Biography:
Sufjan Stevens (Born July 1, 1975) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Petoskey, Michigan. He is known for his lyrically focused and instrumentally rich songs that often relate to faith and family. He has enjoyed wide critical success in the United States. He is considered part of the folk revival through indie pop, but his influences are very broad, including experimental electronic music, the jazz of Vince Guaraldi, and the academic minimalism of Steve Reich and Philip Glass.
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Other songs:
- All The Trees Of The Field Will Clap Their Hands
- Casimir Pulaski Day
- Chicago
- Chicago Acoustic
- Death With Dignity
- Death With Dignity 2
- Drawn To The Blood
- Eugene
- Flint (for The Unemployed And Underpaid)
- For The Widows In Paradise For The Fatherless In Ypsilanti
- Fourth Of July
- Futile Devices
- Futile Devices ( Fingerpicking)
- God 'll Never Let You Down
- Jacksonville
- John Wayne Gacy Jr.
- John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
- Mistress Witch From Mcclure Or The Mind That Knows Itself
- Mystery Of Love
- No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross
- Redford (for Yiayia And Papou)
- Romulus
- Should Have Known Better
- Sister Winter
- The Dress Looks Nice On You
- The Only Thing
- The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!
- To Be Alone With You
- A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- A Little Lost
- A Sun Came
- All Delighted People
- All For Myself
- All Of Me Wants All Of You
- All The Kings Horns
- Arnika
- Bad Communication
- Barcarola You Must Be A Christmas Tree
- Blue Bucket Of Gold
- Carrie Lowell
- Christmas In July
- Christmas In The Room
- Christmas Unicorn
- City Of Roses
- Come On Lets Boogey To The Elf Dance
- Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing
- Concerning The Ufo Sighting Near Highland Illinois
- Decatur Or Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother
- Did I Make You Cry On Christmas Day
- Ding
- Djohariah
- Dumb I Sound
- Enchanting Ghost
- Eugene Version 2
- Exploding Whale
- Flint For The Unemployed And Underpaid
- From The Mouth Of Gabriel
- Get Behind Me Santa
- Get Real Get Right
- Heirloom
- Hey Guys Its Christmas Time
- Holy Holy Holy
- I Am Santas Helper
- I Saw Three Ships
- I Walked
- I Want To Be Well
- Illinois
- Impossible Soul
- Its Christmas Lets Be Glad
- Jason
- John My Beloved
- John Wayne Gacy Jr
- Joy To The World
- Jupiter
- Jupiter Winter
- Lo How A Rose Eer Blooming
- Lonely Man Of Winter
- Lord God Bird
- Lumberjack Christmas No One Can Save You From Christmases Past
- Mars
- Mercury
- Mr Frosty Man
- Neptune
- No Mans Land
- O Come O Come Emmanuel
- Oh God Where Are You Now In Pickeral Lake Pigeon Marquette Mackinaw
- Once In Royal Davids City
- Only At Christmas Time
- Pittsfield
- Pleasure Principle
- Pluto
- Put The Lights On The Tree
- Redford For Yia
- Saturn
- Seven Swans
- Silver Gold
- Size Too Small
- Sleeping Bear Sault Ste Marie
- Springfield Or Bobby Got A Shadfly Caught In His Hair
- Star Of Wonder
- That Was The Worst Christmas Ever
- The Avalanche
- The Child With The Star On His Head
- The Greatest Gift
- The Hidden River Of My Life
- The Lakes Of Canada
- The Little Drummer Boy
- The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
- The Midnight Clear
- The Mistress Witch From Mcclure Or The Mind That Knows Itself
- The Owl And The Tanager
- The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us
- The Star
- The Tallest Man The Broadest Shoulders
- The Transfiguration
- The Upper Peninsula
- Tonya Harding
- Too Much
- Uranus
- Venus
- Vesuvius
- Visions Of Gideon
- Vitos Ordination Song
- Wallowa Lake Monster
- We Need A Little Christmas
- Were Goin To The Country
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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 C/G Em D/A
The odd spring scattered on the deep
! 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 C/G Em D/A
Defiled us in a fit of rage
! Am G6* D/F#
The earth will find its way
[Bridge]
C/G G/F# Em
Violent storm
! D7/A Am Bm
From mysterious vengeance lies
C/G G/F# Em
Born from incest
! 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
Am Em/B C G/B Am Em/B C G/B
Oooooh oh oooooh oh oh oooooh
Am Em/B C G/B Am Em/B C G/B
Oooooh oh oooooh oh oh oooooh
Am Em/B C G/B Am Em/B C G/B
My, you, they, we, us
Am Em/B C G/B Am Em/B C G/B
My, you, they, we, us
Am Em/B C G/B Am Em/B C G/B
My, you, they, we, us
Am Em/B C G/B F#m
My, you, they, we, us
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 C/G Em D/A
The odd spring scattered on the deep
! 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 C/G Em D/A
Defiled us in a fit of rage
! Am G6* D/F#
The earth will find its way
[Bridge]
C/G G/F# Em
Violent storm
! D7/A Am Bm
From mysterious vengeance lies
C/G G/F# Em
Born from incest
! 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
Am Em/B C G/B Am Em/B C G/B
Oooooh oh oooooh oh oh oooooh
Am Em/B C G/B Am Em/B C G/B
Oooooh oh oooooh oh oh oooooh
Am Em/B C G/B Am Em/B C G/B
My, you, they, we, us
Am Em/B C G/B Am Em/B C G/B
My, you, they, we, us
Am Em/B C G/B Am Em/B C G/B
My, you, they, we, us
Am Em/B C G/B F#m
My, you, they, we, us
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