-09-17

Asome song,Asome tab,and no correctionns.GOOD JOB :)


A random Fellah - 2006-01-16

Noice. i like it......... been looking for this one for a while cheers dude


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