Songbook

I Was A Kaleidoscope

By Death Cab for Cutie

Intro: / A - - - / D – Asus2 - / E – Esus4 - / D - - - / (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:
D7/6

"This ain't working anymore."

Repeat Intro

D5
They got their mothers worked into a panic

B5
sledding down hills into oncoming traffic

        D5
the parents layered clothes until the children couldn't move and then

B5

left them outside ‘til their noses were blue and

F#5   Dm/maj7

I got left there, too.

/ A - - - / D – Asus2 - / E – Esus4 - / D - - - /

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