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Submitted by: crzymandolinist

 Song: We Were Meant To Live For So Much More
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: The Beautiful Letdown, 2003
Tuning is Drop D. All that means is that you need 
to tune your 6th string one full step lower (to a D).

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------9b10b9--2--2--2---4b5b4----0----h2-|
A|--------9b10-------7s---9b10b9--2--2--2------------0----h2-|
d|-9-9-9---------7-7-7s---9b10b9--2--2--2------------0----h2-|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-s9-9-9----------7-7--7-----------s2-2-2--4b5b4--0h2-0-0-2-s5|
A|-s9-9-9--9b10b9--7-7--7--s9b10b9--s2-2-2---------0h2-0-0-2-s5|
d|-s9-9-9----------7-7--7-----------s2-2-2---------0h2-0-0-2-s5|

E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|--4b5b4-2-0-4--------------------|
A|--------------5-0----------------|
d|------------------7b-------------|
                    (very gradually bend it and 
                      hold until this next part)

VERSE 1 Play this after the vocal part of each verse 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-2-0--0-4-0--0-2-0--0-4-5-4--4-0--0-2-0--0-4-0--0-4-5-s7-|
A|-0-2-0--0-4-0--0-2-0--0-4-5-4--4-0--0-2-0--0-4-0--0-4-5-s7-|
d|-0-2-0--0-4-0--0-2-0--0-4-5-4--4-0--0-2-0--0-4-0--0-4-5-s7-|
            (hammer notes as you please)
                                                                 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------4b5b4---|
D|----5-5-5--xxxx--7-7-7--xxxx--9-9-9--xxxx--2-2-2-------------|
A|----5-5-5--xxxx--7-7-7--xxxx--9-9-9--xxxx--2-2-2-------------|
d|----5-5-5--xxxx--7-7-7--xxxx--9-9-9--xxxx--2-2-2-------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------4b5-------------------------|
D|-5--5-xxxx-7--7-xxxx--2-2-2------5--5--xxxx--2-2-2-xxx--| REPEAT
A|-5--5-xxxx-7--7-xxxx--2-2-2------5--5--xxxx--2-2-2-xxx--|
d|-5--5-xxxx-7--7-xxxx--2-2-2------5--5--xxxx--2-2-2-xxx--|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-2-0--0-4-0--0-2-0--0-4-5-4--4-0--0-2-0--0-4-0--0-4-5-s7-|
A|-0-2-0--0-4-0--0-2-0--0-4-5-4--4-0--0-2-0--0-4-0--0-4-5-s7-|
d|-0-2-0--0-4-0--0-2-0--0-4-5-4--4-0--0-2-0--0-4-0--0-4-5-s7-|
                                                          (hold)

VERSE 2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-xxxx-2-0--0-4-0--0-2-0--0-4-5-4--4-0--0-2-0--0-4-0--0-4-5-s7-|
A|-xxxx-2-0--0-4-0--0-2-0--0-4-5-4--4-0--0-2-0--0-4-0--0-4-5-s7-|
d|-xxxx-2-0--0-4-0--0-2-0--0-4-5-4--4-0--0-2-0--0-4-0--0-4-5-s7-|
(play after vocals just like verse 1, basically repeat verse one)

CHORUS
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------4b5b4-----|
D|----5-5-5--xxxx--7-7-7--xxxx--9-9-9--xxxx--2-2-2-----------|
A|----5-5-5--xxxx--7-7-7--xxxx--9-9-9--xxxx--2-2-2-----------|
d|----5-5-5--xxxx--7-7-7--xxxx--9-9-9--xxxx--2-2-2-----------|

E|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------4b5-----------------------|
D|-5--5-xxxx-7--7-xxxx--2-2-2-----5--5--xxxx--2-2-2-xxx-|REPEAT
A|-5--5-xxxx-7--7-xxxx--2-2-2-----5--5--xxxx--2-2-2-xxx-|
d|-5--5-xxxx-7--7-xxxx--2-2-2-----5--5--xxxx--2-2-2-xxx-|
The bridge uses an acoustic guitar but I’ve found that 
simply having the drummer and bassist doing stuff during 
the bridge instead sounds good too. 
There’s a bass tab for this song that you can use on 
this site that has the notes for a bridge that would 
use bass. 

When the guitar comes back in it sounds like this:

E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|--8888888888888888888888888333333333333333333--xxxxxxxx|
A|--8888888888888888888888888333333333333333333--xxxxxxxx|
d|--8888888888888888888888888333333333333333333--xxxxxxxx|
Not precisely how many notes you play, just use common sense.

CHORUS
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------4b5b4---|
D|----5-5-5--xxxx--7-7-7--xxxx--9-9-9--xxxx--2-2-2----------|
A|----5-5-5--xxxx--7-7-7--xxxx--9-9-9--xxxx--2-2-2----------|
d|----5-5-5--xxxx--7-7-7--xxxx--9-9-9--xxxx--2-2-2----------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------4b5-----------------------|
D|--5--5-xxxx-7--7-xxxx--2-2-2-----5--5--xxxx--2-2-2-xxx-|REPEAT
A|--5--5-xxxx-7--7-xxxx--2-2-2-----5--5--xxxx--2-2-2-xxx-|
d|--5--5-xxxx-7--7-xxxx--2-2-2-----5--5--xxxx--2-2-2-xxx-|

By now you should know which notes go with which lyrics. 
The top half gets repeated some I think, just use common sense 
but I know something gets repeated a lot.

LAST PART

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------4b5b4-------------4b5b4--2--------------------|
A|--2--2--2--------------0--0--0----------2--------------------|
d|----------------------------------------2--------------------|
Finish off with fade, feedback, sudden stops, 
whatever floats yer boat. 
I’ve found this to be an acceptable alternative 
to the intro as well:





E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------2-----------0--h2|
A|-----9----9b10b9-------7------9b10b9--------2--9b10b9---0--h2|
d|---9---9---------------7-----7--------------2-----------0--h2|

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