Death Cab For Cutie - Grapevine fires

^Cm When the wind picked ^Ebmaj7up the fire spread^Bb and the grapevines se^Femed left for dead. ^Cm And the northern s^Ebky looked like the end of days, ^Bb the end of days. ^{Gm Cm} A wake up c^Eball to a rancid room ^Bb Sounded like an al^Farm of impending doom. ^Cm To warn us it's o^Ebnly a matter of t^Bbime.

Before we ^Cmall b^Eburn ^{Bb F} Before we ^Cmall b^Eburn ^{Bb Gm} Before we ^Cmall b^Eburn ^{Bb F} Before we ^Cmall b^Eburn ^Bb

^Cm We bought some w^Ebine and some paper cups ^Bb near your daughter's s^Fchool when we picked her up ^Cm and drove to a c^Ebemetery on a hill ^Bb on a h^Gmill. ^Cm And we watched the p^Eblumes paint the sky grey ^Bb and she laughed and da^Fnced through the field of graves ^Cm And there I knew it would be al^Ebright ^Bb that everyth^Fing

Would be a^Cmlrigh^Ebt ^{Bb F} Would be a^Cmlrigh^Ebt ^{Bb Gm} Would be a^Cmlrigh^Ebt ^{Bb F} Would be a^Cmlrigh^Ebt ^Bb

^D7 And the news reports on the r^Ebadio said it was get^Bbting worse ^Cm As the ocean ^Ebair found the f^Gmlames ^D7 But I couldn't think of any^Ebwhere I would have rather been ^{Bb Cm} To watch it a^Ebll burn aw^Fay To burn a^Cmway. ^{Eb Bb F}

^Cm The firemen wo^Ebrked in double shifts, ^Bb with prayers for r^Fain on their lips ^Cm And they knew it was o^Ebnly a matter of t^Bbime.