Switchfoot - This Is Your Life

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
this is your life switchfoot
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

tabbed by : hurricaneherman
tuning : the intro riff is in drop D tuning , down 1/2 step , but the rest is in
standard tuning .

* chords listed at end

~intro~
C#m A
D# | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A# | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
F# | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
C# | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – 0 – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – | x [ 4 ]
G# | 5 – – – – – 5 – – – 8 – 5 – – – – – – – 5 – 8 – – – – – – – – – 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
C# | – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
note : this riff starts over every time there’s A C#m , except on the second
chorus , and the interlude .

~verse~

C#m A
yesterday is a wrinkle on your forehead
C#m A
yesterday is a promise that you’ve broken
B A B A
don’t close your eyes don’t close your eyes
C#m
this is your life
A C#m
and today is all you’ve got now and
A
and today is all you ever had
B A B A
don’t close your eyes don’t close your eyes

~chorus~
E B Asus2
this is your life are you who you want to be
E B Asus2
this is your life are you who you want to be
E B Asus2
this is your life is it everything you dreamed
E
that it would be when the world was younger
B C#m A
and you had everything to lose

~verse~

C#m A
yesterday is a kid in the corner
C#m A
yesterday is dead and over

~repeat chorus~

~interlude~ C#m A

~bridge~
B A B A
don’t close your eyes don’t close your eyes
B A B A
don’t close your eyes don’t close your eyes

~outro – chorus~

E Asus2
this is your life are you who you want to be
E Asus2
this is your life are you who you want to be
E B Asus2
yeah yeah yeah are you who you want to be
E B Asus2
this is your life who you want to be
E B Asus2
this is your life is it everything you dreamed
E
that it would be when the world was younger
B Asus2
and you had everything to lose
C#m A
you had everything to lose

~outro~ note : it starts fading out once you reach the repeat sign .

C#m A C#m a x [ 2 ] C#m

* chords used
C#m A B E Asus2
E | – – – – – 4 – – – – – 0 – – – – – 2 – – – – – 0 – – – – – 0 – – – – – |
B | – – – – – 5 – – – – – 3 – – – – – 4 – – – – – 0 – – – – – 0 – – – – – |
G | – – – – – 6 – – – – – 3 – – – – – 4 – – – – – 1 – – – – – 2 – – – – – |
D | – – – – – 6 – – – – – 3 – – – – – 4 – – – – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – – |
A | – – – – – 4 – – – – – 0 – – – – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – – 0 – – – – – |
E | – – – – – x – – – – – x – – – – – x – – – – – 0 – – – – – x – – – – – |

this tab should be 100% correct , but if you find something wrong , you can
leave a comment , so i can fix it . this must have been the first song that jon
wrote with jerome in the band , because it really has the sound of
fold zandura ( jerome’s previous band ) .