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Bixby Canyon Bridge

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Bixby Canyon Bridge
Death Cab For Cutie
Narrow Stairs
This is meant to be an acoustic rendition of the song.  The Bass line obviously does a 
amount of "walking," but the root chords are good enough for playing on acoustic.
[Verse A]
CI descended a Amdusty gravel ridgeC  
Beneath the AmBixby Canyon BridgeC  
Until I eveAmntually arrivedC  
At the Amplace where your soul had died
[Verse B]
FBarefoot Cin the Gshallow Fcreek
I grab some Cstones from GunderneathF  
                    C          G   F(hold an extra measure)
Waiting for you to speak to me
[Verse A]
CIn the silence it bAmecame so very clearC  
That you had Amlong ago disappearedC  
And I curse mAmyself for being surprisedC  
That this didn't Amplay out like it did in my mind
[Verse B]
FAll the way Cfrom GSan FranciscoF  
As I chasCe the Gend of your ropeF  
'Cause I've stiCll gGot miles to Fgo
[Verse C]
F
I wanCt to know Gmy faFte
If I Ckeep uGp this wayF  
Its harCd to wGant to stayF  
Aw  -  Ama  -  Ey
F
Then evCeryonGe you meetF  
Will all seem Cto Gbe asleeFp
And you wConder if you're Gmissing your dreDam
You can't Fsee your drDeam
You can't Fsee your drDeam
Just can't Fsee your dDreamF  
[Chorus]
  Your Ddr   -  e    -    Gam.....F....
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------| (Repeat x12, last 4 w/o lyrics)
D|-----4-------5-(slide)-10-(hold)--|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
For the next 7 progressions, alternate between these two Riffs, A B A B A B A
[Riff A]
E|-----D---------------G--------F-----------------------|
B|--------------------------------------5b6b5-5b6b6--|
G|-----------------------------------5---------------|
D|-----4-------5------10------5----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
[Riff B]
E|-----D---------------G--------F-----------------------|
B|--------------------------------------5b6b5-5b6-3--|
G|-----------------------------------5---------------|
D|-----4-------5------10------5----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
                     D         G           F   F(with 
bend)
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------5b6b5-(Repeat bend x7)-|
G|-----------------------------------5-------------------------|
D|-----4-------5------10------5--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
[Outro]
C
Then is Amstarted getting darkC  
And I trudged back to Amwhere the car was parkedC  
No closer to Amany kind of truthC  
                                Am(rest)
As I must assume was the case with you
************************************
| b  Bend
| ~  Vibrato
************************************

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Bixby Canyon Bridge

by Death Cab for Cutie

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Bixby Canyon Bridge

Death Cab For Cutie

Narrow Stairs

This is meant to be an acoustic rendition of the song. The Bass line obviously does a

amount of "walking," but the root chords are good enough for playing on acoustic.

[Verse A]

C Am C

I descended a dusty gravel ridge

Am C

Beneath the Bixby Canyon Bridge

Am C

Until I eventually arrived

At the place where your soul had died

[Verse B]

F C G F

Barefoot in the shallow creek

C G F

I grab some stones from underneath

C G F

(hold an extra measure)

Waiting for you to speak to me

[Verse A]

C Am C

In the silence it became so very clear

Am C

That you had long ago disappeared

Am C

And I curse myself for being surprised

That this didn't play out like it did in my mind

[Verse B]

F C G F

All the way from San Francisco

C G F

As I chase the end of your rope

C G F

'Cause I've still got miles to go

[Verse C]

C G F

I want to know my fate

C G F

If I keep up this way

C G F

Its hard to want to stay

Am E

Aw - a - y

C G F

Then everyone you meet

C G F

Will all seem to be asleep

C G D

And you wonder if you're missing your dream

F D

You can't see your dream

F D

You can't see your dream

F D F

Just can't see your dream

[Chorus]

D G F

Your dr - e - am.........

E|----------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------| (Repeat x12, last 4 w/o lyrics)

D|-----4-------5-(slide)-10-(hold)--|

A|----------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------|

For the next 7 progressions, alternate between these two Riffs, A B A B A B A

[Riff A]

D G F

E|---------------------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------5b6b5-5b6b6--|

G|-----------------------------------5---------------|

D|-----4-------5------10------5----------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------|

[Riff B]

D G F

E|---------------------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------5b6b5-5b6-3--|

G|-----------------------------------5---------------|

D|-----4-------5------10------5----------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------|

D G F F

(with

bend)

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------5b6b5-(Repeat bend x7)-|

G|-----------------------------------5-------------------------|

D|-----4-------5------10------5--------------------------------|

A|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

[Outro]

Am C

Then is started getting dark

Am C

And I trudged back to where the car was parked

Am C

No closer to any kind of truth

(rest)

As I must assume was the case with you

************************************

| b Bend

| ~ Vibrato

************************************

About Bixby Canyon Bridge Chords by Death Cab for Cutie

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