Tiny Vessels – Death Cab for Cutie

Em          C/D             Em
This is the moment that you know
         Am                C/D               Em
That you told her that you loved her but you don't.
              G                 Em
You touch her skin and then you think
            C                 Am                    Em
That she is beautiful but she don't mean a thing to me.
            C                 Am                    Em
Yeah, she is beautiful but she don't mean a thing to me.
Em          C/D      Em
I spent two weeks in Silverlake
        Am                           Em
The California sun cascading down my face
             G                    Em
There was a girl with light brown streaks
             C                 Am                    Em
And she was beautiful but she didn't mean a thing to me.
             C                 Am                    Em
Yeah she was beautiful but she didn't mean a thing to me.

[Verse]
  Am        C                  A7               Am
I wanted to believe in all the words that i was speaking
      C              G      D
As we moved together in the dark
            Am                 Em
And all the friends that i was telling
            Am          C
And all the playful misspellings
          Em              C      D
And every bite i gave you left a mark
Am           C               A7
Tiny vessels oozed into your neck
               Am
And formed the bruises
         G               Em      D
That you said you didn't want to fade
         Am             Am     C    Em
But they did and so did i that day
      Em                C/D
All i see are dark grey clouds
       Am              C/D               Em
In the distance moving closer with every hour
            G                   Em
So when you ask "was something wrong?"
                          C     
That i think "you're damn right there is,
       Am                  Em
but we can't talk about it now.
       Am                  C
No, we can't talk about it now."

[Outro](x2)
   Em       C/D                   Em
So one last touch and then you'll go
          Am                    C/D               Em
And we'll pretend that it meant something so much more
           Am               Em
But it was vile, and it was cheap
            C                 Am                    Em
And you are beautiful but you don't mean a thing to me
            C                 Am                    Em
Yeah you are beautiful but you don't mean a thing to me
Start Song

Key

A

Capo

2

Shapes

G

Phillip Instrument

EGT

Sabrina Instrument

AGT

Riffs

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------5---7---9---------------|  (x2)           
A|---7-7---7---7---7-------------|                  
E|-------------------------------|                   
e|----------------------------------------------|   
B|----------------------------------------------|  
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|-----2---2-5-2---2------2---2---2---2---------|
A|---5---5-------5------3---3---2---0-----------|
E|----------------------------------------------|


Chorus:

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|----00000000-00000000------------------------------|
D|----22222222-22222222-22222222---------------------|   (x4)
A|----33333333-44444444-22222222-----------2-2-------|
E|----------------------00000000-0-2-2-3-3-----------|

e|----------------------------|
B|----33333333-3~-------------|
G|----00000000-0~-------------|
D|----44444444-4~-------------|
A|----55555555-5~-------------|
E|----------------------------|

Other Notes

Weird chromatic run in the big section. It’s cool. I’ll show you it.

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