• Song:

    Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us

  • Artist:

    Sufjan Stevens

D5                     B5
Thinking outrageously I write in cursive
  G5                       E5                     
I hide in my bed with the lights on the floor
D5                       B5
Wearing three layers of coats and leg warmers
  G5                         E5
I see my own breath on the face of the door

D5       B5
Oh I am not quite sleeping
G5       E5
Oh I am fast in bed
D5                        B5
There on the wall in the bedroom creeping
G5                     E5
I see a wasp with her wings outstretched

D5                   B5
North of Savanna we swim in the palisades
G5                     E5
I come out wearing my brother's red hat
D5                        B5
There on his shoulder my best friend is bit seven times
G5                   E5
He runs washing his face in his hands

D5        B5
Oh how I meant to tease him
G5        E5
Oh how I meant no harm
D5                         B5
Touching his back with my hand I kiss him
G5                     E5
I see the wasp on the length of my arm

-Instrumental Interlude-

D5        B5      G5        E5            D5
Oh great sights upon this state! Hallelujah!
D5       B5          G5       E5           D5 
Wonders bright, and rivers, lake. Hallelujah!
D5        B5        G5           E5         D5
Trail of Tears and Horseshoe Lake. Hallelujah!
(We were in love we were in love, palisades palisades, I can wait I can wait)
D5    B5         G5        E5            D5
trusting things beyond mistake. Hallelujah!
(We were in love we were in love, palisades palisades, I can wait I can wait)

D5                B5
We were in love. We were in love.
G5
Palisades! Palisades!
E5
I can wait. I can wait.

D5       B5      G5         E5           D5
Lamb of God, we sound the horn. Hallelujah!
(We were in love we were in love, palisades palisades, I can wait I can wait)
D5  B5      G5        E5           D5
To us your ghost is born. Hallelujah!
(We were in love we were in love, palisades palisades, I can wait I can wait)

D5       B5                         G5
I can't explain the state that I'm in
                E5                    D5
The state of my heart, he was my best friend
         B5                  G5
Into the car, from the back seat
       E5                D5
Oh admiration in falling asleep
          B5                G5
All of my powers, day after day
      E5                         D5
I can tell you, we swaggered and swayed
            B5                  G5
Deep in the tower, the prairies below
       E5                        D5
I can tell you, the telling gets old
         B5                 G5
Terrible sting and terrible storm
      E5                       D5
I can tell you the day we were born
             B5           G5
My friend is gone, he ran away
      E5                        D5
I can tell you, I love him each day
               B5                    G5
Though we have sparred, wrestled and raged
      E5                       D5
I can tell you I love him each day
         B5              G5
Terrible sting, terrible storm
      E5         ...D5
I can tell you...


JNFR.
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