We Laugh Indoors Lyrics

As recorded by Death Cab For Cutie
(From the 2001 Album THE PHOTO ALBUM)
Words by Ben Gibbard Music by Ben Gibbard, Jason Harmer, Chris Walla
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'elec 1 (Ben Gibbard)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Elec 2 (Chris Walla)'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic (Ben Gibbard)'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Dist 1'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Dist 2'
Q=156
N.C.
Gtrs I, III
Wx7 H.. a E
|------------||-----------7s9-||
N.C.
E E E E +E +E Q +W +W +H.. a E
||o----------------------|-------------|-------------|------------------|
||--11-----9-(9)-(9)s12--|-(12)--------|-(12)--------|-(12)-------------|
||o----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------7s9--|
N.C.
E E E E +S +E. Q +W +W +H.. a E
|---------------------|------------|------------|----------------o||
|-11-----9-(9)-(9)s4--|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)-------------||
|---------------------|------------|------------|------------7s9-o||
N.C.
E E E E +E +E Q +W +W +H.. a E
||o----------------------|-------------|-------------|------------------|
||--11-----9-(9)-(9)s12--|-(12)--------|-(12)--------|-(12)-------------|
||o----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------7s9--|
N.C.
E E E E +S +E. Q +W +W +H.. a E
|---------------------|------------|------------|----------------o||
|-11-----9-(9)-(9)s4--|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)-------------||
|---------------------|------------|------------|------------7s9-o||
N.C.
E E E S +S Q Q +Q H Q
||o----------------------|---------------|
||--11-----9-(9)s12------|-------12---------|
||o----------------------|------------------|
+Q H Q +H.. a E
|---------------------|-------------7s9-|
N.C.
E E E E +S +E. Q +H.. E E E E Q E E E Q E E +Q. a E
|---------------------|--------------|----------------|------0-(0)-------o||
|-11-----9-(9)-(9)s4--|-(4)----------|----------0h2h4-|----4--------------||
|---------------------|------------0h|=2p0-2----------|--------------7s9-o||
N.C.
E E E E +E +E Q +W +W +H.. a E
||o----------------------|-------------|-------------|------------------|
||--11-----9-(9)-(9)s12--|-(12)--------|-(12)--------|-(12)-------------|
||o----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------7s9--|
N.C.
E E E E +S +E. Q +W +W
|-11-----9-(9)-(9)s4--|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|
| Gtr II
| W W W
+H.. a E H.. a E
|----------------o||--------------------||
|------------7s9-o||-----------7s9------||
| W H.. S S
|----------------o||--------------------||
|----------------o||--------------------||
N.C.
E E E E +E +E Q +W +W +H.. a E
||o-------------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------|
||--11--------9-(9)-(9)s12--|-(12)--------|-(12)--------|-(12)---------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------7s=9---|
| Q E E H +W +W H.. E
||o-(0)---(0)---------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------|
N.C.
E E E E +S +E. Q +W +W +H.. a E 3x
|---------------------|------------|------------|----------------o||
|-11-----9-(9)-(9)s4--|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)-------------||
|---------------------|------------|------------|------------7s9-o||
| E E E E H +W +W +W 3x
|--------5p=0---------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)-------------||
|--7------------------|------------|------------|----------------o||
|---------------------|------------|------------|----------------o||
N.C.(G5)
E E E E +E +E Q +W +W +H.. a E
|-11------9-(9)-(9)s12--|-(12)--------|-(12)----------|-(12)------------|
|-----------------------|-------------|---------------|-------------7s9-|
| H. Q +W +Q H Q +W
|-------------------^3--|--(3)--------|--(3)--2-------|-----------------|
|-------------------^3--|--(3)--------|--(3)-------3--|--(3)------------|
|-------------------^0--|--(0)--------|--(0)----------|-----------------|
|-------------------^0--|--(0)--------|--(0)----------|-----------------|
|-------------------^x--|--(x)--------|--(x)----------|-----------------|
N.C.
Gtr IV
E E E E +S +E. Q +W +W +H. E E
|-11------9-(9)-(9)s=4--|-(4)---------|-(4)----------|-(4)------------|
| Gtr V
| H. Q +H. Q +Q H Q +Q H E E
|-------------------^2--|-(2)---------|------2-------|----------------|
|-------------------^3--|-(3)---------|-----------3--|-(3)------------|
|-------------------^0--|-(0)---------|--------------|------0---------|
|-------------------^0--|-(0)---------|--------------|----------------|
N.C.(A#) N.C.(Bm)
| E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
(G#) (A5)
| E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E
E E H. +H.. S S W +H.. S S
| E E H. +H.. S S W +H.. S S
W +H.. S S W +H +E E E E
| W +H.. S S W +H.. E
N.C.Gmaj7 A7 Gmaj7
||o-(7)\---------------|-----------x---7--o||
||o------------------x-|---------x---x----o||
||o-(7)\-x-7-7-7-7---x-|-5-5-5-5---7---7--o||
||o--------------------|------------------o||
Gmaj7 A7 Gmaj7 N.C.
Gtrs I, III
|------------------x-|---------x-------|-----------7s9-||
| +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
N.C.
Gtrs I, III
E E E E +E +E Q +W +W +H.. a E
|-11-----9-(9)-(9)s12--|-(12)--------|-(12)--------|-(12)-------------|
|----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------7s9--|
N.C.
E E E E +S +E. Q +H.. E E E E Q E E E Q E E +Q. a E
|-11-----9-(9)-(9)s4--|-(4)----------|----------0h2h4-|----4-------------|
|---------------------|------------0h|=2p0-2----------|--------------7s9-|
N.C.
E E E S +S Q Q +Q H Q +Q H Q +H.. a E
|-11-----9-(9)s12------|-------12--------|-------12--------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------7s9-|
N.C.
E E E E +S +E. Q +H.. E E E E Q E E E Q E E +Q. a E
|-11-----9-(9)-(9)s4--|-(4)----------|----------0h2h4-|----4-------------||
|---------------------|------------0h|=2p0-2----------|--------------7s9-||
N.C.
E E E E +E +E Q +W +W +H.. a E
||o----------------------|-------------|-------------|------------------|
||--11-----9-(9)-(9)s12--|-(12)--------|-(12)--------|-(12)-------------|
||o----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------7s9--|
N.C.
E E E E +S +E. Q +W +W
|-11-----9-(9)-(9)s4--|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|
| Gtr II
| W W W
+H.. a E H.. a E
|----------------o||--------------------||
|------------7s9-o||-----------7s9------||
| W H.. S S
|----------------o||--------------------||
|----------------o||--------------------||
N.C.
E E E E +E +E Q +W +W +H.. a E
||o-------------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------|
||--11--------9-(9)-(9)s12--|-(12)--------|-(12)--------|-(12)---------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------7s=9---|
| Q E E H +W +W H.. E
||o-(0)---(0)---------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------|
N.C.
E E E E +S +E. Q +W +W +H.. a E W
|---------------------|------------|------------|----------------o||--------||
|-11-----9-(9)-(9)s4--|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)-------------||-(4)----||
|---------------------|------------|------------|------------7s9-o||--------||
| E E E E H +W +W +W +W
|--------5p=0---------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)-------------||-(0)----||
|--7------------------|------------|------------|----------------o||--------||
|---------------------|------------|------------|----------------o||--------||
Gtr II
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W +W +W +W
|-^3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*|
|-^2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-^0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
|-^3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*|
Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths