Chord/Tab song: Bixby Canyon Bridge

(Live)
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.

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-Verse A-

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[C]I descended a [Am]dusty gravel ridge[C]
Beneath the [Am]Bixby Canyon Bridge[C]
Until I eve[Am]ntually arrived[C]
At the [Am]place where your soul had died

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-Verse B-

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[F]Barefoot [C]in the [G]shallow [F]creek
I grab some [C]stones from [G]underneath[F]
C G F (hold an extra measure)
Waiting for you to speak to me

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-Verse A-

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[C]In the silence it b[Am]ecame so very clear[C]
That you had [Am]long ago disappeared[C]
And I curse m[Am]yself for being surprised[C]
That this didn't[Am] play out like it did in my mind

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-Verse B-

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[F]All the way[C] from [G]San Francisco[F]
As I chas[C]e the [G]end of your rope[F]
'Cause I've sti[C]ll g[G]ot miles to [F]go

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-Verse C-

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[F]
I wan[C]t to know [G]my fa[F]te
If I[C] keep u[G]p this way[F]
Its har[C]d to w[G]ant to stay[F]
Aw - [Am]a - [E]y

[F]
Then ev[C]eryon[G]e you meet[F]
Will all seem[C] to [G]be aslee[F]p
And you w[C]onder if you're [G]missing your dre[D]am
You can't [F]see your dr[D]eam
You can't [F]see your dr[D]eam
Just can't [F]see your d[D]ream[F]

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-Chorus-

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Your [D]dr - e - [G]am.....[F]....

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] [G] [F]

E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------5b6b5-5b6b6--|
G|-----------------------------------5---------------|
D|-----4-------5------10------5----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

~~~Riff B~~~
[D] [G] [F]

E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------5b6b5-5b6-3--|
G|-----------------------------------5---------------|
D|-----4-------5------10------5----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

D G F F (with
bend)

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------5b6b5-(Repeat bend x7)-|
G|-----------------------------------5-------------------------|
D|-----4-------5------10------5--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
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-Outro-

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[C]
Then is [Am]started getting dark[C]
And I trudged back to [Am]where the car was parked[C]
No closer to [Am]any kind of truth[C]
Am (rest)
As I must assume was the case with you