The Sound Tab - Switchfoot






Switchfoot
The Sound 
Hello Hurricane -- 2009

This tab is for Switchfoot's new song "The Sound" from their
upcoming album/release Hello Hurricane -- due out in November '09.

Tuning - Drop D (D A d G B E)

Intro: Part 1
Guitar 1                                                       
E|--------------------------12~-----14~--|
B|--11~-10~-8h11~-7h10~-11~-----10~------|
G|---------------------------------------|
d|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|

E|------------------12~-----14~------------|
B|--8h11~-7h10~-11~-----10~-----8h11~-10~--|
G|-------------------------------------9~--|
d|-------------------------------------7~--|
A|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (Palm Muted)
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
d|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
D|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

Intro: Part 2 (Palm Muted)
Guitar 1 & 2
E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
d|----------------------------------------|[2x]
A|----------------------------------------|
D|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-^10--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-^10--|

V1 (Intro: Part 2)
The static comes in slow 
You can feel it grow 
Our stream of conscience flows 
Under the streets below 

V1: Interlude (Don't Palm Mute)
Whoa, whoa-o, whoa, whoa-o 

The rivers made of sound 
Still running underground 
Runs like a silent flood 
We run as thick as blood 

Pre-Chorus 1
    Can you hear it rise?  Up from the ground 
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|------------------10-----------------5-------|
d|-------------------8-[8x]------------3-[8x]--|
A|-------------------8-----------------3-------|
D|-------------------8-----------------3-------|

    Can't drown it out?  Can you hear it now? 
E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------10--------------------7-------|
d|------------------8-[8x]---------------5-[8x]--|
A|------------------8--------------------5-------|
D|------------------8--------------------5-------|

Chorus  
    This is the sound of a heartbeat 
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
d|--------------0-----x----0----x--|
A|--------------0-----x----0----x--|
D|--------------0-----x----0----x--|

    This is the sound from the discontented mouths 
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------10-------|
d|--------------0----x---------0-----x-------8-[8x]--|
A|--------------0----x---------0-----x-------8-------|
D|--------------0----x---------0-----x-------8-------|

Of a haunted nation! We are the voice of breaking 
E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-------------------7-------|
d|-------------------5-[8x]--|
A|-------------------5-------|
D|-------------------5-------|
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Down!  Can you hear me? 
This is the sound of the desperation bound 
By our own collision 
We are the voice of breaking down 

Interlude: Same as Intro: Part 2 (Don't Palm Mute)

V2 (Same as V1)
The static comes alive 
Beneath the broken skies 
John Perkins said it right 
Love is the final fight 

Pre-Chorus 2
Let it rise above 
Rise above 
There is no song 
Louder than love 

Chorus

Bridge (Can't hear the solo well enough -- update to come when album version is released)

Pre-Chorus 2

Chorus

Outro (Intro: Part 2 -- No Palm Mute/Double time!)