Switchfoot - The Sound Chords & Tabs

 

The Sound Chords & Tabs

Switchfoot Chords & Tabs

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The Sound Chords

   
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Song: The Sound (John M. Perkins’ Blues)
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: Hello Hurricane
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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.
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Intro: Dsus2 D9 (x4)

Verse 1:
Dsus2                       D9
     The static comes in slow
Dsus2                   D9
     You can feel it grow
Dsus2                             D9
     Our stream of conscience flows
Dsus2                      D9
     Under the streets below

Interlude: Dsus2 D9 (x2)

Verse 2:
Dsus2                       D9
     The rivers made of sound
Dsus2                        D9
     Still running underground
Dsus2                       D9
     Runs like a silent flood
Dsus2                       D9
     We run as thick as blood
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/switchfoot/the_sound_crd.html ]
Prechorus 1:
                Bb
Can you hear it rise
            F6
Up from the ground
               Bb
Can’t drown it out
                Dsus4
Can you hear it now

Chorus:
            D5
This is the sound of a heartbeat
                                        Bb5
This is the sound from the discontented mouths

Of a haunted nation
G5                           D5
We are the voice of breaking down

Can you hear me?
                                          Bb5
This is the sound of the desperation bound

By our own collision
G5                           Dsus2 (lead into interlude)
We are the voice of breaking down

Interlude 2: Dsus2 [ch]D9sus4[/ch] (x2)

Verse 3:
Dsus2                     D9
     The static comes alive
Dsus2                       D9
     Beneath the broken skies
Dsus2                         D9
     John Perkins said it right
Dsus2                      D9
     Love is the final fight

Interlude

Prechorus 2:
             Bb
Let it rise above
      F6
Rise above
            Bb
There is no song
            Dsus4
Louder than love

Chorus
Interlude (x2)

Prechorus 3:
             Bb
Let it rise above
            F6
Up from the ground
               Bb
Can’t drown it out
                Dsus4
Can you hear it now

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

Outro:
            D5
This is the sound
            D5
This is the sound

Dsus2 D9 (x2)