The Ice Is Getting Thinner Chords

by Death Cab for Cutie
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: no capo
Author dfc_jebus [a] 122.
1 contributor total, last edit on Sep 16, 2016

Chords

Am/D
C#dim
Am
F
C
G
D
Dm

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The Ice Is Getting Thinner
 
 
 
 
This is the way i play these two chords.
 
 
Am/D         C#dim
E|-2-|      E|-3-|
B|-1-|      B|-2-|
G|-2-|      G|-0-|
D|-2-|      D|-2-|
A|-0-|      A|---|
E|---|      E|---|                     
 
 
[Intro]
 
Am    Am/D      F      C
Am    G          F      C
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
     Am      Am/D
Were not the same, dear
    F           C
As we used to be
    Am              G
The seasons have changed
    F         D
And so have we
              Am               Am/D
And there was little we could say
         F                    C
And even less that we could do
            Am                 G
To stop the ice from getting thinner
       F       C
Under me and you
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
   Am        Am/D
We buried our love
      F          C
In a wintery grave
  Am              G
A lump in the snow
    F            D
Was all that remained
          Am            Am/D
Though we stayed by its side
        F               C
As the days turned to weeks
        Am                 G
And the ice kept getting thinner
           F               C
With ever word that we'd speak
 
 
[Bridge]
 
     F                 C
And when the spring arrived
        F             C#dim
We were taken by surprise
         Dm              G
When the flows under our feet
      C          F
Bled into the sea
     G
And nothing was left
For you and me
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
Am     Am/D       F      C
Am     G           F      D
Am     Am/D       F      C
Am     G           F      C
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
     Am        Am/D
Were not the same, dear
      F          C
And it seems to me
          Am            G
There's nowhere we can go
     F              D
With nothing underneath
       Am             Am/D
And it saddens me to say
         F             C
What we both knew was true
         Am               G
That the ice was getting thinner
       F      C
Under me and you
 
 
[Outro]
 
    Am               G
The ice was getting thinner
       F      C
Under me and you 
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The Ice Is Getting Thinner – Death Cab for Cutie
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2 comments
bkriner
Sounds great! One minor correction- I think that an Am/D sounds better than the F#m7b5 you describe. I play that chord the same as an Am just with the middle finger lifted off the D string. Try it out.
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FallingInDisco
this is really good!
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