Swing Life Away0 chords by Rise Against

Half-Step Down Capo 4 or Standard Capo 3

The studio version of this song is played half-step down without a capo but tim plays it live with the capo
on the fourth (half-step down).
So I'll show you the version tim plays live and the version I play too.. have fun;)

All chords in the verse that are no powerchords (E5,G5,C5,D5) are picked.
The powerchords and the whole chorus are strummed. Powerchords are also muted.
Chords marked with an 'x' are strummed once.
You should listen to the live version of the song to get a feeling for the song...

The picking I use goes like this:           The strumming all along the whole song goes like this:
                           down down up down up, down down up down up, and so on...
  Em  G   C       D
e/-0-----3-----0-----0-------2-----3-----2-/
B/---0-----3-----1-----1-------3-----3-----/
G/-----0-----0-----0-----0-------2-----2---/
D/---------------------------0-------------/
A/-------------3---------------------------/
E/-0-----3---------------------------------/

Chords

E5  G5  C5  D5  Em  C   G   A6  D   Cadd9
e/x/ e/x/ e/x/ e/x/ e/0/ e/0/ e/3/ e/3/ e/2/ e/3/
B/x/ B/x/ B/x/ B/3/ B/0/ B/1/ B/3/ B/3/ B/3/ B/3/
G/x/ G/x/ G/5/ G/0/ G/0/ G/0/ G/0/ G/2/ G/2/ G/0/
D/2/ D/5/ D/5/ D/4/ D/2/ D/2/ D/0/ D/2/ D/0/ D/x/
A/2/ A/5/ A/3/ A/5/ A/2/ A/3/ A/x/ A/0/ A/x/ A/3/
E/0/ E/3/ E/x/ E/x/ E/0/ E/x/ E/3/ E/x/ E/x/ E/x/

Intro

        Cadd9
e/-------------------------/
B/-0-----------------3-----/
G/---0---2-0-------0---0---/
D/-----0-----4---2-------2-/
A/-------------3-----------/
E/-0-----3-----------------/

play that 3 times and after the 3rd time you end with

  D
e/---------2h3-----2h3p2-/
B/-------3-----3---------/
G/---0h2---------2-------/
D/-0---------------------/
A/-----------------------/
E/-----------------------/

Verse 1

     Em     G     C
Am I loud and clear or am I breaking up
         Em     G    C
Am I still your charm or am I just bad luck
  Em      G      C        D
Are we getting closer or are we just getting more lost
        Em      G      C
I'll show you mine if you show me yours first
        Em     G      C
Let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose is worse
   Em       G      C         D
Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words

Chorus

     Em       C      G     A6
'Cause we live on front porches an swing life away
  Em      C      D2
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
  Em    C      G      A6
If love is a labor I'll slave 'til the end
   Em          C      D5
And I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand

Verse 2

E5 G5 C5 E5 G5 C5

   C5x     E5        G5      C5
I've been here so long I think that it's time to move
         E5      G5  C5
The winter's so cold summer's over too soon
 E5       G5    C5           D5
Let's pack our bags and settle down where palm trees grow
        E5x       G5x    C5x
I've got some friends, some that I hardly know
          E5x       G5x     C5x
But we've had some times I wouldn't trade for the world
        E5      G5    C5      D5
We chase these days down with talks of places that we will go

Chorus

     Em       C      G     A6
'Cause we live on front porches an swing life away
  Em      C      D2
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
  Em    C      G      A6
If love is a labor I'll slave 'til the end
   Em          C      D5
And I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand
Em  C  D5
until you hold my hand

Solo

e/-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-/
B/-8--7--0--3--5--3--3--3--5--3--3--3--x--x--x--2-/
G/-0--0--0--0--0--0--5--0--0--0--5--0--0--0--0--3-/
D/-x--x--x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--4--5--0-/
A/-7--7--7--x--3--3--3--x--3--3--3--x--0--0--0--x-/
E/-x--x--x--3--x--x--x--3--x--x--x--3--x--x--x--x-/

e/-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-/
B/-8--7--0--3--5--3--3--3--5--3--3--3--x--x--x--x--3-/
G/-0--0--0--0--0--0--5--0--0--0--5--0--0--0--0--0--0-/
D/-x--x--x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--5--7--4--2-/
A/-7--7--7--x--3--3--3--x--3--3--3--x--0--0--0--0--3-/
E/-x--x--x--3--x--x--x--3--x--x--x--3--x--x--x--x--x-/

Verse 1

        Em      G      C
I'll show you mine if you show me yours first
        Em     G      C
Let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose is worse
   E5       G5     C5         D5
Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words

Chorus

     Em       C      G     A6
'Cause we live on front porches an swing life away
  Em      C      D2
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
  Em    C      G      A6
If love is a labor I'll slave 'til the end
   Em          C      D5
And I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand

Ending

 Em  G  Cadd9      Em  G  Cadd9
Swing Life Away      Swing Life Away
 Em  G  A6 Cadd9   Em   G  Cadd9
Swing Life Away      Swing Life Away


 Outro

     G
e/-------x-----------------/
B/-0-----3-----------------/
G/---0---0-----------------/
D/-----2-0-----------------/
A/-------x-----------------/
E/-------3-----------------/