Sufjan Stevens – The Ascension (Guitar)

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When I am dead and the light leaves my breast

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Nothing to be told, nothing to confess

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Let the record show what I couldn't quite confess

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For by living for myself I was living for unrest

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Then the evidence came back in a chariot of vindication

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Something to behold, glorious in its path

        Dm            Em         Am            C
But the prophecy fell back as it gave to me an invitation

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Show them what is right, show them what is blessed

     Dm    C/E        F              G
But now it strikes me far too late again

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That I was asking far too much of everyone around me

    Dm     C/E        F              G
And now it strikes me far too late again

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That I should answer for myself as the Ascension falls upon me

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So what should be said of a life that leaves its mess?

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For once your life was sold it could never be possessed

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You were selfishly as a continent, you were finally at your best

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For you favored for yourself when selfishness was blessed

     Dm            Em       Am          C
Then Cordelia came back in a chariot hallucination

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Something to rejoice, glorious in its wrath

        Dm             Em             Am            C
But the prophecy was a pantomime as it came to me in accusation

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Show them what is right, show them what is best

     Dm     C/E       F              G
But now it strikes me far too late again

           Dm             C/E      F          G
That I was asking far too much of everyone around me

     Dm     C/E        F              G
And now it strikes me far too late again

              Dm            C/E          F              G
That I should answer for myself as the Ascension falls upon me

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And now it frightens me, the thought against my chest

               F            G
To think I was asking for a reason

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Explaining why everything's a total mess

     Dm    C/E               Am              C
And now it frightens me, the dreams that I possess

               F               G
To think I was acting like a believer

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When I was just angry and depressed

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And to everything, there is no meaning

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A season of pain and hopelessness

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I shouldn't have looked for revelation

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I should have resigned myself to this

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I thought I could change the world around me

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I thought I could change the world for best

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I thought I was called in convocation

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I thought I was sanctified and blessed

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But now it strengthens me to know the truth at last

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That everything comes from consummation

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And everything comes with consequence

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And I did it all with exultation

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While you did it all with hopelessness

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Yes, I did it all with adoration

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While you killed it off with all of your holy mess

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What now? (What now?)

      C       F
(What now?)

       G      F/A
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       G/B
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What now? (What now?)

        C
(What now?)

        F     G
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       F/A   G/B
(What now?)