Death Cab for Cutie – Foxglove Through The Clearcut (Guitar Tab)
Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
Versions
(2)
Guitar Tab
Guitar
Auto-scroll
Speed:
1.0x
Song is super simple, sounds absolutely gorgeous when arranged together. This is admittedly a little bit
complicated with all the parts, so bear with me.
There are three discernable guitar parts. Ben, Dave, and Zac. I'm not sure who plays what exactly, so I'm just
going to try my best and guess. The parts are added and taken away at certain points in the song, should
be easy to figure out.
[Verse]
RIFF 1 (Dave): The main riff to the song. Palm mute this.
e|---------------------------------------------| B|----5---------5---------5--------------------| G|--------6---------6----------6-----4--2------| D|------7---------7---------7------------------| A|--5---------5---------0----------0-----------| D|---------------------------------------------|
This part appears to be hidden in the background for the entire song (or at least most of it).
[Chorus]
RIFF 2 (Zac): comes in at "nowhere left to go" when Ben starts singing.
e|-10--9-----9---------------------------------------------------| B|-------12----12--10--9--10-9-----------------------------------| G|------------------------------9--------------------------------| D|---------------------------------12-11-------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
In the next spoken word verse, Zac doubles down on Dave's part, without the palm muting.
e|---------------------------------------------| B|----5----------5---------5-------------------| G|--------6---------6----------6-----4--2------| D|---------------------------------------------| A|--5---------5---------0----------0-----------| D|---------------------------------------------|
There's also some cool palm muted effects in the background.
e|---19--------19----------19------------17----------------------| B|-------19---------19-----------19-----------17-----------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
[CHORUS]
For the next chorus Ben comes in with power chords as Zac's riff and the main riff continues.
Riff 4 (Ben)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|--0--0--0--0--0--0---7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------------------| A|--0--0--0--0--0--0---7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------------------| D|--0--0--0--0--0--0---7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------------------|
[Interlude]
There are two simutaneous guitar parts here.
Riff 5 (Dave)
e|--------------------------------------| B|----2--------2--------2---------------| G|-4-----2--4-----2--4-----2--4--4--2---| D|--------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------|
Riff 6 (Zac)
e|----------------------------------------------------| B|---5------5-----5-----5---5-------5------5------5--5| G|-----6------6-----6-----6---7---6---7--6---7--6-----| D|-7------7-----7-----7-------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
For the next segment, we return to the second verse, with the palm muted main riff, and Zac's overdub.
Riff 1 (Dave): Palm Muted
e|---------------------------------------------| B|----5---------5---------5--------------------| G|--------6---------6----------6-----4--2------| D|------7---------7---------7------------------| A|--5---------5---------0----------0-----------| D|---------------------------------------------|
Riff 3 (Zac):
e|---------------------------------------------| B|----5----------5---------5-------------------| G|--------6---------6----------6-----4--2------| D|---------------------------------------------| A|--5---------5---------0----------0-----------| D|---------------------------------------------|
The chorus repeats itself with the main riff continuing on, Ben's distorted guitar coming back again (louder)
and Zac's riff again. Then, we get into the outro.
[Outro]
Ben comes in again, with more power chords.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|--4--4--4--4--4--4---7-7-7-7-7-7--0-0-0-0-0-0------------------| A|--4--4--4--4--4--4---7-7-7-7-7-7--0-0-0-0-0-0------------------| D|--4--4--4--4--4--4---7-7-7-7-7-7--0-0-0-0-0-0------------------|
The interlude riffs continue on:
e|--------------------------------------| B|----2--------2--------2---------------| G|-4-----2--4-----2--4-----2--4--4--2---| D|--------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------| B|---5------5-----5-----5---5-------5------5------5--5| G|-----6------6-----6-----6---7---6---7--6---7--6-----| D|-7------7-----7-----7-------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------|
Eventually, this tremolo picked lead part comes in:
e|---------------------------17#---21#-------------------16#-17#--21#----| B|-14#-14b15#-14#---14b15#--------------19#--17--14-17#------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Legend:
# - tremolo picking