Sufjan Stevens – Exploding Whale (Guitar)

Capo 4
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Chords

This version specifically abides by the Doveman remix from Stevens' "The Greatest Gift" album. In the outro, repeat the three chords as often as you feel like to obtain that dreamy finish. Silly chords: Csus2: x30010 Gadd11: 320013 Fmaj7: 133210 (use thumb for bass note) G*: 355433
Am*: 577555
C*: 32013
[Intro] C Am D7 F Em Em7 Em F G Csus2 [Verse 1]
C                  Am
I'm a poor use friend

                       D7
Loneliness rides in my bed

D          F
My misfortune

     Fmaj7             Em
Give everything you've got

Em7       Em        F
While the sun burns hot

     F
My addiction

Gadd11      G
Spoils my affection

               Csus2
For everything good
[Verse 2]
C                 Am
Elephant in the room

                           D7
Might as well shoot at the moon

    D          F
The mild ambition

     Fmaj7             Em
Give everything you've got

Em7      Em      F
Jump the Fosbury flop with intention

   Gadd11     G
Pursue your invention

                Dm7
As something of worth
[Chorus]
    Dm             C/E
The thing I most regret

                 G*
Is having to repress what I'm feeling

        Am*        G*         F
While expressing delight as a myth

  Fmaj7          Em
Embrace the epic fail

   Em7  Em      F
Of my exploding whale

      G*
hm hm hmmm
Csus2 [Verse 3]
C                        Am
Poison or powdered milk (poison or powdered milk)

                D7
Paralyzed as it took (paralyzed as it took)

D            F
Premonition (that is what we are)

     Fmaj7               Em
Give everything you've got

  Em7       Em      F
Before your life is caught in conditions

       Gadd11          G
Be the first of its victims

              Csus2
The foot of a hare
[Verse 4]
C                      Am
Action or consequence (action or consequence)

                D7
My unyielding defense (my unyielding defense)

D             F
Superstition (that is what we are)

Fmaj7            Em
My attempts to obscure

    Em7     Em      F
The wonders of this world

         F
Be it fortune

   Gadd11       G
Or faith in distortion

              Dm7/A
The patron of prayer
[Chorus]
Dm/A               C/E
The thing I most resent

                G*
Is having to consent to illusion

         Am*        G*            F
While confessing distress with my fist

     Fmaj7      Em
Will history prevail?

Em7  Em      F
My exploding whale
G [Instrumental] Dm7/A C/E G* Am* G* F Fmaj7 Em7 Em F Gadd11 G Csus2 [Chorus]
C                      Am/C
What of a dream deferred

               D7/C
My appeal in reverse

        F/C
Apparition

  Fmaj7/C        Em/C
Embrace the epic fail

  Em7/C Em/C    F/C
Of my exploding whale
G/C [Outro] C* G/C Gsus4/C