Switchfoot - Amateur Lovers Tab

Intro: guitar 1 (repeat)

/e +0 0000 000 000 +0 0000 000 000 >\
B +0 0000 000 000 +0 0000 000 000 >
G +1 4647 764 224 +1 4647 764 224 >
D >
A >
E >
| |

|Intro: guitar 2 (repeat) |

e >
B >
G >
D 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 >
A 02 0 2 0 2 0 2 >
\E 0~ 0 0 0 >/

Verse 1: bass guitar

Everyone I know/needs love like drugs/Like a common cold/we could never shrug

Verse 1: guitar 1

/e-000--0---0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0--0000-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0---0--->\
B 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 >
G 777 4 4 7 6 9 9 7 676 9 9 7 6 9 9 7 6 >
D >
A >
E >
| |

|verse 1: guitar 2 |

e >
B >
G >
D 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 >
A 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 >
\E----0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------->/ My baby and me/we’re missing the same stuff/We’ve all got a disease/ deficiency of love

Pre-chorus: guitar 1 (lyrics match up with guitar here)

e >
B 4 4 4 >
G 224 224 +++4 >
D 224 224 +++4 >
A 002 002 +++2 >
E >
Every day we still try/every night we still cry/Driving home on the 805

Chorus a: guitar 1

e 00 00 00 00 0 0000 00 00 00 00 00 0 0000 00 >
B 00 00 00 00 2 2332 00 00 00 00 00 2 2332 00 >
G 99 88 66 44 2 2222 44 99 88 66 44 2 2222 44 >
D 99 99 66 44 2 2222 44 99 99 66 44 2 2222 44 >
A 77 66 44 22 0 0000 22 77 66 44 22 0 0000 22 >
E >
We don’t know what we’re doing/We do it again/We’re just amateur lovers/ with amateur friends

Interlude: guitar 1

e >
B 77777++ + >
G 6666666666666++ +6666666644444444 >
D 6666666644444++ +6666666644444444 >
A 44444444 4444444422222222 >
E >
I can tell you what you’re thinking now/before you think it you can settle down

Chorus b: guitar 1

/e-00-00-00-00--+0-0000-000-000-+0-0000-000-000->\
B 00 00 00 00 +0 0000 000 000 +0 0000 000 000 >
G 99 88 66 44 +1 4647 764 224 +1 4647 764 224 >
D 99 99 66 44 >
A 77 66 44 22 >
E >
| |

|Chorus b: guitar 2 |

e >
B >
G >
D 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 >
A 0 2 0 2 >
\E------------0---------------0----------------->/ We don’t know what we’re doing/Let’s do it again!

Verse 2: nothing/bass guitar

Try to play it down/but it never stuck/I tried to bail this town/I’m getting no such luck

Verse 2: guitar 1

/e-+++--0---0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0--0000-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0----------->\
B +++ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 >
G +++ 4 4 7 6 9 9 7 676 9 9 7 6 9 9 >
D ++++7 >
A ++++7 >
E ++++5 >
| |

|verse 2: guitar 2 |

e >
B >
G >
D 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 >
A 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 >
\E----0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------->/ When nobody’s around/I keep my eyes on the clock/There ain’t a cure I’ve found/in all my times around this block

Pre-chorus: guitar 1 (lyrics match up with guitar here)

e >
B >
G 668 >
D 9\ 779 779 >
A 9\ 779 779 >
E 7\ 557 557 >
Everyday we still try/Every night we still cry/We drive it home on the 405

---REPEAT CHORUS A

---REPEAT INTERLUDE

---REPEAT CHORUS B

Solo: guitar 1 |these are tens| |these are tens|

/e--2320-----------10---8-875--------------10-10101010--7~---->\< carry on
B 31 310 787 10 8 10 7 7 75 8 10 10101010 > to next
G 7 >
D >
A >
E >
| | |background: guitar 2 |
e >
B >
G >
D >
A >
\E------------------------------------------------------------>/

Bridge chorus: bass and trumpets/strings

We don’t know what we’re doing/Let’s do it again/yeah, ya know, We’re just amateur lovers/with amateur friends

Interlude b: guitar 1

e >
B 77777++ + 77777++ + >
G 6666666666666++ +6666666644444++ +6666666644444444 >
D 6666666644444++ +6666666644444++ +6666666644444444 >
A 44444444 44444444 4444444422222222 >
E >
I can tell you what you’re thinking now/Before you think it you can settle down/Our lovin’ isn’t gonna burn us out

---REPEAT CHORUS B

Continue with guitar 2’s intro part, Jon sings random “p-p-p-p-professional”

(I’ve already tabbed throughout the song what happens next, you can figure out what order they play it) end on an E
e 0~ >
B 0~ >
G 1~ >
D 2~ >
A 2~ >
E 0~ >
(trumpet, voices, fade out)

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