Death Cab for Cutie – Bixby Canyon Bridge (Ukulele)

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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-
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C             Am                C
I descended a dusty gravel ridge

            Am                 C
Beneath the Bixby Canyon Bridge

           Am             C
Until I eventually arrived

       Am
At the place where your soul had died

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-Verse B-
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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-
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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

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

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-Verse B-
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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

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-Verse C-
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     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- ------- C

        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

            Am                    (rest)
As I must assume was the case with you