Death Cab For Cutie - New Year Tab

Two guitars are in this song, the first part is the first guitar. The
second guitar's part is tabbed out at the bottom.

Make sure to use a ton of reverb. It wouldn't be a Death Cab song
without reverb. :)

| s  slide
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| x  mute string

      |--let-ring------------|  |--let-ring--|  |--let-ring--|
e 0 0
B 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5s7 7s5s3
G 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
D 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
A 5 5 x x 5 5 x x
E 7 7 7 7
e 0 0
B 5 5 5 5 5 5 5s7s5 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5s7 7s5s3
G 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
D 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
A 5 5 x x 5 5 x x
E 7 7 7 7
e 0 0
B 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5s7 7s5s3
G 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
D 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
A 5 5 x x 5 5 x x
E 7 7 7 7
(^^^Vocals start here)
e
B 5 5 5 5 5 5 5s7s5 0 5 5 5 5 5 5
G 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
D 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
A 5 5 x x 5 5 x x
E 7 7 7 7
(^^^Guitar 2 begins playing; tabbed out at the bottom)

I'm not sure what to call this riff, but it's pretty tough,

so we'll call it the "hard riff." Play twice.

e
B 0
G 0 2 6 7s3
D 0 4 0 7 7 7 7
A 2 2 2 2 0 4 4 4 0 0
E 3 3 3 3 5 5
(^^^No vocals during this part)
e 0 0
B 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5s7 7s5s3
G 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
D 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
A 5 5 x x 5 5 x x
E 7 7 7 7
(^^^Vocals return) |-let-ring-|
e 5h7p5 0 0 0
B 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5s7 7s5s3 5 5
G 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
D 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
A 5 5 x x 5 5 x x 5 5
E 7 7 7 7
Guitar one rests, 2nd guitar plays G and A, back and forth. After G and A are alternated twice, guitar 1 kicks in again

with the "hard riff," and repeats it.

Eventually, the hard riff gets a variation: Play it twice.

e 0
B 0 7 7
G 0 2 6 7s2
D 0 4 2s7 7 7
A 2 2 2 2 0 0
E 3 3 3 3
Ending:
e 0 0
B 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5s7 7s5s3
G 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
D 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
A 5 5 x x 5 5 x x
E 7 7 7 7
|--let-ring---|
e 5 5 0
B 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5s7s5 0 0
G 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 2
D 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 2
A 5 5 x x 5 5 x x 0
E 7 7 7 7
Guitar 2's parts: In the first minute of the song, guitar 2 is just playing the chord

guitar 1 is playing, just not playing the arppegios or other little riffs.

Just the x5775x and 7x775x chords. At 1:04, guitar 2 comes in with some improvised lead, which can be variated. END. I hope you'll find some use out of this. ===============================================================================

Affiliate Program | Terms and Privacy | API | How to Read Guitar Tab |

Follow us: Twitter | Facebook