Sufjan Stevens – Ativan (Guitar)

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7/15 of "The Ascension" (2020) ====================================================== Suggested voicings for some stranger chords: Em6/G : 3x242x (petite barre w/ 1st finger on 2nd fret)
A7(#11)  : x0564x
GM7(#11) : 3x0422 (petite barre w/ 1st finger on 2nd fret)
CM7(#11) : x34030 ====================================================== [INTRO] E5 G5 B5 A5 E5 G5 B5 A5 [VERSE I]
Esus         Em        Em6/G
I woke up in stereo, I spent the day in vertigo

  Bm                              A7
I could not get the spirit off my back

Esus            Em
Put my feelings on the table

Em6/G
Eat my heart out if you're able

Bm                          A7
Separate the fever from the fact

Esus            Em
So much for the afterglow

Em6/G
I feel just like an embryo

  Bm                            A7
I take it out before you put it back

Esus          Em
Put my head between my knees

  Em6/G
I search myself for all disease

  Bm                           A7
I separate the bottle from the cap
[CHORUS]
      Em
Is it all for something?

      Em6/G
Is it all part of a plan?

Bm                           A7(#11)
Tranquilize me, sanitize me, Ativan (Ativan, my leading woman)

      Em
Is it all for something?

      Em6/G
Is it all part of a plan?

Bm
Make my wish list, mind my business

A7(#11)
Do the best I can (with what I am)
Em Em/G Bm D [VERSE II]
Em
Caught up in the baby's breath

  Em/G
I shit my pants and wet the bed

   Bm                                  A7
It takes some time to throw the demons off

Em
Put the lotion in the basket

Em/G
Now jump off the overpass

   Bm                                    A7
It takes some time before the skin comes off

Em7
Fill me with the blood of Jesus

GM7
Clean my plate 'til he receives us

Bm7                          A
Separate the colors from the black

Em7
Shut the shades to make it prosper

GM7
Cut your face to make it softer

Bm7                              A
Tell the shadows near us to come back
[CHORUS]
      Em
Is it all for something?

      Em6/G
Is it all part of a plan?

Bm                            A7(#11)
Tranquilize me and revise me, Ativan (Ativan, my leading woman)

      Em
Is it all full circle?

      Em6/G
Is it all part of a plan?

Bm
Make my death wish, mind my business

A7(#11)
Do the best I can (with what I am))

      GM7
Is it all for nothing? (all for nothing)

      D/A                  Bm7
Is it all part of a plan? (all part of a plan)

Em7            F#m7           GM7   A
Tranquilize me and revise me, Ativan (Ativan, my leading woman)

      GM7
Is it all full circle? (all full circle)

      Bm7                  A
Is it all part of a plan? (all part of a plan)

Em7                 F#m7
Make my death wish, mind my business

    GM7              A
I'm doing the best I can (with what I am)
[OUTRO] N.C. (~35 measures) [strings] C#m7 Am/C C Bm7 E7 GM7 Bm7 Bm/A GM7(#11)
CM7(#11) Em6  Am7   Bm7
 [5:55]
C#m7 GM7/B Bm7/D Em7 CM7 Bm/A B11