Sufjan Stevens – He Woke Me Up Again (Guitar Tab)
Capo 2
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This song is originally played on a banjo, but I couldn't find a banjo to play on
so this is an interpretation for guitar.
This songs is basically two main bits that repeat for the whole thing.
I play this finger picking style, with my thumb on D, index on G, and middle finger on B.
[ Intro ]
e|--------------------------------3-------------3-----| B|-0h1----1-----0h1---0h1---3---3---3---0-----0---0---| G|------0---0-------0-----0---0-------0----0-------0--| D|-0h2--------2-0h2---0h2---5-----------0-------------| x2 A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------|
He was, he was in the churchyard
My father was in the first part
He came, he came to my bedroom
e|--------------------------------3-------------3-----| B|-0h1----1-----0h1---0h1---3---3---3---0-----0---0---| G|------0---0-------0-----0---0-------0----0-------0--| D|-0h2--------2-0h2---0h2---5-----------0-------------| x3 A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------|
But I was asleep
He woke me up again to say:
e|-------3-----------3-----------0------------0-------| B|-----3---3-------3---3-------1---1--------1---1-----| G|---2-------2---2-------2---0-------0----0-------0---| D|-0-----------0-----------2-----------0h2------------| x2 A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------|
(Rinse and repeat this for the rest of the song!)
[Instrumental]
e|--------------------------------3-------------3-----| B|-0h1----1-----0h1---0h1---3---3---3---0-----0---0---| G|------0---0-------0-----0---0-------0----0-------0--| D|-0h2--------2-0h2---0h2---5-----------0-------------| x2 A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------|
Halle, Halle, Hallelujah
Holy, holy is the sound
And I hope, I hope you are tired out
And I know, I know there is joy endowed
e|--------------------------------3-------------3-----| B|-0h1----1-----0h1---0h1---3---3---3---0-----0---0---| G|------0---0-------0-----0---0-------0----0-------0--| D|-0h2--------2-0h2---0h2---5-----------0-------------| x4 A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------|
But I was asleep
And he woke me up again
And he woke me up again to say:
e|-------3-----------3-----------0------------0-------| B|-----3---3-------3---3-------1---1--------1---1-----| G|---2-------2---2-------2---0-------0----0-------0---| D|-0-----------0-----------2-----------0h2------------| x3 A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------|
[Instrumental]
e|--------------------------------3-------------3-----| B|-0h1----1-----0h1---0h1---3---3---3---0-----0---0---| G|------0---0-------0-----0---0-------0----0-------0--| D|-0h2--------2-0h2---0h2---5-----------0-------------| x3 A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| e|-------3-----------3-----------0------------0-------| B|-----3---3-------3---3-------1---1--------1---1-----| G|---2-------2---2-------2---0-------0----0-------0---| D|-0-----------0-----------2-----------0h2------------| x2 A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------|
Hold on, hold on to your old ways
Or put off, put off every old face
And I know, I know you are changed now
I hope, I hope you're arranged out
e|--------------------------------3-------------3-----| B|-0h1----1-----0h1---0h1---3---3---3---0-----0---0---| G|------0---0-------0-----0---0-------0----0-------0--| D|-0h2--------2-0h2---0h2---5-----------0-------------| x4 A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------|
But I'm still asleep
And you woke me up again
And I'm still asleep
But you woke me up to be holy
e|-------3-----------3-----------0------------0-------| B|-----3---3-------3---3-------1---1--------1---1-----| G|---2-------2---2-------2---0-------0----0-------0---| D|-0-----------0-----------2-----------0h2------------| x4 A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------|
and end on
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