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.

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-Verse A-
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C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)              CI (x32010@1)descended a dusty gravel ridge
            Am (x02210@1)               CBeneath (x32010@1)the Bixby Canyon Bridge
           Am (x02210@1)           CUntil (x32010@1)I eventually arrived
       AmAt (x02210@1)the place where your soul had died

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-Verse B-
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F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)     FBarefoot (133211@1)in the shallow creek
            C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)       FI (133211@1)grab some stones from underneath
           C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)      F(hold (133211@1)an extra measure)
Waiting for you to speak to me

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-Verse A-
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C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)                CIn (x32010@1)the silence it became so very clear
             Am (x02210@1)                 CThat (x32010@1)you had long ago disappeared
             Am (x02210@1)                       CAnd (x32010@1)I curse myself for being surprised
                AmThat (x02210@1)this didn't play out like it did in my mind

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-Verse B-
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F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)           FAll (133211@1)the way from San Francisco
         C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)              FAs (133211@1)I chase the end of your rope
               C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)         F'Cause (133211@1)I've still got miles to go

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-Verse C-
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F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)  FI (133211@1)want to know my fate
    C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)       FIf (133211@1)I keep up this way
       C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)        FIts (133211@1)hard to want to stay
       Am (x02210@1)  EAw (022100@1) -  a (x02210@1)-  y

F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)       FThen (133211@1)everyone you meet
             C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)     FWill (133211@1)all seem to be asleep
         C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)             DAnd (xx0232@1)you wonder if you're missing your dream
          F (133211@1)        DYou (xx0232@1)can't see your dream
          F (133211@1)        DYou (xx0232@1)can't see your dream
           F (133211@1)       D (xx0232@1)        FJust (133211@1)can't see your dream

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-Chorus-
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       D (xx0232@1)               G (320003@1)    F (133211@1) Your dr   -  e (022000@1)  -    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 (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)     FE|---------------------------------------------------| (133211@1)B|--------------------------------------5b6b5-5b6b6--|
G|-----------------------------------5---------------|
D|-----4-------5------10------5----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

 ~~~Riff B~~~
       D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)     FE|---------------------------------------------------| (133211@1)B|--------------------------------------5b6b5-5b6-3--|
G|-----------------------------------5---------------|
D|-----4-------5------10------5----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

       D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)     F (133211@1)       F(with (133211@1)
bend)
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------5b6b5-(Repeat bend x7)-|
G|-----------------------------------5-------------------------|
D|-----4-------5------10------5--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

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-Outro-
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C (x32010@1)       Am (x02210@1)                 CThen (x32010@1)is started getting dark
                      Am (x02210@1)                     CAnd (x32010@1)I trudged back to where the car was parked
             Am (x02210@1)             CNo (x32010@1)closer to any kind of truth
            Am (x02210@1)                  (rest)
As I must assume was the case with you