Death Cab for Cutie - Bend to Squares: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Bend to Squares" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

D                   Bm    G
Gravitated towards a taste
D                          Bm     G
For foreign films and modern plays
D
But that machine could only
Bm               G
Bend to squares five to six times
   D                     Bm    G
Before your fingers came unwired

Chorus:
D                                    Bm
Weights down so that you could move forwards,
forwards
                   Em
so you could move forwards, forwards

Pinch to snub that restless nerve
And knock the wind from one last urge
With two fingers in a rock glass
Time passed and that was that
Quite a slip (a loosened grasp)

Chorus

D       Bm         G
What a way to cut lengthwise


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

D

Guitar chord D

Em

Guitar chord Em

G

Guitar chord G

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Bend to Squares" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Bend to Squares" by Death Cab for Cutie.

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