Sufjan Stevens – This Is The Thing (Guitar)

Capo 2
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by Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine [Verse 1]
E          F#m          C#m
This is the thing about people

    B                 F#m
You never really know what's inside

E               F#m             C#m
Somewhere in the soul there's a secret

   B                   F#m
Hysteria grows where it was invited

E          F#m                C#m
This is the thing thing about fiction

    B                        F#m
How everything feeds on it's paranoia

E          F#m           C#m
Wrapping it all up in tradition

    B                      F#m
Now fill up the cup, go and drink your poison
[Chorus]
   A         E              B               F#m
My love is a witness for the loss of your innocence

               A           E
So give it all up, give it distance

        B                 F#m
Live it up for the path of resistance
[Verse 2]
E          F#m           C#m
This is the thing about confusion

    B                 F#m
You never really know what you'll find

E                  F#m          C#m
You tell me what it means to be human

    B                          F#m
The freedom you seek is to free your mind
[Chorus]
   A         E               B               F#m
My love is a witness for the loss of your innocence

               A           E
So give it all up, give it distance

        B                 F#m
Live it up for the path of resistance
[Verse 3]
E          F#m          C#m
This is the thing about evil

    B                 F#m
You never really know where it's hiding

E                 F#m        C#m
Find your phantom in the cathedral

    B                          F#m
The more you search for it, the less you'll find
[Chorus]
   A         E              B               F#
My love is a witness for the loss of your innocence

               A           E
So give it all up, give it distance

        B                 F#
Live it up for the path of resistance

   A         E              B               F#
My love is a witness for the loss of your innocence

               A           E
So give it all up, give it distance

        B                  C#m
Live it up for the path of resistance
G#m B Am A