Sufjan Stevens – The Lakes Of Canada (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Versions (3)

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Chords

Originally for banjo. [Verse 1]
C              G
Look for me another day

                     D
I feel that I could change

                     Am
I feel that I could change

C                            G
There's a sudden joy that's like

                  D
A fish, a moving light;

             Am
I thought I saw it

C                       G
Rowing on the lakes of Canada
D x 2 [Chorus 1]
            Am                  G
Oh laughing man, what have you won?

                Em             C
Don't tell me what cannot be done

           Am                G
My little mouth, my winter lungs

               Em              C
Don't tell me what cannot be done

           Am                  C
cannot be done di da di da di da

                G            D
di da di da di da   daaa
[Break] Am C G D Am [Verse 2]
C                      G
Walking in the circle of a flashlight

          D                     Am
Someone starts to sing, to join in

 C                       G
Talk of loneliness in quiet voices

      D                    Am
I am shy but you can reach me

 C                      G      D x1
Rowing on the lakes of Canada

 C                      G      D x2
Rowing on the lakes of Canada

             Am                 G
Oh laughing man, what have you won?

               Em             C
Don't tell me what cannot be done

           Am               G
My little mouth, my winter lungs

               Em             C
Don't tell me what cannot be done

           Am                  C
Cannot be done  di da di da di da

                G           D
di da di da di da  daaa
Am C G D
 C                      G           D x1
Rowing on the lakes of Canada

 C                      G           D x2
Rowing on the lakes of Canada

 Am                     G           D x1
Rowing on the lakes of Canada

 Am                      G           D
Rowing on the lakes of Canada