Death Cab For Cutie - Title Track Tab

Guitar 1: Main Riff - Start with the tone down on your guitar, or use the neck pickup.

e
B 2
G 4 4 4 4 4 4 4/6/9
D 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
A 4 2 4 0 4 2 0
E
Guitar 2: Tone also very low. This is mostly improv, but there is a melody. It's also hard to hear and it may just be keyboards, but it's worth tabbing.
e
B
G 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 11 11 11 11 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 11 11\9~~
D X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
A 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 9 9 9 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 9\7~~
E
Both guitars play their above parts 6 times.

Chorus: Play twice

e
B 0 0 0
G 6 4/8 8 8 8
D X 9 X X
A 0 0 0 0 X X 9 9
E 7 7 7

Play the main riff once, then the second time crank your tone up.

Continue to play it that way through the next verse.

Guitar 2 comes in with the subtle harmonies: (REPEAT THROUGH VERSE)

e
B 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
G 13 13 13 13 13 14 13 13 11 11 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
D X X X X X X
A 12\11 11\9 9/11
E

Play the chorus 4 times, then outro:

Guitar 1: (Over and over)
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B 4 4 0 0
G 6 6
D 6 4 2 6 4 2
A 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 2/7 7 7 7 7
E
Guitar 2: Repeat until Ben is done singing.
e
B 12 12 12 10 10 10
G 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
D
A
E
After Ben stops singing, guitar 2 switches to:
e
B 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
G X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
D 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
A
E
Eventually, Guitar 1 cuts and guitar 2 finishes playing (very lightly):
e
B 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
G 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 X X X X X X X X X
D 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
A
E
| / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================

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