Meant To Live Acoustic Tab

by Switchfoot
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Author wpdunplugged [a] 50. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
We have an official Meant To Live tab made by UG professional guitarists.
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acoustic version derived from a radio station appearance
Tuning: Drop both Es to D and B to A:
D A D G A D
 
Similar to tab submitted by ultimatecrow, with a tuning difference that allows you to
strum all strings on chords 5th fret and below
 
 
Intro
d:-------------------------------0--------------0------- x---------|
a:-------------------------------0--------------0------- x---------|
g:-------------------------------0--------------0------- x---------|
d:--------4b-------------4b--4r--2--------------5--------7---------|
a:-2-2-2----------0-0-0----------2--------------5--------7---------|
D:-------------------------------2--------------5--------7---------|
 
 
d:-------------------------------0--------------0-----------0------|
a:-------------------------------0--------------0-----------0------|
g:--------0--------------0-------0--------------0-----------0------|
d:--------4b-------------4b------2--------------4-----------5------|
a:-2-2-2----------0-0-0----------2--------------4-----------5------|
D:-------------------------------2--------------4-----------5------|
                                                            Hold
 
(1)"Fumbling his...                                      "hoping that..
   "Dreaming about..                                   "maybe we've..
d:-0-----------------------------------------------------------0-------|
a:-0-----------------------------------------------------------0-------|
g:-0-----------------------------------------------------------0-------|
d:-5---4-0--2-0---4-0---4-5-4---4-0---2-0---4-0---------4-5-7--5-------|
a:-5---4-0--2-0---4-0---4-5-4---4-0---2-0---4-0---------4-5-7--5-------|
D:-5---4-0--2-0---4-0---4-5-4---4-0---2-0---4-0---------4-5-7--5-------|
                                                              Hold
d:---------------------------------------------------------|
a:---------------------------------------------------------|
g:---------------------------------------------------------|
d:-4-0----2-0----4-0----4-5-4--4-0----2-0----4-0----4-5-7--|
a:-4-0----2-0----4-0----4-5-4--4-0----2-0----4-0----4-5-7--|
D:-4-0----2-0----4-0----4-5-4--4-0----2-0----4-0----4-5-7--|
 
 
(2) Chorus  (repeat this block twice)
"We were meant to live...          "...somewhere we live...
d:---0-------x------x-------0-----0---0---0--0--------|
a:---0-------x------x-------0-----0---0---0--0--------|
g:---0-------x------x-------0-----0---0---0--0--------|
d:---5--x----7--x---9--x----2-----5---2---5--2--------|
a:---5--x----7--x---9--x----2-----5---2---5--2--------|
D:---5--x----7--x---9--x—---2-----5---2---5--2--------|
 
(3)                                                       "dreaming..
d:----------------------------------------------------------0-------|
a:----------------------------------------------------------0-------|
g:----------------------------------------------------------0-------|
d:-4-0----2-0----4-0----4-5-4--4-0----2-0----4-0----4-5-7—--5-------|
a:-4-0----2-0----4-0----4-5-4--4-0----2-0----4-0----4-5-7---5-------|
D:-4-0----2-0----4-0----4-5-4--4-0----2-0----4-0—---4-5-7---5-------|
 
d:---------------------------------------|
a:---------------------------------------|
g:---------------------------------------|
d:-4-0-2-0-4-0-4-5-4--4-0-2-0-4-0-4-5-7--|
a:-4-0-2-0-4-0-4-5-4--4-0-2-0-4-0-4-5-7--|
D:-4-0-2-0-4-0-4-5-4--4-0-2-0-4-0-4-5-7--|
 
Bridge
(4)"We want more.."        "and everything inside.."
d:-0--0-----0--0----0--0----0—-0----------|
a:-0--0-----0--0----0--0----3—-2----------|
g:-2--0-----2--0----0--0----0—-0----------|
d:-0--5-----0--5----2--5----2—-0----------|
a:-0--5-----0--5----2--5----3—-2----------|
D:-0--0-----0--0----2--0----0--0----------|
 
(5 ) "We were meant..
d:-0--0-----0--0----0--0----0—-0--------------|
a:-0--0-----0--0----0--0----0—-0--------------|
g:-2--0-----2--0----2--0----2—-0--------------|
d:-0--5-----0--5----0--5----0—-5--------------|
a:-0--5-----0--5----0--5----0—-5--------------|
D:-0--0-----0--0----0--0----0--0--------------|
 
 
(1)
Fumbling his confidence and
wondering why the world has passed him by
Hoping that he's bent for more than
Arguments and failed attempts to fly
 
(2)
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside
 
(2)
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside (3)
 
(1)
Dreaming about providence and
Whether mice or men get second tries
Maybe we've been living with our eyes half open
Maybe we're bent and broken, broken
 
(2)
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside
(2)
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside  (intro)
 
 
(4)
We want more than this world's got to offer
We want more that the wars of our fathers
And everything inside screams for second life
 
(5)
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live
We were meant to live   (intro)
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11 comments
IMtBike
Sweet! Nice work man.
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kaibigan
I really love this song..so thanks for this accurate tab..I can play it now much better..
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Random Bloke
Brilliant! This makes the song much easier to play properly. Nice one.
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