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. --------- -Verse A- ---------

^CI descended a ^Amdusty gravel ridge^C Beneath the ^AmBixby Canyon Bridge^C Until I eve^Amntually arrived^C At the ^Amplace where your soul had died

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^FBarefoot ^Cin the ^Gshallow ^Fcreek I grab some ^Cstones from ^Gunderneath^F C G F (hold an extra measure) Waiting for you to speak to me

--------- -Verse A- ---------

^CIn the silence it b^Amecame so very clear ^C That you had ^Amlong ago disappeared ^C And I curse m^Amyself for being surprised ^C That this didn't^Am play out like it did in my mind

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^FAll the way^C from ^GSan Francisco ^F As I chas^Ce the ^Gend of your rope ^F 'Cause I've sti^Cll g^Got miles to ^Fgo

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I wan^Ct to know ^Gmy fa^Fte If I^C keep u^Gp this way^F Its har^Cd to w^Gant to stay^F Aw - ^Ama - ^Ey

Then ev^Ceryon^Ge you meet^F Will all seem^C to ^Gbe aslee^Fp And you w^Conder if you're ^Gmissing your dre^Dam You can't ^Fsee your dr^Deam You can't ^Fsee your dr^Deam Just can't ^Fsee your d^Dream ^F

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Your ^Ddr - e - ^Gam.....^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|-------------------------------------------------------------| ------- -Outro- ------- C

Then is ^Amstarted getting dark ^C And I trudged back to ^Amwhere the car was parked ^C No closer to ^Amany kind of truth^C Am (rest) As I must assume was the case with you

Death Cab For Cutie - Bixby canyon bridge live