Million Dollar Loan chords by Death Cab For Cutie

Guitar chords with lyrics

For the second verse, it's more finger picking than chords, so you could use the first verse pattern
of the sus4 resolving to the regular chord, or you could skip the sus4s, as I've written.


Intro:
Csus4Csus4 C majorC
Dsus4Dsus4 DmDm
Csus4Csus4 C majorC
Dsus4Dsus4 DmDm

Verse 1:
Csus4Csus4      C majorC
From a great height
                         Dsus4Dsus4   DmDm
He's looking down on his city at night
Csus4Csus4    C majorC
From gilded room
                   Dsus4Dsus4  DmDm
Of gold, marble, and soft perfume
Csus4Csus4         C majorC
And he's proud to say
                           Dsus4Dsus4  DmDm
He built his fortune the old fashioned way
Csus4Csus4     C majorC
Because to succeed
                          Dsus4Dsus4   DmDm
There's only one thing you really need


Chorus:
  Bb majorBb              FF
A augmentedA million dollar loan
       C majorC                 DmDm
Nobody makes it on their own
          Bb majorBb             FF
Without a million dollar loan
        C majorC               DmDm
You'll reap what you've sown
       Bb majorBb              FF
From a million dollar loan
          C majorC             DmDm
Call your father on the phone
              Bb majorBb            FF
And get that million dollar loan

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Verse 2:
C majorC
His enemies
                            DmDm
Can't contain the flames of jealousy
C majorC
With brutish charm
                      DmDm
The women flock to be on his arm
C majorC
Because it's a sign
                DmDm
Of weakness to apologize
C majorC
And he counter sues
                     DmDm
From any corner he's backed into


Chorus:
  Bb majorBb              FF
A augmentedA million dollar loan
       C majorC                 DmDm
Nobody makes it on their own
          Bb majorBb              FF
Without a million dollar loan
   C majorC              DmDm
To cast the first stone
              Bb majorBb              FF
You'll need a million dollar loan
       C majorC              DmDm
Every ascension to a throne
               Bb majorBb             FF
Starts with a million dollar loan
  Bb majorBb              FF
A augmentedA million dollar loan
       C majorC                 DmDm
Nobody makes it on their own
          Bb majorBb             FF
Without a million dollar loan
        C majorC               DmDm
You'll reap what you've sown
       Bb majorBb              FF
From a million dollar loan
          C majorC             DmDm
Call your father on the phone
              Bb majorBb            FF
And get that million dollar loan


Break:
C majorC   DmDm   C majorC   DmDm


Verse 3:
C majorC
A augmentedA siren screams
                       DmDm
Through the city as he falls asleep
C majorC
The campaign
                    DmDm
Begins again at the break of day


Chorus:
  Bb majorBb              FF
A augmentedA million dollar loan
       C majorC                 DmDm
Nobody makes it on their own
          Bb majorBb              FF
Without a million dollar loan
   C majorC              DmDm
To cast the first stone
              Bb majorBb              FF
You'll need a million dollar loan
       C majorC              DmDm
Every ascension to a throne
               Bb majorBb             FF
Starts with a million dollar loan
  Bb majorBb              FF
A augmentedA million dollar loan
       C majorC                 DmDm
Nobody makes it on their own
          Bb majorBb             FF
Without a million dollar loan
        C majorC               DmDm
You'll reap what you've sown
       Bb majorBb              FF
From a million dollar loan
          C majorC             DmDm
Call your father on the phone
              Bb majorBb            FF
And get that million dollar loan


Outro: