Jon Foreman - Only Hope

[foreverguitar16]

Ohmygosh. I love him. I love Switchfoot period. They're my favorite band. Their music helped me in my darkest days..

[TheUltimateNoob001]

Man, I need to get me to one of these impromptu concerts. There is nothing I'd rather do than just chill with Jon like this.

[riczrock]

jon's song brings me closer to God

[barrhh84]

This song is too hard to play :/ Jon Foreman has officially sonned me.

[joyoluigi]

@barrhh84 i just learnet it by ear few days ago.. it's nt impossibel.. if you really want to learn it!! so, dont give up ;)

[barrhh84]

@joyoluigi lol k thanks will do

[pureangelification]

Why the hell were the freaking people singing, Shebd, we wanted to hear jon, and jon alone plese. GRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Myyteenagedream]

LOVE THIS SONG!!!

[TrembledLove]

I hate it whenever people compare Mandy Moore sang it better than switchfoot and they didn't even know that jon made this song.!! it pisses me off!! Mandy is a great singer but all i hear are words..jon sings with words and emotions! real musicians can only realize this things...

[irvincastilla]

i got to meet this guy, incredibly awesome and amazing man, super humbe, he has christ inside of him . his music moves me sooo much. i so much love this song and all his lyrics because Jesus is MY SAVIOR

[micah960]

Why is jon there? Hes not homeless is he cuz id let him live with me^^

[singinstar48]

I like this, Jon is a talented man!

[sugurnspice22]

that girl ruined the whole song. She cant even sing..

[Disciple1818]

Is he playing a Taylor GS or GA?

[ImForgivenByGrace]

@Disciple1818 not exactly for sure... but it looks like a GA... the body looks a tad to big behind the bridge for a GS

[EnCiBro]

these aren't comments, its beginnign to look like contrevercy. Just relax....

[admiralsfan35]

I totally have a man crush on this dude. Jon Foreman is one of the greatest musicians out there.

[PzychoBarbiex3]

woow!:)

wonderful guitar player and wonderful singers! :p

[dugganater]

dude wrote this when he was 12. AMAZING.

[dawgiefizzle]

@dugganater Wow, Didn't know that. I Love Switchfoot & Jon Foreman :D

[jkvaxin]

can someone please provide me a tab he used?

[MrMarielapl]

Jon Foreman que guapo

[MrKindofBlue]

I was sitting just to the right of the camera holder. The guys are incredibly real after the shows; they all come out and chat with everyone. Props to SF!

[Aaron1327]

ya she needs to not sing, its is only supposed to be himmm

[sweetgirliepunk]

haha, his foot!

[bigkh2]

@sweetgirliepunk i do that too XD i thought it was soo weird, then i saw him dong it and i was like YES! NOT WEIRD ANYMORE!

[sweetgirliepunk]

@bigkh2 Haha, everyone seems to have a tic when playing the guitar :)

[elijahocampo]

my god he's a prodigy :)

[samplayssoftball]

i like him. hes nice

[gabrielachiscari1]

can I join you?:)

[koreankid28]

Mandy Moore just sung it, never originally wrote it.

[youwlove]

how cool! everyone's singing along! i love music circles! this song is so captivating :)

[loopy4s]

it is such a wonderful song!!!

i know the girl who sings it in italian...

not the same thing, but nice anyway :o)

[iwant2bababoon]

my friends got to meet him!! He played a couple songs for them outside at night....im jealous.

[MCmirrr]

I'm sitting here, being jealous of the persons sitting there =O

I LOVE SWITCHFOOT!!!!!!!!!!!

great song :)

[wowmanyourock]

it would've been incredible if they let the man sing his song.

[AExpression]

Not his song :P But agree too lol

[azumangaoji]

What do you mean not his song?

He wrote it!

[imrapeyou]

Are you crazy? that is totally his song. he wrote it and Mandy Moore sings it

[superclaydude]

@AExpression He WROTE the song!

[Aliee04]

He had such an amazing voice.

Love it ;)

[MCmirrr]

had? :P

he's great!

[lagirly28]

♥ this song is sooooo awesomeeee!!

[misole22]

Beautiful song with Jon singing...I love it!

[writerERK]

absolutly!!!

My favorite's band ever!

[petrucci02]

dem! i really love this song.. nice one jon.

[RadicalChadical7]

Jon is the best!

[8tartz]

love it!! guys tune.

[p0pxtartx]

i love how his foot goes all crazy when he strums hard lol

[sarsfizzle]

hahha, that usually happens when you play guitar while sitting. at least it does for me... :)

[DaniRenesmee]

swoon~

[redking15ca]

I want to meet this man some day.

[jerrynstephanie]

This is one of my favorite "slow" Switchfoot songs. BTW - sweet Taylor GS guitar! I just got one : )

[motiv8edbyfaith]

Two of my cousins sang this song at our wedding, and my husband walked down the aisle to "Twenty Four." I love Jon's writing.

[drktigz102]

does anyone else notice how his foot moves faster when he strums faster hahaha, its cool

<3 moe!

[breaakingdown]

I love this song x.x

[nevbone1674]

For everyone who does not know.. This song is this guys song.. He wrote it for his band Switchfoot and Mandy Moore used it in the movie "A Walk To Remember". She did not write this song. What you are hearing on this video is the real man behind the lyrics.

[ZTDCxCHRISTINE]

true story..

the director listened to this song

and he's like that's the song she's going to sing.

[timothyliechty]

Very true, in fact you actually can see that the album with this song came out before the movie did.

[BUENVIAJE005]

@nevbone1674 f*ck mandy moore.. two thumbs up man

[jonojutsu]

@nevbone1674 this is not a guy's song nor a girl's song. switchfoot is an ATF band, they wrote it for God.

[nevbone1674]

@jonojutsu Did God write it? No? So then its the guys song, sure he wrote it for God but he still wrote it making it his song for the band Switchfoot.

[lThellRockl]

@nevbone1674

ummm.... He didnt say God write it mate.... He said He wrote it for God... Not the other way round.. :S Read b4 comment mate.

[dagol666]

ang tibay

isa kang halimaw

[perkalator104]

i like how at 1.51 he got real fast

[jman623]

he doesn't speed up at all..

[malfrine]

his timing as actually as perfect as you can get lol.

[zzaarr01]

that's not speeding up :) it's just more intense, he strums instead of plucking.

[zzaarr01]

its the same tempo only with strumming instead of plucking :) more intense.. nicer

[DelorienAz]

it's really sad how everyone thinks Mandy Moore wrote this song. Jon Foreman is the dude! :D

[27dayin15]

i love this song... i thought this was from mandy more originally. glad my nephew told me about this band, he plays some of their songs on guitar. no doubt, the songwriter is very talented, the lyrics are simply beautiful and the music...great. more power to switchfoot!

[royalkunia]

that girl needs to shutup

[shadowalkmusic]

@royalkunia There is nothing wrong with singing along. Seriously she doesn't sound bad or anything, so who cares.

[theelectricguitar16]

@royalkunia Hey, at least she can carry a tune

[ElianeKir]

ohh !!! ich will den auch gesehn haben !! :'(

[palxa]

Uauu! Cool! You're the best ;)

[g8waymegmeg]

It sounds good when the girls aren't singing along. It sounds better as a solo.

[DogstarCinema]

it is songs are so intimate it a very surreal feeling its awesome

[chocobosROK]

it must be a great feeling to hear your own song being sung by others.

[xxevendlauryxx]

ahha damn i realize that he's the singer of this song ahah , but i saw the movie a walk to remember so i thought he only retake the song aniwaiz

[aread09]

yea, its a cover of mandy moore's song

but i would really like to have the tabs for it, mostly for the chorus. it sounds great~!

[Rollerman87]

This is Jon Foreman's song. Mandy Moore covered it, not the other way around.

[aread09]

hehe my bad ^_^;; (figured out thanks to wiki)

[superclaydude]

@aread09 Mandy Moore covered the original song by Switchfoot, Jon Foreman's band. Look it up.

[tosingismylife]

shakefood :D

[nielrodrigues2]

se gaante o cara

[SUPERplaid4]

dude jon is THE BEST live...and he puts so much emotion in his music, he's the best :)

[amelutza18]

awsome!!love it!!!!

[mizzdunne]

woow i love him!!

hes a ledg!! love his voice!!x x x x x

[PetiteFleurWwj]

He'S so Awesome

[LoserOfLosers]

lol at the foot shaking. You guys should be called Shakefoot.

[sugarflower101]

lmfao

[Diegos0913]

jajajajajja JAJAJAJAJA

[con9fuse1d92]

wow that's really good! i wanna play it! lol

[yeeyuh1619]

I love that the people are trying to like outshine Jon.

HA !.

That's so funny.

You can't ever outshine him.

He's like amazing.

Love this song btw.

[yoursjay]

yru kwality man

[SingingNerd16]

LUFF IT!!!!!!!

[vcarr3]

your videos are grand...i just learn more quickly from tabs...plus they're portable

[drfredjones]

you know this isn't DreamsOfShrinking (video poster) right?

[5Or1n3L]

COULD ANY1 THATS SKILLED tab it as he plays it here please...help would be gratly appreciated

[izAkly]

haha i'm here to help :]

watch my tutorial videos

[unsafesaint]

yea your vids are pretty good but u missed out the part between the second chorus and the bridge!!!

Can u PLEEEASEEE help tab that part i'll greatly appreciate it!!!

[izAkly]

lol those are the SAME chords/tabs as the intro except you paly three strings @ the same time if you couldn't figure out.

IF NOT, there are some ppl who uploaded tabs on UG :]

[vcarr3]

any chance of someone tabbing it exactly how he plays it here?

[izAkly]

watch the tutorial vids I have :]

[shibboleth17]

nice hat jon!

[stevesheboygan]

oh how i wish i was sitting there myself. not for the musician, but for the praise.  This song is amazing and really can touch someone's heart.

God Bless.

[rikki444]

this is truly a gorgeous, gorgeous song. so beautiful that even the moor didnt ruin it for me :) the melody is completely awesome. the first time i heard it, i played it on a loop the entire day.

[lovesarevolution]

i like the "hello youtube" at the start.

[Oppossumsandlove]

I love how he taps his foot the whole time. Cute. : )

[keybladeking54]

yea its cool wen i play guitar for some reason i cant tap my foot or it throws me off lol

its also a method to keep time i think

[AGirlAndHerBass]

I tap my foot 24/7, whether I'm playing or not xD I don't know why, but I think it's musical lol

[MercSoldier]

tapping your foot keeps tempo, i do it all the time. helps me keep time

[stowe2546]

im the same way... my foot taps the moments the instrument touches my hand

[mrsseacrestX]

I've met Jon like 5 bajillion times and everytime he has a guitar he sings this song! gotta love him!

[USMuscleCarsrock]

i wanna meet him :(

[kehool]

This is awesome that you got to be so close to him. I kinda wish that the other people didn't sing along. I mean, I fully understand, but just from a listening pov, I would love just to hear Jon just do it...

[TheTribeChief]

I undertand what you're sayin, But I personally like the other voices. I think its cool too how he took advantage of having them during the second verse, and did his little ad lib thing.

[switchzed]

Switchfoot IS THE BEST EVER! JON YOU ROCK!!!!! this is a sf classic, it cant get any better than this

[Gig294]

there were two versions in the movie, in one of them is jon singing and in the other is mandy moore singin

[sherilikva]

but it sounds so similar to that man who was singing in movie... so similar... :) i love it :)

[sherilikva]

does he was singing in movie too? i love this version... :))

[Kriseq]

I love this version too but I don't think so it was he (in the movie)

[MichelleKwanForever]

shane west was in the movie....switchfoot/jon foreman, wrote the song mandy covered in the movie :)

[MDMusicMan]

Yes, Jon, being the singer for Switchfoot, was singing this in the movie, during the wedding scene.

[learning2breathe2]

I love how his foot moves up and down :D

[chezi101]

i understand what you guys are saying the people around him were kinda drowning him out

but i would have been singing too

[Beachbabey2010]

yall r good.

[xomrsxforemanox]

people need to stop telling the people there to stop singing it. jon loves it when people sing with him.

[jeddeguzman999]

dat fuckin girl wont stop fuckin singing. let the man sing for crying out loud.

ur ruining the fuckin video u fuckin bastard

[switchingfeet08]

no jed...you ruined the video with your comment of terrible language. clean it up if you are going to leave comments on a christian-based band's video you would sing along too if Jon was playing 10 feet away from you.. wow. Switchfoot- Amazing.  Enough said. Jon Foreman- The Man! God bless!

[christina5linx]

i soooo agree with you!!!!

[chezi101]

THANK YOU

[Swimxbabe]

he's jamming!! nice

[ilovenbb1]

what r the chords he plays for the chorus?

[johnielsen08]

E B A B

E B A

C#m A C#m A C

Leave the B and E strings open that whole time.

[fuadolf]

all the extras singing are spoilers!!!

[reaganmackenzie]

i love jon and all the guys! i saw them in concert with relient k. it rocked. but those ppl need 2 let him sing it tho!

[guitummer]

he was playing pretty fast but it was still awesome! YAAY!!!

[worldfest]

everyone shut up and let him sing...he's the pro..

[TheOrganHero]

My point right there...

[TheOrganHero]

I like Jon. He's got good vocals and guitar playing. Whoever that dorky girl was off camera laughing just toaly messed it up. Those people trying to sing with him just crashed it all.

[brianshinsaccount]

what you wouldnt sing too if you werent there?

[brianshinsaccount]

were* not werent lol

[christina5linx]

i would so not have been able to keep my mouth shut!!! lol i'm sing right along just while watching the video!!!!! HAHA

[adorkable1ZZ94]

guess what?! this was on my birthday. :]

[yrustaringatme]

whoever is singing along with him is totally ruining it

[worldfest]

wheres the camp fire???awe....goodtimes...

[raindown64]

this song's stunning

his foot tapping's cute

i love how he'll do that, just sit down with a few of his fans and play like that

he's awesome

[roussdiaz]

I SO LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVEE SWITCHFOOT!

[jonforeman12]

he rocks out looouuud!!!!!!!!!

[ten1437]

JON ROCKS!!!

[jonforeman12]

he freakin awsome

[brianshinsaccount]

does jon liek to move his feet around alot? cause i noticed in a lto fo videos his feet fidget around a lot lol

[pspcrazy205]

i saw that too lol, it mite b just to keep time or somethin, thats what i do but not to that extent

[xomrsxforemanox]

i hate it when people think mandy moore wrote this. she could never write anything with such meaningful lyrics.

[aar0nX]

Oh man thats awesome. I envy you

[nyhcara]

brilliant better than the Mandy Moore version. where is he singing?

[etnie53]

um

mandy moore got this song from switchfoot.. lol, so id hope it'd be better

[nyhcara]

yeah i know mandy moore got this song from switchfoot, i was being sarcastic about her singing it

[ThirdWorld1]

I want to learn this song!!! in Guitar!

[izAkly]

i've posted instructions video to this song :]

[muziklvr101]

His voice is AMAZING!!!!

[JonForemanJunior]

Yeah it is

[Alqarin]

Well, I'm not really a Christian, but I believe that God is somewhere there, and I agree, she's now with Him and she is happy there, waiting for you...

[ndt262]

Well, I guarantee that she is the happiest she has ever been right now, she is with the one who made all of us. I don't know what you are going through and will never know what she meant to you, and I will probably never meet you, but just know that people are praying for you. Psalm 69, and Psalm 4.

[Reblax87]

dude can you do me a favour? I have been searching for tabs. 2 days ago m girlfriend died and I promised myself to learn how to play this song for her. I would be very glad if You send me link to tabs. Thanks mate...

[ndt262]

I know I don't know you but I will try to keep her, you and her family and friends in my prayers.

[Reblax87]

thx a lot man. I was praying many times for God to make me and her happy. Now shes gone, and for sure I'm not happy. Maybe yout praying will be more useful than mine...

[lol987lol]

eww zee4600 sukss

switchfoot sings it bestt!

and btw the girl thats trying to harmonize it should stop shes like drowning out jon

[xOKalIieOx]

I wish I were there

[Yo0op]

Me encantta la kncion!!!!!! q liiindo com toks q liiiiindo como kntas!!! =)

[xomrsxforemanox]

zee4600..ur..stupid. jon foreman is the best, he wrote the dang lyrics. he sings it way better.

[faeriehope]

my favorite song, it kills me

[progamer890]

switchfoot is best mandy moore..or what shes ever called..pff...

no one can beat switchfoot !!!! best band in this world !!!!!