Death Of An Interior Decorator Chords

KeyG Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays646

Death Of An Interior Decorator by Death Cab For Cutie is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords G, Em, C, D, B7, Am and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			There aren't chords for this song anywhere that I can find, so I did it myself. 
I've also included a tab for the main guitar riff of the song; it stretches 
over multiple chords, so hopefully the way that I notated it is clear enough. 

Capo III, all chords (and tab for riff) relative to capo. 

Riff: 
   G           Em          C           G 
e|-------------------------------------------------| 
B|-0-----------------------1-------1---0-----------| 
G|-0-----------------------0-------0---0-----------| 
D|-0-------------------0---2-------2---0-----------| 
A|-2---------------2-----2-3-------3---2-----------| 
E|-3-----------0-3---3-----------------3-----------| 

Intro: 
Riff 
|G   |Em  |C   |G   | 
|G   |Em  |C   |G   | 

G Riff     Em        C              G 
You were the mother of three girls so sweet 
     G Riff             Em            C              G  
That stormed through your turnstile and climbed to the street 
G Riff  Em               C        G  
But after conception, your body lay cold 
    G Riff         Em             C              G  
And withered through autumn and you found yourself old 
                D                 B7 
Can you tell me why you have been so sad? 

G Riff  Em         C       G 
He took a lover on a faraway beach 
      G Riff     Em          C           G  
While you arranged flowers and chose color schemes 
                D                 B7 G  C  
Can you tell me why you have been so saaad? 
                D                 B7 G Riff   
Can you tell me why you have been so sad? 

|Em  |C   |G   | 

Riff 
|G   |Em  |C   |G   | 

G                  Am          Em           D 
The girls were all there, they traded their vows 
G                            Am       C  
The youngest one glared with furrowed brow 
        G        Am         Em      D 
As they tenderly kissed and cut the cake 
    G                      Am        C  
The bride then tripped and broke the vase 
G           Am            Em       D 
The one you thought would span the years 
   G                  Am      C  
So perfectly placed below the mirror 
  G      Am        Em          D 
Arriving late, you cleaned the debris 
    G               Am    C  
And walked into the angry scene 

   Am             Em         D    E 
It felt just like falling in love again 
       Am             Em         D    C 
And it felt just like falling in love again 

Riff 
|G   |Em  |C   |G   | 
|G   |Em  |C   |G   | 

                D                 B7 G  C  
Can you tell me why you have been so saaad? 
                D                 B7            G  
Can you tell me why you have been so... 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante