Steadier Footing

xDeath Cab For Cutie
Steadier Footing
Tabbed By Kellen

Standard Tuning

~=let ring

E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-4~------------------------|
D|-4~-------------6~---------|
A|-2~-------------6~---------|
E|----------------4~---------|
     It's gotten late and now

E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----9~-------------4~-|
D|----9~-------------4~-|
A|----7~-------------2~-|
E|----------------------|
    I want to be alone

E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-4~-----------------------------|
D|-4~-----------------6~----------|
A|-2~-----------------6~----------|
E|--------------------4~----------|
      All of our friends were here

E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------9~-------------4~-|
D|--------9~-------------4~-|
A|--------7~-------------2~-|
E|--------------------------|
   They all have gone home

E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|------------1~-------------------|
D|------------2~-------------9~----|
A|------------2~-------------7~----|
E|---------------------------------|
  And here I sit on the front porch

E|------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------8~-----------------|
G|-----------------9~----------9~-----------------|
D|-----------------9~----------9~-----------------|
A|-----------------7~----------7~-----------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
  Watching the drunks stumble forth into the night
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-4~-------------------------|
D|-4~---------------6~--------|
A|-2~---------------6~--------|
E|------------------4~--------|
    You gave me a heart attack

E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|---9~-------------4~---|
D|---9~-------------4~---|
A|---7~-------------2~---|
E|-----------------------|
  I did not see you there

E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-4~-----------------------------|
D|-4~-------------------6~--------|
A|-2~-------------------6~--------|
E|----------------------4~--------|
     I thought you had disappeared

E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|---9~---------------4~-|
D|---9~---------------4~-|
A|---7~---------------2~-|
E|-----------------------|
  So early away from here

E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|---------------1~-------------------|
D|---------------2~----------------9~-|
A|---------------2~----------------7~-|
E|------------------------------------|
  And this is the chance I never got

E|--------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------8~-------|
G|-------------9~--------------9~-------|
D|-------------9~--------------9~-------|
A|-------------7~--------------7~-------|
E|--------------------------------------|
  To make a move, but we just talk about

E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|------------------------4-|
D|-----6-------6------4-----|  (you kind of palm mute these notes)
A|---6---6---6---6--2---2---|
E|-4-------4----------------|
The people we\'ve met in the last five years

E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|------------------------4-|
D|-----6-------6------4-----|
A|---6---6---6---6--2---2---|
E|-4-------4----------------|
And will we remember them in ten more?

E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|-4~---------------------|
D|-4~-------------6~------|
A|-2~-------------6~------|
E|----------------4~------|
     I let you bum a smoke

E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------9~-------------4~-|
D|------9~-------------4~-|
A|------7~-------------2~-|
E|------------------------|
 You quit this winter past

E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4~-----------------------------------9~-----------------------4~-|
D|-4~------------6~---------------------9~-----------------------4~-|
A|-2~------------6~---------------------7~-----------------------2~-|
E|---------------4~-------------------------------------------------|
     I've tried twice before, but like this, it just would not last.
End
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|------------------------4---|
D|-----6-------6------4-------|  x2
A|---6---6---6---6--2---2-----|
E|-4-------4------------------|

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