Only Hope Switchfoot
This is a song by Switchfoot that's really fun to play on the guitar. I tabbed it based
off of listening to the track as well as watching youtube videos of Jon Foreman playing
it...so it's very accurate. :) Enjoy!
Standard Tuning
s=slide
h=hammer
Intro
E--10---12------7--10----------------| B-----------8-7----------------------| G------------------------------------| D------------------------------------| A------------------------------------| E------------------------------------|
Intro-Verse guitar 1 (repeat 2x)
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------------------3-----------3----------3---------------| G---------7---------4-------------------------0---0-------0---0------0---0--------4----| D-------5--------0----------7------4--------------------------------------------0---0--| A----s7-------------------9------2---2---3------------------------3---------2----------| E-------------3--------s7------0----------------------h3-------------------------------|
Pre-verse guitar 2 (plays over guitar 1) (play 1x)
E---------------------------------------------------0----------------------------------------| B-2s3-3-3--1-0--0--------------------------0--3---0--2s3-3-3--1-0--0-------------------------| G--------------------2-0------0---------------------------------------------2-0------0-------| D-------------------------2-4----4-2-0--2---------------------------------------2-4---4-2-0--| A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse guitar 1 (play once for each line of the verse - 4x total)
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------------------3-----------3----------3---------------| G---------7---------4-------------------------0---0-------0---0------0---0--------4----| D-------5--------0----------7------4--------------------------------------------0---0--| A----s7-------------------9------2---2---3------------------------3---------2----------| E-------------3--------s7------0----------------------h3-------------------------------|
There's a song that's inside of my soul
It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again
I'm awake in the infinite cold
But you sing to me over and over and over again
Chorus 3/4
Chords:
[E] [B] [A] [C#] [C]
E------0--------------------------------------| B------0--------------------------------------| G------9-----8-----3------3------2------------| D------9-----9-----4------3------2------------| A------7-----9-----4------4------3------------| E------------7-----5--------------------------|
So I [E]lay my [B]head back [A]down[B]
And I [E]lift my [B]hands and [A]pray
To be [C#]only yours I
[A]Pray to be [C#]only yours
I [C]know now you're my only hope
Pre-verse - play 1x
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------------------3-----------3----------3---------------| G---------7---------4-------------------------0---0-------0---0------0---0--------4----| D-------5--------0----------7------4--------------------------------------------0---0--| A----s7-------------------9------2---2---3------------------------3---------2----------| E-------------3--------s7------0----------------------h3-------------------------------|
Verse 2 (play 1x for each line of the verse - 4x total)
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------------------3-----------3----------3---------------| G---------7---------4-------------------------0---0-------0---0------0---0--------4----| D-------5--------0----------7------4--------------------------------------------0---0--| A----s7-------------------9------2---2---3------------------------3---------2----------| E-------------3--------s7------0----------------------h3-------------------------------|
Sing to me of a song of the stars
Of a galaxy dancing and laughing and laughing again
When it feels like my dreams are so far
Sing to me of the plans that you have for me over again
Chorus
So I [E]lay my [B]head back [A]down[B]
And I [E]lift my [B]hands and [A]pray
To be [C#]only yours I
[A]Pray to be [C#]only yours
I [C]know now you're my only hope
Pre-Bridge (2x)
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------------------3-3-------3-3------3-3-------------| G-------7-7-----4-4-----------------------------0-0-------0-0------0-0--------4-4--| D-------5-5-----0-0--------7-7---------4-4------------------------------------0-0--| A----s7---------------------9-9--------2-2---3-------------------3---------2-------| E--------------3---------s7----------0------------------h3-------------------------|
Bridge (I'm not sure what most of these chords are called so I named them by the base
note plus an *)
G* B* F# B A*
E----------------------------------| B---------------------------0------| G---2-----2-----3-----4-----4------| D---0-----0-----4-----4-----2------| A---x-----2-----4-----2-----0------| E---3-----x-----2------------------|
G* B* G*
I give you my apathy
B* G*
I'm giving you all of me
B*
I want your symphony
[F#]Singing in all that I [B]am
A* B*
At the top of my lungs
A* B*
I'm giving it back!
Chorus
And I [E]lay my [B]head back [A]down[B]
And I [E]lift my [B]hands and [A]pray
To be [C#]only yours I
[A]Pray to be [C#]only yours
I [C]know now you're my only hope
Outro: guitar 1 (play 2x)
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------------------3-----------3----------3---------------| G---------7---------4-------------------------0---0-------0---0------0---0--------4----| D-------5--------0----------7------4--------------------------------------------0---0--| A----s7-------------------9------2---2---3------------------------3---------2----------| E-------------3--------s7------0----------------------h3-------------------------------|
Guitar 2 (play 1x over guitar 1)
E---------------------------------------------------0----------------------------------------| B-2s3-3-3--1-0--0--------------------------0--3---0--2s3-3-3--1-0--0-------------------------| G--------------------2-0------0----------------------------------------2-0------0------------| D-------------------------2-4----4-2-0--2-----------------------------------2-4---4-2-0------| A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------s7-| E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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