Sufjan Stevens – Lord God Bird (Guitar Tab)

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sufjan Stevens - The Lord God Bird ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I have only jotted down the melody and the chords for this one, since I’m no good at Think it’s correct, though. Intro:

 (C#-minor scale) C#m                               G#m
e|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
b|---------------|---------------|-----9----9-12---|-9-------------|
g|-11-11--9--8---|---------------|-------11--------|---------------|
d|---------------|-11------------|-----------------|---------------|
a|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
e|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|

                  F#m        E         C#m       B
e|---------------|-9--------|---------|---------|---------|
b|---------9-12--|-------12-|--9------|-----12--|---------|
g|---------------|----------|----11-9-|-11------|-11------|
d|---------------|----------|---------|---------|---------|
a|---------------|----------|---------|---------|---------|
e|---------------|----------|---------|---------|---------|

Verse 1: C#m G#m In the delta sun, down in Arkansas F#m E C#m B It’s the great god bird with it’s alter call C#m G#m And the sewing machine, the industrial god F#m E C#m B On the great bayou were they saw it fall F#m E C#m B It’s the great god bird down in Arkansas A E A E And the hunters beware, or the fishers fall A G#m F#m E B F#m And paradise might close from its safe flight flawed A G#m F#m E B (let ring) It’s the great god bird through it all Bridge: (Same melody as intro with some variations) C#m, G#m, F#m, E, C#m, B, A, E, A, E, A, G#m, F#m, E, B, F#m A, G#m, F#m, E, B Verse 2: C#m G#m And the watchers beware, lest they see it fall F#m E C#m B And paradise might laugh when at last it falls A E A E And the sewing machine, the industrial god A G#m F#m E B F#m It’s the great god bird with it’s alter call A G#m F#m E B F#m Yes, it’s the great god bird with it’s alter call A G#m F#m E B Yes, it’s the great god bird through it all. Outro: (Also a variation of the intro) A, E, A, E, A, E, A, E, A, G#m, F#m, E, B, F#m A, G#m, F#m, E, B