DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - STEADIER FOOTING Artist: Death Cab for Cutie Song: Steadier Footing Tabbed By: Josh B I'm just going to identify these chords by their bass notes. It does NOT actually the chord being played (most of them are just minors). B G# E(1) Eb E(2) C# E(3) E||----------------------------------------|| B||--4----------0----4-----5-----5-----8---|| G||----------------------------------------|| D||-------6----------1-----2---------------|| A||--2---------------------------4-----7---|| E||-------4-----0--------------------------|| [riff] The riff is just 3 chords that you arpeggiate. C#sus2 : x46644 Some kind of E : x7644x (barre 4, use your pinky for the 7) Bsus2 : x24422 E||------------------------------------| B||----------4--------4--------2-------| G||------------6--------4--------4-----| D||-------6---------6--------4---------| A||---2/4---------7--------2-----------| E||------------------------------------| Note: when you play the riff at the end of the song, the first time he slides 4/7 when to the "E", the rest of the time there is no slide. B G# E B (x2) Eb E(2) C# E(3)

^B[r^G#iff^E(1)] x2 ^B B G# E(1) B (x2) [riff] x2

^B It's gotten la^G#te and now I ^E(1)want to be al^Bone. ^B All of our ^G#friends were here, they ^E(1)all have gone ^Bhome. And here I ^Ebsit on the front ^E(2)porch C# E(3) B watching the drunks stumble forth into the night. "You gave m^G#e a heart attac^E(1)k, I did not see^B you there. ^B I thought you had ^G#dissappeared so ^E(1)early away from ^Bhere." and this is the c^Ebhance I never ^E(2)got C# E(3) to make a move, but we just talk about

[riff] the people we've met in the last five years [riff] and will we remember them in ten more.

^B I let you ^G#bum a smoke, you ^E(1)quit this winter ^Bpast. ^B I've tried ^G#twice before but like ^E(1)this, it just would not ^Blast

[riff w/slide][riff]

Death Cab For Cutie - Steadier footing