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Amateur Lovers by Switchfoot
Amateur Lovers
Tuning:Standard
*Chords listed at end
~INTRO~
E A E A X[6]
~VERSE 1~
E A Asus2 E Dsus2 A
Everyone I know needs love like drugs
E A Asus2 E Dsus2 A
Like a common cold we could never shrug
E A Asus2 E Dsus2 A
My baby and me we're missing the same stuff
E A Asus2 E Dsus2 A
We've all got a disease deficiency of love
~PRE-CHORUS~
B A B A B
Every day we still try every night we still cry
Driving home on the 805
~CHORUS~
E Asus2 Dsus2 A E (A) Dsus2 A B
We don't know what we're doing we do it again
E Asus2 Dsus2 A E (A) Dsus2 A B
We're just amateur lovers with amateur friends
C#5 Asus2
I can tell you what you're thinking now
C#5 Asus2
Before you think it you can settle down
E Asus2 Dsus2 A E (A) Dsus2 A B
We don't know what we're doing lets do it again
E (A) Dsus2 A B
Lets do it again
~VERSE 2~
E A Asus2 E Dsus2 A
We try to play it down but it never stuck
E A Asus2 E Dsus2 A
I try to bail this town I'm getting no such luck
E A Asus2 E Dsus2 A
When nobody's around I keep my eyes on the clock
E A Asus2 E Dsus2 A
There ain't a cure I've found in all my times around this block
~PRE-CHORUS 2~
B A B A B
Every day we still try every night we still cry
We drive it home on the 405
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~INTERLUDE~
E Dsus2 A X[3]
~CHORUS 2~
E(let ring)
We don't know what we're doing we do it again
E Asus2 Dsus2 A E
We're just amateur lovers with amateur friends
C#5 Asus2
I can tell you what you're thinking now
C#5 Asus2
Before you think it you can settle down
C#5
Our lovin' isn't gonna burn us down
E Asus2 Dsus2 A E (A) Dsus2 A B
We don't know what we're doing lets do it again
E (A) Dsus2 A B E (A) Dsus2 A B
Yeah lets do it again yeah lets do it again
E (A) Dsus2 A B
Alright lets do it again
~OUTRO~
E(let ring) E(let ring)
Pro pro pro pro pro pro pro professional professional
E5 P.M- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Pro pro pro pro pro pro pro professional professional
E
Pro pro pro pro pro pro pro professional professional
E Dsus2 A
Pro pro pro pro pro pro pro professional professional X[5]
E Dsus2 A E Dsus2 A E
Alright
*Chords used
E A Asus2 Dsus2 B C#m E5
e|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----x-----x-----|
B|-----0-----2-----0-----3-----4-----x-----x-----|
G|-----1-----2-----2-----2-----4-----6-----x-----|
D|-----2-----2-----2-----0-----4-----6-----2-----|
A|-----2-----0-----0-----x-----2-----4-----2-----|
E|-----0-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----0-----|
The A's in parentheses are optional
P.M = palm mute
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version 2
Intro: guitar 1 (repeat)
/e-------|---------------+0-0000-000-000-+0-0000-000-000--->\
|B-------|---------------+0-0000-000-000-+0-0000-000-000--->|
|G-------|---------------+1-4647-764-224-+1-4647-764-224--->|
|D-------|------------------------------------------------->|
|A-------|------------------------------------------------->|
|E-------|------------------------------------------------->|
| |
|Intro: guitar 2 (repeat) |
|e-------|------------------------------------------------->|
|B-------|------------------------------------------------->|
|G-------|------------------------------------------------->|
|D------2|--2--0-2-----0-2--2--0-2-----0-2--2--0-2-----0-2->|
|A----02-|---------0--2------------0--2------------0--2---->|
\E-0~----|0---------------0---------------0---------------->/
verse 1: bass guitar
Everyone I know/needs love like drugs/Like a common cold/we could never
shrug
Verse 1: guitar 1
/e-000--0---0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0--0000-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0---0--->\
|B-000--0---0---0---0---0---0---0--000--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--->|
|G-777--4---4---7---6---9---9---7--676--9---9---7---6---9---9---7---6--->|
|D---------------------------------------------------------------------->|
|A---------------------------------------------------------------------->|
|E---------------------------------------------------------------------->|
| |
|verse 1: guitar 2 |
|e---------------------------------------------------------------------->|
|B---------------------------------------------------------------------->|
|G---------------------------------------------------------------------->|
|D------2--0-2-----0-2--2--0-2-----0-2--2--0-2-----0-2--2--0-2-----0-2-->|
|A-------------0--2------------0--2------------0--2------------0--2----->|
\E----0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------->/
My baby and me/we’re missing the same stuff/We’ve all got a disease/
deficiency of love
pre-chorus: guitar 1 (lyrics match up with guitar here)
e------------------------------------------------------------------------>
B---4--------------------4-----------------------4----------------------->
G-224------------------224--------------------+++4----------------------->
D-224------------------224--------------------+++4----------------------->
A-002------------------002--------------------+++2----------------------->
E------------------------------------------------------------------------>
Every day we still try/every night we still cry/Driving home on the 805
Chorus a: guitar 1
e--00-00-00-00---0-0000-00--00-00-00-00---0-0000-00-->
B--00-00-00-00---2-2332-00--00-00-00-00---2-2332-00-->
G--99-88-66-44---2-2222-44--99-88-66-44---2-2222-44-->
D--99-99-66-44---2-2222-44--99-99-66-44---2-2222-44-->
A--77-66-44-22---0-0000-22--77-66-44-22---0-0000-22-->
E---------------------------------------------------->
We don’t know what we’re doing/We do it again/We’re just amateur lovers/
with amateur friends
interlude: guitar 1
e------------------------------------>
B---------77777++-+------------------>
G-6666666666666++-+6666666644444444-->
D-6666666644444++-+6666666644444444-->
A-44444444---------4444444422222222-->
E------------------------------------>
I can tell you what you’re thinking now/before you think it you can settle
down
Chorus b: guitar 1
/e-00-00-00-00--+0-0000-000-000-+0-0000-000-000->\
|B-00-00-00-00--+0-0000-000-000-+0-0000-000-000->|
|G-99-88-66-44--+1-4647-764-224-+1-4647-764-224->|
|D-99-99-66-44---------------------------------->|
|A-77-66-44-22---------------------------------->|
|E---------------------------------------------->|
| |
|Chorus b: guitar 2 |
|e---------------------------------------------->|
|B---------------------------------------------->|
|G---------------------------------------------->|
|D--------------2--0-2-----0-2--2--0-2-----0-2-->|
|A---------------------0--2------------0--2----->|
\E------------0---------------0----------------->/
We don’t know what we’re doing/Let’s do it again!
Verse 2: nothing/bass guitar
Try to play it down/but it never stuck/I tried to bail this town/I’m
getting no such luck
Verse 2: guitar 1
/e-+++--0---0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0--0000-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0----------->\
|B-+++--0---0---0---0---0---0---0--000--0---0---0---0---0---0----------->|
|G-+++--4---4---7---6---9---9---7--676--9---9---7---6---9---9----------->|
|D--------------------------------------------------------------++++7--->|
|A--------------------------------------------------------------++++7--->|
|E--------------------------------------------------------------++++5--->|
| |
|verse 2: guitar 2 |
|e---------------------------------------------------------------------->|
|B---------------------------------------------------------------------->|
|G---------------------------------------------------------------------->|
|D------2--0-2-----0-2--2--0-2-----0-2--2--0-2-----0-2--2--0-2-----0-2-->|
|A-------------0--2------------0--2------------0--2------------0--2----->|
\E----0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------->/
When nobody’s around/I keep my eyes on the clock/There ain’t a cure I’ve
found/in all my times around this block
pre-chorus: guitar 1 (lyrics match up with guitar here)
e------------------------------------------------------------------------->
B------------------------------------------------------------------------->
G--------------------------------------------668-------------------------->
D-9\-----------------779---------------------779-------------------------->
A-9\-----------------779---------------------779-------------------------->
E-7\-----------------557---------------------557-------------------------->
Everyday we still try/Every night we still cry/We drive it home on the 405
---REPEAT CHORUS A
---REPEAT INTERLUDE
---REPEAT CHORUS B
solo: guitar 1 |these are tens| |these are tens|
/e--2320-----------10---8-875--------------10-10101010--7~---->\< carry on
|B------31-310--787--10------8-10-7-7-75-8-10-10101010-------->| to next
|G--------------------------------------7--------------------->|
|D------------------------------------------------------------>|
|A------------------------------------------------------------>|
|E------------------------------------------------------------>|
| |
|background: guitar 2 |
|e------------------------------------------------------------>|
|B------------------------------------------------------------>|
|G------------------------------------------------------------>|
|D------------------------------------------------------------>|
|A------------------------------------------------------------>|
\E------------------------------------------------------------>/
bridge chorus: bass and trumpets/strings
We don’t know what we’re doing/Let’s do it again/yeah, ya know, We’re just
amateur lovers/with amateur friends
Interlude b: guitar 1
e----------------------------------------------------->
B---------77777++-+--------77777++-+------------------>
G-6666666666666++-+6666666644444++-+6666666644444444-->
D-6666666644444++-+6666666644444++-+6666666644444444-->
A-44444444---------44444444---------4444444422222222-->
E----------------------------------------------------->
I can tell you what you’re thinking now/Before you think it you can settle
down/Our lovin’ isn’t gonna burn us out
---REPEAT CHORUS B
continue with guitar 2’s intro part, Jon sings random “p-p-p-p-professional”
(I’ve already tabbed throughout the song what happens next, you can figure
out what order they play it)
end on an E
e-0~------>
B-0~------>
G-1~------>
D-2~------>
A-2~------>
E-0~------>
(trumpet, voices, fade out)
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