Sufjan Stevens – Barn Owl Night Killer (Guitar Live)
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Also known as "The Owl and the Tanager" on the All Delighted People EP
[Intro]
Dm G Am G
Dm G Am G
[Verse 1]
Dm G All I had hoped for Am I kept inside your car G The rabbit in the barn Dm G Most of all I wait Am I wait beside the door G I wait beside the door Dm G Oh, I was wrong Am Trembling in the cage G I was diamonds in the cage Dm G In seven hours Am I consider death G And your father called to yell at me Dm "You little boy, you little boy"
[Chorus]
G Hoo-oo-oo Oo-oo Am Hoo-oo-oo Oo-ah-ah G Dm Hoo-oo-oo Oo-oooooooo G Hoo-oo-oo Oo-oo Am Hoo-oo-oo Oo-ah-ah G Dm Hoo-oo-oo Oo-oooooooo
[Verse 2]
Dm G Found out you cheated me Am I ran behind the barn G And cut my hands somehow Dm G Blood in the meadow lark Am I punched your ears instead G I punched you in the head Dm You only laughed and laughed and laughed G How I was wrong Am tingling from the kill G You tickle me until Dm You devil bird, you evil still G I slept on my arms Am Sleeping on the sill G I was sleeping in the room with you Dm You little boy, you little boy
[Verse 3]
G How could you run from me now Am The loneliest chime in the house G The loneliest chime in the house Dm You let it out, you let it out G Come to me Calvary still Am I'm weeding and raking until G I'm bleeding in spite of my love for you Dm It bruised and bruised my will G Counting alluvial plains Dm The breathing inside of the range G You touched me inside of my cage Dm Beneath my shirt your hands embraced me G Come to me feathered and frayed Am For I am the ugliest prey G For I am the ugliest prey Dm Beyond the reckless, reckless praise
[Chorus]
Dm G Hoo-oo-oo Oo-oo Am Hoo-oo-oo Oo-ah-ah G Dm Hoo-oo-oo Oo-oooooooo
[Bridge]
F C You said you'd wait for me Dm Down by the tannery creek G Far out by the clothesline where F We used to kiss behind the sheets C Wrapped in a blanket of red Dm The owl and the tanager sat G The owl and the tanager said Dm One waits until the hour is death
[Chorus]
G Hoo-oo-oo Oo-oo Am Hoo-oo-oo Oo-ah-ah G Dm Hoo-oo-oo Oo-oooooooo G Hoo-oo-oo Oo-oo Am Hoo-oo-oo Oo-ah-ah G Dm Hoo-oo-oo Oo-oooooooo