Death Cab for Cutie – Portable Television (Guitar)

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[Intro] G [Verse 1]
G
Portable television, shrouded in snow

     Am                 C
In a raggedy van on the side of the road

    G
The night it had frozen through my little bones

       Am                        C
So you took me in your arms, you squeezed out the cold

[Chorus 1]
G                       Am          C/G
And woah-h-h-h, oh-h-h-h, oh-h-h-h-h, oh-h-h-h-h

G                       Am          C/G      G
Woah-h-h-h, oh-h-h-h, oh-h-h-h-h, oh-h-h-h-h
[Verse 2]
G
Upstate New York, autumn, brightly colored leaves

        Am                       C
Oh, the hills were on fire, they burn for you and me

    G
And where we were going, it was built like a lie

       Am                         C
But as sacred as the Bible, so we didn't question why

[Chorus 2]
G                       Am          C
And woah-h-h-h, oh-h-h-h, oh-h-h-h-h, oh-h-h-h-h

G                       Am          C        G
Woah-h-h-h, oh-h-h-h, oh-h-h-h-h, oh-h-h-h-h
[Bridge]
  C/G             G
I sodded the soil just recently

          Am                                   G
Where the rows of teeth they grow in fields of infinite greed

    C/G                       G
And here laid the father, and here stood the son

          Am                         G         Am   C/G         G
Where the road meets the horizon for everyone,      for everyone
[Verse 3]
G
Portable television, take us away

          Am                         C
From this burden of reflection we've carried today

        G
Oh, the generator's running but there's nothing on the air

        Am                                    C
And the static is a comfort, so we huddle around and stare

[Chorus 3]
G                      Am     C/G
And woah-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

G                  Am     C/G
Woah-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

G                  Am     C/G
Woah-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

G                  Am     C/G      G
Woah-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh