Sufjan Stevens - Wallowa lake monster
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Fingerpicking Tabs:
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[Intro/Verse]
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[CHORDS]
[Intro]
Em Em(add4) Em7
Csus2 G/B Am G
[Verse]
EmAs if you know the stEm(add4)ory of Wallowa LakeEm7
Leviathan first hCsus2id in the G/Bdeep where her Amchildren sleep
She kept them hiGdden from the plague
EmBut have you heard the stEsus4ory of my mother’s fEm7ate?
She left us in DCsus2etroit in the rain G/Bwith a pillowcaAmse
Fortune Gfor the paperweight
We fEmollowed her to JosEm(add4)eph, near the Indian raid Em7
She wept among the wCsus2eeds, hide and seG/Bek, for the faAmllen chief
Spathiphyllum oGn his grave
EmAnd like the cedar wEm(add4)axwing, she was drunk all day Em7
We put her in the sCsus2heet, little wrG/Beath, candles onAm the crate
As the moGnster showed its face
[Chorus]
DAs she wCaits for her children in the sFhade
Demogorgon or dAmemigod the ghost parade
BbNo oblation will bAmring her back Cto our pDlace
:Interlude: (no fingerpicking)
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[Verse]
EmShe stayed within the dEm(add4)eep end of WallowaEm7 Lake
The undertow rCsus2efrained with the fG/Blame of a fAmeathered snake
Charybdis iGn its shallow grave
EmShe gave us one last fEm(add4)eature, the fullness of her Em7face
In the shade oCsus2f "Hin-mah-too-G/Byah…" (Red AmNapoleon)
As the dGemon took her place
[Chorus]
DAs we Cwait for the waters to rFeside
Her remarkable sAmtoicism and her pride
BbWhen the dragon subAmmerged we knCew she had dDied
[Outro]
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