• Song:

    I Will Follow You Into The Dark

  • Artist:

    Death Cab For Cutie

  • Album:

    2005-08-30: KEXP Live

Tuning (from low to high) = E, A, D, G, B, e

Dm - xx0231
F - xx3211 or (x33211)
Bb - xx3331 or (x13331)
C/E - xx2010
CaddG - x32013
C - x32010
Bbm - xx3321 or (x13321)
A - x02220
Dm/C - x3x231

This tab isn't 100% correct, the song has two guitars and this is meant
simply as a compromise between the two strummed and picked patterns.

Intro/Chorus:

   Dm          F           Bb          F       C/E
e|---1-1---1-0---1-1---1-0---1-1---1-0-----1-1-----0-0-|
B|---3---3-3-0---1---1-1-0---3---3-3-0-----1-1-----1-1-|
G|---2-----2-0---2-----2-0---3-----3-0---2-2-2---0-0-0-|
D|-0-0-----0-x-3-3-----3-x-3-3-----3-x-3---3-3-2---2-2-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
            ^Play as quick down and up strum.
   Dm          F           C         CaddG
e|---1-1---1-0---1-1---1-0---0-0---0-3---3-3---3-0-----|
B|---3---3-3-0---1---1-1-0---1---1-1---1-1---1-1-0-----|
G|---2-----2-0---2-----2-0---0-----0-----0-----0-0-----|
D|-0-0-----0-x-3-3-----3-x---2-----2-----2-----2-x-----|
A|-------------------------3---------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
   Dm          F           A           Dm      Dm/C
e|---1-1---1-0---1-1---1-0---0-0---0-0-----1-1-----1-1-|
B|---3---3-3-0---1---1-1-0---2---2-2-0-----3-3-----3-3-|
G|---2-----2-0---2-----2-0---2-----2-0---2-2-2---2-2-2-|
D|-0-0-----0-x-3-3-----3-x---2-----2-x-0---0-0-----x-x-|
A|-------------------------0-------------------3-------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
   Bb          Bbm            F
e|---1-1---1-0----1---1---1-0---1-1---1-0---1-1---1-0-|
B|---3---3-3-0---2------2-2-0---1---1-1-0---1---1-1-0-|
G|---3-----3-0--3---------3-0---2-----2-0---2-----2-0-|
D|---3-----3-x-3----3-----3-x-3-3-----3-x---3-----3-x-|
A|-1--------------------------------------3-----------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
               ^Slow Strum.

Verse: (x2)

   F                       Dm
e|---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-0---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-0-----|
B|---1---1-1-1---1---1-1-0---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-0-----|
G|---2-----2-2---2-----2-0---2-----2-2---2-----2-0-----|
D|-3-3-----3-3---3-----3-x-0-0-----0-0---0-----0-x-----|
A|-------------3-----------------------0---------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

   Bb                      F           C   CaddG
e|---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-0---1-1---1-0---0-3---3-0-----|
B|---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-0---1---1-1-0---1---1-1-0-----|
G|---3-----3-3---3-----3-0---2-----2-0---0-----0-0-----|
D|-3-3-----3-3---3-----3-x-3-3-----3-x---2-----2-x-----|
A|-------------1-----------------------3---------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

[Dm] [F] [Bb] [F] [C/E]
[Dm] [F] [C] [CaddG]
[Dm] [F] [A] [Dm] [Dm/C]
[Bb] [Bbm] [F]

[F] Love of mine, someday [Dm] you will die
But I'll be [Bb] close behind
I'll follow [F] you into the [C] dark [CaddG]

[F] No blinding light, or tunnels to [Dm] gates of white
Just our hands [Bb] clasped so tight
Waiting [F] for the hint of a [C] spark [CaddG]

If [Dm] heaven and hell de [F] cide
That they [Bb] both are satis [F] fied [C/E]
[Dm] Illuminate the [F] nos on their [C] va [CaddG] cancy signs
If [Dm] there's no one be [F] side you when your [A] soul em [Dm] barks [Dm/C]
[Bb] Then I'll follow [Bbm] you into the [F] dark

In Catholic school, as vicious as [Dm] Roman rule
I got my [Bb] knuckles bruised
By a [F] lady in [C] black [CaddG]

And [F] I held my tongue, as she [Dm] told me "Son,
Fear is the [Bb] heart of love."
So [F] I never went [C] back [CaddG]

If [Dm] heaven and hell de [F] cide
That they [Bb] both are satis [F] fied [C/E]
[Dm] Illuminate the [F] nos on their [C] va [CaddG] cancy signs
If [Dm] there's no one be [F] side you when your [A] soul em [Dm] barks [Dm/C]
[Bb] Then I'll follow [Bbm] you into the [F] dark

You and me we've seen every [Dm] thing to see
From Bangkok to [Bb] Calgary
And the [F] soles of our [C] shoes [CaddG]

Are [F] all worn down, the time for [Dm] sleep is now
It's nothing to [Bb] cry about
'Cause we'll [F] hold each other [C] soon [CaddG]
In the [Dm] blackest of [Bb] rooms

If [Dm] heaven and hell de [F] cide
That they [Bb] both are satis [F] fied [C/E]
[Dm] Illuminate the [F] nos on their [C] va [CaddG] cancy signs
If [Dm] there's no one be [F] side you when your [A] soul em [Dm] barks [Dm/C]
[Bb] Then I'll follow [Bbm] you into the [F] dark [C/E] [Dm]
And [Bb] I'll follow [Bbm] you into the dark [F]
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