Everything's a Ceiling

Death Cab for Cutie - Everything's a Ceiling: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Everything's a Ceiling" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. 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.

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Learn Everything's a Ceiling Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Death Cab for Cutie

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Everything's a Ceiling" smoothly on your guitar.

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C               G                Am
Way way down a hole, there's no feeling,
                   F                 Am
Cause when you're so far below the floor,
                G
everything's a ceiling.

    C                         G
We dug it down as deep as we could
              Am
Just like we planned it
               Dm
But when you climbed out, you pulled the ladder
                  G
And it left me stranded

Chorus:
     F                   Am
So what am I supposed to do?
     F              Am G
I'm calling out to you
            F                 C G
But you're miles away, it's true
F             G       C
Digging with someone new

So far down in this hole
There's little daylight
I feel the shards of the midday sun
And then it's black as midnight

The only stars I see in the sky
They don't move me
'Cause they've all been dead for millions of years
They're just light diffusing

Chorus:
And a constellation is more
Than the brightest point of its form
But every telescope you assumed
Was pointed only at you

              Am
And I've got nowhere to go except further below,
           C
So I keep digging.
             Am
And it gets darker everyday,
                                     C
But I see no other way than just committing.

             F                        C
And if the earth is as round as they say
        E7                 Am
Then I won't find another place
       F                   C
From where I break back through
        E7                Am
That's farther away from you
        F        G        C
That's farther away from you

Chorus:
So what am I supposed to do?
I'm calling out to you
But you're miles away, it's true
Digging with someone new
So what am I supposed to do?
I'm calling out to you
But you're miles away, it's true
Digging with someone new
Digging with someone new
Digging with someone new


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

Death Cab for Cutie - Everything's a Ceiling: Guitar Chords

Learn Everything's a Ceiling Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Death Cab for Cutie

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