Sufjan Stevens – Tonya Harding (Guitar Fingerpicking)

C        C/B          Am   D
Tonya Harding, my star

          F         C
Well this world is a cold one

        G            D7
But it takes one to know one

    F          C             G
And God only knows what you are

C        C/B          Am   D
Just some Portland white trash

            F         C
You confronted your sorrow

          G            D7
Like there was no tomorrow

            F          C             G
While the rest of the world only laughed

C        C/B          Am   D
Triple axel on high

      F          C
A delightful disaster

            G         D7
You jumped farther and faster

          F        C          G
You were always so full of surprises

C          C/B       Am   D
Are your laces untied?

           F             C
What’s the frown on your face for?

          G             D7
And just what are the skates for now?

           F          C          G
Tell me which is your good side?

C          C/B       Am   D
Are you lonely at night?

       F             C
Do you miss all the glory

          G        D7
And the mythical story

F          C          G
Of the Olympian life?

C    C/B       Am   D
Yamaguchi in red

             F         C
She had high rise and roses

     G           D7
And red-carpet poses

 F        C           G
And her outfit was splendid

C    C/B       Am   D
Nancy Kerrigan’s charm

              F        C
Well she took quite a beating

          G            D7
So you’re not above cheating

F         C             G
Can you blame her for crying?

C      C/B          Am       D
Tonya, you were the brightest

           F            C
Yeah you rose from the ashes

      G                 D7
And survived all the crashes

F           C                G
Wiping the blood from your white tights

C      C/B            Am     D
Has the world had its fun?

             F            C
Yeah they’ll make such a hassle

             G            D7
And they’ll build you a castle

F          C             G
Then destroy it when they’re done

C      C/B            Am     D
Tonya Harding, my friend

           F         C
Well this world is a bitch, girl

          G          D7
Don’t end up in a ditch, girl

       F             C            G
I’ll be watching you close to the end

C      C/B            Am     D
So fight on as you are

     F      C
My American princess

        G                  D7
May God bless you with incense

          F        C       G
You’re my shining American star

           F       C       Am     D7
You're my shining American star

           F       G       C
You're my shining American star