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The Sound of Settling Acoustic - Death Cab for Cutie
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Tabbed by: Kellan6
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 2
All chords relative to capo.
E6 B E F# A E/F# B A
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||--6----8------9----4-------6----1----1----4----2----||
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VERSE 1:
[E6]I've got a [B]hung[E]er
[F#]Twisting my [A]stomach into knots.
[E6] That my [B]tongue has [E]tied off.[F#][A]
[E6]My brain's [B]repea[E]ting
[F#]"If you've got an i[A]mpulse let it out"
[E6] But they [B]never [E]make it [F#]past my [A]mouth.
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/death_cab_for_cutie/the_sound_of_settling_acoustic_crd.html )
CHORUS:
E E/F#
Bop ba
B A
This is the sound of settling
E E/F# B A
Bop ba Bop ba
(x2)
INTERLUDE:
E6 B E F# A (x2)
VERSE 2:
[E6]Our youth is [B]fleetin[E]g,
[F#]Old age is j[A]ust around the bend.
[E6] And I [B]can't wait [E]to go [F#]gray.[A]
[E6]And I'll sit and [B]wonde[E]r
[F#] Of every [A]love that could've been.
[E6] If I'd only [B]thought of [E]something [F#]charming to s[A]ay.
CHORUS:
E E/F#
Bop ba
B A
This is the sound of settling
E E/F# B A
Bop ba Bop ba
(x4)
[E6]I've got a [B]hung[E]er
F# A (let ring)
twisting my stomach into knots.
END
During the final chorus, after you repeat it twice, the third and fourth times can also
switched up to play it as if it was the verse.
i.e.:play the verse guitar with the chorus singing.