Diamond and a Tether [Version] chords by Death Cab for Cutie

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Verse 1
G 
C 
G 
 (G major) Pity, take  (C major) pity on  (G major) me.
C 
Cause I'm not half  (C major) the man
G 
that I should be.  (G major) 
C 
G 
Always turning  (C major) to  (G major) run,
C 
G 
From the  (C major) people I should not be afraid  (G major) of.
C 
 (C major) And darling,

Verse 2
G 
C 
G 
 (G major)  (C major) you should  (G major) know
C 
G 
That I have fantasies  (C major) about being alone.  (G major) 
It's like love is a lesson,
C 
G 
That  (C major) I can't  (G major) learn.
C 
I make the  (C major) same mistakes
G 
at each familiar turn.  (G major) 

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Verse 3

I know you can't hold

out forever

Waiting on a diamond and a tether

From a boy who won't swim

But who will dip his toe in

Just to keep you here with him.

Verse 4
G 
I've got this habit  (G major) I abhor.
C 
When we go  (C major) out I'm always
G 
watching the door.  (G major) 
Cause if there's someone
I'm gonna see
C 
Who could outdo  (C major) the things

Verse 5
that you do to me.
G 
Em 
 (G major) And I know you can't  (E minor) hold
C 
G 
out forever (C major)  (G major) 
Em 
C 
G 
D 
Waiting on a  (E minor) diamond and a teth (C major) er  (G major)  (D major) 
Em 
C 
From a boy  (E minor) who won't fly  (C major) 
B 
Em 
A 
But who will take  (B major) to the skies  (E minor) if he think (A major) 
C 
s you are about  (C major) to say goodbye.
G 
 (G major) 

Interlude 1

Verse 6
G 
D 
C 
 (G major) Pity, take  (D major) pity on  (C major) me.
D 
Cause  (D major) I'm not half the man
C 
Em 
that  (C major) I  should be.  (E minor) 
G 
And  (G major) I  don't blame you,
You've had enough,
C 
Of all these  (C major) empty promises

Verse 7
and countless bluffs.
G 
 (G major) Cause I know you can't
Em 
C 
G 
 (E minor) hold out forever (C major)  (G major) 
Em 
Waiting on a  (E minor) diamond and
C 
G 
D 
a tether (C major)  (G major)  (D major) 
Em 
C 
From a boy  (E minor) who won't jump  (C major) 
B 
Em 
when he falls  (B major) in love.  (E minor) 
A 
C 
Em 
He just stands  (A major) with his toes  (C major) on the  (E minor) edge
A 
C 
And he waits  (A major) for it do  (C major) disappear again.
G 
 (G major) 