Amputations

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Verse Chorus
------------ -----------
A A
5776xx 5776xx
E E
02210x 02210x
E/G# C#m
476xxx x4665x
C#
x4666x
[Intro]
e|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|----5---5---5--|----5---5---5--|----5---5---5--|---------------|
G|--6---6---6----|--5---5---5----|--4---4---4----|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|--6---------6--|x8
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Come in after repeating the above twice: Last time:
e|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| e|------------------------|
B|---------------|---------------|---------------|--12~----------| B|------------------------|
G|--6~-----------|-/14~----------|--13~----------|---------------| G|--6~--/14~---13~--------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|x5 D|-------------------14~--|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| A|------------------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| E|------------------------|
/ = slide-up
~ = sustain with slight vibrato
[Verse 1]
A E A
And if it was just how you wanted
E/G# E
You'd be glued to his bones and his brainstem
A E A
And changing your image and attitudes
E/G# E
Won't bring him back into your bedroom
[Chorus 1]
A E
Amputating
A E
As he's waiting
A E
Amputating
C#m C#
He's unresponsive cause you're irresponsible
(Repeat intro riff x4)
[Verse 2]
A E A
Little swinger, your bottle is thinking too much
E/G# E
Cause you're aiming to please way off target
A E A
And I'll tell you what you must already know
E/G# E
Of ampu--tating that too slow
[Chorus 2]
A E
Amputating
A E
As he's waiting
A E
Amputating
C#m C#
He's unresponsive cause you're irresponsible
A E
Amputating
A E
As he's waiting
A E
Amputating
C#m C#
He's unresponsive cause you're irresponsible
[Interlude]
(Repeat intro riff x4)
[Chorus 3]
A E
Amputating
A E
As he's waiting
A E
Amputating
C#m C#
He's unresponsive cause you're irresponsible
[Outro - Glenn W. Turner]
A E
(alternate between and )
"And give you instant belief, cause you don't have instant belief
You've been hooked, you've been crooked
You've been lied to so many times, that you're suspicious-minded
And when the right thing comes along, you don't believe in it
When I'm coming in knocking on the front door
You're out the back door looking for four leaf clovers
And when you find it, you think somebody planted it there to fool you
'What's the angle?' You look for an excuse"

Amputations chords and lyrics

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

Verse            Chorus
------------     -----------
A     5776xx     A    5776xx
E     02210x     E    02210x
E/G#  476xxx     C#m  x4665x
                 C#   x4666x
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
[Chorus 1]
(Repeat intro riff x4)
[Verse 2]
[Chorus 2]
[Interlude]
(Repeat intro riff x4)
[Chorus 3]
[Outro - Glenn W. Turner]
(alternate between A and E)
"And give you instant belief, cause you don't have instant belief
You've been hooked, you've been crooked
You've been lied to so many times, that you're suspicious-minded
And when the right thing comes along, you don't believe in it
When I'm coming in knocking on the front door
You're out the back door looking for four leaf clovers
And when you find it, you think somebody planted it there to fool you
'What's the angle?' You look for an excuse"

Amputations Chords by Death Cab for Cutie

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