John My Beloved Chords by Sufjan Stevens

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_ [Am] Our way [Em] to speak, [Bm] first day of the week [G] _ _ Stumbling words at [D] the bar _ _ _
_ [Dm] Beauty, [G] blue eyes, [Bm] my order of fries _ [E] Long Island [G] kindness [D] and wine
_ But _ [F] love [E] it of John, [Bm] I get it all wrong [E] I read you [G] for some kind [D] of poem _ _ _
_ [F] _ Covered [Em] in lines, [Bm] the fossils I find _ [G] Have they no life of [D] their own? _ _ _
_ [G] So can we [Bm] _ pretend, _ [C] sweetly before [G] the mystery _ ends
I am [C] a man with a heart [G] that offends With [Gm] its lonely [G] and greedy [D] demands
_ There's [G] _ _
only [D] a shadow [G] of me In [C] a matter [G] of speaking, [D] I'm dead _ _
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_ [Dm] Such [G] a waste, [Bm] your beautiful face _ [Em] _ _ [G] Stumbling carpet [D] of rice
Go _ [Am] follow [G] your John, [Bm] your white feathered friend _ [G] The echoes point to [D] the sun
If _
_ [Am] this [G] story speaks [Bm] of two baby teeth [G] I'm painting the hills blue [D] and red _ _
_ [Am] They said, [G] beware, _ [Bm] Lord hear my prayer [Em] I've wasted [G] my throes on [D] your head _ _ _
_ [G] So can we [Bm] be friends, _ sweetly [C] before [G] the _ [D] mystery ends
_ I love [C] you more than the [Dm] world can [G] contain In its lonely and _ [D] ramshackle head
There's _ [G] _
only [D] a shadow [G] of me In [C] a matter [G] of speaking, [D] I'm dead _ _
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_ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] I'm _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Am] holding [G] my breath, [Bm] my tongue on your chest _ [Em] What can [G] be said of [D] my heart?
If _ _ [G] history _ speaks, [Bm] the kiss on my cheek _ [Em] Where there [G] _
remains but [D] a mark _ _
_ [Am] _ [G] Beloved my John, [Bm] so I'll carry on [G] _ Counting my cards down [D] to one
_ And _ [C] when [Em] I am dead, [Bm] come visit my bed [Em] My fossil [G] is bright in [D] the sun _ _ _
_ [Em] So can we [Bm] _ contend, _ peacefully [G] before _ my [D] history ends _
Jesus, I need you be [G] near me Come shield me [C] from [G] fossils that fall on [D] my head
_ _ _ [G] There's only [D] a shadow [G] of me In a matter of speaking, _ [D] I'm dead _ _ _
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