{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1737994,"song":"Why Youd Want To Live Here","artist":"Death Cab for Cutie","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1737994-why-youd-want-to-live-here-chords-by-death-cab-for-cutie/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1737994?type=chord","rating":4.61431,"votes":11,"content":"[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm in Los Angeles today...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt smells like an airport runway.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]B[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJet fuel stenches in the cabin[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd lights flickering at random.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm in Los Angeles today...[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGarbage cans comprise the medians of freeways always creaping[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEven when the population's sleeping.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't see why you'd want to live here.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm in Los Angeles today...[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAsked a gas station employee if he ever had trouble breathing[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he said \"It varies from season to season, kid.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]                           \r\nIt's where our best are on display...[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMotion picture actors' houses[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMaps are never ever current[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo save your film and $15.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't see why you'd want to live here.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBillboards reach past the tallest buildings,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     \r\n\"We are not perfect - but we sure try.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs UV rays \"degraded\" our youth with time.[/tab]\r\n\r\nBridge:\r\n[ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe vessel keeps pumping us through this zentropic place[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A7[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the belly of the beast that is Californ-i-a,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]          \r\nI drank from a faucet and I kept my receipts[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A7[/ch]              \r\nFor when the weigh me on my way out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n(Here nothing is free).[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                \r\nThe greyhounds keep coming[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDumping locusts into the street[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nUntil the gutters overflow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd Los Angeles thinks,[/tab]\r\n(single percussive strums)\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]        (let it ring)\r\n\"I might explode [/tab]\r\nsomeday soon.\"\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's a lovely summer's day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I can almost see a skyline through a thickening shroud of egos.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(Is this the city of Angeles or demons?)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHere the names are what remain...[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]     \r\nStars encapsulate the golden age[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they need constant cleaning for when the tourists begin salivating.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't see why you'd want to live here.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBillboards reach past the tallest buildings,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nYou can't swim in a town this shallow - [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nas you will most assuredly drown tomorrow[/tab]","plain_text":"Bridge:\nG        G        G        G\n\nEm       G        A7       C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(single percussive strums)\n\nsomeday soon.\"","chords":["G","D","C","B","Cmaj7","Em","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}