Death Cab for Cutie - Grapevine Fires: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Grapevine Fires" 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.

Cm                   D#             A#
When the wind picked up the fire spread
                    F               Cm
And the grapevines seemed left for dead
                  D#                           A#
And the Northern sky looked like the end of days
              G
The end of days

Cm            D#              A#
The wake up call to a rented room
                  F                 Cm
Sounded like an alarm of impending doom
                D#                A#
To warn us it's only a matter of time

Chorus:
              Cm  D# A# F
Before we all burn
              Cm  D# A# Gm
Before we all burn
              Cm  D# A# F
Before we all burn
              Cm D# A#
Before we all burn

We bought some wine and some paper cups
Near your daughter's school when we picked her up
And drove to a cemetery on a hill
On a hill

And we watched the plumes paint the sky gray
As she laughed and danced through
the field of graves
There, I knew it would be alright
That everything

Chorus

         D7                  D#
And the news reports on the radio
            A#           Cm
Said it was getting worse
             D#               Gm
As the ocean air fanned the flames
D7
But I couldn't think
   D#                   A#        Cm
Of anywhere I would've rather been
            D#         F
To watch it all burn away

Burn
Burn

The firemen worked in double shifts
With prayers for rain on their lips
And they knew it was only a matter of time


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

D#

Guitar chord D#

D7

Guitar chord D7

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

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 "Grapevine Fires" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Grapevine Fires" by Death Cab for Cutie.

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