Life and Love and Why

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Song

Artist:Switchfoot

Album:The Legend of Chin

Tabbed by:Joshua Leon

This is my all time favorite song. The other version wasn't quite

right so I had a go at it. NOW UPDATED!

Intro

   e|-----------------------------------------------------|
   B|----3------3------3------3------3------3-------------|
   G|---0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0---4--4\3-3-|
   D|--4---4--4---4--4---4--4---4--4---4--4---4-----5\4-4-|
   A|-----------------------------2------0--------5-5\4-4-|
   E|-0------3------0------3-------------------3~---------|

Verse 1(2x)

   e|---------------------|
   B|----3-----3----------|
   G|---0-0---0-0--4--4\3~|
   D|--4---4-4---4----5\4~|
   A|-2-----0-------5-5\4~|
   E|-------------3-------|

Life/And love/And why/Child/Adult/Then die

   E|---------------------------------------|
   B|-------------------------------0-------|
   G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1~-1h2-2-1----|
   D|-----------------------------------0---|
   A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-2~---------0--|
   E|-------------------------------------0-|

All of your hoping/And all of your searching for what?

   e|-------22222----------------------|
   B|-------22222----------------------|
   G|-44444-33333----------------------|
   D|-44444-44444-55555-44444----0--0--|
   A|-22222-------55555-44444---2--4---|
   E|-------------33333-22222--3--2----|

Ask me for what/Am I living or what/Gives me strength/That I'm willing to die for

Verse 2

Gtr.1

   e|-------------------------------------------|
   B|-------33333----------------33333----------|
   G|-44444-44444---4b--6b-44444-44444---4b--3b-|
   D|-44444-44444-5---4----44444-44444-5---4----|
   A|-22222-00000-5---4----22222-00000-5---4----|
   E|-------------3---2----------------3---2----|

Gtr.2

   e|---------------7b--9b---------------7b--9b-|
   G|-------------------------------------------|
   B|-------------------------------------------|
   D|-------------------------------------------|
   A|-------------------------------------------|
   E|-------------------------------------------|

Take away from me/This monstrosity

   e|-------------------------------|
   B|-------------------------------|

G|-222222222222111111h2222111111-|

D|-00000000000022222222222222222-|

A|-22222200000022222222222222222-|

   E|-------------------------------|

'Cause my futile thinking's not gonna solve nothing tonight

   e|------------22222---------------------------------|
   B|------------22222---------------------------------|
   G|-44444-xxxx-33333-xxxx-------xxxx-----------------|
   D|-44444-xxxx-44444-xxxx-55555-xxxx-44444555577777--|
   A|-22222-xxxx-------xxxx-55555-xxxx-44444555577777--|
   E|-------xxxx-------xxxx-33333-xxxx-22222333355555--|

Ask me for what/Am I living or what/Gives me strength that I'm willing to die for

Chorus(2x)

   e|-----------------------------------|
   B|-----------------------------------|
   G|-777777777-------------------------|

D|-777777777777777779999999955555555-|

A|-555555555777777779999999955555555-|

   E|----------555555557777777733333333-|

Could it be this?/Could it be bliss?/Could it be all that I ever had missed?/could

be true?/Can life be new?/Can I be used?/Can I be used?/

Post-Chorus

   e|-----------------------------------------------|
   B|-----------------------------------------------|
   G|-4444-444444-------------4444-4-4444-----------|
   D|-4444-444444-44-44-44-44-4444-4-4444-5555-7777-|
   A|-2222-222222-44-44-44-44-2222-2-2222-5555-7777-|
   E|-------------22-22-22-22-------------3333-5555-|

Bridge 1

   e|-----------------------------------------|
   B|-----------------------------------------|
   G|-7777------7777------7777------7777------|
   D|-7777-5555-7777-7777-7777-5555-7777-7777-|
   A|-5555-5555-5555-7777-5555-5555-5555-7777-|
   E|------3333------5555------3333------5555-|

Give me a reason for life and for death/And the reason for drowning while I hold my breath

   e|-------------------------------------------------------|
   B|-------------------------------------------------------|
   G|--7---6-4---4------------------------------------------|
   D|--7---4-4---4--555555555-777777777-555555555-777777777-|
   A|---------------555555555-777777777-555555555-777777777-|
   E|-7-7/6-5-5/4-0-333333333-555555555-333333333-555555555-|

Chorus

Bridge 2 (Gtr.1 plays Chorus 4x while Gtr.2 plays this 4x)

   e|--------------------------------------------------------|
   B|--------------------------------------------------------|
   G|-7777-7/9/11/66666666/77777-7/9/11/1212121212121212/9/7-|
   D|--------------------------------------------------------|
   A|-5555-5/7/-9/44444444/55555-5/7/-9/1010101010101010/7/5-|
   E|--------------------------------------------------------|

(After the 4th one...)

   D|---0--0-|
   A|--2--4--|
   E|-3--2---|

Outro

   E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
   B|----3------3------3------3------3------3-----3-------------|
   G|---0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0---0-0----4---3-4~|
   D|--4---4--4---4--4---4--4---4--4---4--4---4-4---4---------4~|
   A|--------------------------------------------------5---4--2~|
   E|-0------3------0------3------0------3-----0------3---2-----|

Thats it.God bless

-Josh