Switchfoot — You Already Take Me There Chords

"You Already Take Me There" by Switchfoot from the Sparrow Records album Learning To Breathe copyright 2000

This is my interpretation of what the song sounds like to me.
....sounds to me that they used two guitars. one that plays the chorus(distortion) and one that plays the 
in bridge) because at parts you can hear them over lapping....


   EADGBe low—high   ...all power chords

F :134xxx   can also be played as 133xxx   this side is what i use...
G :356xxx            "            355xxx
C :x356xx            "            x355xx
D#:x689xx            "            x688xx
D :x578xx            "            x577xx
E :x7910xx           "            x799xx
G*:x101214xx         "            x101212xx
F#:x91112xx          "            x91111xx

INTRO:
Overdrive/Fat Amp Distortion

G    D#D# D#D#—palm muted  F(8 eighth notes)
G    D#D# D#D#—palm muted  C(8 eighth notes)

Lead into verse:BOTH GUITARS;

D#(8 eighth notes) D(8 eighth notes) flows right into the verse...

Verse:CLEAN GUITAR;

C C CCCC D D DDDD E E EEEE G* F# EEEE (this part repeats a few times)

CHORUS: Distortion Guitar;

G D#D# D#D#—palm muted F(8 eighth notes)
G D#D# D#D#—palm muted C(8 eighth notes)
G D#D# D#D#—palm muted C(8 eighth notes)

D#(8 eighth notes) D(8 eighth notes) C let ring first time playing the chorus and do not play the C ont 
second time through the chorus, just go straight to the clean guitar part.

CHORUS(last time only)


G D#D# D#D#—palm muted F(8 eighth notes)
G D#D# D#D#—palm muted C(8 eighth notes)
G D#D# D#D#—palm muted C(8 eighth notes)

D#(8 eighth notes) D(6 eighth notes) pause
D#(8 eighth notes) D(6 eighth notes) pause
D#(8 eighth notes) D(6? eighth notes) slide/mute.


SONG ORDER:

INTRO
LEAD
VERSE(play 4 times)
CHORUS
VERSE(play 4 times)
CHORUS
Bridge(your on your own here, because i don't have this 100% yet)
Chorus(last time)

Well that's the majority of the song for ya. I'm still working on the Bridge because there is a lot of 
that goes on in that part... I hope that this makes it a little easier for ya.

Peace
~~ S. Karl ~~