Death Cab For Cutie

Accords et partitions

I Will Follow You into the Dark

F Dm C Bb Bbm A

Love of mine, Someday you will die But I will be close behind I will follow, you into the dark

Transatlanticism

F#m D A E C#m Bm

The Atlantic was born today, and I'll tell you how. The clouds above opened up and let it out. I was standing on the surface of a perforated sphere When the water filled every hole. And thousands upon thousands made an ocean,

What sarah said

F Am G Em C Dm

And it came to me then that every plan is a tiny prayer to father time As I stared at my shoes in the ICU that reeked of piss and 409 And I rationed my breathes as I said to myself that I'd already taken too Much today

Soul Meets Body

Dm C F

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I want to live where soul meets body And let the sun wrap its arms around me And bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing And feel, feel what it's like to be new

Gold Rush

E A D G#

[Verse 1] (Gold rush) Digging for gold in my neighborhood (Gold rush) Where all the old buildings stood (Gold rush) And they keep digging it down and down (Gold rush) So that the cars can live underground

Black Sun

Bm A9 D G7M Em Bm/F#

There is whiskey in the water And there is death upon the vine There is fear in the eyes of your father And there is "Yours" and there is "Mine" There is a desert veiled in pavement

A Lack of Color

C#m E B A Ab

And when i see you I really see you upside down But my brain knows better It picks you up and turns you around Turns you around, turns you around

Tiny Vessels

Em Am C C/D G D

This is the moment that you know That you told her that you loved her but you don't. You touch her skin and then you think That she is beautiful but she don't mean a thing to me. Yeah, she is beautiful but she don't mean a thing to me.

Passenger Seat

D G A B Em F

[Verse 1] Dadd4 I roll the window down And then begin to breathe in Dadd4

Brothers On A Hotel Bed

AbMaj7 Cm7 Bb D D# Cm

Now, when this is played with a piano, like in the acoustic version, its Completely different. The AbMaj7 is held out mostly with a little variation. But the below assumes youre just playing the actual rhythym on guitar.

Title And Registration

C G D Em

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Cause behind its door there's nothing to keep my fingers warm, And all I find, are souvenirs from better times. Before the gleam, of your taillights fading east, To find, yourself a better life.

I Dreamt We Spoke Again

Am C D5 Dm7

[Verse 1] I dreamt we spoke, I dreamt we spoke again It’d been so long, it’d been so long, my mind filled in the blanks I dreamt we spoke, I dreamt we spoke again It’d been so long, it’d been so long, your voice was like a ghost

Crooked Teeth

C G A7 Em7 D Em

It was one hundred degrees as we sat beneath a willow tree, Whose tears didn't care, they just hung in the air, and refused to fall, to fall. And I knew I'd made horrible call. And now the state line felt like the Berlin wall, And there was no doubt about which side I was on. Hmmm.....

I Will Posses Your Heart

D F G C

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Verse 1 How I wish you could see the potential Csus The potential of you and me It's like a book elegantly bound

We Looked Like Giants

Bm G D A F#m

[Verse 1] God bless the daylight, the sugary smell of springtime Remembering when you were mine, in a still suburban town When every Thursday, I'd brave those mountain passes And you'd skip your early classes, and we'd learn how our bodies worked

Cath

C7M D4/G G5 Em A7 G/B

Cath, she stands with a well-intentioned man But she can't relax with his hand on the small of her back And as the flashbulbs burst She holds a smile like someone would hold a crying child

New Year

D# C Bb G# D G

So this is the new year. And I don't feel any different. The clanking of crystal Explosions off in the distance (in the distance).

Marching Bands Of Manhattan

C G Am Dm F

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If I could open my arms And span the length of the isle of Manhattan, I'd bring it to where you are Making a lake of the East River and Hudson And if I could open my mouth

No Room In Frame

A E G#m C#m B Amaj7

I don't know where to begin There's too many things that I can't remember As I disappeared like a trend In the hum of the 5 in the early morning

Northern Lights

Em C G B Am D

[Verse 1] I remember your silhouette on Dyes Inlet Against the silver sheen of a moon like painted glass Under stars out on a pier; a celestial sphere We were weightless as the waves that disappeared

Sound Of Settling

B E A E6 F# E/F#

VERSE 1: I've got a hunger Twisting my stomach into knots. That my tongue has tied off.

Little Wanderer

C Am F G Dm

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You sent a photo out your window of Tokyo Told me you were doing fine You said the cherry blossoms were blooming And that I was on your mind But I couldn’t make you out through the glitches

You Are A Tourist

D G Am Gm

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When there's a burning in your heart An endless yearning in your heart Build it bigger than the sun Let it grow, let it grow When there's a burning in your heart

Expo 86

A E B F#m Bsus2 C#m

Sometimes I think this cycle never ends We slide from top to bottom and we turn and climb again And it seems by the time that I have figured what it's worth The squeaking of our skin against the steel has gotten worse.

Lightness

F C G Am7 Em Am

[Verse] There's a tear in the fabric of your favorite dress And I'm sneaking glances Looking for the patterns in static They start to make sense

Your Heart Is An Empty Room

Fmaj7 Em C Am

Verse 1: Burn it down till the embers smoke on the ground And start new when your heart is an empty room

Summer Years

D Em G F# Am7 Bm7

[Verse 1] Sometimes I wake at night And watch the rain fall through the street lights 'Cause you're standing still in my mind Fading out, waving goodbye

Million Dollar Loan

C F Bb Dm

[Intro] Csus4 C Dsus4 Dm Csus4 C Dsus4 Dm

Summer Skin

F C Dm Am Bb G

Squeaky swings and tall grass The longest shadows ever cast The water's warm and children swim And we frolicked about in our summer skin

When We Drive

D G Bm Em a A

[Verse 1] I can't expect you to be honest Or to be faithful every day 'til the end I just need you to be always a friend As the sun sets over Dakotas

Someday You Will Be Loved

Gm Bb Eb D7 F#m5-

Verse 1 I once knew a girl in the years of my youth With eyes like the summer of beauty and truth

Grapevine Fires

A D Bm E Fm E/Ab

When the wind picked up the fire spread And the grapevines seemed left for dead And the Northern sky looked like the end of days The end of days

Autumn Love

D Bm G A F#m Dsus2

No more lighthouses --- to deceive me Just leave me floating on the open ocean --- and let the moonlight Take me anywhere on a tidal flow --- and if I capsize It's alright, 'cause I've been feeling too invincible I need to know depths, deeper than the deepest of connections

Death Of An Interior Decorator

G C Em D Am B7

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Riff You were the mother of three girls so sweet Riff That stormed through your turnstile and climbed to the street Riff

Youve Haunted Me All My Life

D Bm G

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You've haunted me all my life Through endless days and countless nights There was a storm when I was just a kid Stripped the last code of innocence

Your Hurricane

G Dmaj7 Bm D A Em7

[Verse 1] Heaven is a hole in the sky The stars are cracks in the ceiling of night And I just keep watching them for a sign That you'll be alright

Bixby Canyon Bridge

C F G Am E D

I descended a dusty gravel ridge Beneath the Bixby Canyon Bridge Until I eventually arrived At the place where your soul had died

Title Track

Em C D G a A

[Verse 1] Left uninspired by the crust of railroad earth It touched the lead to the pages of your manuscript I took my thumb off the concrete and saved up all my strength To hammer pillars for a picket fence

Different Names For The Same Things

D Bm F#m Gmaj7 D(b5) A

[Verse 1] D Daug Dsus4 D Alone on a train aimless in wonder D Daug Dsus4 D An outdated map crumpled in my pocket

The Ice Is Getting Thinner

Am F C D G E

Were not the same, dear As we used to be The seasons have changed And so have we And there was little we could say

Styrofoam Plates

E F#m F A D e

Asus2 There's a saltwater film on the jar of your ashes I threw them to sea but a gust blew them backwards And the sting in my eyes that you then inflicted Was par for the course just as when you were living

Good Help Is So Hard To Find

A F#m D E Bm

There's a long, slow fade To a darkened stage And I hear you say "Only a fool gives it away" Only a fool would give

Binary Sea

C F Am Dm G

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Oh Atlas could not understand The world was so much smaller than The one he used to hold before But the weight it brought him to the floor As you watched him struggle to his feet

A Movie Script Ending

A Bm F# D C# F#m

Verse: Whenever I come back, the air on Railroad is making the same sounds And the shop fronts on Holly are dirty words, asterisks in for the vowels And we peered through the windows, new bottoms on barstools, but the people remain the same With prices inflating, inflating

Near Far

F# D#m A#m B C#

[Verse 1] You flicker like a fluorescent light An intermittent strobe in a lonely night As I am standing by your side Trying to breach this dark and deep divide

Ingenue

G C Em D

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Verse 2: Ingénue framed like a cartoon The borders clear and defined The colors bold and bright

You Moved Away

Em C Dm Fmaj7 G Am

[Verse 1] You sold you records by the pile For they were only yours for a while You placed your furniture in the yard And it was gone within the hour

El Dorado

Gm Bbmaj7 Eb Cm F C

Seems you finally found, finally found El Dorado Over in Culver City, shining bright, name in lights And I tried to be hyped for you Oh I'm trying to be hyped for you

Stable Song

G Em Cmaj7 C D F#

Suffered a swift defeat, I’ll endure countless repeats, The gift of memory's an awful curse, With age it just gets much worse, But I won't mind,

Your New Twin Sized Bed

G# D D# A A# Fm

You look so defeated lying there in your new twin size bed With a single pillow underneath your single head I guess you decided that that old queen was more space than you would need Now it's in the alley behind your apartment with a sign that says it's free And I hope you have more luck with this than me

Everythings A Ceiling

G C F Am E7 Dm6

Way way down a hole, there's no feeling, Cause when you're so far below the floor, everything's a ceiling. We dug it down as deep as we could just like we planned it, But when you climbed out you pulled the ladder and it left me stranded

Photobooth

C Em Am G D

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I remember when the days were long And the nights when the living room was on the lawn. Constant quarreling the childish fits And our clothes in a pile on the ottoman. All the slander and double speak

Talking Bird

C F G Em Dm Am

Oh, my talking bird Though you know so few words They're on infinite repeat Like your brain can't keep up with your beak

Company Calls Epilogue

E D G Bm F# B

First Verse: Synapse to synapse: the possibility's thin. I'm dressed up for free drinks and family greetings On your wedding, your wedding, your wedding date. The figures in plastic on the wedding cake that I took were so real.

405

C Em A G D

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You keep twisting the truth That keeps me thrown askew. You keep twisting the truth That keeps me thrown askew.

Meet Me On The Equinox

Eb Cm7 G7 Gm

Ebsus2 Fsus Cm11 The window, can open too Gm Ebsus2 The sun crawls across your bedroom Edim Cm11

No Joy In Mudville

G GMaj7 G6

----chorus---- Gsus2 GMaj7 G6 GMajb5 Trust fund hipsters all casing the room Chock full of amphetamines, the overturned kick drum boom

Amputations

E A G# C#m C# e

[Verse 1] And if it was just how you wanted You'd be glued to his bones and his brainstem And changing your image and attitudes Won't bring him back into your bedroom

You Can Do Better Than Me

C G Am D E Em

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Like I'm something worth holding on to. There's times I think of leaving, but it's something I'll never do. Cause you can do better than me, but I can't do better than you. You can do better than me, but I can't do better than you.

Hold No Guns

E A5 G#m B F#m C#m

Darlin', don't you understand? That there are no winners? Or metals hung from silken strands To greet you at the finish As we're dissolving into the sea

Long Division

G Gmaj7 C Bm Em G5

[Verse 1] His head was a city of paper buildings And the echoes that remained of old friends and lovers Their features bleeding together in his brain

Stay Young, Go Dancing

F G C/G Am Em

Life is sweet in the belly of the beast In the belly of the beast And with her song in your heart, it can never bring you down It can never bring you down

Company Calls

D G Bm A Bm11 c#m11

[Verse 1] I'll take the best of your bad moods And dress them up to make a better you, 'cause all the company calls amount to one paycheck.

Blue Bloods

D F#m C#m A E C#

[Verse 1] All the east coast blue bloods have come out west And I watch them argue about who loved you the best I was conspicuously of my kind Overdressed, but woefully under-refined

Scientist Studies

Cmaj7 G B Em A C

Promises of payments were Upon your shoulders constantly But don't forget to entertain because This is your first defense

No Sunlight

A E D Bm Fm

When I was young Lying in the grass I felt so safe In the warming bath

President Of What

B Em Am C G E

[Verse 1] I saw the scene unfold on a rainy Sunday Creases indicating Folds that kept four walls from caving in I took a little more of what I take for granted

Why Youd Want To Live Here

C G D B Cmaj7 Em

I'm in Los Angeles today... It smells like an airport runway. Jet fuel stenches in the cabin And lights flickering at random.

Monday Morning

C G Em Am

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She maybe young be she only likes old things, and modern music and it ain't to her taste She loves the natural light, captured in black and white She sees mirages of mountain ranges, within a blink of her eyes it changes Back to the open plain, oh no she can't explain

Some Boys

G Em C/G Am

Outro: Some boys are filling, some boys are filling the hole Some boys are sleeping, some boys are sleeping alone Some boys don't know how to love Some boys don't know how to love

Line Of Best Fit

D G Bm A

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These things take my time and energy Don't stand too close without apologies Cutthroat; Cut out candid glimpses and Wind me up; I'm ready

Bend To Squares

D Bm Gb5 Db(b5) G F#

[Verse] Gravitated towards a taste For foreign films and modern plays But that machine could only Bend to squares five to six times

Underneath The Sycamore

F G C Am

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Lying in a field of glass, underneath the overpass Mangled in the shards of a mental frame, woken from a dream by my own name Well I was such a wretched man, searching everywhere for a homeland Now we are under the same sun, feel it through the leaves, let it heal us

Codes And Keys

C Am G F Em

We won't get far, Flying in circles inside a jar Because the air we breathe Is thinning with the words that we speak

Blacking Out The Friction

G Cm7 Am7 Dm

I don't mind the weather I've got scarves and caps and sweaters I've got long johns under slacks for blustery days. I think that it's brainless To assume that making changes

The Face That Launched 1000 Shits

E D# B C#m A

[Verse 1] And I'm standing up in my practice room I'm all alone, the speakers almost blown On my new Gibson amp Oh, what the hell

Steadier Footing

B G#m EM7 E C#m D#m

It's gotten late and now I want to be alone All of our friends were here; they all have gone home And here I sit on the front porch Watching the drunks stumble forth into the night

My Mirror Speaks

B5 E C#m A G#m G

Artist: Death Cab For Cutie Song: My Mirror Speaks Album: The Open Door EP Tabbed by: Don Tago Email: [email protected]

St Peters Cathedral

C G Em

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Artist: Death Cab For Cutie Song: St. Peters Cathedral Album: Codes and Keys Tabbed by: Don Tago Email: [email protected]

Champagne From A Paper Cup

Em G Am Bb C

I think I'm drunk enough to Drive you home now I'll keep my mouth kept Shut from under lock and key That's rusted firm, no lie 'cause all these conversations wind.. On and on... [repeat twice]

Lowell Ma

Bm G F#m A Em B5

Verse 1 You've been forewarned of the shake-shakedown Opinions stamped on the pulp of the Tabloid newsstand gossip in stacks at your door

Man In Blue

C G Em Am B D

[Verse 1] If you know my name Why are you calling out To an old love? To an old love?

Bad reputation

Em C D G Am

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Suddenly I'm on the street Seven Years disappear below my feet Then breaking down, do you want me now? Do you want me now?

Debate Exposes Doubt

G Bm D A Em F#

[Chorus] About the impossiblity of one to love unconditionally And the words that we drive into the ground... Their repetition starts to thin their meaning

Coney Island

Em G C

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Everything was closed at coney island And i could not help from smiling Brookyln will fill the beach eventually And everyone will go except me

Waterfalls

D A C G

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[Verse 1] A lonely mother gazing out of her window Staring at a son that she just can't touch If at any time he's in a jam, she'll be by his side But he doesn't realize he hurts her so much

Pity And Fear

C Cm C5 Cm11 C6 F

[Verse 1] I have such envy for this stranger lying next to me Who awakes in the night and slips out into the pre-dawn light With no words, a clean escape, no promises or messes made And chalks it all up to mistake, mistake, mistake

Pictures In An Exhibition

E B G F# A G#m

Verse 1 I think you caught me on the downslide, downturn I was busy writing with a pen and paper thin dream And all your plastic people with plastic hearts and smiles They had the worst intentions all along after all

Doors Unlocked And Open

C F Am B F# Em

Isolations, dotted lines Seas of concrete, wild eyes Streaking colors, blurred to one Always moving, blinding sun

I Was A Kaleidoscope

D A E D5 B5 D7

I Was a Kaleidoscope (Acoustic Version) Death Cab for Cutie

Unobstructed Views

G A D Bm B Em

This song has kind of abstract chords so this is in some respects just my interpretation. Throughout most of The song, there is a G bass note being played, which is why I've written most chords as slash chords, but I think it also sounds good without it. Also, the intro is really long, so I've transcribed it the best I Could, but you should listen to the song to get the timing right. I've put spaces in between new "sections" In the intro (i.e. when new parts start up), so hopefully that will help. When I put two of the same chord

Home Is A Fire

C# A B C E

C#-(4th fret on A string) E--(7th fret on A string) B--(2nd fret on A string) A--(A string played open)

This Charming Man

D5 C#5 B5 A5 F#5

I would go out tonight But I haven't got a stitch to wear This man said it's crucial That someone so handsome should care

Information Travels Faster

Em Am D C B G

Artist: Death Cab For Cutie Song: Information Travels Faster Album: The Photo Album The other chords for this song were very wrong, so here's an improved version. Suggestions welcome!

Jealousy Rides With Me

Em7 G D A Bm F#m

Jealousy rides with me Such a faithful companion no one could be And he sits on my shoulder and whispers the things That make me so bitter its sick

Little Bribes

E F#m C#m G Amaj7 B

Artist: Death Cab For Cutie Song: Little Bribes Album: The Open Door EP Tabbed by: Don Tago Email: [email protected]

A Diamond And A Tether

C G Em Am A7 D

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Pity, take pity on me Because I'm not half the man that I should be I'm always turning to run From the people I should not be afraid of And darling, you should know

Portable Television

G C/G Am

Portable television, shrouded in snow In a raggedy van on the side of the road The night it had frozen through my little bones So you took me in your arms, you squeezed out the cold

Sleep Spent

G C Em

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Song Order: Intro Verse Chorus Interlude

I Was Once A Loyal Lover

A F#m D E B

If you deem it so Just cut the cord and go You'll be fine There's plenty of hills to climb

Talking Like Turnstiles

Em G D

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Intro: G Cadd9 G Cadd9 Verse 1: G Cadd9 Sometimes I talk like a turnstile

Song For Kelly Huckaby

Eb Ab Bb G Cm C

[Verse 1] Photographs of the best time you had, Windows smudged by the speed. Leaving home with our bags from Iron Street, As morning turned into California,

Technicolor Girls

A Bm D E Bm7

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[Verse 1] Technicolor girls are always on the phone Talking about their homes And the conversations continue endlessly

Fake Frowns

Am F E C/G D/F# G

Bent at the knees, a last resort Backfired and made things worse Once on the bus, it was quite possible You'd be the jailhouse queen Jury and judge were screaming to hang

All Is Full Of Love

Em C Bm G Cmaj7

Maybe not from the sources You have poured yours Maybe not from the direction You are staring at

Wait

C A G a

And your (C)friends too You can tell me (C)all about your day (A)I don't know much (C)about you Not that I (G)want to Not that I (C)want to

Army Corps Of Architects

G Fmaj9 C Am

[Verse] Leaving the central state from shallow ground Home in the valley but the rent's paid south You said the urn was half full when I said it was half empty With what was left of our fair city

Hindsight

G5 F#5 A5 D E A

[Verse] D A6sus C6sus2 Gsus2 Three wasted years, standing still D A6sus C6sus2 Gsus2 D A6sus As you opened up, 18 miles wide

Earth Angel

F C7 Dm Gm Bb F7

Death Cab For Cutie Earth Angel (Cover) I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!

20Th Century Towers

C Em Bm D Am7

[Verse 1] We'll correct collegiate mistakes A shower of formal ideals Completely soused the hearts on our sleeves As they drowned we could hear them screaming

Start Again

C G F Dm

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Intro: I dont know if you can hear me I'm feeling down and can't think clearly And even though it's complicated

Dream Scream

BbM7 BbM13 Ab G EbM EbM7

[Verse 1] EbM#11 EbM7 EbM#11 EbM7 I'm having dreams About you EbM#11 EbM7 EbM#11 EbM7

Tv Trays

D Em G C C7 G#

Summer's gone, I overslept And woke up to the chill of fall Overworked and now I'm all used up This TV haze sucks me through I watch the world from inside

Tomorrow

F C G Am

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Believe in me, I'm sad and blue Left with nothing but a picture Third or fourth weekend in June December seems to come too Soooooon

Christmas Baby Please Come Home

G C E Em

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The snow's coming down I'm watching it fall Watching the people around Baby please come home

This temporary life

A E D F#

Acoustic chords (gtr 1) Gtr 2. (played behind chords on clean electric) E-------------------------------------| repeat this untill distortion