Death Cab for Cutie - We Looked Like Giants: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "We Looked Like Giants" 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.

Bm
God bless the daylight,
the sugary smell of springtime
D
Remembering when you were mine
A
In a still suburban town

When every Thursday I'd brave those mountain passes
And you'd skip your early classes
And we'd learn how our bodies worked

God damn the black night,
with all its foul temptations
I've become what I always hated when
I was with you then
We looked like giants in the back of
my grey subcompact
Fumbling to make contact as the others slept inside

Chorus:
Bm                  G
Oh, together there, in a shroud of frost,
              A
the mountain air
began to pass through every pane of weathered glass
Bm                   G                         A F#
and I held you closer, than anyone would ever get

G                            Bm
Do you remember the J.A.M.C.?
And reading aloud from magazines
I don't know about you, but I swear on my name
They could smell it on me
But I've never been too good with secrets
No...

Chorus:
And together there
In a shroud of frost, the mountain air
Began to pass
Through every pane of weathered glass
And I held you closer


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

D

Guitar chord D

F#

Guitar chord F#

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 "We Looked Like Giants" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "We Looked Like Giants" by Death Cab for Cutie.

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