Sufjan Stevens – Seven Swans (Guitar Tab)

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Tab by Jon Dallas This is an incredibly creepy song when played and sung correctly. In the recording, is playing a 4 string banjo, so the tuning for guitar is with the high e string tuned down a d. The up side of playing this on the guitar instead of the banjo is that on the banjo, it very difficult to produce a lot of sound when strumming. With a guitar, however, it is to create a large sound when strumming. Tuning - EADGBD -Hope you enjoy Verse & Intro: For intro, repeat once and then repeat again what is after the ** symbol

                                       **
D|-2---2-----0---0---------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|---1-----1---0-----0-2---2-----2---2-|-----1---1-----0---0-----------------|
G|-------2---------2-----2-----2---2---|---2---2-----2---0-----0-2-----2---2-|
D|-2---------2---------2-----2---------|-2---2-----2---2-----2---2-2-2---2---|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
   m i m t i m i m t i i t i t t i t i   t i i t i t i i t i t i i t t i t i
   t         t         t                     t         t         t

Lyrics: We didn't sleep too late. There was a fire in the yard. All of the tress were in light. They had no faces to show. I saw a sign in the sky: Seven swans, seven swans, seven swans. I heard a voice in my mind: "I will try, I will try, I will try. I will try, I will try, I will try." We saw the dragon move down. My father burned into coal. My mother saw it from far. She took her purse to the bed. I saw a sign in the sky: Seven horns, seven horns, seven horns. I heard a voice in my mind: "I am Lord, I am Lord, I am Lord." He said: "I am Lord, I am Lord, I am Lord." He said: "I am Lord, I am Lord, I am Lord."

Chords:
Am  E   Dguitar  Dbanjo
D|--2--  D|--2--  D|--4--  D|--0--|
B|--1--  B|--0--  B|--3--  B|--3--|
G|--2--  G|--1--  G|--2--  G|--2--|
D|--2--  D|--2--  D|--0--  D|--0--|
A|--0--  A|--2--  A|-----  A|-----|
E|--0--  E|--0--  E|-----  E|-----|

Am E He will take you. If you run, Dguitar Dbanjo He will chase you. Am E He will take you. If you run, Dguitar Dbanjo He will chase you. Am E Dguitar Dbanjo Cause he is the Lord. Am E Dguitar Dbanjo Cause he is the Lord. Am E Dguitar Dbanjo Cause he is the Lord. Outro: Repeat once and then repeat again what is after the ** symbol

                                       **
D|-2---2-----0---0---------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|---1-----1---0-----0-2---2-----2---2-|-----1---1-----0---0-----------------|
G|-------2---------2-----2-----2---2---|---2---2-----2---0-----0-2-----2---2-|
D|-2---------2---------2-----2---------|-2---2-----2---2-----2---2-2-2---2---|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
   m i m t i m i m t i i t i t t i t i   t i i t i t i i t i t i i t t i t i
   t         t         t                     t         t         t

If you are familiar to finger-picking, this is not a very difficult song at all. -Jon Dallas