Sufjan Stevens – Vesuvius (Guitar)

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Notes: -The first C of each verse on the first half is a two fret slide up from A# -There are two types of Am in the second part as it's transitioning to the second half the song. I play the first and second Am like this:

Am (1)   Am (2)
EADGBE   EADGBE

||||1| ||||1| ||22|| ||22|| |3|||| |||||| Intro: A#,C,Dm,C,F,C,Am End on A#

    C Dm
Vesuvius

    C  F
I am   here

           C   Am A#
You are all    I  have

     C  Dm
Fire of fire

      C F
I'm insecure

             C
For it is all

     Am      A#
Been made to plan

        C Dm
Though I  know

      C F
I will  fail

        C
I cannot

   Am      A#
Be made to laugh

      C Dm
For in  life

     C F
As in  death

              C
I'd rather be burned

        Am        A#
Than be living in debt

C,Dm,C,F,C,Am,A# (2x)

    C Dm
Vesuvius

       C  F
Are you a ghost

                       C
Or the symbols of light

     Am      A#
Or a fantasy host?

       C Dm
In your  breast

        C   F
I carry the form

                      C
The heart of the Earth

        Am         A#
And the weapons of warmth

    C Dm
Vesuvius

          C F
The tragic  oath

                      C
For you have destroyed

         Am      A#
With the elegant smoke

  C Dm               C  F
Ora-cle, I've fallen at last

                       C
But they were the feast

     Am        A#
Of a permanent blast

C,Dm,C,F,C,Am,A# (2x)

    C Dm
Vesuvius

      C F
Oh, be  kind

                  C
It hasn't occurred

      Am          A#
No it hasn't been said

   C Dm          C   F
Suf--jan, follow the path

                 C        Am       A#
It leads to an article of imminent death

   C Dm          C    Dm
Suf--jan, follow your heart

Am1 Follow the flame

   Am2         A#
Or fall on the floor

   C Dm             C     Dm
Suf--jan, the panic inside

Am1 The murdering ghost

         Am2      A#
That you cannot ignore

C,Dm,C,F,C,Am,A# (4x)

        F
Vesuvius

            C
Fire of fire

             Dm
Follow me now

                   Am
As I favor the host

        F
Vesuvius

            C
Fire of fire

             Dm
Follow me now

                    Am
As I favor the ghost

        F
Vesuvius

            C
Fire of fire

             Dm
Follow me now

                   Am
As I favor the host

        F
Vesuvius

            C
Fire of fire

             Dm
Follow me now

                    Am
As I favor the ghost

        F
Vesuvius

            C
Fire of fire

             Dm
Follow me now

                    Am
As I favor your host

        F
Vesuvius

            C
Fire of fire

             Dm
Follow me now

                    Am
As I favor the ghost

        F
Vesuvius

            C
Fire of fire

             Dm
Follow me now

                    Am
As I favor the ghost

F,C

             Dm
Follow me now

              Am
Or follow down

F,C

                Dm             A#
Why does it have to be so hard?

F,C

             Dm
Follow me now

                 A#
Or follow me down

F,C

                Dm             A#
Why does it have to be so hard?

F,C

             Dm
Follow me now

                 A#
Or follow me down

F,C

                Dm             A#
Why does it have to be so hard?