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 (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 --------- -Verse B- --------- 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 --------- -Verse A- --------- 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 --------- -Verse B- --------- 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 --------- -Verse C- --------- 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 -------- -Chorus- -------- 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|-------------------------------------------------------------| ------- -Outro- ------- 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