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Love Alone Is Worth The Fight by Switchfoot
Love Alone Is Worth The Fight
Capo 4
Intro:G,C (repeated until 1st verse)
Verse 1:
G
I'm trying to find where my place is
I'm looking for my own oasis
C
So close I can taste this
The fear that love alone erases
G
So I'm back to the basics
I figure it's time I face this
C
Time to take my own advice
G
Love alone is worth the fight
C
Love alone is worth the fight
Verse 2:
G
And I never thought it'd come to this
But it seems like I'm finally feeling numb to this
C
The funny thing about a name is
You forget what the reason you were playing the game is
G
And it's all an illusion
A 21st century institution
C
So I'm headed down the open road unknown
Pre-Chorus:
Em D
And we find what we're made of
C
Through the open door
Em D
Is it fear you're afraid of?
C
What are you waiting for?
Chorus:
G
Love alone is worth the fight
C
Wo oh oh
G
Love alone is worth the fight
C
Wo oh oh
Verse 3:
G
We're only here for a season
I'm looking for the rhyme and reason
C
Why you're born, why you're leaving
What you fear and what you believe in
G
Why you're living and breathing
Why you're fighting it and getting it even
C
Let's go headed down the open road unknown
Pre-Chorus:
Em D
And we find what we're made of
C
Through the open door
Em D
Is it fear you're afraid of?
C
What are you waiting for?
Chorus:
G
Love alone is worth the fight
C
Wo oh oh
G
Love alone is worth the fight
C
Wo oh oh Yeah, yeah, yeah
G Em D D C
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! x2
Tag:
Em D
Here we are, here we go
C
Where the road is our own
Em D
Hear it calling you home
C
Here we are, here we go!
G
Love alone is worth the fight
C
Love alone is worth the fight
G
Love alone is worth the fight
C
Love alone is worth the fight
G (let ring)
Love alone is worth the fight
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version 2
Intro: B E G#m F# E
B
I'm trying to find where my place is
B
I'm looking for my own oasis
E
So close I can taste this
E
The fear that love alone erases
B
So I'm back to the basics
B
I figure it's time I face this
E
Time to take my own advice
B
Love alone is worth the fight
E
Love alone is worth the fight
B
And I never thought it'd come to this
B
But it seems like I'm finally feeling numb to this
E
The funny thing about a name is
E
You forget what the reason you were playing the game is
B
And it's all an illusion
B
A 21st century institution
E
So I'm headed down the open road unknown
B
And we find what we're made of
E
Through the open door
B
Is it fear you're afraid of?
E
What are you waiting for?
B E
Love alone is worth the fight Whoa o o
B E
Love alone is worth the fight Whoa o o
B
We're only here for a season
B
I'm looking for the rhyme and reason
E
Why you're born, why you're leaving
E
What you fear and what you believe in
B
Why you're living and breathing
B
Why you're fighting it and getting it even
E
Let's go headed down the open road unknown
B
And we find what we're made of
E
Through the open door
B
Is it fear you're afraid of?
E
What are you waiting for?
B E
Love alone is worth the fight Whoa o o
B E
Love alone is worth the fight Whoa o o
E
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Solo: G#m F# E X2
B
Here we are, here we go
E
Where the road is our own
B
Hear it calling you home
E
Here we are, here we go!
B
Love alone is worth the fight
E
Love alone is worth the fight
B
Love alone is worth the fight
E
Love alone is worth the fight
B E B E
Love alone is worth the fight
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version 3
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:
B
I’m trying to find where my place is
I’m looking for my own oasis
E5
So close I can taste this
The fear that love alone erases
B
So I’m back to the basics
I figure it’s time I face this
E5
Time to take my own advice
(pause) B
Love alone is worth the fight
E5
Love alone is worth the fight
Verse 2:
B
And I never thought it’d come to this
But it seems like I’m finally feeling numb to this
E5
The funny thing about a name is
You forget what the reason you were playing the game is
B
And it’s all an illusion
A 21st century institution
E
So I’m heading down the open road unknown
Chorus:
B
And we find what we’re made of
E5
Through the open door
B
Is it fear you’re afraid of?
E
What are you waiting for?
B E5
Love alone is worth the fight
B E5
Love alone is worth the fight
Verse 3:
B
We’re only here for a season
I’m looking for the rhyme and reason
E5
Why you’re born why you’re leaving
What you fear and what you believe in
B
Why you’re living and breathing
Why you’re fighting it and getting it even
E
Let’s go headed down the open road unknown
Chorus:
B
And we find what we’re made of
E5
Through the open door
B
Is it fear you’re afraid of?
E
What are you waiting for?
B E5
Love alone is worth the fight
B E5
Love alone is worth the fight
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:
B
Here we are here we go
E5
Where the road is our own
B
Feel it calling you home
E
Here we are here we go
B
Love alone is worth the fight
E
Love alone is worth the fight
B
Love alone is worth the fight
E
Love alone is worth the fight
B
Love alone is worth the fight
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.
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version 4
Solo
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------11/--------9-8----------------------------------------|
D--4~/9~~13/8~~11/6~~-----4~/9~~------8~----------6~~-----------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e---------------------------------------14/--------12-11--------------------------------|
B--7~/12~~16/11~~14/9~~------7~/12~~------11-------------9~~----------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------16/11~~14/9~~----------------19/-------17-16----9~~----------------------|
G--11~/16~~--------------------------11~16~~---15~--------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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