Benjamin Gibbard – Teardrop Windows (Guitar)

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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