Song: Meant to Live Artist: Switchfoot Album: The Beautiful Letdown Copyright: 2003 Sparrow Records Words by Jon Foreman Transcribed by scheller sonnyschell@hotmail.com This is an update to my previous tab. Thanks to everyone for their comments and corrections. I've made several small changes, and have changed the tuning of the acoustic guitar played in the bridge. I read in GuitarOne that it was played in DADGAD. That magazine has a good tab but is not complete and leaves out a number of parts. I've done a powertab for this song and you can get it here: http://www.powertabs.net/pta.php?page=song,6156 All guitars tuned to Drop-D (DADGBE) except Gtr V tuned DADGAD D5 000xxx G5 555xxx E5 222xxx C5 x355xx D5(type2) 00023x Intro B5 A5 E5 G5 A5 Gtr I Gtr II Gtr I Gtr II Gtrs I, II
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B5 A5 E5 D5E5 D5 E5 A5
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B5 A5 E5 F#5
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Verse Begin (Verse Riff) G5
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-4-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-4-5-4- -4-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-4-5-7--
Gtr IV (this part is hard to hear but I picked it out with Transcribe)
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Chorus G5 A5
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Gtr IV
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B5 D5E5
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1st ending G5 D5E5 G5 D5E5 E5D5
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2nd ending G5 D5E5
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Verse 2 o Play Verse Riff once then: G5
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Gtr IV
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Chorus 2 G5 A5
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Gtr IV
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B5 D5E5
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1st ending G5 D5E5 G5 D5E5 E5D5
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2nd ending G5 D5E5
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B5 A5 E5 D5E5D5 E5D5
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B5 A5 E5 F#5
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Bridge Gtr III plays rhythm slashes D5 G5 / / Gtr V acoustic (DADGAD)
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C5 G5 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
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Outro D5(type 2) //// // / / / / / ///// / / / / Gtr IV
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1st,2nd endings D5(type 2) / ///// / / / / / ///// / / / / 3x
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3rd ending D5(type 2) / //// / / / / /
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B5 A5 E5
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Gtr III
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Source: http://www.christianguitar.org/csong13877/Switchfoot-Meant-To-Live