Death Cab for Cutie – I Dont Know How I Survive (Guitar Intro Tab)

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[Intro/Verse 1]
 You have to throw in palm muting on a few notes to get the staccato sound in the recording
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------0--------------2h4p2p0-----------0-----------------------|(x2)
A|----------0h4---4--------------------------0h4---4--------------0h2----|
E|----PM0h2--------------PM0-0---------PM0h2--------------PM0-0-0--------|

 [First Chorus]
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|
D|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|
A|----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
E|---------------------------------------|

 [Verse 2]
 Mostly a synth arpeggio - Pick around a higher register A chord
e|-----------------------|--------9--------9--------9---------12-------|
B|----10-10~----10-10~---|-----10---10---9---9---10---10---10----10----|
G|-----------------------|---9---------9-------9---------9-------------| (x8)
D|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------|

 Guitar comes in
e|----9----7-----5-----4-----2-----4-----2-0------|
B|------10---9\7---7\5---5\3---3/5---5\3-----2----|
G|------------------------------------------------|(x2)
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

 [Second Chorus]
 [Rhythm]
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|
D|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|
A|----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
E|---------------------------------------|

 [Lead]
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----/11-11-11-9-/11-11-11-9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----/9--9--9--7-/9--9--9--7-9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

 [Rhythm]
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------------|
D|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-----------------|
A|----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-----------------|
E|--------------------5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-----------------|

 [Lead]
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----/11-11-11-9-/11-11-11-9-------------------------|
D|----------------------------11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-----|
A|----/9--9--9--7-/9--9--9--7-------------------------|
E|----------------------------9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-----|

 [Outro Lead]
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------9~-9~-9~-9~------------------|
D|----7~-7~-7~-7~-7~-7~-7~-7~-------------11~-11~-9~-9~----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------10~-10~-10~-10~----------------|
G|--------------------------------------------9~-9~-9~-9~----|
D|----7~-7~-7~-7~-7~-7~-7~-7~--------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------10----------10----------17-------17-------17-------17-------17----|
B|---------10------10----10-12-14----14-12-14----14-12-14----12-14----12-14----12-14----12-14-------|
G|----9/11----9/11----11----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|