Swing Life Away (Rise Against)

Tuning: half-step down

Chords: G5: e|3 Csus: e|3 Em7: e|3 D5: e|3 A5: e|3
B|3 B|3 B|3 B|3 B|3
x= dont G|0 G|0 G|0 G|2 G|0
play D|0 D|2 D|2 D|0 D|2
string A|2 A|3 A|2 A|x A|0
e|3 e|x e|0 e|x e|x

Strumming: down, rest, down, up, down, up = /

> = a single downstroke on the chord


(Verse 1)
Em7 / D5 / Csus /
Am I loud and clear, or am I breaking up?
/ Em7 / G5 / Csus / /
Am I still your charm, or am I just bad luck?
Em7 / G5 / Csus / / D5 / / /
Are we getting closer, or are we just getting more lost?
> Em7 / D5 / Csus /
I'll show you mine; you show me yours first
/ Em7 / G5 / Csus / /
Let's compare scars, I'll tell you who's....is worse
Em7 / G5 / Csus / / D5 / / /
Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own....words

(Chorus)
Em7 / Csus / G5 / A5 /
We live on front porches and swing life away,
Em7 / Csus / G5 / A5 /
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
Em7 / Csus / G5 / A5 /
If love is a labor I'll slave till the end,
Em7 / Csus / A5 / D5 / /
I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand

(Verse 2)
D5 > Em7 / D5 / Csus /
I've been here so long, I think that it's time to move
/ Em7 / G5 / Csus / /
The winter's so cold, summer's over too....soon
Em7 / G5 / Csus / / D5 / / /
Let's pack our bags and settle down where palm trees grow
> Em7 / D5 / Csus /
I've got some friends, some that I hardly know
/ Em7 / G5 / Csus /
But we've had some times, I wouldn't trade for the world
/ Em7 / D5 / Csus / / D5 / / / /
We chase these days down with talks of the places that we will....go

(Chorus)

Em7 / Csus / G5 / A5 /
We live on front porches and swing life away,
Em7 / Csus / G5 / A5 /
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
Em7 / Csus / G5 / A5 /
If love is a labor I'll slave till the end,
Em7 / Csus / A5 / D5 / /
I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand
Csus / / D5 / /
..until you hold my hand




Em7 > D5 > Csus >
I'll show you mine; you show me yours first
Em7 > G5 > Csus >
Let's compare scars, I'll tell you who's is worse
Em7 / G5 / Csus / / D5 / / /
Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words

(Chorus)

Em7 / Csus / G5 / A5 /
We live on front porches and swing life away,
Em7 / Csus / G5 / A5 /
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
Em7 / Csus / G5 / A5 /
If love is a labor I'll slave till the end,
Em7 / Csus / A5 / D5 / /
I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand

Em7 / G5 / Csus / / Em7 / G5 / Csus / /
Swing life away, Swing life away,
Em7 / G5 / A5 / Csus / Em7 / G5 / Csus / / /
Swing life away, Swing life away,