Dark Horses (acoustic)

Switchfoot

INTRO: e|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------| D|-7------X------10------X------3------X------0---------| A|-7-(x5)-X-(x4)-10-(x4)-X-(x4)-3-(x4)-X-(x4)-0-(x6)----| D|-7------X------10------X------3------X------0---------| e|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------| D|-7------X------10/------12/------3------X------0------| A|-7-(x5)-X-(x4)-10/-(x4)-12/-(x3)-3-(x4)-X-(x4)-0-(x6)-| D|-7------X------10/------12/------3------X------0------| Verse 1: e|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------| D|-7------X------10------X------3------X------0---------| A|-7-(x5)-X-(x4)-10-(x4)-X-(x4)-3-(x4)-X-(x4)-0-(x6)----| D|-7------X------10------X------3------X------0---------| "Made my mistakes....." " Heart cave in..." e|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------| D|-7------X------10------X------3------X------0---------| A|-7-(x5)-X-(x4)-10-(x4)-X-(x4)-3-(x4)-X-(x4)-0-(x6)----| D|-7------X------10------X------3------X------0---------| "I've got my scars.." "Been to hell and back again" PRE-CHORUS: e|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| G|-9-------X--------------------------------------------| D|-10-(x5)-X-(x4)-14-(x4)-X-(x4)-3-(x4)-X-(x4)--0-(x6)--| Play twice. A|-7-------X------10------X------3------X-------0-------| D|-7-------X------10------X------3------X-------0-------| "Born for the blues skies......" "We'll survive the rain..." "Born for the sunrise......" "We'll survive the pain.." CHORUS: e|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| *you can take out G|------------------------------------------------------| the mutes if you D|-7------X------10------X------3------X------0---------| want and slide all A|-7-(x5)-X-(x4)-10-(x4)-X-(x4)-3-(x4)-X-(x4)-0-(x6)----| the chords D|-7------X------10------X------3------X------0---------| "Hey, you can't count us out" ... "Living up against the crowd" e|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| G|-9-------X--------------------------------------------| D|-10-(x5)-X-(x4)-14-(x4)-X-(x4)-3-(x4)-X-(x4)--0-(x6)--| A|-7-------X------10------X------3------X-------0-------| D|-7-------X------10------X------3------X-------0-------| "yeah, we are the dark horses......" e|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| *you can take out G|------------------------------------------------------| the mutes if you D|-7------X------10------X------3------X------0---------| want and slide all A|-7-(x5)-X-(x4)-10-(x4)-X-(x4)-3-(x4)-X-(x4)-0-(x6)----| the chords D|-7------X------10------X------3------X------0---------| "Hey, it's not over now.." "We look down........out..." e|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| G|-9-------X--------------------------------------------| D|-10-(x5)-X-(x4)-14-(x4)-X-(x4)-3-(x4)-X-(x4)--0-(x6)--| A|-7-------X------10------X------3------X-------0-------| D|-7-------X------10------X------3------X-------0-------| "Yeah, we are the dark horses" Verse 2: e|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------| D|-7------X------10------X------3------X------0---------| A|-7-(x5)-X-(x4)-10-(x4)-X-(x4)-3-(x4)-X-(x4)-0-(x6)----| D|-7------X------10------X------3------X------0---------| "We found a way out..." "The city takes everything.." e|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------| D|-7------X------10------X------3------X------0---------| A|-7-(x5)-X-(x4)-10-(x4)-X-(x4)-3-(x4)-X-(x4)-0-(x6)----| D|-7------X------10------X------3------X------0---------| "but outside the crowd" "I can feel my lungs again.." "we're singing.." CHORUS: e|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| *you can take out G|------------------------------------------------------| the mutes if you D|-7------X------10------X------3------X------0---------| want and slide all A|-7-(x5)-X-(x4)-10-(x4)-X-(x4)-3-(x4)-X-(x4)-0-(x6)----| the chords D|-7------X------10------X------3------X------0---------| "Hey, you can't count us out" ... "Living up against the crowd" e|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| G|-9-------X--------------------------------------------| D|-10-(x5)-X-(x4)-14-(x4)-X-(x4)-3-(x4)-X-(x4)--0-(x6)--| A|-7-------X------10------X------3------X-------0-------| D|-7-------X------10------X------3------X-------0-------| "yeah, we are the dark horses......" e|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| *you can take out G|------------------------------------------------------| the mutes if you D|-7------X------10------X------3------X------0---------| want and slide all A|-7-(x5)-X-(x4)-10-(x4)-X-(x4)-3-(x4)-X-(x4)-0-(x6)----| the chords D|-7------X------10------X------3------X------0---------| "We, don't care what they say.." "You know we'll find a way" e|------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------| G|-9-------X--------------------------------------------| D|-10-(x5)-X-(x4)-14-(x4)-X-(x4)-3-(x4)-X-(x4)--0-(x6)--| A|-7-------X------10------X------3------X-------0-------| D|-7-------X------10------X------3------X-------0-------| "yeah, we are the dark horses......" "We're singing.." e|-0---------0--------3--------3-------------------------| B|-2---------1--------3--------3-------------------------| *STRUM this pattern G|-2---------0--------0--------2-------------------------| D|-2---------2--------0--------0-------------------------| A|-x---------3--------2--------0-------------------------| D|-x---------0--------3--------3-------------------------| "La, la la laa la la laa.." "La , la la la la Laaa." (repeat this as many times as you want, the strumming pattern is in the song) e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|-7------X------10/------12/------3------X------0------7--| A|-7-(x5)-X-(x4)-10/-(x4)-12/-(x3)-3-(x4)-X-(x4)-0-(x6)-7--| D|-7------X------10/------12/------3------X------0------7--|

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