Death Cab for Cutie is an American indie rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band consists of Ben Gibbard (vocals, guitar, piano), Nicholas Harmer (bass), Jason McGerr (drums), Dave Depper (guitar) and Zac Rae (keyboards).
Death Cab began as a solo project of Ben Gibbard, now the band's vocalist and guitarist. Gibbard took the band name from the satirical song Death Cab for Cutie, performed by The Bonzo Dog Band in The Beatles' 1967 experimental film Magical Mystery Tour.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro] DmFBbFC DmFC (Barchord) DmFADmCBbBbm (Into F with F-C note progression beginning)
[Verse] F (F-C Root note going) Love of mine, Dm (D-A Root note going) Someday you will die Bb (strumming) But I will be close behind FC I will follow, you into the dark
F (F-C Root note going) No blinding light Dm (D-A Root note going) Or tunnels to gates of white Bb Just our hands clasped so tight FC Waiting for, the hint of a spark
[Chorus] DmFBbFC If heaven and hell decide, that they both are satisfied DmFC (bar chord) Illuminate the "no's", on their vacancy signs DmFADmC If there's no one beside you, when your soul embarks Bb Bbm F (Begin F-C root again) Then I will follow you into the dark
[Verse] F (F-C root note going) Catholic school Dm (D-A root note) As vicious as roman rule Bb I got my knuckles bruised FC By a lady in black
F (F-C root note) Dm Bb And I held my tongue as she told me, "son, fear is the heart of love." FC So I never went back
[Chorus] DmFBbFC If heaven and hell decide, that they both are satisfied DmFC (bar chord) Illuminate the "no's", on their vacancy signs DmFADmC If there's no one beside you, when your soul embarks Bb Bbm F (Begin F-C root again) Then I will follow you into the dark
[Verse] FDm You and me, have seen everything to see Bb From Bangkok to Calgary FC (barchord) And the soles of your shoes FDm Are all worn down, the time for sleep is now Bb But it's nothing to cry about FCDmBbm Because we'll hold each other soon, in the blackest of rooms
[Chorus] DmFBbFC If heaven and hell decide, that they both are satisfied DmFC (bar chord) Illuminate the "no's", on their vacancy signs DmFADmC If there's no one beside you, when your soul embarks Bb Bbm F (run down to Dm on D string) Then I will follow you into the dark BbBbmF Then I will follow you into the dark
************************************************************************************* This song is from the upcoming release, "Plans" which is coming August 30th. I have a copy already and thought I would do those looking for the chords when it's released a service. It's a great, sparse little folk song that emphasizes the bottom half of the chords and strums mostly on the upbeats. The way this is done is by picking the bottom two notes of the chord on the downbeats of the verses.
For example, with the F chord, it's played something like this, but the upper half of the chord is strummed more than once in the rise and fall of the strumming hand:
e 1 1 B 1 1 G 2 2 D 3 3 A 3 3 E
The chorus is pretty much exactly like the introduction.