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
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Sufjan Stevens - John My Beloved iPhone Demo (Official Audio) chords
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[Fm] [Cm]
[F] [Db]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Bbm]
[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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Ab
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Fm
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Db
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Cm
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Eb
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Ab
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Fm
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To learn Sufjan Stevens - (iPhone Demo) John My Beloved chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: Ab, Eb, Db, Ab, Cm, Ab, Eb, Bbm, Fm, Cm and Eb. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 66 BPM and then match the original tempo of 133 BPM. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: Ab Major.

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_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ [Db] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[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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This song, written by Sufjan Stevens, is among the lineup of tracks on the The Greatest Gift album.

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