Sufjan Stevens – Exploding Whale (Guitar)
Capo 1
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Guitar
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
F Dm Gm7 C
Am A# C F
[Verse 1]
F Dm I'm nobody's friend Dm Gm7 Loneliness rides in my bed Gm7 A# My misfortune A# Am Give everything you've got Am A# While the sun burns hot A# My addiction C Spoils my affection C F For everything good
[Verse 2]
F Dm Elephant in the room Dm Gm7 Might as well shoot at the moon Gm7 A# The mild ambition A# Am Give everything you've got Am A# Jump the Fosbury flop with intention C Pursue your invention C Gm As something of worth
[Chorus]
Gm F The thing I most regret F C Is having to repress what I'm feeling Dm C A# While expressing delight as a myth A# Am Embrace the epic fail Am A# C Of my exploding whale
[Verse 3]
F Dm Poison or powdered milk (poison or powdered milk) Dm G Paralyzed as it took (paralyzed as it took) G A# Premonition (that is what we are) A# Am Give everything you've got Am A# Before your life is caught in conditions C Be the first of its victims F The foot of a hare
[Verse 4]
F Dm Action or consequence (action or consequence) Dm G My unyielding defense (my unyielding defense) G A# Superstition (that is what we are) A# Am My attempts to obscure Am A# The wonders of this world A# Be it fortune C Or faith in distortion C A# The patron of prayer
[Chorus]
A# F The thing I most resent F C Is having to consent to illusion Dm C A# While confessing distress with my fist A# Am Will history prevail? Am A# C My exploding whale
[Instrumental]
Dm C
F C Dm C
A# Am
A# C
[Chorus]
F Dm What of a dream deferred Dm Gm7 My appeal in reverse A# Apparition A# Am Embrace the epic fail Am A# C Of my exploding whale
[Outro]
A# C
Dm A# Dm A#
Gm C Gm C
Gm C