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Fading West - Switchfoot - The Edge of The Earth EP
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Tabbed by:Davey Fuller
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Tuning: standard - EADGBE
This is one of my favourite songs of all time and I believe it's one of Switchfoot's
greatest songs to date. I thought I'd set out a little tab for some acoustic bits that
I've heard here and there.
Please comment any corrections! :)
Chord Key: (You can use any variety of these chords at any point in the song,
whatever sounds best to you. I like the open B up on seventh, it sounds correct to me
in the chorus!)
B - 799800 // x24400 (Jon plays the x24400 in the film scene)
A - 577600 // x02200
E - 022100 // x79900 // x222000
D# - 111313121111 // x68886 (these are eleven's thirteen's and twelve!!)
G#m - 466400 // x66400
F# - 244322
BITS TO NOTE FOR AN ADDED GUITAR IF YOU'RE RECORDING
Intro riff (heard as string ensemble on record)
This is the closest I can get to the bit Drew plays in the
film scene when they're jamming in Bali. Just mess around
sliding up and down on the D string between 7,9,11,13 and 14,
you'll hear it.)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----7/9---11/14-13-14-13-11-------OR -----7/9--11/14--6-7-6\4--------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Little riff at the end of each line of the chorus (synth/keys on record)
e|--------9-7-------7--------------------------------------------------------
B|------------7-------7-5----------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Here are the chords.
Verse.
BThe sun goes Adown for the summer
BMirror sAky for the water
BAnd I am Afading westwardE too
Fading west withB you
BLife won't Asing like I want it
BThe traffic Apost-modern sonnet
BThe traffic Ahums a dirty tEune
Fading west Bwith you
Chorus.
BI'm heading back to the west coast where I'm Efrom
BI'm heading back to the left coast where I beElong
G#mCalifornia'sF# calling me back Ehome
Fading west with you
Little riff at the end of each line of the chorus (synth/keys on record)
e|--------9-7-------7--------------------------------------------------------
B|------------7-------7-5----------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
BKeep my Amind over matter
BCos' I've seen Amy hopes shatter
BThey told me Alies I thought were Etrue
Fading west Bwith you
Pre-Chorus.
AThe sun goes down
G#mWe were already gone
Chorus.
BI'm heading back to the west coast where I'm Efrom
BI'm heading back to the left coast where I beElong
G#mCalifornia's F#calling me back Ehome
I'm fading west Bwith you!
Bridge.
D#When you know I'm G#malone
EFeel like I'm caving in
D#When you leave me G#malone
I start to Ewonder
Where F#have I Ebeen, F#where have I been? B
Chorus.
BI'm heading back to the west coast where I'm Efrom
BI'm heading back to the left coast where I beElong
G#mCalifornia'sF# calling me back Ehome
(California waters bit stays on G#m - F# - E progression I believe)
Thanks! Please rate!
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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