Sufjan Stevens – Eugene (Guitar)

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Basic Chords (the only two that need specification, for a more accuarate transciption check out the other version I uploaded) A#m6 (x 1 4 3 2 x), D#m6 (x 6 9 8 7 x) [Verse 1]
   E     F#              B          F#
   Light struck from the lemon tree

A          G#m       F#              E            B    C#m    B
   What if I’d never seen hysterical light from Eugene?

E        B       F#          G#m
   Lemon yoghurt, remember I pulled at your shirt

F#                              E
   I dropped the ashtray on the floor

                    B        C#m    B
   I just wanted to be near you
[Verse 2]
E          F#            B           F#
   Emerald Park, wonders never cease

A              G#m          F#                      E            B    C#m   B
   The man who taught me to swim, he couldn't quite say my first name

E         B         F#            G#m         F#
   Like a Father he led community water on my head

                      E
   And he called me “Subaru”

                     B        C#m   B
   And now I want to be near you
[Verse 3]
B        A#m6  G#m   F#       E         D#m6          F#     
   Since I was old enough to speak I've said it with alarm

B       A#m6    G#m    F#           E
   Some part of me was lost in your sleeve

             D#m6         F#
   Where you hid your cigarettes

                    E
   No I’ll never forget

                     B        C#m   B
   I just want to be near you
[Verse 4]
E          F#             B          F#
   Still I pray to what I cannot see

A         G#m         F#                E              B     C#m   B
   In the sprinkler I mark the evidence known from the start

E           B             F#                    G#m               F#m
   From the bed near your death, and all the machines that made a mess

                       E
   Far away the falcon flew

                    B        C#m   B 
   Now I want to be near you
[Verse 5]
E         F#           B           F#
   What’s left is only bittersweet

A          G#m        F#                  E         B       C#m   B
   For the rest of my life, admitting the best is behind me

E          B          F#                 G#m             F#
   Now I’m drunk and afraid, wishing the world would go away

                               E
   What’s the point of singing songs

                         B         C#m   B
   If they’ll never even hear you?
Transcription by Martín Ferroni