"Meant To Live" by Switchfoot Preview Lesson

Meant to Live was recorded by Switchfoot on their 2003 album The Beautiful Letdown. In this iVideosongs title, Switchfoot's Jon Foreman talks about his experiences and how they contributed to the band's success. He also offers insight into the mixture of heartache and hope that inspired him and is reflected in the song's energy. Jon shows how to play the beginning riff, chord progression, rhythm and other parts of Meant to Live, which is played in Drop D tuning. Meant to Live is a great song for intermediate electric guitar players who thrive on intense power chords. This is a sample of a 35 minute video on iVideosongs.com.

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[xFlatxSodax]

I'd be nice if this wasn't just a preview and I could learn how to play the whole song.

[Hboy791]

its not that hard

[DieToFleshNotSpirit]

@xFlatxSodax Its simple you just drop d the e string.

[akintomeatloaf]

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for my FULL TUTORIAL!!!

[xx420guitarbro420xx]

x = mute string of course

[xx420guitarbro420xx]

Chords at beginning are this: (E, A, and D strings only) 5 5 7, 7 7 11, 9 9 12, 2 x 5. then back to somewhere (5 5 7) we live in inside(2 x 5) somewhere (5 5 7) we live in siiiiide (2 x 5). Hope this helps.

[xx420guitarbro420xx]

453

[xx420guitarbro420xx]

hes not playing the "A" string if this helps at all. also he lifts up both his "d string finger" and "E string finger" while hes completing the riff.

[butterflypiano]

a pity he's married... :D he's so freaking hot. I mean, talent IS hot, and he's just burnin while playing his songs.

[blahdyblahable]

Drop D on acoustic guitar is so beautiful.

[TheKLRShow]

Drop D

[sponseredskater]

Drop D.Almost all of their songs are in Drop D.