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Capo: 5 Tuning: E A D G B E
BE AWARE: Sufjan is doing something fishy to the beat. The song can be written in 6/8 time signature, with four metres per bar; however, while the first three metres of each bar both play along nicely with the 6/8 time signature, in many cases, the fourth metre is only 4 beats long. For example: Am G6/B* D What are you now? 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 Am G6* D/F# Cas- tra- ted by your son 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 This makes it hard to find a comfortable strumming pattern. I have marked the lines which do this with ! at the beginning. The song also has an extensive intrumental outro, which I did not tab; it's very spacey and it doesn't quite work on just guitar. Silly chords: Am*: x022xx (plucked) Em/B*: x2200x (plucked) C*: x3201x (plucked) G*: 3x003x (plucked) G6/B*: x20030 G6*: 320030 Bm7/F#: 220202 (use thumb for bass note) Dsus2/F#: 200230 (use thumb for bass note) [Intro] Am* Em/B* C* G* ! Am G6/B* D ! Am G6/B* D [Verse 1] ! Am G6/B* D What are you now? ! Am G6* D/F# Castrated by your son
Am The C/Godd Emspring scattered on the deepD/A ! Am G6* D/F# From Aphrodesia
[Interlude 1] ! Dm/F Am/E Bm/F# ! Dm/F Am/E D/F# [Verse 2] ! Am G6/B* D You sexless fraud ! Am G6* D/F# From chaos choreographed
Am DeC/Gfiled Emus in a fit of rageD/A ! Am G6* D/F# The earth will find its way
[Bridge]
C/GViolG/F#ent sEmtorm ! D7/A Am Bm From mysterious vengeance lies C/GBorn G/F#from Emincest ! D6/A Am Bm7/F# As the evidence flipped its eyes
[Chorus] Am* Em/B* C* G* C/G Em Dsus2/F# D/F# Cross me with your wildness, snake-eyed warrior's knife [Interlude 2] C/G Em D/F# Bm/F# ! F#m E C#m ! Em G Bm ! F#m C#m G ! Bm A E/G# [Verse 3] ! F#m E C#m Aquarius (Aquarius) ! Em G Bm The scorpion (the scorpion) ! F#m C#m G Your venom kiss (Your venom kiss) ! Bm A E/G# My guardian (my guardian) ! F#m E C#m I trust your touch (Aquarius) ! Em G Bm I trust your cries (the scorpion) ! F#m C#m G Render the knife (Your venom kiss) ! Bm A E/G# Cut off my kind [Outro] (finger picking from here) Am Em/B C G/B Am Em/B C G/B
AmOooEm/Booh oh Coooooh G/Boh oh AmoooEm/Booh C G/B AmOooEm/Booh oh Coooooh G/Boh oh AmoooEm/Booh C G/B
AmMy, Em/Byou, Cthey, G/Bwe, Amus Em/B C G/B AmMy, Em/Byou, Cthey, G/Bwe, Amus Em/B C G/B AmMy, Em/Byou, Cthey, G/Bwe, Amus Em/B C G/B AmMy, Em/Byou, Cthey, G/Bwe, F#mus