SWITCHFOOT - THE SOUND UKULELE CHORDS

================================================================================================== Song: The Sound (John M. Perkins’ Blues) Artist: Switchfoot Album: Hello Hurricane ================================================================================================== For the intro and interludes, it's best to play the riff, but if you just want to play chords (or are using this for a backing instrument like a synth) then you can use the chords shown below. ================================================================================================== Intro: Dsus2 D9 (x4) Verse 1:

^Dsus2 The static comes in slo^D9w ^Dsus2 You can feel it gro^D9w ^Dsus2 Our stream of conscience flow^D9s ^Dsus2 Under the streets belo^D9w

Interlude: Dsus2 D9 (x2) Verse 2:

^Dsus2 The rivers made of soun^D9d ^Dsus2 Still running undergroun^D9d ^Dsus2 Runs like a silent floo^D9d ^Dsus2 We run as thick as bloo^D9d

Prechorus 1:

Can you hear it ^Bbrise Up from the ^F6ground Can’t drown i^Bbt out Can you hear it ^Dsus4now

Chorus:

This is the ^D5sound of a heartbeat This is the sound from the discontented ^Bb5mouths

Of a haunted nation

^G5We are the voice of breaking ^D5down Can you hear me? This is the sound of the desperation bound^Bb5

By our own collision G5 Dsus2 (lead into interlude) We are the voice of breaking down Interlude 2: Dsus2 D9sus4 (x2) Verse 3:

^Dsus2 The static comes aliv^D9e ^Dsus2 Beneath the broken skie^D9s ^Dsus2 John Perkins said it righ^D9t ^Dsus2 Love is the final figh^D9t

Interlude Prechorus 2:

Let it rise a^Bbbove Rise a^F6bove There is no ^Bbsong Louder than ^Dsus4love

Chorus Interlude (x2) Prechorus 3:

Let it rise a^Bbbove Up from the ^F6ground Can’t drown i^Bbt out Can you hear it ^Dsus4now

Chorus (Change the lyrics “own collision” to “fallen condition”) Outro:

This is the ^D5sound This is the ^D5sound

Dsus2 D9 (x2)

Switchfoot - The sound