• Song:

    Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us

  • Artist:

    Sufjan Stevens

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Very easy and straight-forward for most beginners. Song is in 3/4 time so strum/pick accordingly!
These chords aren't in the same key as the song, but you can fiddle with moving 
them half or whole tones up/down to get it right, or to get it so you can sing 
comfortably with it :)
Enjoy!

D (xx0232@1)                   BmThinking (x24432@1)outrageously I write in cursive
  G (320003@1)                     Em (022000@1)                   
I hide in my bed with the lights on the floor
D (xx0232@1)                     BmWearing (x24432@1)three layers of coats and leg warmers
  G (320003@1)                       EmI (022000@1)see my own breath on the face of the door

D (xx0232@1)     BmOh (x24432@1)I am not quite sleeping
G (320003@1)     EmOh (022000@1)I am fast in bed
D (xx0232@1)                      BmThere (x24432@1)on the wall in the bedroom creeping
G (320003@1)                   EmI (022000@1)see a wasp with her wings outstretched

D (xx0232@1)                 BmNorth (x24432@1)of Savanna we swim in the palisades
G (320003@1)                   EmI (022000@1)come out wearing my brother's red hat
D (xx0232@1)                      BmThere (x24432@1)on his shoulder my best friend is bit seven times
G (320003@1)                 EmHe (022000@1)runs washing his face in his hands

D (xx0232@1)      BmOh (x24432@1)how I meant to tease him
G (320003@1)      EmOh (022000@1)how I meant no harm
D (xx0232@1)                       BmTouching (x24432@1)his back with my hand I kiss him
G (320003@1)                   EmI (022000@1)see the wasp on the length of my arm

-Instrumental Interlude-

D (xx0232@1)      Bm (x24432@1)    G (320003@1)      Em (022000@1)          DOh (xx0232@1)great sights upon this state! Hallelujah!
D (xx0232@1)     Bm (x24432@1)        G (320003@1)     Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)Wonders bright, and rivers, lake. Hallelujah!
D (xx0232@1)      Bm (x24432@1)      G (320003@1)         Em (022000@1)       DTrail (xx0232@1)of Tears and Horseshoe Lake. Hallelujah!
(We were in love we were in love, palisades palisades, I can wait I can wait)
D (xx0232@1)  Bm (x24432@1)       G (320003@1)      Em (022000@1)          Dtrusting (xx0232@1)things beyond mistake. Hallelujah!
(We were in love we were in love, palisades palisades, I can wait I can wait)

D (xx0232@1)              BmWe (x24432@1)were in love. We were in love.
GPalisades! (320003@1)Palisades!
EmI (022000@1)can wait. I can wait.

D (xx0232@1)     Bm (x24432@1)    G (320003@1)       Em (022000@1)         DLamb (xx0232@1)of God, we sound the horn. Hallelujah!
(We were in love we were in love, palisades palisades, I can wait I can wait)
D (xx0232@1)Bm (x24432@1)    G (320003@1)      Em (022000@1)         DTo (xx0232@1)us your ghost is born. Hallelujah!
(We were in love we were in love, palisades palisades, I can wait I can wait)

D (xx0232@1)     Bm (x24432@1)                       GI (320003@1)can't explain the state that I'm in
                Em (022000@1)                  DThe (xx0232@1)state of my heart, he was my best friend
         Bm (x24432@1)                GInto (320003@1)the car, from the back seat
       Em (022000@1)              DOh (xx0232@1)admiration in falling asleep
          Bm (x24432@1)              GAll (320003@1)of my powers, day after day
      Em (022000@1)                       DI (xx0232@1)can tell you, we swaggered and swayed
            Bm (x24432@1)                GDeep (320003@1)in the tower, the prairies below
       Em (022000@1)                      DI (xx0232@1)can tell you, the telling gets old
         Bm (x24432@1)               GTerrible (320003@1)sting and terrible storm
      Em (022000@1)                     DI (xx0232@1)can tell you the day we were born
             Bm (x24432@1)         GMy (320003@1)friend is gone, he ran away
      Em (022000@1)                      DI (xx0232@1)can tell you, I love him each day
               Bm (x24432@1)                  GThough (320003@1)we have sparred, wrestled and raged
      Em (022000@1)                     DI (xx0232@1)can tell you I love him each day
         Bm (x24432@1)            GTerrible (320003@1)sting, terrible storm
      Em (022000@1)       ...D
I can tell you...


JNFR.

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