Sufjan Stevens – Eugene (Ukulele)

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Chord Changes:
Cm:(5-0-0-7)
Bb7:(3-2-1-5)
Am7:(2-0-0-3)
C9:(0-0-0-10)
C7:(0-0-0-8)
C6:(0-0-0-7)

C/F: A|-3-3-3---3-| (Strum down C four times and hammer F on 3rd strum)
     E|-0-0-0h1-0-|
     C|-0-0-0---0-|
     G|-0-0-0h2-0-|
Picking Pattern: 1-3-2-4/G-E-C-A ------------------------------------------------------- [Verse 1]
F     G               Cm
Light struck from the lemon tree

Bb7     Am7        G              F           C/F                    
What if I’d never seen hysterical light from Eugene?

F     C
Lemon yogurt

G          Am             G
Remember I pulled at your shirt

                             F
I dropped the ashtray on the floor

                    C/F         
I just wanted to be near you
[Verse 2]
F       G             Cm
Emerald Park, wonders never cease

Bb7         Am7          G
The man who taught me to swim

                  F            C/F
He couldn't quite say my first name

F      C          G             Am          G                            
Like a Father, he led community water on my head

                  F                     
And he called me “Subaru”

                      C/F
And now, I want to be near you
[Verse 3]
C9   C7 C6   Am    G       F
Since I was old enough to speak

                   G           
I've said it with alarm

C9   C7   C6 Am     G            F                   
Some part of me was lost in your sleeve

                       G
Where you hid your cigarettes

                F       
No, I’ll never forget

                   C/F
I just want to be near you  
[Verse 4]
F        G              Cm
Still, I pray to what I cannot see

Bb7    Am7          G
In the sprinkler, I mark

             F              C/F     
The evidence known from the start

F        C             G
From the bed near your death

               Am                G
And all the machines that made a mess

                     F               
Far away, the falcon flew

                 C/F                    
Now I want to be near you

F      G            Cm             
What’s left is only bittersweet

Bb7     Am7        G
For the rest of my life

              F            C/F
Admitting the best is behind me

F        C
Now I’m drunk and afraid

G           Am             G
Wishing the world would go away

                            F
What’s the point of singing songs

                      C/F                           
If they’ll never even hear you?