• Song:

    The Sound Of Settling

  • Artist:

    Death Cab For Cutie

  • Album:

    2003-10-23: KCRW Mornin...

Death Cab For Cutie ? ?The Sound Of Settling?
Tuning EADGBe (standard)

(Basically just took the other good one, and made it into a capo version.  Also touched that main riff. ;])

Capo 2

Intro
Guitar 1:

Riff 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------1----------------------------------------------| play 2x
|--2-----2-----4----------------------------------------------------|
|--4----------------------4-----4-------/7----7---------------------|
|-----0-----0-----0-----0?2---2---2---2/5-------5-------------------|


then guitar 2 joins in (guitar 1 plays Riff 1 two more times)

Riff 1b
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6----6--/-8---9----6----6------2---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------2---------------------------------|
|--4----4--/-6---7----4----4------0---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|13--13--13--13--1311--11--11--11?-118--8--8--8---8/9--9--9--9/----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|11--11--11--11--119----9---9---9---96--6--6--6---6/7--7--7--7/----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|13--13--13--13--1311--11--11--11?-118--8--8--8---8/9--9--9?-9-----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|11--11--11--11--119----9---9---9---96--6--6--6---6/7--7--7--7-----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|9--9--9--9--98--8--8--8---84--4---4---4---2---2---2--2--2-------|2x
|--------------------------------------------2---2---2--2--2-----|
|7--7--7--7--76--6--6--6---62--2---2---2---0---0---0--0--0-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

After Chorus:
guitar 1

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9?-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7?-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--8--8--8--8?-8-8-----|
|---------------------------------------------9--9--9--9-9-----|
|7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-7-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

guitar 2
something like that:


Riff 3:
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--5-----4----5--4---x-x-5---x-x-4-----5--5--4--7--4--|
|--4-----4----4--4---x-x-4---x-x-4-----4--4--4--4--4--|
|--6-----4----6--4---x-x-6---x-x-4-----6--6--4--4--4--|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|


|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-x-x-5---x-x-4--5--4---x-x-5---x-x-4---x-x-5--5--4--4--4--|
|-x-x-4---x-x-4--6--4---x-x-4---x-x-4---x-x-4--4--4--4--4--|
|-x-x-6---x-x-4--4--4---x-x-6---x-x-4---x-x-6--6--4--4--4--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|


2nd Verse
Guitar 1 plays Riff 1b (see at the top of the page)


Guitar 2 (joins in when guitar 1 plays riff 1b for the 2nd time)

	|------0--------------------------------------------------|
	|---0h2----6---0h2-0----2---2-----------------------------|
	|-------------------1--4----------------------------------|
	|-----------------------------4---2-----------------------|
	|---------------------------------------------------------|
	|---------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5----5---/7----9----5----5-------------5-------------------------|
|--6----6---/8----9----6----6----6-----4-----4----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5----5---/7----9----5----5--------7---5--------------------------|
|--6----6---/8----9----6----6----6----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

The last chorus is a bit different from the first, one guitar plays the same riff as in 
first chorus, guitar 2 plays some chords I won't find out.
The 2nd time guitar 1 plays Riff 1b (!) and guitar 2 Riff 3 (the one after the 1st 
song ends with riff 1.
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