There aren't chords for this song anywhere that I can find, so I did it myself. I've also included a tab for the main guitar riff of the song; it stretches over multiple chords, so hopefully the way that I notated it is clear enough. Capo III, all chords (and tab for riff) relative to capo. Riff: G Em C G e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-0-----------------------1-------1---0-----------| G|-0-----------------------0-------0---0-----------| D|-0-------------------0---2-------2---0-----------| A|-2---------------2-----2-3-------3---2-----------| E|-3-----------0-3---3-----------------3-----------| Intro: [Riff] |G |Em |C |G | |G |Em |C |G | G [Riff] Em C G You were the mother of three girls so sweet G [Riff] Em C G That stormed through your turnstile and climbed to the street G [Riff] Em C G But after conception, your body lay cold G [Riff] Em C G And withered through autumn and you found yourself old

Can you tell me ^Dwhy you have been ^B7so sad? G [Riff] Em C G He took a lover on a faraway beach G [Riff] Em C G While you arranged flowers and chose color schemes Can you tell me ^Dwhy you have been ^B7so ^Gsaa^Cad? D B7 G [Riff] Can you tell me why you have been so sad?

|Em |C |G | [Riff] |G |Em |C |G |

^GThe girls were all ^Amthere, they ^Emtraded their ^Dvows ^GThe youngest one glared with ^Amfurrowed ^Cbrow As they ^Gtenderly ^Amkissed and ^Emcut the ^Dcake The ^Gbride then tripped and ^Ambroke the ^Cvase ^GThe one you ^Amthought would ^Emspan the ^Dyears So ^Gperfectly placed be^Amlow the ^Cmirror Ar^Griving ^Amlate, you ^Emcleaned the ^Ddebris And ^Gwalked into the ^Amangry ^Cscene

It ^Amfelt just like ^Emfalling in ^Dlove ^Eagain And it ^Amfelt just like ^Emfalling in ^Dlove ^Cagain

[Riff] |G |Em |C |G | |G |Em |C |G |

Can you tell me ^Dwhy you have been ^B7so ^Gsaa^Cad? Can you tell me ^Dwhy you have been ^B7so... ^G

Death Cab For Cutie - Death of an interior decorator