I Was a Kaleidoscope

Song

Tabbed by: Austin Formica

Email:no_motiv06@yahoo.com

Tuning:Standard

This is the Acoustic version of "I Was A Kaleidoscope" By DFCF.

The version I Tabbed was just Ben Gibbard playing acoustic guitar.

The Tab is not exactly what ben Plays but sounds good anyway.

Email me if you have questions or corrections.

-Austin

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Verse (Listen for Rythm)- You could also use a variation of the chords form the chorus.

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |

e|---------x-x----x-x---x-x----x-----x---x-----------------------------|
B|---------2-2----3-3---2-2----x-----x---x-----------------------------|
G|---2-----2-2----2-2---2-2----1-----2---2------7----6---7---6---------|
D|---2-----2-2----2-2---2-2----2-----0---0------7----7---7---7---------|
A|---0-----0-0----x-x---0-0----2-----2---2------5----5---5---5---------|
E|---x-----x-x----x-x---x-x----0-----0---0-----(5)--(5)-(5)-(5)--------|

NOTE:Ben hits the D,G and B strings open palm muted on the downbeats between chords.

I put on my overcoat and walked into the winter

My teeth chattered rhythms.

And they were grouped in twos and threes,

like a morse code message was sent from me to me.

and cars on slippery slopes were stuck:

people pushing through their mittens

as I was beginning

to feel like soaking through my shoes,

getting colder with every step

I took to your apartment, dear. <- (REPEAT PART 4 FROM CHORUS)

Chorus (Version 1)Mess around with this chord progression.

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-----6-----h7------0-----h4--------6-----h7------6-------|
D|-7-x8--7--x4--7--x4--4--x4--4--x4----7--x2--7--x4--7-x2----|
A|-0-----5------5------2------2--------5------5------5-------|
E|-0-----0------0------0------0--------0------0------0-------|

or NOTE: both of these versions arent what he plays but these are the chords of the

and sound good in its place

Chorus (Version 2)

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------6---------------6----------------4---------------6---7---6--------|
D|---7-------7---7---7-------7---7----4-------4---4---7---------------7----|
A|-0---0---0---0---5---5---5---5----2---2---2---2---5---5---5---5---5------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

*Chorus Ending (ending of the second Chorus in the song)*

"...this aint workn' anymore."

e|---------------------|
B|---7-----------------|
G|---7-x8----7---------|
D|---7-------6-x1------|
A|---5-------5---------|
E|---------------------|

Bridge/Interlude

|1| |2|

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|--7-------4------|
D|--7-------4------|
A|--5-------2------|
E|-----------------|

or

| 1 | | 2 |

e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-7--5--9-------0--4--6------|
D|-7--7--7-------4--4--4------|
A|-5--5--5-------2--2--2------|
E|----------------------------|

*Bridge/Interlude Ending*

"and I got left there too."

e|--2-----x------|
B|--3-----7~-----|
G|--4-----7~-----|
D|--4-----7~-----|
A|--2-----5~-----|
E|--2-----0~-----|

Outro

"Was sent from me to me

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|--7---- 6-6~-----|
D|--7-x?--7-7~-----|
A|--5-----5-5~-----|
E|-----------------|

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Verse

Chorus (no words)

Verse

Chorus

*Chorus Ending*

Verse (no words)

Bridge

*Bridge ending*

Verse

Outro

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Lyrics:

I put on my overcoat and walked into the winter

My teeth chattered rhythms.

And they were grouped in twos and threes,

like a morse code message was sent from me to me.

and cars on slippery slopes were stuck:

people pushing through their mittens

as I was beginning

to feel like soaking through my shoes,

getting colder with every step I took to your apartment, dear.

I was a kaleidoscope

The snow on my lenses distorting the image of what was only one of you

and I didn't know which one to address as your lips moved.

This is when I foret to breathe and all the things I scripted,

They sound so unfounded.

And it's the look that you're giving me

that tells me exactly what you are thinking: "This ain't working anymore."

They got their mothers worked into a panic

sledding down hills into oncoming traffic,

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

and left them outside until their noises were blue, and I got left there, too.

I put on my overcoat and walked into the winter

My teeth chattered rhythms.

And they were grouped in twos and threes,

like a morse code message was sent from me to me.

The End

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