Playing For Keeps

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                           Playing For Keeps - Switchfoot

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Song: Playing For Keeps
Band: Switchfoot
Album: Learning To Breathe
Tabbed by: timmy3125


This song is one off of Switchfoot's
 2000 album, Learning To Breathe. 
Its got a nice
to it and I just like the song in 
general. Nobody tabbed it but I 
think it's one of the
songs on this album so I decided to 
give it a shot. Hope ya like it and 
please rate!

Guitar 1: Make sure you have plenty 
of distortion here for the best 
sound.
Play 2x.

E|-------------------------------
B|-------------------------------
G|------------------9-----9-9-x9-
D|-9-9-x9-9-999----999----9-9-x9-
A|-7-7-x7-7-777----777----7-7-x7-
E|-------------------------------

E|---------------| 
B|---------------| 
G|9-999---9999---| 
D|9-999---9999---| 
A|7-777---7777---| 
E|---------------| 


Guitar 2: Make sure you get a full
E|--------------| 
B|--------------| 
G|--13b--13b----| 
D|--------------| 
A|--------------| 
E|--------------| 

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VERSE 1: Basically the same thing 
the whole way through until the 
prechorus. Also, this
is played clean.

E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|--------------------------------
D|--9-9-x999-99----9-9-x999-99----
A|--7-7-x777-77----7-7-x777-77----
E|--------------------------------


PDC HORUS: "Would you do it for me
E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|--------------------------------
D|-555555--999999--777777--999999-
A|-555555--999999--777777--999999-
E|-333333--777777--555555--777777-
  ?" Bring back your distortion.
E|----------| 
B|----------| 
G|----------| 
D|-xxxxx----| 
A|-xxxxx----| 
E|-xxxxx----| 


CHROUS: Both guitars play the same 
thing during this part. Distortion 
on.
Play 4x and on the the 4th time 
through you finish with this:

E|---------------------------
B|---------------------------
G|-9-9-999-------------------
D|-9-9-999--9-9-999--7-7-777-
A|-7-7-777--9-9-999--7-7-777-
E|----------7-7-777--5-5-555-

E|----------| |----------| 
B|----------| |----------| 
G|----------| |----------| 
D|7777777---| |-----9~---| 
A|7777777---| |-----9~---| 
E|5555555---| |-----7~---| 


INTERLUDE: "Yeeaahhh, time for mov
E|-0~~~---0~~~---0~~~---0~~~------
B|-0~~~---0~~~---0~~~---0~~~------
G|-9~~~---9~~~---9~~~---9~~~------
D|-9~~~---9~~~---9~~~---9~~~------
A|-7~~~---7~~~---7~~~---7~~~------
E|--------------------------------


Guitar 2: It's pretty soft and use
E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|-13b~---13b~---13b~--13b~-------
D|--------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------


VERSE 2: Same strumming as VERSE 1
E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|--9-9-x999-99----9-9-x999-99----
D|--x-x-xxxx-xx----x-x-xxxx-xx----
A|--7-7-x777-77----7-7-x777-77----
E|--------------------------------


Guitar 2: Listen for when it comes
E|----------------| 
B|----------------| 
G|-8888---666-----| 
D|-xxxx---xxx-----| 
A|-6666---444-----| 
E|----------------| 


BRIDGE: This is the slow part after 
the 2nd chorus where Jon sings "Do 
me a favor, Do me
favor..." Strum the first part until
 "Cuz I'm playin for Keeeeepss" Then
 play this
part in the place of a Prechorus.

E|-0-0-0000-0000---|---
B|-0-0-0000-0000---|---
G|-9-9-9999-9999---|---
D|-9-9-9999-9999---|---
A|-7-7-7777-7777---|---
E|-----------------|---

E|--------------------------| 
B|--------------------------| 
G|--------------------------| 
D|999999999999--xxxxx-------| 
A|999999999999--xxxxx-------| 
E|777777777777--xxxxx-------| 

Then go to the Chorus.


OUTRO: A lot like the Interlude 
except for the ending.
Guitar 1: Same as the Interlude 
until the end when you strum it a 
little bit, hit the
chord, and let that ring.

E|-0~~~---0~~~---0~~~---0~~~-----
B|-0~~~---0~~~---0~~~---0~~~-----
G|-9~~~---9~~~---9~~~---9~~~-----
D|-9~~~---9~~~---9~~~---9~~~-----
A|-7~~~---7~~~---7~~~---7~~~-----
E|-------------------------------

E|-----0~-----| 
B|-----0~-----| 
G|9999-9~-----| 
D|9999-9~-----| 
A|7777-7~-----| 
E|------------| 

Guitar 2: Same as the Interlude with
 the wah and feedback until the very
 end where you
an extra part.

E|----------------------------
B|----------------------------
G|-13b~---13b~---13b~--13b~---
D|----------------------------
A|----------------------------
E|----------------------------

E|--------------| 
B|--------------| 
G|11/13--9~-----| 
D|--------------| 
A|--------------| 
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