I Was A Kaleidoscope
Death Cab for Cutie
I Was a Kaleidoscope (Acoustic Version) Death Cab for Cutie Intro: / - - - / - Asus2 - / - Esus4 - / - - - / (x2) A D Asus2 I put on my overcoat and E Esus4 D walked into winter - my teeth chattered rhythms A D Asus2 And they were grouped in twos or threes like a E Esus4 D Morse code message was sent from me to A D Asus2 Me. And cars on slippery slopes were stuck: people E Esus4 D pushing through their mittens as I was beginning A D Asus2 to feel it soaking through my shoes getting E Esus4 D (x2 measures) colder with every step i took to your apartment dear. Riff 1 A D Asus2 And I was a kaleidoscope: the E Esus4 D snow on my lenses distorting the image A D Asus2 of what was only one of you and I E Esus4 D (x2 measures) didn’t know which one to address as all your lips moved (w/Riff 1) and this is when I forget breathe and all the things I scripted they sound unfounded. And the look that you’re giving me That tells me exactly what you are thinking: /6 "This ain’t working anymore." Repeat Intro They got their mothers worked into a panic sledding down hills into oncoming traffic the parents layered clothes until the children couldn’t move and then left them outside ’til their noses were blue and /maj7 I got left there too. / - - - / - Asus2 - / - Esus4 - / - - - / A D Asus2 I put on my overcoat and E Esus4 D walked into winter - my teeth chattered rhythms A D Asus2 And they were grouped in twos or threes like a E Esus4 D5 (x4 measures) Morse code message was sent from me to