Death Cab For Cutie – Plans tab
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Artist: Death Cab For Cutie Album: Plans This is not 100% correct, but it's pretty close. Any revisions, questions, comments, please feel free to leave them. Song List: 1. Marching Bands Of Manhattan 2. Soul Meets Body 3. Summer Skin 4. Different Names For The Same Thing 5. I Will Follow You Into The Dark 6. Your Heart Is An Empty Room 7. Someday You Will Be Loved 8. Crooked Teeth 9. What Sarah Said 10. Brothers On A Hotel Bed 11. Stable Song Marching Bands Of Manhattan C G If I could open my arms D F And span the length of the isle of Manhattan, C G I'd bring it to where you are D F Making a lake of the East River and Hudson C G If I could open my mouth D F Wide enough for a marching band to march out C G They would make your name sing D F And bend through alleys and bounce off all the buildings. F Am C D (x2) C G I wish we could open our eyes D F To see in all directions at the same time C G Oh what a beautiful view D F If you were never aware of what was around you C G And it is true what you said D F That I live like a hermit in my own head C G But when the sun shines again D F I'll pull the curtains and blinds to let the light in. Chorus (x4) F Am Sorrow drips into your heart through a pinhole C D Just like a faucet that leaks and there is comfort in the sound F Am But while you debate half empty or half full C It slowly rises, your love is gonna drown F Am C D Your love is gonna drown [4x] Your love is gonna... C (let note ring) Soul Meets Body Intro: Dm C (x2) Dm C I want to live where soul meets body Dm F And let the sun wrap its arms around me Dm F And bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing C Dm And feel, feel what its like to be new F Cause in my head thereÂ’s a greyhound station Dm F Where I send my thoughts to far off destinations Dm F So they may have a chance of finding a place C where theyÂ’re far more suited than here Dm F C (x4) Dm F And I cannot guess what we'll discover Dm F When we turn the dirt with our palms cupped like shovels Dm F But I know our filthy hands can wash one anotherÂ’s C And not one speck will remain Dm F C And I do believe itÂ’s true Dm F C That there are roads left in both of our shoes Dm F But if the silence takes you C Dm F C Then I hope it takes me too Dm F C So brown eyes I hold you near Dm F C Cause youÂ’re the only song I want to hear Dm F C Dm F C A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere Dm F Dm Where soul meets body Dm Where soul meets body Dm Where soul meets body Dm F C And I do believe itÂ’s true Dm F C That there are roads left in both of our shoes Dm F But if the silence takes you C Dm F C Then I hope it takes me too Dm F C So brown eyes I hold you near Dm F C Cause youÂ’re the only song I want to hear Dm F C A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere Dm A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere Dm A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere Dm A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere Summer Skin Intro: C Bb Dm C Bb Dm C Bb Dm C Bb Dm C Bb Dm C Bb Squeaky swings and tall grass Dm C Bb The longest shadows ever cast Dm C Bb The water's warm and children swim Dm C Bb And we frolicked about in our summer skin Dm C Bb I don't recall a single care Dm C Bb Just greenery and humid air Dm C Bb Then Labor day came and went Dm C Bb And we shed what was left of our summer skin Dm C Bb F C Bb (x2) Dm C Bb On the night you left I came over Dm C Bb And we peeled the freckles from our shoulders Dm C Bb Our brand new coats so flushed and pink Dm C Bb And I knew your heart I couldn't win Dm C Bb Cause the seasons change was a conduit Dm C Bb And we left our love in our summer skin Dm C Bb F C Bb (let ring) Different Names For The Same Thing" D Bb G D D Bb G D Alone on a train aimless in wonder D Bb G D An outdated map crumbled in my pocket D Bb G D But I didn't care where I was going Bm Bb G D 'Cause they're all different names for the same place. D Bb G D The coast disappeared when the sea drowned the sun D B G D And I knew no words to share with anyone D Bb G D The boundaries of language I quietly cursed Bm F G D And all the different names for the same things Bm F# G D D (for what seems like an eternity) Bm F G D There are different names for the same things There are different names for the same things... B F# G A (x3) B F# G D (x3) B F# G A B F# G D "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" Intro: Dm F Bb F F/E Dm F C Dm F A7 Dm C Bb Dm F F Dm Love of mine some day you will die Bb But I'll be close behind F C I'll follow you into the dark F Dm No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white Bb Just our hands clasped so tight F C Waiting for the hint of a spark Dm F If Heaven and Hell decide Bb F F/E That they both are satisfied Dm F C Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs Dm F If there's no one beside you A7 Dm C When your soul embarks Bb Bbm F Then I'll follow you into the dark F Dm In Catholic school as vicious as Roman rule Bb F C I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black Bb Dm And I held my tongue as she told me Bb "Son fear is the heart of love" F C So I never went back Dm F If Heaven and Hell decide Bb F F/E That they both are satisfied Dm F C Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs Dm F If there's no one beside you A7 Dm C When your soul embarks Bb Bbm F Then I'll follow you into the dark F Dm You and me have seen everything to see Bb From Bangkok to Calgary F C F And the soles of your shoes are all worn down Dm The time for sleep is now Bb It's nothing to cry about F C Cause we'll hold each other soon Dm Bb The blackest of rooms Dm F If Heaven and Hell decide Bb F F/E That they both are satisfied Dm F C Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs Dm F If there's no one beside you A7 Dm C When your soul embarks Bb Bbm F Then I'll follow you into the dark Bb Bbm F (let ring) Then I'll follow you into the dark "Your Heart Is An Empty Room" Intro: C C Em Am Em F Burn it down till the embers smoke on the ground C Em Am Em F And start new when your heart is an empty room Am Em F With walls of the deepest blue C C Em Am Em F Home's face: how it ages when you're away C Em Am Em F Spring blooms and you find the love that's true Am Em F But you don't know what now to do Am Em F Cause the chase is all you know Am Em F And she stopped running months ago C F C And all you see F A Is where else you could be Em F When you're at home F C Out on the street F A Are so many possibilities E F To not be alone A Em F (x4) Em C Em A Em F The flames and smoke climbed out of every window C Em A Em F And disappeared with everything that you held dear Am Em F Am Em F And you shed not a single tear for the things that you didn't need Am Em F 'Cause you knew you were finally free C F C F Am Em F 'Cause all you see is where else you could be when you're at home C F C F Am Em F Out on the street are so many possibilities to not be alone C F C F Am And all you see is where else you could be Em F When you're at home C F C F Em F There on the street are so many possibilities to not be alone C (let ring) "Someday You Will Be Loved" Intro: Gm Gm Bb I once knew a girl D# Gm In the years of my youth Gm Bb With eyes like the summer C All beauty and truth Gm Bb In the morning I fled D# Gm Left a note and it read Gm Dm Gm Someday you will be loved. Gm Bb D# Gm I cannot pretend that I felt any regret Gm Bb C Cause each broken heart will eventually mend Gm Bb D# Gm As the blood runs red down the needle and thread Gm Dm Gm Someday you will be loved Gm Bb You'll be loved you'll be loved D# Gm Like you never have known Gm Bb The memories of me C Will seem more like bad dreams Gm Bb Just a series of blurs D# Like I never occurred Gm D# Gm Someday you will be loved Bb D# Gm Bb C Gm Gm Bb D# Gm You may feel alone when you're falling asleep Gm Bb C And everytime tears roll down your cheeks Gm Bb D# Gm But I know your heart belongs to someone you've yet to meet Gm Dm Gm Someday you will be loved Gm Bb You'll be loved you'll be loved D# Gm Like you never have known Gm Bb The memories of me C Will seem more like bad dreams Gm Bb Just a series of blurs D# Like I never occurred Gm D# Gm Someday you will be loved F#5 F E5 D# Gm Bb You'll be loved you'll be loved D# Gm Like you never have known Gm Bb The memories of me C Will seem more like bad dreams Gm Bb Just a series of blurs D# Like I never occurred Gm D# Gm Someday you will be loved Gm D# Gm (let ring) Someday you will be loved "Crooked Teeth" Capo on 1st Fret F Bb C# G# F Bb C# G# It was one hundred degrees, as we sat beneath a willow tree, F Bb C# G# F Bb C# G# Who's tears didn't care, they just hung in the air, and refused to fall, to fall. F Bb C# G# And I knew I'd made a horrible call, F Bb C# G# And now the state line felt like the Berlin wall, F Bb C And there was no doubt about which side I was on. F Bb C# G# hmmm.... F5 Em D# C Cause I built you a home in my heart, F5 Em D# Bb With rotten wood, it decayed from the start. C# G# D# Cause you can't find nothing at all, C# G# D# If there was nothing there all along. C# G# D# No you can't find nothing at all, C# G# D# If there was nothing there all along. F Bb C# G# (x2) F Bb C# G# I braved treacherous streets, F Bb C# G# And kids strung out on homemade speed. F Bb C# G# And we shared a bed in which I could not sleep, F Bb C# G# At all, woo, hoo, woo, hooOoOo. F Bb C# G# Cause at night the sun in retreat, F Bb C# G# Made the skyline look like crooked teeth, F Bb C# G# F Bb C# G# In the mouth of a man who was devouring, us both. F5 Em D# C You're so cute when you're slurring your speech, F5 Em Bb But they're closing the bar and they want us to leave. C# G# D# And you can't find nothing at all, C# G# D# If there was nothing there all along. C# G# D# No you can't find nothing at all, C# G# D# If there was nothing there all along. Bb C I'm a war, of head versus heart, F Bb And it's always this way. Bb C My head is weak, my heart always speaks, F Bb Before I know what it will say. C# G D# (x4) C# G# D# And you can't find nothing at all, C# G# D# If there was nothing there all along. C# G# D# No you can't find nothing at all, C# G# D# If there was nothing there all along. C# G# D# And you can't find nothing at all, C# G# D# If there was nothing there all along. C# G# D# There were churches, theme parks and malls, C# G# D# But there was nothing there all along. "What Sarah Said" F G Am E F G Am E F G A E F G Am E F G Am E And it came to me then that every plan is a tiny prayer to father time F G Am E As I stared at my shoes in the ICU that reeked of piss and 409 F G Am E And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself that I'd already taken too much today F G Am E As each descending peak on the LCD took you a little farther away from me F G Am E Away from me F G Am E F G Am E Amongst the vending machines and year-old magazines in a place where we only say goodbye F G Am E It stung like a violent wind that our memories depend on a faulty camera in our minds F G Am E But I knew that you were a truth I would rather lose than to have never lain beside at all F G Am E And I looked around at all the eyes on the ground as the TV entertained itself D C Am E 'Cause there's no comfort in the waiting room D F A E Just nervous pacers bracing for bad news D C A E And then the nurse comes round and everyone will lift their heads D F A F C But I'm thinking of what Sarah said that "Love is watching someone die" F C F G C F G C E F So who's going to watch you die?.. "Brothers On A Hotel Bed" Intro: G# Cm D# G# G# Cm D# G# G# Cm D# G# G# Cm D# G# Bb B C Bb G# G# Cm D# G# G# Cm D# G# G# Cm D# G# You may tire of me as our December sun is setting because I'm not who I used to be G# Cm D# G# No longer easy on the eyes but these wrinkles masterfully disguise Bb G# Cm The youthful boy below who turned your way and saw D# G# Something he was not looking for: both a beginning and an end G# Cm D# G# But now he lives inside someone he does not recognize Bb G When he catches his reflection on accident G# Cm D# G# G# Cm On the back of a motor bike D# G# With your arms outstretched trying to take flight Leaving everything behind G# Cm D# G# But even at our swiftest speed we couldn't break from the concrete Bb In the city where we still reside. G# Cm D# G# And I have learned that even landlocked lovers yearn for the sea like navy men G# Cm D# G# Cause now we say goodnight from our own separate sides Bb D# Like brothers on a hotel bed D# Like brothers on a hotel bed D# Like brothers on a hotel bed D# Bb Like brothers on a hotel bed G# Cm D# G# G# Cm D# G# G# Cm D# G# You may tire of me as our December sun is setting because I'm not who I used to be "Stable Song" Intro: G C D G C Em G F#m E C G F E G G C Am Time for the final bout G C Am Rows of deserted houses G F E C G All our stable mates highway bound G C Am Give us our measly sum G C Am G F Getting the air inside my lungs is heavenly E C G F E C D E C D E Starting out with nothing but crippling doubt C D Em B C G We'll rest easy justified C Am C C Am Suffered a swift defeat, i'll endure countless repeats G F E C The gift of memory is an awful curse F E C D C G A With age it just gets much worse, but i won't mind D C G A I won't mind D C G A I won't mind D C G C Am G I won't mind Chord Gallery *All of these songs are in standard tuning. Chord: EADGBE A: x02220 A7:x02020 B: x24442 Bb:013331 C: 032010 or 035553 Cm:035543 C#:046664 D: x00232 or x57775 Dm: x00231 or x57765 D#: 068886 E: 022100 Em: 022000 F: 133411 or 103211 F5: 133xx1 F#: 244322 F#m: 244222 G: 320003 or 320033 or 355433 Gm: 355333 G#: 466544