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Meant To Live by Switchfoot

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Performed by:Switchfoot
Composers: Jonathan Foreman, Tim Foreman

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			 Meant to Live- Switchfoot                          -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by:Ultimateguitarplayer
Email:rephidim04@yahoo.com
      I'm almost 100% sure this tab is right thanks to some help from some of my friends that helped me tab this.Also thanks to switchfoot for this incredibly awesome somg that we can rock out yoo Please rate if you use this tab and I would also like to get some emaisl about anything.Thanks again to switchfoot.   

  


Tuning:Drop D (D A D G B E)
  

                         Intro x3
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------0--------0--------0-------------------------------------------------
D|--999------777------222--------5555-7--------------------------------------
A|--999--9b--777--9b--222--9b----5555-7--------------------------------------
D|--999------777------222--------5555-7--------------------------------------
   


                 2nd Guitar during last x of intro 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--9b---7---5---9---5---4b--------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------7b^--------------------------------------------
                   

                              Verse

"Fumbling his confidence and wondering why the world has passed him by"(sing when  you're holding the first note then play the rest)                    
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---5~~~----4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--4---4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--7-----------
A|---5~~~----4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--4---4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--7-----------
D|---5~~~----4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--4---4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--7-----------
"Hoping that hes meant for more than argumeants and failed attempts to fly"

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---5~~~----4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--4---4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--7-----------
A|---5~~~----4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--4---4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--7-----------
D|---5~~~----4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--4---4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--7-----------


                   Chorus-Repeat once then go into the verse but skip holding the note on the 5th fret

"We were meant to live for so much more have we lost ourselves some where we live inside somewhere we live inside"

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------0---------------0-------------------------
D|--555-xxxx-777-xxxx-999-xxxx-222----555-xxxx-222----555-xxxx-22222---------
A|--555-xxxx-777-xxxx-999-xxxx-222-9b-555-xxxx-222-9b-555-xxxx-22222---------
D|--555-xxxx-777-xxxx-999-xxxx-222----555-xxxx-222----555-xxxx-22222---------

                       2nd Verse
"Dreaming about praovidence and whether mice or men have second trys"

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---5~~~----4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--4---4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--7-----------
A|---5~~~----4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--4---4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--7-----------
D|---5~~~----4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--4---4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--7-----------

"maybe we've been living with our eues half open maybe we're bent and broken"

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---5~~~----4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--4---4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--7-----------
A|---5~~~----4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--4---4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--7-----------
D|---5~~~----4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--4---4--0--2--0--4--0--4--5--7-----------

                             2nd chorus-Repeat once
"We weere meant to live for so much more have we lost ourselves somewhere we live inside somewhere we live inside"

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------0---------------0-------------------------
D|--555-xxxx-777-xxxx-999-xxxx-222----555-xxxx-222----555-xxxx-22222---------
A|--555-xxxx-777-xxxx-999-xxxx-222-9b-555-xxxx-222-9b-555-xxxx-22222---------
D|--555-xxxx-777-xxxx-999-xxxx-222----555-xxxx-222----555-xxxx-22222---------

           (Then after second chorus go bak into the intro repeat twice)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------0--------0--------0-------------------------------------------------
D|--999------777------222--------5555-7--------------------------------------
A|--999--9b--777--9b--222--9b----5555-7--------------------------------------
D|--999------777------222--------5555-7--------------------------------------

                           Bridge x4  (Clean no distortion)
"We were more than this worlds got to offer....."
(Strum pattern-down,down,down,up,up,up,down,up,up,down)
e|-x---x----------------
B|-3---3----------------
G|-2---0----------------
D|-x---0----------------
A|-0---x----------------
E|-0---5----------------

(At the beginning of the the 4 time on the bridge the second guitar comes in with this)
"Everything inside screams for second life yeah yeah yeah yeah"
e|---------------------------
B|---------------------------
G|--5~~~~~-------------------
D|--5~~~~~--5~~~~~-----------
A|--3~~~~~--5~~~~~-----------
E|----------5~~~~~-----------

                   Outro-repeat till end of song then go to closing
(First guitar switches bak on distortion and plays this part)
 "We were meant to live for so much more have we lost ourselves"
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-12/2--0-00-0-00-----------------------------------------------------------
A|-12/2--0-00-0-00-----------------------------------------------------------
E|-12/2--0-00-0-00-----------------------------------------------------------

                          Outro-Second guitar x3
(the second guitar plays this part at different times during the outro)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---7-7-7-7-7-7/----11-11-11-11-11-11---------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|---5-5-5-5-5-5/----9--9--9--9--9--9----------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                   Closing both guitars


e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------0-------0------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---999----777----2~~~~~~---------------------------------------------------
A|---999-9b-777-9b-2~~~~~~---------------------------------------------------
E|---999----777----2~~~~~~---------------------------------------------------

 ^  full bend
  b  bend
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| ~  hold and let ring
| x  Mute note

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Comments on this version of the 'Meant To Live' guitar tab

silicitUnknown Date

Very nice tab and no corrections

screamingsomesoundUnknown Date

Are you dumb, ?fenderist12?

E--

B--

G--

D-9

A-9

D-9

and

E--

B--

G-4

D-4

A-2

D--

That's the same chord. Unless you meant it was too high up the fretboard, but I don't see a problem in that. It's the same sh*t.

gerbil12Unknown Date

at the end of the intro, instead of

e\-------------------------------------

B\-------------------------------------

G\-------------------------------------

D\5555-7-------------------------------

A\5555-7-------------------------------

D\55555-7------------------------------

PLAY:

e\-------------------------------------

B\-------------------------------------

G\-------------------------------------

D\5555-77------------------------------

A\5555-77------------------------------

D\5555-77------------------------------

or at least thats what i hear when i listen to the song

kyle012012Unknown Date

i looked at this tab cause i was too lazy to figure it out myself andi have concluded that some people dont have ears but the intro is so wrong it makes me want to shoot myself.

so here it is

there are three parts to the intro..

part one

---------------------------------

---------------------------------

-----0------0------0-------------

-999-x--777-x--222-x--5555-7-----

-999-9b-777-9b-222-9b-5555-7-----

-999----777----222----5555-7-----

part two

---------------------------------

---------------------------------

-----0------0------0--------7----

-999-x--777-x--222-x--0200047----

-999-9b-777-9b-222-9b-0200045----

-999----777----222----020004-----

you can also use 12 12 12 instead of 577 cause from the other corrections i guess some people dont know that they are the same thing but 577 sound more like the song

and part three

---------------------------------

---------------------------------

-----0------0------0-------------

-999-x--777-x--222-x--4444444-5~-

-999-9b-777-9b-222-9b-4444444-5~-

-999----777----222----4444444-5~-

and im pretty sure the little lead part goes more like this

G-----------------------------------

D------------4----------------------

A-9-10-9-7-5---5-4------------------

D------------------7b---------------

there hope i didnt make any mistakes cause then id seem like an ass

kyle012012Unknown Date

by 577 sounds more like the song i mean you would have to get down to 12 real fast and i dont hear a slide in there so i do 577

kyle012012aUnknown Date

also its not all in line like its sposed to be so the lead part you play each note by itself its pretty self explanitory if you have ears and a guitar