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Company Car by Switchfoot
Company Car
It sounds best using the barr chords for most of the chords except in verse when going
A to normal E chord (i.e. fight to be someone) and also in the chorus going from A to E
I'm the one swinging).
E
Mike was right when he said I'd put up
A E A B
A fight to be someone, a fight to be me
E
But see now, I'm down
Under the pavement
A E A B
Of capital hills and lowercase people
C# A F# B
As time rolls by my dreams have become
G# C#
That which is attainable
B
Not what I'm looking for!
E B C# G G# A
I've got the company car
E G# A C
I'm the one swinging at two below par
E B
Yeah, I've become one with the ones
C# A
That I've never believed in
E G# A
But I've got the company car
E
I'm the king of things I've always despised
A E
I'm the gingerbread man
A B
who got eaten alive
E
I'm half-baked! I'm fake!
But see I've got hotels on
A E
Park Place and Boardwalk
A B
And two hundred bucks
C# A F# B
I pass go but, oh! Life's taken its toll
G# C# B
Have I won Monopoly to forfiet my soul?
E B C# G G# A
I've got the company car
E G# A C
I'm the one swinging at two below par
E B
Yeah, I've become one with the ones
C# A
That I've never believed in
E G# A
But I've got the company car
B C#
All the king's horses
Bb C
At the foot of the wall
A B
They're taking pictures of
G# Bb
The man who's lost all of his
A
Masks of pretension
E
He's got two faces left
A F#
His is the one that he hides
A
On the left behind that smile...
No guitar for 1st half of this verse:
Hiding tears and fear
That burns like an engine
It drives him away
From the ones that he loves
E
Mike was right:
"Hey Mike! We're one and the same;
A E
we're the faceless combatants
A B
in the lonliest game"
C# A F# B
Ah but say, I'll wave as I'm driving by
G# C#
With that smirk in my eye, yelling
B
"Hey! I'm something man, check me out!"
E B C# G G# A
I've got the company car
E G# A C
I'm the one swinging at two below par
E B
Yeah, I've become one with the ones
C# A
That I've never believed in
E G# A
But I've got the company car
E G# A
But I've got the company car
E G# A G# F#
F# G# A
But I've got the company car
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version 2
Tuning:Standard
Here are the chords for Switchfoot's song company car from the album New Way
To Be Human.
*Chords listed at end
N.C = no chords
~INTRO~
E Asus2 C#m B
E A C#m B
~VERSE~
E A C#m B A
Mike was right when he said I'd put up a fight
E A B
To be someone a fight to be me but see
E A C#m B
Now I'm down under the pavement
A E A B
Of capitol hills and lowercase people
~PRE-CHORUS~
C#m A F#7 B
As time rolls by my dreams have become
G# C#m B
That which is attainable not what I'm looking for
~CHORUS~
E B C G5 G#5
I've got the company car
A E G# A
I'm the one swinging at two below par
C E B C#m A
Yeah I've become one with the ones that I've never believed in
E F#7 A
But I've got the company car
~VERSE~ (Chords are same as verse 1)
Hey I'm the king of things I've always despised
I'm the gingerbread man who got eaten alive
I'm half baked I'm fake but see I've got hotels
On park place and boardwalk and two hundred bucks I pass
~PRE-CHORUS~ (Chords are same as pre-chorus 1)
Go but oh life's taken its toll
Have I won monopoly to forfeit my soul
But see
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~BRIDGE~
B B(let ring) N.C B(let ring) N.C
Yeah all the kings horses at the foot of the wall
B(let ring) N.C B(let ring) N.C
They're taking pictures of the man who lost all
A E
Of his masks of pretension he's got two faces left
A F#7 Asus2(let ring)
His is the one that he hides on the left behind that smile
Hiding tears and fears that burn like an engine
It drives him away from the ones that he loves
~VERSE~
E A C#m B
Mike was right hey mike we're one and the same
A E A B
We're the faceless combatants in the loneliest game
~PRE-CHORUS~
C#m A F#7 B
Ah but say I'll wave as I'm driving by
G# C#m
With that smirk in my eye yelling
B
Hey I'm something man check me out
~OUTRO-CHORUS~
E B C G5 G#5
I've got the company car
A E G# A
I'm the one swinging at two below par
C E B C#m A
Yeah I've become one with the ones that I've never believed in
E F#7 A B
But I've got the company car yeah check me out
E F#7 A B
I've got the company car yeah check me out
E F#7 A B E
I've got the company car yeah
*Chords used
E Asus2 C#m B A F#7 G# C G5 G#5
e|-----0-----0-----4-----2-----0-----2-----4-----0-----x-----x-----|
B|-----0-----0-----5-----4-----2-----2-----4-----1-----x-----x-----|
G|-----1-----2-----6-----4-----2-----3-----5-----0-----x-----x-----|
D|-----2-----2-----6-----4-----2-----2-----6-----2-----5-----6-----|
A|-----2-----0-----4-----2-----0-----4-----6-----3-----5-----6-----|
E|-----0-----x-----x-----x-----x-----2-----4-----x-----3-----4-----|
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version 3
Intro
E A C#m B )x2
[Verse 1]
E A
Mike was right, when
C#m B
he said I'd put up a
A E
fight to be someone, a
A B
fight to be me, but see
E A
now, I'm down
C#m B
Under the pavement of
A E
Capital Hills and
A B
lowercase people, as
C#m A
time goes by, my
F#m B
dreams have be- come that
G# C#m
which is at- tainable,
B
not what I'm looking for
[Chorus]
E B
I've got the company
C A
car, I'm the one
E G#m
swinging at two below
A C
par, Yeah, I've become
E B
one with the ones that I've
C#m A
never be- lieved in, but
E F# A B
I've got the company car
[Verse 2]
Hey, I'm the
E A
King of things, I've
C#m B
always de- spised, I'm the
A E
Gingerbread Man, who got
A B
eaten a- live. I'm half-
E A
baked, I'm fake! But
C#m B
see I got hotels on
A E
Park Place 'nd Boardwalk and
A B
Two hundred bucks, I pass
C#m A
go, but oh, life's
F#m B
taken its toll, have
G# C#m
I won mon- opoly, to
B
forfeit my soul, but see
[Chorus]
E B
I've got the company
C A
car, I'm the one
E G#m
swinging at two below
A C
par, Yeah, I've become
E B
one with the ones that I've
C#m A
never be- lieved in, but
E F# A B
I've got the company car, yeah
[Bridge]
C#m <-
All the king's horses at the
G# <-
foot of the wall
B <-
They're taking pictures of the
F# <-
These chords aren't played in full on the track, these are best guesses that are compatible
man who's lost all of his
A
Masks of pretension, he's got
E
two faces left
A
His is the one that he
F#
hides, on the
A
left, behind that smile
[Verse 3]
Hiding
E A
tears 'n fear that
C#m B
burns like an engine, it
A E
drives him a- way from the
A B
ones that he loves. Mike was
E A
Right: "Hey Mike! We're
C#m B
one and the same; we're the
A E
faceless com- batants in the
A B
loneliest game Ah but
C#m A
say, I'll wave as
F#m B
I'm driving by with that
G# C#m
smirk in my eye, yelling
B
"Hey! I'm something man, check me out!"
[Chorus]
E B
I've got the company
C A
car, I'm the one
E G#m
swinging at two below
A C
par, Yeah, I've become
E B
one with the ones that I've
C#m A
never be- lieved in, but
E F# A B
I've got the company car, yeah check me out
E F# A B
I've got the company car, yeah check me out
E F# A B E
I've got the company car, yeah
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version 4
Intro 2x
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9----9-9-9----9----9-9-9-9----9----9-9-9----9----9-9-9-9-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7----7-7-7----7----7-7-7-7----7----7-7-7----7----7-7-7-7-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9----9-9-9----9----9-9-9-9----9----9-9-9----9----9-9-9-9-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7----7-7-7----7----7-7-7-7----7----7-7-7----7----7-7-7-7-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|-7----2----7----9-|
A|-7----2----7----9-|
E|-5----0----5----7-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9----9-9-9----9----9-9-9-9----9----9-9-9----9----9-9-9-9-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7----7-7-7----7----7-7-7-7----7----7-7-7----7----7-7-7-7-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|-7----2----7----9-|
A|-7----2----7----9-|
E|-5----0----5----7-|
“As time rolls by…”
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|11-11-11---7-7-7----4-4-4----9-9-9----6-6-6---11-11-11----9-9-9-|
A|11-11-11---7-7-7----4-4-4----9-9-9----6-6-6---11-11-11----9-9-9-|
E|-9--9--9---5-5-5----2-2-2----7-7-7----4-4-4----9--9--9----7-7-7-|
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
A|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Chorus
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9----9-9-9-9----------------------------------------------|
D|-9----9-9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9-10----5-6-7--s-2----2-2-2-2---6-|
A|-7----7-7-7-7-9----9-9-9-9-10----5-6-7--s-2----2-2-2-2---6-|
E|--------------7----7-7-7-7-8-----3-4-5--s-0----0-0-0-0---4-|
E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6----7----7-7-7-7-|
A|-6-6-6-6----7----7-7-7-7-|
E|-4-4-4-4----5----5-5-5-5-|
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|-10-10-10-|
A|-10-10-10-|
E|-8--8--8--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9----9-9-9-9---------------------------------------------|
D|-9----9-9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9----11----11-11----7----7-7---2-|
A|-7----7-7-7-7-9----9-9-9-9----11----11-11----7----7-7---2-|
E|--------------7----7-7-7-7----9------9---9---5----5-5---0-|
E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0----2----2-2-2-2-|
A|-2-2-2-2----4----4-4-4-4-|
E|-2-2-2-2----4----4-4-4-4-|
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-7----7-7-7-7----9-|
A|-7----7-7-7-7----9-|
E|-5----5-5-5-5----7-|
Verse
“I pass go…”
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|11-11-11---7-7-7----4-4-4----9-9-9----6-6-6---11-11-11-|
A|11-11-11---7-7-7----4-4-4----9-9-9----6-6-6---11-11-11-|
E|-9--9--9---5-5-5----2-2-2----7-7-7----4-4-4----9--9--9-|
E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-9-9-9----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
A|-9-9-9----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
E|-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Chorus
Bridge
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-s-11-s----8-s-10-s---7-s-9-s----6-s-8-s----7----2----7----4----7-|
A|-9-s-11-s----8-s-10-s---7-s-9-s----6-s-8-s----7----2----7----4----7-|
E|-7-s-9--s----6-s-8-s----5-s-7-s----4-s-6-s----5----0----5----2----5-|
Verse
(He does something on the bass for the first half of the verse)
“Mike was right…”
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9----9-9-9----9----9-9-9-9----9----9-9-9----9----9-9-9-9-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7----7-7-7----7----7-7-7-7----7----7-7-7----7----7-7-7-7-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|-7----2----7----9-|
A|-7----2----7----9-|
E|-5----0----5----7-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|11-11-11---7-7-7----4-4-4----9-9-9----6-6-6---11-11-11----9-9-9-|
A|11-11-11---7-7-7----4-4-4----9-9-9----6-6-6---11-11-11----9-9-9-|
E|-9--9-9----5-5-5----2-2-2----7-7-7----4-4-4----9--9--9----7-7-7-|
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
A|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9----9-9-9-9----------------------------------------------|
D|-9----9-9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9-10----5-6-7----2----2-2-2-2---6-|
A|-7----7-7-7-7-9----9-9-9-9-10----5-6-7----2----2-2-2-2---6-|
E|--------------7----7-7-7-7-8-----3-4-5----0----0-0-0-0---4-|
E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-6-6-6-6----7----7-7-7-7-|
A|-6-6-6-6----7----7-7-7-7-|
E|-4-4-4-4----5----5-5-5-5-|
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|-10-10-10-|
A|-10-10-10-|
E|-8---8--8-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9----9-9-9-9----------------------------------------------|
D|-9----9-9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9----11----11-11----7----7-7----2-|
A|-7----7-7-7-7-9----9-9-9-9----11----11-11----7----7-7----2-|
E|--------------7----7-7-7-7----9-----9---9----5----5-5----0-|
E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2----4----4-4-4-4-|
A|-2-2-2-2----4----4-4-4-4-|
E|-0-0-0-0----2----2-2-2-2-|
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-7----7-7-7-7----9-|
A|-7----7-7-7-7----9-|
E|-5----5-5-5-5----7-|
3x
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2----2-2-2-2----4----4-4-4-4----7----7-7-7-7----9----9-9-9-9-|
A|-2----2-2-2-2----4----4-4-4-4----7----7-7-7-7----9----9-9-9-9-|
E|-0----0-0-0-0----2----2-2-2-2----5----5-5-5-5----7----7-7-7-7-|
End
E|---|
B|---|
G|---|
D|-2-|
A|-2-|
E|-0-|
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version 5
Tuning: Standard
Intro:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----9----9-9-9-----9----9-9-9-----9----9-9-9-----9----9-9-9-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----7----7-7-7-----7----7-7-7-----7----7-7-7-----7----7-7-7-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse (2x):
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----9----9-9-9-----9----9-9-9-----9----9-9-9-----8----8-8-8-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----7----7-7-7-----7----7-7-7-----7----7-7-7-----9----9-9-9-|
E|--------------------5----5-5-5-----9----9-9-9-----7----7-7-7-|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----6----6-6-6-----1----1-1-1-----6----6-6-6-----8----8-8-8-|
D|-----7----7-7-7-----2----2-2-2-----7----7-7-7-----9----9-9-9-|
A|-----7----7-7-7-----2----2-2-2-----7----7-7-7-----9----9-9-9-|
E|-----5----5-5-5-----0----0-0-0-----5----5-5-5-----7----7-7-7-|
Pre-Chorus:
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----9----9-9-9-----6----6-6-6-----3-3-3-----4--4--4--|
D|-----9----9-9-9-----7----7-7-7-----4-4-4-----4--4--4--|
A|-----x----x-x-x-----7----7-7-7-----4-4-4-----2--2--2--|
E|-----9----9-9-9-----5----5-5-5-----2-2-2----(2)(2)(2)-|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----5-5-5-----6--6--6------8----8-8-8-----8----8-8-8--|
D|-----6-6-6-----6--6--6------9----9-9-9-----9----9-9-9--|
A|-----6-6-6-----4--4--4------9----9-9-9-----9----9-9-9--|
E|-----4-4-4----(4)(4)(4)-----7----7-7-7-----7----7-7-7--|
Chorus:
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-----9----9--9--9------8----8-8-8-----x---4--5--6-|
D|-----9----9--9--9------9----9-9-9-----11--5--6--7-|
A|-----7----7--7--7------9----9-9-9-----11--5--6--7-|
E|----(0)--(0)(0)(0)-----7----7-7-7-----9---3--4--5-|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----1----1-1-1-----5----5-5-5-----6----6-6-6-----x-----x--x--x--|
D|-----2----2-2-2-----6----6-6-6-----7----7-7-7-----10----10-10-10-|
A|-----2----2-2-2-----6----6-6-6-----7----7-7-7-----10----10-10-10-|
E|-----0----0-0-0-----4----4-4-4-----5----5-5-5-----8-----8--8--8--|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----9----9--9--9-----8----8-8-8-----9----9-9-9-----6----6-6-6-|
D|-----9----9--9--9-----9----9-9-9-----9----9-9-9-----7----7-7-7-|
A|-----7----7--7--7-----9----9-9-9-----x----x-x-x-----7----7-7-7-|
E|----(0)--(0)(0)(0)----7----7-7-7-----9----9-9-9-----5----5-5-5-|
e|----------------------------------------------------x|
B|----------------------------------------------------x|
G|-----1----1-1-1-----3----3-3-3-----6----6-6-6-----8-x|
D|-----2----2-2-2-----4----4-4-4-----7----7-7-7-----9-x|
A|-----2----2-2-2-----4----4-4-4-----7----7-7-7-----9-x|
E|-----0----0-0-0-----2----2-2-2-----5----5-5-5-----7-x|
Repeat:
-Verse
-Pre-Chorus
-Chorus
Bridge:
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|----------6----------5----------4------------|
D|----------6----------5----------4----------4-|
A|-----4~---4-----3~---3-----2~---2-----1~---1-|
E|---------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----6----6-6-6-----1----1-1-1-----6----6-6-6-----3---3-3-3-----6-----6-6-6-----6----6-6-6-|
D|-----7----7-7-7-----2----2-2-2-----7----7-7-7-----4---4-4-4-----7-----7-7-7-----7----7-7-7-|
A|-----7----7-7-7-----2----2-2-2-----7----7-7-7-----4---4-4-4-----7-----7-7-7-----7----7-7-7-|
E|-----5----5-5-5-----0----0-0-0-----5----5-5-5-----2---2-2-2-----5-----5-5-5-----5----5-5-5-|
|==play this part softly===>
Repeat:
-Verse = with starting *palm muted*
-Pre-Chorus
-Chorus = Repeat last line 2x
Outro:
e|----------0~--|
B|----------0~--|
G|----4~----1~--|
D|----4~----2~--|
A|----2~----2~--|
E|----------0~--|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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