Chords for Sufjan Stevens - Wallowa Lake Monster (Official Audio)
Tempo:
129.75 bpm
Chords used:
G
Am
Em
C
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Key:
G
Am
Em
C
F#m
G
Am
Em
[Em] .
[F#m] .
[G] .
[Am] [G] .
[Am] .
[G] .
[Em] As if you know [A] the [F#m] story [Bm] of Wallowa [G] Lake, Leviathan [Am] first [C] did indeed, [G] .
where her [Am] children sleep.
She [G] kept them hidden from the plague.
.
[Em] But have you heard [F#m] the story of my [Bm].
[G] mother's fate?.
She left us in [C] Detroit [Am] in [G] the rain [Am] with a pillowcase.
.
[G] Fortune for the paperweight.
We [Em] .
followed [A] her to Joseph near the [G] Indian raid.
She wept among [C] the weeds, [G] hide and seek [Am] for the fallen chief.
.
[G] Spathophilum on his grave.
.
[Em] And like the [A].
cedar [F#m] waxwing, she was drunk [G] all day.
We put her in [Am] the sheet, little [G] wreath, candles [Am] on the crate.
.
[G] The monster showed his face.
.
[D] The shoe he [C] raised for her children in the shade.
[F] Tell me, Gordon, oh [Am] tell me, Gordon, .
[A#] No oblation [Am] will bring her back to [D] our place.
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[A] .
She [C] .
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[G] .
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stayed within [D] the deep end of Wallowa [G] Lake.
The undertow .
[Am] refrained [G] with the flame of [Am] a feathered snake.
[G] Charybdis in its shallow grave.
.
[Em] She gave us one [F#m] last feature, the fullness of her [G] face.
In [Em] the shade [C] of hill [G] to your [C] red [Am] Napoleon.
[C] As [G] the demon took her place.
.
[D] And as we [C] waited for the waters to [F].
reside.
Her [Am] embargo was stolen by Sizum and her [A#] pride.
When the [Am] dragon submerged, we knew she [D] had died.
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[F#m] .
[G] .
[Am] [G] .
[Am] .
[G] .
[Em] As if you know [A] the [F#m] story [Bm] of Wallowa [G] Lake, Leviathan [Am] first [C] did indeed, [G] .
where her [Am] children sleep.
She [G] kept them hidden from the plague.
.
[Em] But have you heard [F#m] the story of my [Bm].
[G] mother's fate?.
She left us in [C] Detroit [Am] in [G] the rain [Am] with a pillowcase.
.
[G] Fortune for the paperweight.
We [Em] .
followed [A] her to Joseph near the [G] Indian raid.
She wept among [C] the weeds, [G] hide and seek [Am] for the fallen chief.
.
[G] Spathophilum on his grave.
.
[Em] And like the [A].
cedar [F#m] waxwing, she was drunk [G] all day.
We put her in [Am] the sheet, little [G] wreath, candles [Am] on the crate.
.
[G] The monster showed his face.
.
[D] The shoe he [C] raised for her children in the shade.
[F] Tell me, Gordon, oh [Am] tell me, Gordon, .
[A#] No oblation [Am] will bring her back to [D] our place.
.
[A] .
She [C] .
[G] .
[A#] .
[Am] [F] .
[G] .
[Em] .
stayed within [D] the deep end of Wallowa [G] Lake.
The undertow .
[Am] refrained [G] with the flame of [Am] a feathered snake.
[G] Charybdis in its shallow grave.
.
[Em] She gave us one [F#m] last feature, the fullness of her [G] face.
In [Em] the shade [C] of hill [G] to your [C] red [Am] Napoleon.
[C] As [G] the demon took her place.
.
[D] And as we [C] waited for the waters to [F].
reside.
Her [Am] embargo was stolen by Sizum and her [A#] pride.
When the [Am] dragon submerged, we knew she [D] had died.
.
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