Amputations
Death Cab for Cutie
Verse Chorus ------------ ----------- A 5776xx A 5776xx E 02210x E 02210x C# x4666x [Intro] e|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| B|----5---5---5--|----5---5---5--|----5---5---5--|---------------| G|--6---6---6----|--5---5---5----|--4---4---4----|---------------| D|---------------|---------------|---------------|--6---------6--|x8 A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| Come in after repeating the above twice: Last time: B|---------------|---------------|---------------|--12~----------| B|------------------------| G|--6~-----------|-/14~----------|--13~----------|---------------| G|--6~--/14~---13~--------| D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|x5 D|-------------------14~--| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |------------------------| / = slide-up ~ = sustain with slight vibrato [Verse 1] And if it was just how you wanted You’d be glued to his bones and his brainstem And changing your image and attitudes Won’t bring him back into your bedroom [Chorus 1] Amputating As he’s waiting Amputating He’s unresponsive cause you’re irresponsible (Repeat intro riff x4) [Verse 2] Little swinger your bottle is thinking too much Cause you’re aiming to please way off target And I’ll tell you what you must already know Of ampu--tating that too slow [Chorus 2] Amputating As he’s waiting Amputating He’s unresponsive cause you’re irresponsible Amputating As he’s waiting Amputating He’s unresponsive cause you’re irresponsible [Interlude] (Repeat intro riff x4) [Chorus 3] Amputating As he’s waiting Amputating He’s unresponsive cause you’re irresponsible [Outro - Glenn W. Turner] (alternate between A and E) "And give you instant belief cause you don’t have instant belief You’ve been hooked you’ve been crooked You’ve been lied to so many times that you’re suspicious-minded And when the right thing comes along you don’t believe in it When I’m coming in knocking on the front door You’re out the back door looking for four leaf clovers And when you find it you think somebody planted it there to fool you ’What’s the angle?’ You look for an excuse"