Benjamin Gibbard – Teardrop Windows (Guitar)
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Guitar
Guitar
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
The timing on some of my chord placements is probably wrong. Shouldn't be too hard
if you've heard the song.
G [3-2-0-0-3-3]
C/G [3-3-2-0-1-0]
C/B [0-2-0-0-1-0]
Am [X-0-2-2-1-0]
D7 [X-X-0-2-1-2]
C [X-3-2-0-1-0]
D [X-X-0-2-3-2]
D/C [X-3-0-2-3-0]
D/B [X-2-0-2-3-0]
D/A [X-0-0-2-3-0]
EmM7 [0-2-1-0-0-0]
G C/G C/B Teardrop windows cryin' in the sky Am D7 He is all alone and wonderin' why G C/G C/B Ivory white but feelin' kind of blue Am D7 Cause theres no one there to share the view C C/B Am There's too many vacancies C G D He's been feelin' oh so empty C C/B Am D7 When the sun sets over the sound G He just goes to sleep
[He seems to hammer on the 2nd fret on the D string when playing the G chord]
G C/G C/B Built in boast as the tallest on the coast Am D7 He was once the city's only toast G C/G C/B In old postcards was positioned as a star Am D7 He was looked up to with fond regard C C/B Am But in nineteen sixty two C G D The needle made it's big debut C C/B Am D7 And everybody forgot G What it outgrew
G/F#
Em He wonders where the workers are C G G/F# Who once filled every floor Em EmM7 The elevators operate C D D/C D/B D/A But don't much anymore D D/C D/B D/A Anymore D D/C D/B D/A Anymore
D D/C D/B D/A
D D/C D/B D7
G C/G C/B Teardrop windows cryin' in the sky Am D7 How the years have quickly past her by G C/G C/B Gleaming white 'gainst the deepest baby blue Am D7 He is lonely just like me and you C C/B Am There's too many vacancies C G D He's been feelin' oh so empty C C/B Am D7 When the sun sets over the sound G He just goes to sleep C C/B Am There's too many vacancies C G D He's been feelin' oh so empty C C/B Am D7 And when the maids they turn out the lights G He just goes to sleep