Sufjan Stevens – Wallowa Lake Monster (Guitar Tab)
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[Chorus]
e|-----------2----------|-----------2----------|-----------2----------| B|--------------3-------|--------------3-------|--------------3-------| G|-----2-----------2----|-----2-----------2----|-----2-----------2----| D|--4-----4-------------|--4-----4-------------|--4-----4-------------| A|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| E|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| e|-----------2----------|----------------------|----------------------| B|--------------3-------|-----------1----------|-----------1----------| G|-----2-----------2----|--------------0-------|--------------0-------| D|--4-----4-------------|-----2-----------2----|-----2-----------2----| A|----------------------|--3-----3-------------|--3-----3-------------| E|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| e|----------------------|----------------------|-----------1----------| B|-----------1----------|-----------1----------|--------------1-------| G|--------------0-------|--------------0-------|-----2-----------2----| D|-----2-----------2----|-----2-----------2----|--3-----3-------------| A|--3-----3-------------|--3-----3-------------|----------------------| E|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| e|-----------1----------|-----------1----------|-----------1----------| B|--------------1-------|--------------1-------|--------------1-------| G|-----2-----------2----|-----2-----------2----|-----2-----------2----| D|--3-----3-------------|--3-----3-------------|--3-----3-------------| A|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| E|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| e|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| B|-----------1----------|-----------1----------|-----------1----------| G|--------------2-------|--------------2-------|--------------2-------| D|-----2-----------2----|-----2-----------2----|-----2-----------2----| A|--0-----0-------------|--0-----0-------------|--0-----0-------------| E|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| e|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| B|-----------1----------|-----------3----------|-----------3----------| G|--------------2-------|--------------3-------|--------------3-------| D|-----2-----------2----|-----3-----------3----|-----3-----------3----| A|--0-----0-------------|--1-----1-------------|--1-----1-------------| E|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| e|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| B|-----------3----------|-----------3----------|-----------1----------| G|--------------3-------|--------------3-------|--------------2-------| D|-----3-----------3----|-----3-----------3----|-----2-----------2----| A|--1-----1-------------|--1-----1-------------|--0-----0-------------| E|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| e|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|--2----|| B|-----------1----------|-----------1----------|-----------1----------|--3----|| G|--------------2-------|--------------0-------|--------------0-------|--2----|| D|-----2-----------2----|-----2-----------2----|-----2-----------2----|--0----|| A|--0-----0-------------|--3-----3-------------|--3-----3-------------|-------|| E|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-------||
[CHORDS]
[Intro]
Em Em(add4) Em7
Csus2 G/B Am G
[Verse]
Em Em(add4) Em7
As if you know the story of Wallowa Lake
Csus2 G/B Am
Leviathan first hid in the deep where her children sleep
G
She kept them hidden from the plague
Em Esus4 Em7
But have you heard the story of my mother’s fate?
Csus2 G/B Am
She left us in Detroit in the rain with a pillowcase
G
Fortune for the paperweight
Em Em(add4) Em7
We followed her to Joseph, near the Indian raid
Csus2 G/B Am
She wept among the weeds, hide and seek, for the fallen chief
G
Spathiphyllum on his grave
Em Em(add4) Em7
And like the cedar waxwing, she was drunk all day
Csus2 G/B Am
We put her in the sheet, little wreath, candles on the crate
G
As the monster showed its face
[Chorus]
D C F
As she waits for her children in the shade
Am
Demogorgon or demigod the ghost parade
Bb Am C D
No oblation will bring her back to our place
:Interlude: (no fingerpicking)
A C G Bb F G
[Verse]
Em Em(add4) Em7
She stayed within the deep end of Wallowa Lake
Csus2 G/B Am
The undertow refrained with the flame of a feathered snake
G
Charybdis in its shallow grave
Em Em(add4) Em7
She gave us one last feature, the fullness of her face
Csus2 G/B Am
In the shade of "Hin-mah-too-yah…" (Red Napoleon)
G
As the demon took her place
[Chorus]
D C F
As we wait for the waters to reside
Am
Her remarkable stoicism and her pride
Bb Am C D
When the dragon submerged we knew she had died
[Outro]
D A C G (repeat until end)