I Will Follow You Into the Dark Death Cab for Cutie
This song is from the upcoming release, "Plans" which is coming August 30th. I have a
copy already and thought I would do those looking for the chords when it's released a
service. It's a great, sparse little folk song that emphasizes the bottom half of the
chords and strums mostly on the upbeats. The way this is done is by picking the bottom
two notes of the chord on the downbeats of the verses.
For example, with the F chord, it's played something like this, but the upper half of
the chord is strummed more than once in the rise and fall of the strumming hand:
e 1 1
[B] [1] [1]
[G] [2] [2]
[D] [3] [3]
[A] [3] [3]
[E]
The chorus is pretty much exactly like the introduction.
Standard Tuning
Intro:
[Dm]Dm [F]F [Bb]C ([F]Ba[C]rchord)
Dm F A Dm C Bb Bbm (Into F with F-C note progression beginning)
Verse One:
F (F-C Root note going)
Love of mine,
Dm (D-A Root note going)
Someday you will die
Bb (strumming)
But I will be close behind
I will foll[F]ow, you into the da[C]rk
F (F-C Root note going)
No blinding light
Dm (D-A Root note going)
Or tunnels to gates of white
Just our hands clasped so t[Bb]ight
Waiting f[F]or, the hint of a sp[C]ark
Chorus:
If [Dm]heaven and hell dec[F]ide, that they b[Bb]oth are satis[F]fi[C]ed
Dm F C (bar chord)
Illuminate the "no's", on their vacancy signs
[Dm]If there's no one beside y[F]ou, when your s[A]oul emb[Dm]ark[C]s
Bb Bbm F (Begin F-C root again)
Then I will follow you into the dark
Verse Two:
F (F-C root note going)
Catholic school
Dm (D-A root note)
As vicious as roman rule
I got my knu[Bb]ckles bruised
By a l[F]ady in bl[C]ack
F (F-C root note) Dm Bb
And I held my tongue as she told me, "son, fear is the heart of love."
So I ne[F]ver went b[C]ack
Chorus Two (Same):
If [Dm]heaven and hell de[F]cide, that they b[Bb]oth are sati[F]sf[C]ied
Dm F C (bar chord)
Illuminate the "no's", on their vacancy signs
[Dm]If there's no one beside y[F]ou, when your s[A]oul emb[Dm]ark[C]s
Bb Bbm F (Begin F-C root again)
Then I will follow you into the dark
Verse Three:
[F]You and me, have seen everyt[Dm]hing to see
From Bangkok to Ca[Bb]lgary
F C (barchord)
And the soles of your shoes
Are [F]all worn down, the time for sleep is [Dm]now
But it's nothing to c[Bb]ry about
Because we'll h[F]old each other s[C]oon, [Dm]in the blackest of r[Bbm]ooms
Continue strumming the Bb minor an extra measure before the last chorus.
Chorus Three
[Dm]If heaven and hell de[F]cide, that they b[Bb]oth are satisf[F]ie[C]d
Dm F C (bar chord)
Illuminate the "no's", on their vacancy signs
[Dm]If there's no one beside y[F]ou, when your s[A]oul emb[Dm]ark[C]s
Bb Bbm F run down to Dm on D string
Then I will follow you into the dark
Repeat last line, ending on F.
Go out and buy this CD on August 30th, support Death Cab.
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