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BROTHERS ON A HOTEL BED - Death Cab for Cutie
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Tabbed by: xadioriderx
Email: sk82x4@gmail.com
Tuning: Half step down (although not 100% necessary, the AbMaj7 chords play
better if it is)
Now, when this is played with a piano, like in the acoustic version, its
completely different.
The AbMaj7 is held out mostly with a little variation.
But the below assumes youre just playing the actual rhythym on guitar.
I have listed some timing. When using it, there are no pauses,
just count even and steady with no pauses
1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4... etc.
Chords Used:
AbMaj7 AbMaj7(II) AbMaj7(no 3rd) Cm7 Cm D# Bb B
Eb--4-------------4------------4------------4----4--4---2---3---|
Bb--5-------------5------------5------------5----5--5---4---5---|
Gb--6-------------6------------4------------4----6--4---4---5---|
Db--7-------------6------------7------------6----6--6---4---5---|
Ab--0-------------0------------0------------4----4--7---2---3---|
Eb--------------------------------------------------------------|
Timing is listed here also, strum once on the numbers in parentheses, and count
Intro:
(1), 2, 3, 4 (1), 2 (3), 4 (1), 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4
AbMaj7, Cm7, D#, AbMaj7(II)
(1), 2, 3, 4 (1), 2 (3), 4 (1), 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4
AbMaj7, Cm7, D#, AbMaj7(II)
(1), 2, 3, 4 (1), 2 (3), 4 (1), 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4
AbMaj7, Cm7, D#, AbMaj7(II)
(1), 2, 3, 4 (1), 2 (3), 4 (1), 2, 3, 4 (1), 2, 3, 4
AbMaj7, Cm7, D#, AbMaj7(II) Bb
(1), 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4 (1), 2, 3, 4 (1), 2, 3 (4) (1).....
B Cm Cm7 Cm AbMaj7..
The intro leads straight into the below which is double the speed of intro.
You can choose to drop the AbMaj7(no 3rd) if you want and just continue the
AbMaj7 chord as a 4th beat.
I dont have the strumming pattern listed, just the timing.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/death_cab_for_cutie/brothers_on_a_hotel_bed_crd_ver_5.html ]
Play this twice:
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|1,2,3,4,1,2,3, 4 |1,2,3,4 1,2,3,4|
|AbMaj7 AbMaj7 |Cm7 D# |
|_______________(no_3rd)|________________|
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|1,2,3,4,1,2,3, 4 |1,2,3,4, 1,2,3, 4 |
|AbMaj7(II) AbMaj7 |AbMaj7(II) AbMaj7 |
|_______________(no 3rd)|_______________(no 3rd)_|
Now the Verses/chorus is played mostly the same as above, but for sake of ease
i will leave out the AbMaj7(no 3rd) below
AbMaj7 Cm7
You may tire of me,
D# AbMaj7(II)
As our December sun is setting,
Because I'm not who I used to be...
AbMaj7 Cm7
No longer easy on the eyes
D# AbMaj7(II)
But these wrinkles masterfully disguise,
Bb
The youthful boy below...
AbMaj7 Cm7
Who turned your way and saw
D# AbMaj7(II)
Something he was not looking for:
Both a beginning and an end...
AbMaj7 Cm7
But now he lives inside
D# AbMaj7(II)
Someone he does not recognize,
Bb AbMaj7(II)
When he catches his reflection on accident
AbMaj7, Cm7, D#, AbMaj7(II)
Verse 2
AbMaj7 Cm7
On the back of a motor bike
D# AbMaj7(II)
With your arms outstretched trying to take flight
Leaving everything behind
AbMaj7 Cm7
But even at our swiftest speed
D# AbMaj7(II)
We couldn't break from the concrete
Bb
In the city where we still reside...
AbMaj7 Cm7
And I have learned
D# AbMaj7(II)
That even landlocked lovers yearn
For the sea like navy men...
AbMaj7 Cm7
Cause now we say goodnight
D# AbMaj7(II)
From our own separate sides,
Bb D#
Like brothers on a hotel bed...
AbMaj7(II) D#
Like brothers on a hotel bed....
AbMaj7(II) D#
Like brothers on a hotel bed...
AbMaj7(II) D# Bb
Like brothers on a hotel bed...
AbMaj7, Cm7, D#, AbMaj7(II)
AbMaj7, Cm7, D#, AbMaj7(II)
End
AbMaj7 Cm7
You may tire of me,
D# AbMaj7(II)
As our December sun is setting,
Cause I'm not who I used to be
