Lowell Ma

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I've gotten some very bad ratings on this song and I REALIZE that it is not going to be perfectly true to the
original since the original is only guitar riffs. That said, I wanted to make a version that I could play that
sounded fairly accurate so I came up with this.
If you're wondering how to play this tab, I made a youtube video of myself playing it. You can find it
here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LD_exwlnKU
I would really appreciate it if you would watch the video before rating the tab. Hopefully it will clear
things up
Notes on the video:
- obviously it's on piano and not guitar, but I have put the chords in so you know where they are
- it is transposed six half-steps down because that's the key I sing it in
So though it is far from perfect I think that it works well enough, but please let me know if you have
suggestions. Thanks!
[Intro]
G F#m Bm A
G F#m Bm A
G F#m Bm A
G F#m Bm A
[Verse 1]
G F#m Bm A G
You've been forewarned of the shake-shakedown
F#m Bm A
Opinions stamped on the pulp of the
G F#m Bm A G F#m Bm A
Tabloid newsstand gossip in stacks at your door
[Verse 2]
G F#m Bm A
You swallowed the last of free MA
G F#m Bm A G
Car starts, four windows lowered away
F#m Bm A G F#m Bm A
Last views of cityscapes crumbling
[Break]
Bm G
Bm G
G F#m Bm A
G F#m Bm A
[Verse 3]
G F#m Bm A
Skyscrapers sink into the ground
G F#m Bm A G
All static, no noise... turn the radio down.
F#m Bm A G F#m Bm A
Those bandwidth signals can't reach this far.
[B-section]
Bm G Bm
Don't go holding
G Bm
Out on me now
G Bm G
Don't go holding...
Bm G F#m
I thought that you had come to expect
F#m Em Bm
I thought that you had come to expect more
Bm G F#m
I thought that you had come to expect
F#m Em Bm
I thought that you had come to expect more
[Break]
Bm G F#m
F#m Em
Bm G F#m
F#m Em
G F#m Bm A
G F#m Bm A
[Verse 1]
G F#m Bm A G
You've been forewarned of the shake-shakedown
F#m Bm A
Opinions stamped on the pulp of the
G F#m Bm A G F#m Bm A
Tabloid newsstand gossip in stacks at your door
[B-section]
Bm G Bm
Don't go holding
G Bm
Out on me now
G Bm
Don't go holding
G Bm
Out on me now
G F#m
Don't go holding
Em Bm
Out on me now
G F#m Em B5
Don't go holding...

Lowell Ma chords and lyrics

Free chords for Lowell Ma by Death Cab for Cutie. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

I've gotten some very bad ratings on this song and I REALIZE that it is not going to be perfectly true to the
original since the original is only guitar riffs. That said, I wanted to make a version that I could play that
sounded fairly accurate so I came up with this. 
If you're wondering how to play this tab, I made a youtube video of myself playing it. You can find it
here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LD_exwlnKU
I would really appreciate it if you would watch the video before rating the tab. Hopefully it will clear
things up
Notes on the video: 
- obviously it's on piano and not guitar, but I have put the chords in so you know where they are
- it is transposed six half-steps down because that's the key I sing it in
So though it is far from perfect I think that it works well enough, but please let me know if you have 
suggestions. Thanks!
[Intro]
G   F#m   Bm   A
G   F#m   Bm   A
G   F#m   Bm   A
G   F#m   Bm   A
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Break]
Bm   G
Bm   G
G   F#m   Bm   A
G   F#m   Bm   A
[Verse 3]
[B-section]
[Break]
Bm   G   F#m 
F#m   Em   
Bm   G   F#m 
F#m   Em 
G   F#m   Bm   A
G   F#m   Bm   A
[Verse 1]
[B-section]

Lowell Ma Chords by Death Cab for Cutie

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