• Song:

    Good Man Is Hard To Find

  • Artist:

    Sufjan Stevens

Song: A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Artist: Sufjan Stevens
Album: "Seven Swans"

Tab by Devin Miller

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

**Capo on 4 (both electric and acoustic guitars)
**Time signature is 5/4


There is a very good tab by gran_hermano that I learned this song from 
(can be found as Version 2 tab).  Therefore, he discovered the chords; 
I am just filling in some of the riffs he didn't include!


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Acoustic chord progression for verses:


   C#9                 C#sus2              G#m
e|---------0-0-0-0-0-|---------0-0-0-0-0-|---------0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-|---------0-0-0-0-0-|
G|-----2---2-2-2-2-2-|-----2---2-2-2-2-2-|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-----2---2-2-2-2-2-|-----2---2-2-2-2-2-|-----2---2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-4---4---4-4-4-4-4-|-3---3---3-3-3-3-3-|-----2---2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-|

   F#                  E                   B
e|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|---------3-3-3-3-3-|-----3---3-3-3-3-3-|-----3---3-3-3---3-|
G|-----2---2-2-2-2-2-|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----0---0-0-0-0-2-|
D|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----x---x-x-x-x-x-|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-----x---x-x-x-x-x-|-3---3---3-3-3-3-3-|-----x---x-x-x-x---|
E|-2---2---2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------|-3---3---3-3-3-3---|

   F#
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|---------3-3-3-3-3-|---------3-3-3-3-3-|
G|-----2---2-2-2-2-2-|-----2---2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-----x---x-x-x-x-x-|-----x---x-x-x-x-x-|
E|-2---2---2-2-2-2-2-|-2---2---2-2-2-2-2-|



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Acoustic chords under chorus:


    C#  G#m   F#   E
e|--0----0---------------|
B|--0----0----3----3-----|
G|--2----0----2----0-----|
D|--2----2----0----x-----|
A|--0----2----x----3-----|
E|-------0----2----------|



Electric guitar riff over chorus:


e|-----------------0h2-|-3---2-------------|
B|-------------0h3-----|---------3-0---0h3-|
G|---------0h2---------|-------------2-----|
D|-----0h2-------------|-------------------|
A|-0h2-----------------|-------------------|
E|---------------------|-------------------|

e|-----------------0h2-|-3---s5---s8-7-----|
B|-------------0h3-----|-------------------|
G|---------0h2---------|-------------------|
D|-----0h2-------------|-------------------|
A|-0h2-----------------|-------------------|
E|---------------------|-------------------| repeat both twice, then...

e|---5--3--2h3-0-------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|


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Notation Legend:


| s  slide to
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| x  dead note

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