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"Love Alone is Worth the Fight" by Switchfoot This is a pretty simple song. You can play it different ways. For example, I've seen Jon use the E and E5 interchangeably, but I like using the E to give certain parts more emphasis, so you can do it however you want. I would recommend listening to a radio performance to get the strumming. At the bottom I've included a few notes on things you can add to make it more interesting once you've got this down. Have fun. Standard tuning, no capo. Chords: B- 7998xx E5- 079900 E- 022100 EM7- 066440 F#- 2443xx Intro: B E5 B E5 B E EM7 F# E Verse 1:
BI’m trying to find where my place is I’m looking for my own oasis E5So close I can taste this
The fear that love alone erases
BSo I’m back to the basics I figure it’s time I face this E5Time to take my own advice (pause) B Love alone is worth the fight Love alone is worth the E5fight
Verse 2:
BAnd I never thought it’d come to this But it seems like I’m finally feeling numb to this E5The funny thing about a name is
You forget what the reason you were playing the game is
BAnd it’s all an illusion A 21st century institution ESo I’m heading down the open road unknown
Chorus:
BAnd we find what we’re made of E5Through the open door BIs it fear you’re afraid of? EWhat are you waiting for? Love alone is worth the Bfight E5 Love alone is worth the Bfight E5
Verse 3:
BWe’re only here for a season I’m looking for the rhyme and reason E5Why you’re born why you’re leaving
What you fear and what you believe in
BWhy you’re living and breathing Why you’re fighting it and getting it even ELet’s go headed down the open road unknown
Chorus:
BAnd we find what we’re made of E5Through the open door BIs it fear you’re afraid of? EWhat are you waiting for? Love alone is worth the Bfight E5 Love alone is worth the Bfight E5
Then on the last “yeah” you play this (listen for strumming pattern; I recommend an acoustic/radio performance): e-------------------------------------| B-------------------------------------| G--11/16-16-15-13—-11/16-16-15-13-----| D-------------------------------------| A---9/14-14-13-11---9/14-14-13-11-----| E-------------------------------------| Outro:
BHere we are here we go E5Where the road is our own BFeel it calling you home EHere we are here we go Love alone is worth the Bfight Love alone is worth the Efight Love alone is worth the Bfight Love alone is worth the Efight Love alone is worth the Bfight
E5 B E5 Notes: There's a few things you can add in if you want to make the song a little more interesting. -I like to play the B and e strings open for the second half of strumming the F# in the intro. I think it sounds more like the song. -During the verses it sounds like Jon is sort of strumming and picking at the strings. So I like to strum a few times lightly, and then pluck the D string. Also, on the last strum before you pluck the D string, I think it sounds good if you don't hit either E string. This only works when you're playing the E5, not the E, though. You can kind of play with it. It sounds like Jon is playing loosely. -The other thing is on the part I have tabbed out, I like to actually slide down one more fret quickly for one strum before moving to the next part (besides the slide). So, (following the finger on the A string) you'd slide 9/14, play on the 14th fret, quickly strum on the 15th fret before going up to the 13th fret and so on. I think that sounds more like the studio version of the song, though during radio performances they usually just play it how I have it tabbed above. I hope that made sense. Sorry this was long. Have fun.