Biography:
Death Cab for Cutie is an American indie rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band consists of Ben Gibbard (vocals, guitar, piano), Nicholas Harmer (bass), Jason McGerr (drums), Dave Depper (guitar) and Zac Rae (keyboards).
Death Cab began as a solo project of Ben Gibbard, now the band's vocalist and guitarist. Gibbard took the band name from the satirical song Death Cab for Cutie, performed by The Bonzo Dog Band in The Beatles' 1967 experimental film Magical Mystery Tour.
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Other songs:
- A Lack Of Color
- A Lack Of Colour
- Blacking Out The Friction
- Brothers On A Hotel Bed
- Cath...
- Christmas Baby Please Come Home
- Codes And Keys
- Coney Island
- Crooked Teeth
- Follow You Into The Dark
- Forbidden Love
- Grapevine Fires
- I Will Follow You Into The Dark
- I Will Possess Your Heart
- I Will Possess Your Heart (baseline)
- Lack Of Color
- Marching Bands Of Manhattan
- Meet Me On The Equinox
- Photobooth
- Someday You Will Be Loved
- Soul Meets Body
- Stable Song
- Stay Young, Go Dancing
- Talking Bird
- Talking Bird-demo
- The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
- The Ice Is Getting Thinner
- Tiny Vessels
- Title And Registration
- Title And Registration (transposed)
- Transatlanticism
- Underneath The Sycamore
- What Sarah Said
- When We Drive
- You Are A Tourist
- Your Heart Is An Empty Room
- Cath…
- Lightness
- You Can Do Better Than Me
- 405
- 60 And Punk
- A Diamond And A Tether
- A Movie Script Ending
- All Is Full Of Love
- Army Corps Of Architects
- Autumn Love
- Bad Reputation
- Bend To Squares
- Binary Sea
- Bixby Canyon Bridge
- Black Sun
- Broken Yolk In Western Sky
- Brother On A Hotel Bed
- Cath
- Champagne From A Paper Cup
- Company Calls Epilogue
- Death Of An Interior Decorator
- Debate Exposes Doubt
- Diamond And A Tether
- Different Names For The Same Things
- Doors Unlocked And Open
- Dream Is Over
- Earth Angel
- El Dorado
- Everythings A Ceiling
- Expo 86
- Fake Frowns
- Gold Rush
- Good Help Is So Hard To Find
- Hold No Guns
- Home Is A Fire
- I Dreamt We Spoke Again
- I Was A Kaleidoscope
- I Was Once A Loyal Lover
- I Will Posses Your Heart
- Information Travels Faster
- Ingenue
- Jealousy Rides With Me
- Line Of Best Fit
- Little Bribes
- Little Wanderer
- Lowell Ma
- Million Dollar Loan
- Monday Morning
- My Mirror Speaks
- Near Far
- New Year
- No Joy In Mudville
- No Room In Frame
- No Sunlight
- Northern Lights
- Passenger Seat
- Pictures In An Exhibition
- Plans
- Portable Television
- Scientist Studies
- Some Boys
- Song For Kelly Huckaby
- Sound Of Settling
- St Peters Cathedral
- Start Again
- Stay Young Go Dancing
- Steadier Footing
- Styrofoam Plates
- Summer Skin
- Summer Years
- Talking Like Turnstiles
- The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive
- The Sound Of Settling
- This Temporary Life
- Tomorrow
- Tv Trays
- Unobstructed Views
- Wait
- We Looked Like Giants
- Why Youd Want To Live Here
- You Moved Away
- You Remind Me Of Home
- Your Hurricane
- Your New Twin Sized Bed
- Youve Haunted Me All My Life
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Bixby Canyon Bridge
Death Cab For Cutie
Narrow Stairs
This is meant to be an acoustic rendition of the song. The Bass line obviously does a
amount of "walking," but the root chords are good enough for playing on acoustic.
[Verse A]
C Am C
I descended a dusty gravel ridge
Am C
Beneath the Bixby Canyon Bridge
Am C
Until I eventually arrived
Am
At the place where your soul had died
[Verse B]
F C G F
Barefoot in the shallow creek
C G F
I grab some stones from underneath
C G F (hold an extra measure)
Waiting for you to speak to me
[Verse A]
C Am C
In the silence it became so very clear
Am C
That you had long ago disappeared
Am C
And I curse myself for being surprised
Am
That this didn't play out like it did in my mind
[Verse B]
F C G F
All the way from San Francisco
C G F
As I chase the end of your rope
C G F
'Cause I've still got miles to go
[Verse C]
F
C G F
I want to know my fate
C G F
If I keep up this way
C G F
Its hard to want to stay
Am E
Aw - a - y
F
C G F
Then everyone you meet
C G F
Will all seem to be asleep
C G D
And you wonder if you're missing your dream
F D
You can't see your dream
F D
You can't see your dream
F D F
Just can't see your dream
[Chorus]
D G F
Your dr - e - am.........
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------| (Repeat x12, last 4 w/o lyrics)
D|-----4-------5-(slide)-10-(hold)--|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
For the next 7 progressions, alternate between these two Riffs, A B A B A B A
[Riff A]
D G F
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------5b6b5-5b6b6--|
G|-----------------------------------5---------------|
D|-----4-------5------10------5----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
[Riff B]
D G F
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------5b6b5-5b6-3--|
G|-----------------------------------5---------------|
D|-----4-------5------10------5----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
D G F F (with
bend)
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------5b6b5-(Repeat bend x7)-|
G|-----------------------------------5-------------------------|
D|-----4-------5------10------5--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
[Outro]
C
Am C
Then is started getting dark
Am C
And I trudged back to where the car was parked
Am C
No closer to any kind of truth
Am (rest)
As I must assume was the case with you
************************************
| b Bend
| ~ Vibrato
************************************
Death Cab For Cutie
Narrow Stairs
This is meant to be an acoustic rendition of the song. The Bass line obviously does a
amount of "walking," but the root chords are good enough for playing on acoustic.
[Verse A]
C Am C
I descended a dusty gravel ridge
Am C
Beneath the Bixby Canyon Bridge
Am C
Until I eventually arrived
Am
At the place where your soul had died
[Verse B]
F C G F
Barefoot in the shallow creek
C G F
I grab some stones from underneath
C G F (hold an extra measure)
Waiting for you to speak to me
[Verse A]
C Am C
In the silence it became so very clear
Am C
That you had long ago disappeared
Am C
And I curse myself for being surprised
Am
That this didn't play out like it did in my mind
[Verse B]
F C G F
All the way from San Francisco
C G F
As I chase the end of your rope
C G F
'Cause I've still got miles to go
[Verse C]
F
C G F
I want to know my fate
C G F
If I keep up this way
C G F
Its hard to want to stay
Am E
Aw - a - y
F
C G F
Then everyone you meet
C G F
Will all seem to be asleep
C G D
And you wonder if you're missing your dream
F D
You can't see your dream
F D
You can't see your dream
F D F
Just can't see your dream
[Chorus]
D G F
Your dr - e - am.........
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------| (Repeat x12, last 4 w/o lyrics)
D|-----4-------5-(slide)-10-(hold)--|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
For the next 7 progressions, alternate between these two Riffs, A B A B A B A
[Riff A]
D G F
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------5b6b5-5b6b6--|
G|-----------------------------------5---------------|
D|-----4-------5------10------5----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
[Riff B]
D G F
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------5b6b5-5b6-3--|
G|-----------------------------------5---------------|
D|-----4-------5------10------5----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
D G F F (with
bend)
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------5b6b5-(Repeat bend x7)-|
G|-----------------------------------5-------------------------|
D|-----4-------5------10------5--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
[Outro]
C
Am C
Then is started getting dark
Am C
And I trudged back to where the car was parked
Am C
No closer to any kind of truth
Am (rest)
As I must assume was the case with you
************************************
| b Bend
| ~ Vibrato
************************************
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