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These chords come from the now-defunct website Church of Sufjan, which I happened to have printed out a number of years ago. As best I can tell, the original author is at http://majestysnownerd.tumblr.com/ [Part I] [INTRO] D - D/C# - D/G - D/C# D/C#
DOh, woman, tell me D/Bwhat you want And D/AI'll calm D/Gdown without bleeding out With a Dbroken heart that you D/Astabbed for an hour DWoman, I was freaking D/Bout because I D/Awant you to D/Gknow DMy beloved, you are the D/Alover of my impossible soul
DWoman, too, promise me you'll D/Bstay and put off D/Aall your D/Gwoes I was Dwigging out, too much worry I could not gD/Aet you at all And Dyou said what you D/Bwant, you would laugh it off But I know D/Ayou won't D/Ggo, not for it at last Must you Dwrite it off for the imD/Apossible soul? And DI was in a dream, I was gone aD/Bway without you, but D/Anot too D/Gslow Lest I Dput it off, for I put it right for the imD/Apossible soul
And Emall I couldn't Dsing, I would say it Bmall, my Clife, to you GIf I could Aget you at all GDon't be a wreck, trying to be Bmsomething that I Awasn't at all
[verse vamp solo x2]
DSeems I got it wrong, I was chasing D/Bafter something D/Athat was D/Ggone To the Dblack of night, now I know it's not what I D/Awanted at all And Dyou said something like, "All you want is D/Ball the world for yourself" But all I D/Awant is the D/Gperfect love Though I kDnow it's small, I want D/Alove for us all
And Emall I couldn't Dsing, I would say it Bmall, my Clife, to you GIf I could Aget you at all G Trying to be Bmsomething that I Awasn't at all
[Part II]
GDo you want to Bmbe afraid? ADo you want to C#mbe afraid? For G#mlife in the cage where Emcourage's mate runs Bmdeep in the wake For the Ascariest things are not Ehalf as enslaved
CDon't be distracted, Fdon't be distracted GDo you want to Bmbe alone? F#mDo you want to C#mbe alone? For G#mlife isn't stained of Emrighteousness pain The Bmseed and the hail, all Aimpossible flights for an Einteresting light
CDon't be distracted, Fdon't be distracted GDo you want to Bmlove me more? F#mDo you want to Bmlove me more? For G#mlove is the breath If Emwater and wave Is cBmursed by the same thing that Anurtured its shame Is it Eworth all the work?
CDon't be distracted, Fdon't be distracted EHave you failed to Gfeel delight? [No, I don't want to feel pain] BbmHave you failed to Afeel delight? [No, I don't want to feel pain] InsCtead of the life, lived C#mtired and lost, have you Emleft it at last Where it F#mfloundered its death with the C#mlanguage of ghosts
ADon't be distracted, Fdon't be distracted EDo you want to Gbe afraid? [No, I don't want to feel pain] BbmDo you want to Abe afraid? [No, I don't want to feel pain] For Clife in the cage [for life in the cage] Where C#mcourage's mate [where courage's mate] Runs Emdeep in the wake [runs deep in the wake] For the F#mscariest things [for the scariest things] Are not C#mhalf as enslaved [are not half as enslaved] AmDon't be distracted, Fdon't be distracted Now
[Instrumental break] E Bm F#m A#m A G#m D C C#m Em A# F G#
G#Don't be distracted, C#don't be distracted GNow
Em7 [ad lib] [No, don't be distracted] [x13] Fade to Bm-Em vamp [Part III]
Stupid Emman in the window, I DMaj7couldn't be at rest All my deEmlight, all that mattered, I DMaj7couldn't be at rest From what I Emliked, from what I gathered, I DMaj7couldn't be at rest Stupid Emman in the window, I DMaj7couldn't be at rest
Em - DMaj7 [x2]
And Emdon't be shy in the window Come DMaj7down and give your best Oh, Emdelight in the window I DMaj7couldn't be at rest Stupid Emman in the window, I DMaj7couldn't be at rest From what I Emliked, from what I gathered, I DMaj7couldn't give my best
DMaj7 - A Em - DMaj7 - DMaj7 Em D Bm A ] Oh, I know it wasn't safe, it wasn't safe to breathe at all ] x3
EmOh, I know it Dwasn't safe,Bm it wasn't safe to Aspeak at all G-DMaj7 [ad lib]
D - Em - G - A
DHold on, Suf ] Hold on, Suf ] Em G - A ] Hold on, Sufjan ]x3
N.C. 1, 2, 3, 4! [Part IV]
DIt's a long life, better Gpinch yourself EmPut your face together, Abetter get it right DIt's a long life, better Ghit yourself EmPut your face together, Abetter stand up straight DIt's a long life, Gonly one last chance EmCouldn't get much better, Ado you wanna dance? DIt's a long life, Gbetter pinch yourself EmGet your face together, Abetter stand up straight
D/F#Boy, we can Emdo much more togGether A[Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right] D/F#Boy, we can Emdo much more togGether A[Better give love, give love, give love, give love] D/F#Boy, we can Emdo much more togGether A[better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right] D/F#Boy, we can Emdo much more toGgether; AIt's not so impossible D Em Bm AIt's not so impossible D Em Bm A [muted] It's not so impossible
DIt's a long life, Embetter pinch yourself BmGet your face together, Abetter roll along DIt's a long life, Embetter pinch yourself BmPut your face together, Abetter stand up straight DIt's a long life Emonly one last chance BmCouldn't get much better, Ado you wanna dance? DIt's a good life, Embetter pinch yourself DIs it impossible? EmIs it impossible?
D/F#Boy, we can Emdo much more togGether A[Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right] D/F#Boy, we can Emdo much more togGether A[Better give love, give love, give love, give love] D/F#Boy, we can Emdo much more togGether A[better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right] D/F#Boy, we can Emdo much more toGgether; AIt's not so impossible
GIt's a long life, Abetter pinch yourself BmPut your face together, A/C#better get it right DIt's a long life, Embetter hit yourself GPut your face together, Abetter stand up straight GIn the wrong life, Aeverything is chance BmDoes it register? A/C#Do you wanna dance? DIn the right life, Emit's a miracle GPossibility, Ado you wanna dance?
Em Bm F#m AIt's not so impossible [x2] Em Bm F#m A[muted] It's not so impossible
[BASS NOTES: D G Bm A x2] [spoken] Do you wanna dance? [to fingerpick] G D/F# A G ] Boy, we can do much more together [It's not so impossible]] D/F# F#m A G ] Boy, we can do much more together [It's not so impossible]] x4
GBoy, we can D/F#do much more Atogether [It's Gnot so impossible] D/F#Boy, we can Bmdo much more F#mtogether [It's Gnot so impossible]
[return to chords]
EmBoy, we can Gdo much more F#mtogether [It's not so impossible] GBoy, we can Emdo much more DMaj7together
[Instrumental] F#m Am C#m A#m Gm Em Ebm D F#m Am C#m A#m ] Boy, we can do much more together [it's not so impossible] ] Gm Em Ebm D ] Boy, we can do much more together [it's not so impossible] ] x3
F#Boy [PART V] G Em - Bm - Bm x4
GI never Emmeant to cause you Bmpain GMy burden is the Emweight of a Bmfeather GI never Emmeant to lead you Bmon GI only meant to Emplease me, Bmhowever
And then you tell me, Cadd2boy, we can do much more Dsus2Boy, we can do much more GBoy, we can Emdo much more toBmgether GBoy, we can Emdo much more toBmgether
GI'm nothing but a Emselfish man Bm GI'm nothing but a Emprivileged Bmbrother GAnd did you Emthink I'd stay the Bmnight? GAnd did you think I'd Emlove you forBmever?
And then you tell me, Cadd2boy, we can do much more Dsus2Boy, we can do much more GBoy, we can Emdo much more toBmgether GBoy, we can Emdo much more toBmgether
I gotta tell you, Cgirl, I want Bm7nothing less Am7Girl, I want Dnothing less CGirl, I want Bm7nothing less than Bmpleasure CGirl, I want Bm7nothing less than Bmpleasure
And then you tell me, Cadd2boy, we can do much more Dsus2Boy, we can do much more GBoy, we made Emsuch a mess toBmgether GBoy, we made Emsuch a mess toBmgether GBoy, we made Emsuch a mess toBm7gether GBoy we made sEmuch a mess togBm7ether