Chord/Tab song: I Was a Kaleidoscope

(Acoustic Version)

Death Cab for Cutie




Intro: / A - - - / D ? Asus2 - / E ? Esus4 - / D - - - / (x2)



[A] [D] [Asus2]
I put on my overcoat and

[E] [Esus4] [D]
walked into winter - my teeth chattered rhythms

[A] And they were grouped in twos or threes,[D] like a[Asus2]

[E] [Esus4] [D]
Morse code message was sent from me to

[A] [D][Asus2]
Me. And cars on slippery slopes were stuck: people

[E] [Esus4] [D]
pushing through their mittens as I was beginning

[A] [D] [Asus2]
to feel it soaking through my shoes, getting

E Esus4 D (x2 measures)
colder with every step i took to your apartment, dear.

Riff 1


[A] And I was a kaleidosco[D]pe: th[Asus2]e

[E] [Esus4] [D]
snow on my lenses distorting the image

[A] [D] [Asus2]
of what was only one of you and I

E Esus4 D (x2 measures)

didn't know which one to address as all your lips moved

(w/Riff 1)
and this is when I forget breathe

and all the things I scripted, they sound unfounded.
And the look that you're giving me,

That tells me exactly what you are thinking:
[D7/6]
"This ain't working anymore."


Repeat Intro

[D5]They got their mothers worked into a panic

[B5]sledding down hills into oncoming traffic

the pare[D5]nts layered clothes until the children couldn't move and then

[B5]
left them outside ?til their noses were blue and

[F#5] [Dm/maj7]
I got left there, too.



/ A - - - / D ? Asus2 - / E ? Esus4 - / D - - - /


[A] [D] [Asus2]
I put on my overcoat and

[E] [Esus4] [D]
walked into winter - my teeth chattered rhythms

[A] And they were grouped in twos or threes,[D] like a[Asus2]

E Esus4 D5 (x4 measures)

Morse code message was sent from me to