Codes and Keys
by Death Cab For Cutie · posted by ,,,
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
4 5 -4 -4
We won't get far
5 -4 -4 4 -3 -3 -3” -3
Flying circles inside a jar
4 4 5 -4 -4
Cause the air we breathe
4 5 -4 -4 4 -3 -3 -3” -3
Is thinning with the words that we speak
-3” 4 4 -3” 3 2
That we speeeeeak
-3” 4 4 -3” 3 2
You and meeeeeeee
(x2)
4 5 -4 -4
You're on the floor
5 -4 -4 4 -3 -3 -3” -3
Fearful of what's outside your door
4 4 5 -4 -4
But the codes and keys
4 4 4 5 -4
They can’t protect you
-4 4 -3 -3” -3 -3” -3
From the pangs of jealousy
-3” -3” 4 -5 -4 4 -3”
And when you screeeeeam
-3” -5 -5 -4 4 -3”
Love, you seeeeeeeem
-3” -5 -5 -4 4 -3”
Like a chiiiiiiiiild
-4 -5 -5 6 -5 -6
Throwing stones at the sky
-3” -3” 4 -5 -4 4 -3”
But when they fall back to earth
-4 -4 -5 -5 -4 -4 4 -3”
As minor chords of major works
-4 -4 -5 -5 -4 -4 4 -3”
In separate rooms a single life
-4 -5 -5
We are one
-5 6 -5 -6
We are alive
4 -4 4 6 4 3
We are aliiive (x3)
-3 4 -3 4
We are alive