Grapevine Fires Death Cab for Cutie

Grapevine Fires

Death Cab for Cutie

Donald Sloan

199
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 12/8
Key: Gm
Capo:
Fret 3
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Am
  When the wind picked up,
C
 the fire spread
G                         D
 And the grapevines seemed left for dead
Am                G/B   C
  And the northern   sky looked like the end of days
G
 The end of days
Em Am               C
     The wakeup call to a rented room
G                     D                 Am           G/B
 Sounded like an alarm of impending doom  To warn us,
     C                    G
it's only a matter of time

[Chorus]
           Am     C G D
Before we all burn
             Am    C G
Before we all  burn
Em             Am    C G D
  Before we all  burn
             Am    C G
Before we all  burn

[Verse 2]
Am                   C
  We bought some wine and some paper cups
G                           D                     Am
 Near your daughter's school when we picked her up
          G/B  C                 G
And drove to a cemetery on a hill
         Em
On a hill
Am                         C
  And we watched the plumes paint the sky gray
G                         D
 As she laughed and danced through the field of
      Am        G/B
graves  There, I
    C                   G
knew it would be alright
               D
That everything

[Chorus]
           Am   G/B C G D
Would be alright
           Am   C G
Would be alright
Em           Am   C G D
  Would be alright
           Am   C G
Would be alright

[Bridge]
B7                              C
  And the news reports on the radio
               G
Said it was getting worse
Am                C
  As the ocean air fanned the flames
Em B7
     But I couldn't think
    C                    G
Of anywhere I would've rather been
Am               C
  To watch it all burn away
D            Am
 To burn away

[Chorus]
             | C - - - | G - - - | D  - - - |
| Am - - G/B | C - - - | G - - - | Em - - - |
| Am - - -   | C - - - | G - - - | D  - - - |
| Am - - -   | C - - - | G - - - | -  - - - |
| Am - - -   | C - - - | G - - - | D  - - - |
| Am - - G/B | C - - - | G - - - | Em - - - |
| Am - - -   | C - - - | G - - - | D  - - - |
| Am - - G/B | C - - - | G - - - | -  - - - |

[Outro]
Am                  C
  The firemen worked in double shifts
G                     D
 With prayers for rain on their lips
Am                G/B    C                    G
  And they knew it   was only a matter of time

Bars

[Verse 1]
| Am - - -   | C - - - | G - - - | D  - - - |
| Am - - G/B | C - - - | G - - - | Em - - - |
| Am - - -   | C - - - | G - - - | D  - - - |
| Am - - G/B | C - - - | G - - - | -  - - - |

When the wind picked up,
the fire spread
And the grapevines seemed left for dead
And the northern   sky looked like the end of days
The end of days
The wakeup call to a rented room
Sounded like an alarm of impending doom  To warn us,
it's only a matter of time

[Chorus]
| Am | C | G | D  |
| Am | C | G | Em |
| Am | C | G | D  |
| Am | C | G | -  |

Before we all burn
Before we all  burn
Before we all  burn
Before we all  burn

[Verse 2]
| Am - - -   | C - - - | G - - - | D  - - - |
| Am - - G/B | C - - - | G - - - | Em - - - |
| Am - - -   | C - - - | G - - - | D  - - - |
| Am - - G/B | C - - - | G - - - | D  - - - |

We bought some wine and some paper cups
Near your daughter's school when we picked her up
And drove to a cemetery on a hill
On a hill
And we watched the plumes paint the sky gray
As she laughed and danced through the field of
graves  There, I
knew it would be alright
That everything

[Chorus]
| Am - - G/B | C - - - | G - - - | D  - - - |
| Am - - -   | C - - - | G - - - | Em - - - |
| Am - - -   | C - - - | G - - - | D  - - - |
| Am - - -   | C - - - | G - - - | -  - - - |

Would be alright
Would be alright
Would be alright
Would be alright

[Bridge]
| B7 | - | C  | G |
| Am | C | Em | - |
| B7 | - | C  | G |
| Am | C | D  | - |
| Am |

And the news reports on the radio
Said it was getting worse
As the ocean air fanned the flames
But I couldn't think
Of anywhere I would've rather been
To watch it all burn away
To burn away

[Chorus]
             | C - - - | G - - - | D  - - - |
| Am - - G/B | C - - - | G - - - | Em - - - |
| Am - - -   | C - - - | G - - - | D  - - - |
| Am - - -   | C - - - | G - - - | -  - - - |
| Am - - -   | C - - - | G - - - | D  - - - |
| Am - - G/B | C - - - | G - - - | Em - - - |
| Am - - -   | C - - - | G - - - | D  - - - |
| Am - - G/B | C - - - | G - - - | -  - - - |

[Outro]
| Am - - -   | C - - - | G - - - | D - - - |
| Am - - G/B | C - - - | G - - - |

The firemen worked in double shifts
With prayers for rain on their lips
And they knew it   was only a matter of time

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