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Submitted by: trumpetswan

Easier Than Love
Switchfoot
From the album Nothing Is Sound
Written by Jon and Tim Foreman 
©2005 Meadowgreen Music Company and Sugar Pete Songs
Tabbed by Cactus Pete and Co. (The Mexican Sombreros)
====================== chords =====================
--D5--E5--F5--F#5-G5--A5--B5---C5--B5--C5--C#5-D5--
e--------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------4---5---6---7--
D--0—--2---3-—-4---5---7---9-—-10---4---5---6---7--
A--0---2---3---4---5---7---9-—-10---2---3---4---5--
E------0---1-—-2---3---5---7-—-8-------------------

Intro
Note: On the second part of the intro, it might be easier to play
|G-2-| instead of |D-7-|. They’re both A5 chords.
|D-2-|            |A-7-|
|A-0-|            |E-5-|
/ = slide up
e----------------------------    --------------------------
B----------------------------    --------------------------
G----------------------------    --------------------------
D-7--7--10-7-55-------------- x3 -3—-3—-7-3-2--------------
A-7--7--10-7-55--------------    -3—-3—-7-3-2--------------
E-5—-5--8--5-33-/-7-7-7-7-8-7    -1—-1—-5-1-0-/-7-7-7-7-8-7

Verse 1
e-------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------
D-7--7--10-7-55----------------3—-3—-7-3-2--------------
A-7--7--10-7-55----------------3—-3—-7-3-2--------------
E-5—-5--8--5-33-/-7-7-7-7-8-7--1—-1—-5-1-0-/-7-7-7-7-8-7

e-------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------
D-7--7--10-7-55----------------3—-3—-7-3-2-2-2----------
A-7--7--10-7-55----------------3—-3—-7-3-2-2-2----------
E-5—-5--8--5-33-/-7-7-7-7-8-7--1—-1—-5-1-0-0-0----------

Pre-chorus
Note: This part is very tricky. It’s hard to hear the guitar, and it’s very 
syncopated. Below, the timing is written out 1,2,3,4,etc. (4/4 timing), 
and the X’s stand for when Chad hits the snare drum. Chad hits the snare 
drum at the same time as the d5 chord is played, which should help you get 
the timing down.
e------------------------------
B------------------------------
G-77776666--------7-7—-7--7-7—-  x2
D-77776666000-----7-7--7--7-7—-
A-55554444000-4-4—5-5—-5--5-5--
E------------4-4-5-------------
--1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2--
--X-X--X-XX-X—-X-XX-X--X-XX-X—-

e----------------------------------
B----------------------------------
G-5555555544444444-----------------
D-55555555444444444444444455555555-
A-33333333222222222222222233333333-
E-----------------2222222233333333-

Chorus
e---------------------------------
B---------------------------------
G---------------------------------
D-00000000000000005555555555555555 x2
A-00000000000000005555555555555555
E-----------------3333333333333333
 (the bass plays the low d)

e---------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------
D-99999999777777775555555555555555777777777777777755555555
A-99999999777777775555555555555555777777777777777755555555
E-77777777555555553333333333333333555555555555555533333333

Post-chorus 
e----------------------------
B----------------------------
G----7-----7--5--------------
D-0--7--0--7--5--------------  x2
A-0—-5--0--5--3--2-2-2-2-3-2-  
E---------------------------- 

Verse 2
e-----------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------
D-7--7--7-7-5--5--5-5-3--3—-3—3-2--2--2-2-  x2
A-7--7--7-7-5--5--5-5-3--3—-3—3-2--2--2-2-
E-5—-5--5-5-3—-3--3-3-1--1--1-1-0--0--0-0-

Pre-chorus
Chorus
Post-chorus x2

Bridge-
e------------    --------------    --------------------
B------------    --------------    --------------------
G------------    --------------    --------------------
D------------ x6 -------------- x2 ----------2-------0- x2
A------------    -------7-9-7-5    -0-2----------------
E-5/7-X-X-X-X    -5/7----------    --------------------
(X is a muted 7)   

e---------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------
G-5555555544444444----------------------------------
D-555555552222222244444444555555557777777799999999--
A-333333332222222244444444555555557777777799999999--
E-----------------22222222333333335555555577777777--

e---------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------
D-7777777755555555----------------------------------
A-7777777755555555----------------------------------
E-5555555533333333---------------------------------- 

Chorus and then
e--------------------------------
B--------------------------------
G--------------------------------
D-555555557-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5
A-555555557-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5
E-333333335-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3

Outro (similar to Post-chorus)
e---------------------------
B---------------------------
G----7-----7--5-------------    ---7-----7--5--------------
D-0--7--0--7--5------------- x3 0--7--0--7--5--------------
A-0—-5--0--5--3-2-2-2-2-3-2-    0—-5--0--5--3------------55
E---------------------------    -------------7—-7--7—-7-7—

This is a great song that's a lot of fun to play. I hope God uses this song to 
remind us to be careful of what we look at and watch on tv.

Comments about this tab

trumpetswan - 2006-05-02

I have a few corrections for my tab.

Pre-chorus
e------------------------------
B------------------------------
G-77776666222-----7-7—-7-7--7—- x2
D-77776666222-----7-7--7-7--7—-
A-55554444000-4-4—5-5—-5-5--5--
E------------4-4-5-------------
--1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2--
----X--X-X--X—-X-X--X--X-X--X—-

Outro
e---------------------------
B---------------------------
G----7-----7--5------------- ---7-----7--5------------77
D-0--7--0--7--5------------- x3 0--7--0--7--5------------77
A-0—-5--0--5--3-2-2-2-2-3-2- 0—-5--0--5--3------------55
E--------------------------- -------------8—-8--8—-8-8--


sanctusfan_05 - 2006-05-06

That pre-chorus was kind of complicated but you're defintely right. The timing with the drum thing really helped. AWESOME TAB!! really good job. There something weird with the spacing in your correction of the outro.
Here's the same correction but with out the spacing messup.
Outro
e-------------------------------|------------------------------
B-------------------------------|------------------------------
G----7-----7--5-----------------|----7-----7--5--------------77
D-0--7--0--7--5--------------x3-|-0--7--0--7--5--------------77
A-0—-5--0--5--3-2-2-2-2-3-2-----|-0—-5--0--5--3--------------55
E-------------------------------|---------------8—-8--8—-8-8---
Let that last power chord ring!


ironmaiden08 - 2006-06-07

i think switchfoot plays in drop d


ironmaiden08 - 2006-06-07

on the end of the chorus instead of 77787
instead of the 8, you bend the string in the 7th fret
so... 7 7 7 7b 7


7places_07 - 2006-06-18

although they did a lot of drop d in nothing is sound, switchfoot doesn't always play in drop d. this song really could be played either way. the difference is the low D power chord. i played this tab and it's really accurate i give it a 5!


Xo PePpEr NoSe - 2007-01-20

yeah this is good... especially the pre-chorus... i just think the whole song should be in drop D -emily-


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