Chords for Sufjan Stevens - John My Beloved iPhone Demo (Official Audio)
Tempo:
132.95 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Ab
Fm
Db
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
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[Fm] [Cm]
[F] [Db]
[Ab] [Eb]
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[Fm] [Eb]
[Db]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Bbm] Are we [Fm] to speak, [Cm] first day of the [Eb] week?
[Db]
[Ab] Stumbling words [Eb] at the bar
[Bbm] Beauty, [F] blue eyes, [Cm] my order of [Bb] fries [Db] Long [Ab] Island kindness [Eb] and wine
[Bb] Beloved of [Fm] John, [Cm] I get it all [Eb] wrong [Db] I read [Ab] you for some [Eb] kind of stone
[Bb]
[Fm] Covered in lines, [Cm] the fossils I find [Eb] [Db] Have they [Ab] no life [Eb] of their own?
[Fm] So can we [Eb] pretend, sweetly [Ab] before the mystery [Eb] ends?
[Fm] I am [Db] a man with a heart [Ab] that offends With its lonely and greedy [Eb]
demands
[Fm] There's only [Eb] a shadow [Ab] of me in a matter of speaking
[Eb] I'm dead,
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[Fm] [Cm]
[Db]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Bbm] such [Fm] a waste, [Cm] your beautiful [Eb] face [Db]
[Ab] Slumbering, carved [Eb] in her eyes
[Bbm] But you and your [Fm] ring, [Cm] your life-giving string [Fm] Come [Db]
[Ab] to me now [Eb] as a friend
[Bbm] If [Fm] history speaks, [Cm] the kiss on my cheek [Ab]
Painting the [Eb] hills blue and red
[Bbm] They [Fm] said, beware, [Cm] Lord hear my prayer [Db]
[Ab] Anointing my love [Eb] on your head
[Bb] [Fm] So can [Eb] we be friends, [Db] sweetly [Ab] before the [Eb] mystery ends?
I [Fm] [Db] love you more than the world can [Ab] contain In its [Db] [Ab] loneliest [Eb] ramshackle head
[Fm] There's only [Eb] a shadow of [Ab] me in a matter of speaking
[Eb] I'm dead,
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[Fm] [Cm]
[Db]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Bbm]
[Fm] [Cm]
[Db]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Bbm] I'm holding [F] my breath [Cm] My signature [Eb] death
[Fm] What [Db] can [Ab] be said [Eb] of my heart?
[Bbm] If history [Fm] speaks, [Cm] the kiss on my [Eb] cheek [Db] Where the [Ab] remains [Eb] spell the mark
[Bbm] Love is [Fm] my drum, [Cm] so I'll carry [Eb] on
[Db] Counting [Ab] my cards down [Eb] to one
[Bbm] When I [F] am dead, [Cm] return to the [Db] bed My fossil [Ab] is bright in [Eb] the sun
[Ab]
[Fm] [Cm]
[F] [Db]
[Ab] [Eb]
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[Fm] [Eb]
[Db]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Bbm] Are we [Fm] to speak, [Cm] first day of the [Eb] week?
[Db]
[Ab] Stumbling words [Eb] at the bar
[Bbm] Beauty, [F] blue eyes, [Cm] my order of [Bb] fries [Db] Long [Ab] Island kindness [Eb] and wine
[Bb] Beloved of [Fm] John, [Cm] I get it all [Eb] wrong [Db] I read [Ab] you for some [Eb] kind of stone
[Bb]
[Fm] Covered in lines, [Cm] the fossils I find [Eb] [Db] Have they [Ab] no life [Eb] of their own?
[Fm] So can we [Eb] pretend, sweetly [Ab] before the mystery [Eb] ends?
[Fm] I am [Db] a man with a heart [Ab] that offends With its lonely and greedy [Eb]
demands
[Fm] There's only [Eb] a shadow [Ab] of me in a matter of speaking
[Eb] I'm dead,
[Bbm]
[Fm] [Cm]
[Db]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Bbm] such [Fm] a waste, [Cm] your beautiful [Eb] face [Db]
[Ab] Slumbering, carved [Eb] in her eyes
[Bbm] But you and your [Fm] ring, [Cm] your life-giving string [Fm] Come [Db]
[Ab] to me now [Eb] as a friend
[Bbm] If [Fm] history speaks, [Cm] the kiss on my cheek [Ab]
Painting the [Eb] hills blue and red
[Bbm] They [Fm] said, beware, [Cm] Lord hear my prayer [Db]
[Ab] Anointing my love [Eb] on your head
[Bb] [Fm] So can [Eb] we be friends, [Db] sweetly [Ab] before the [Eb] mystery ends?
I [Fm] [Db] love you more than the world can [Ab] contain In its [Db] [Ab] loneliest [Eb] ramshackle head
[Fm] There's only [Eb] a shadow of [Ab] me in a matter of speaking
[Eb] I'm dead,
[Bbm]
[Fm] [Cm]
[Db]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Bbm]
[Fm] [Cm]
[Db]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Bbm] I'm holding [F] my breath [Cm] My signature [Eb] death
[Fm] What [Db] can [Ab] be said [Eb] of my heart?
[Bbm] If history [Fm] speaks, [Cm] the kiss on my [Eb] cheek [Db] Where the [Ab] remains [Eb] spell the mark
[Bbm] Love is [Fm] my drum, [Cm] so I'll carry [Eb] on
[Db] Counting [Ab] my cards down [Eb] to one
[Bbm] When I [F] am dead, [Cm] return to the [Db] bed My fossil [Ab] is bright in [Eb] the sun
[Ab]
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[Fm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
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[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] Are we [Fm] to speak, [Cm] first day of the [Eb] week?
[Db] _ _
[Ab] Stumbling words [Eb] at the bar
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ Beauty, [F] blue eyes, [Cm] my order of [Bb] fries [Db] _ Long [Ab] Island kindness [Eb] and wine
_ _ _ [Bb] _ Beloved of [Fm] John, [Cm] I get it all [Eb] wrong [Db] I read [Ab] you for some [Eb] kind of stone _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Fm] Covered in lines, [Cm] the fossils I find [Eb] _ [Db] _ Have they [Ab] no life [Eb] of their own? _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ So can we [Eb] _ _ pretend, _ _ sweetly [Ab] before the mystery [Eb] ends? _
[Fm] I am [Db] a man with a heart [Ab] that offends With its lonely and greedy [Eb] _
demands _ _ _
[Fm] There's only [Eb] a shadow [Ab] of me in a matter of speaking
[Eb] I'm dead, _
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_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ such [Fm] a waste, [Cm] your beautiful _ [Eb] face [Db] _ _
[Ab] Slumbering, carved [Eb] in her _ _ eyes
_ [Bbm] But you and your [Fm] ring, [Cm] your life-giving string [Fm] Come [Db]
[Ab] to me now [Eb] as a friend _
_ _ _ [Bbm] If [Fm] history speaks, [Cm] the kiss on my cheek [Ab] _ _
Painting the [Eb] hills blue and _ red
_ _ [Bbm] They [Fm] said, beware, [Cm] Lord hear my prayer [Db] _ _
[Ab] Anointing my love [Eb] on your head
_ _ [Bb] _ [Fm] So _ can [Eb] we be friends, _ _ [Db] sweetly [Ab] before the [Eb] mystery ends?
I [Fm] [Db] love you more than the world can [Ab] contain In its [Db] _ [Ab] loneliest _ [Eb] ramshackle head _ _ _
[Fm] There's only [Eb] a shadow of [Ab] me in a matter of speaking
[Eb] I'm dead,
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_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
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_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
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[Bbm] I'm holding [F] my breath [Cm] My signature _ _ [Eb] death
[Fm] What [Db] can [Ab] be said [Eb] of my heart? _ _ _ _
[Bbm] If history [Fm] _ speaks, [Cm] the kiss on my [Eb] cheek [Db] Where the [Ab] remains [Eb] spell the _ mark _ _
[Bbm] Love is [Fm] my drum, [Cm] so I'll carry [Eb] on _
[Db] _ Counting [Ab] my cards down [Eb] to one _ _ _ _
[Bbm] When I [F] am dead, [Cm] return to the [Db] bed My fossil [Ab] is bright in [Eb] the sun
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Fm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ [Db] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
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[Fm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] Are we [Fm] to speak, [Cm] first day of the [Eb] week?
[Db] _ _
[Ab] Stumbling words [Eb] at the bar
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ Beauty, [F] blue eyes, [Cm] my order of [Bb] fries [Db] _ Long [Ab] Island kindness [Eb] and wine
_ _ _ [Bb] _ Beloved of [Fm] John, [Cm] I get it all [Eb] wrong [Db] I read [Ab] you for some [Eb] kind of stone _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Fm] Covered in lines, [Cm] the fossils I find [Eb] _ [Db] _ Have they [Ab] no life [Eb] of their own? _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ So can we [Eb] _ _ pretend, _ _ sweetly [Ab] before the mystery [Eb] ends? _
[Fm] I am [Db] a man with a heart [Ab] that offends With its lonely and greedy [Eb] _
demands _ _ _
[Fm] There's only [Eb] a shadow [Ab] of me in a matter of speaking
[Eb] I'm dead, _
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_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ such [Fm] a waste, [Cm] your beautiful _ [Eb] face [Db] _ _
[Ab] Slumbering, carved [Eb] in her _ _ eyes
_ [Bbm] But you and your [Fm] ring, [Cm] your life-giving string [Fm] Come [Db]
[Ab] to me now [Eb] as a friend _
_ _ _ [Bbm] If [Fm] history speaks, [Cm] the kiss on my cheek [Ab] _ _
Painting the [Eb] hills blue and _ red
_ _ [Bbm] They [Fm] said, beware, [Cm] Lord hear my prayer [Db] _ _
[Ab] Anointing my love [Eb] on your head
_ _ [Bb] _ [Fm] So _ can [Eb] we be friends, _ _ [Db] sweetly [Ab] before the [Eb] mystery ends?
I [Fm] [Db] love you more than the world can [Ab] contain In its [Db] _ [Ab] loneliest _ [Eb] ramshackle head _ _ _
[Fm] There's only [Eb] a shadow of [Ab] me in a matter of speaking
[Eb] I'm dead,
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_ [Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
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_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
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_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Cm] _
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_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
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[Bbm] I'm holding [F] my breath [Cm] My signature _ _ [Eb] death
[Fm] What [Db] can [Ab] be said [Eb] of my heart? _ _ _ _
[Bbm] If history [Fm] _ speaks, [Cm] the kiss on my [Eb] cheek [Db] Where the [Ab] remains [Eb] spell the _ mark _ _
[Bbm] Love is [Fm] my drum, [Cm] so I'll carry [Eb] on _
[Db] _ Counting [Ab] my cards down [Eb] to one _ _ _ _
[Bbm] When I [F] am dead, [Cm] return to the [Db] bed My fossil [Ab] is bright in [Eb] the sun
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _