Sooner or Later Tabs & Lyrics by Switchfoot

Sooner or Later

guitar tabs lyrics

Switchfoot

Sooner or Later
By Switchfoot
Tabbed by Laura Miller
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One of THE best songs ever written by Jon Foreman!


Standard tuning

Intro x2 Clean Guitar
e---------------------------------------|
b---------5-----------------------------|
g--------(6)--------3--------4------4---|
d------6-------------------2------2-----|
a---4-------------4------0--------------|
e------------4-2---------------0--------|

verse is the same as the intro, play x8

Verse I:
Come back and haunt me, follow me home
Give me a motive, swallow me whole
They've said i've lost it, what could i know?
When i'm but a mockery, Im so alone

Chorus :
e-------------------------------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------------------------------|
g------4---------------4--------------4----4------7------4----|
d----6---------------6--------------4----2------7------2------|
a--4-----4--6b---7-4-----4--6b--7-2-----0-----5-----0---------|
e-------------------------------------------------------------|
^(1/2 step bend) ^(listen for timing, it's kinda tricky!)


Sooner or later
You'll find out theres a hole in the wall, yeah
sooner or later
you'll find out theres a hole in the wall


Verse II:
Today is ours, condemed to be free
Free to keep breathing, free to believe
I look to find You down on my knees
Oh God, I believe, please help me believe

Chorus

Bridge: Distorted Guitar
e---------------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------------------|
g---9-9--------------------6-6h-7-------------|
d------9>8----9--6b------9--------------------|
a----------9--------9-8-8-----------6-7-7-----| X2
e---------------------------------9-----------|

e------------------------------|
b------------------------------|
g------------------------------|
d---8>10--10>12--12>13--13>15--|
a---6>8---8>10---10>11--11>13--|
e------------------------------|

...away, and i lost..."
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g--6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------------------|
d--6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7---|
a--4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7---|
e----------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5---|

"with dreams of shrinking, yeah" (do the dreams of shrinking part x4)
e----------------------------------------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------------------------------------|
g----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e--7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------------------|
a--7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------------------|
e--5-5-5-5-0-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------------------|

bridge lyrics:
And i gave it all away
And i lost who i am
I threw it all away
With everything to gain
And i'm taking the leap
With dreams of shrinking, yeah
Dreams of shrinking, yeah

Back to verse I again,
then an instrumental chorus
and fade out