Biography:
Sufjan Stevens (Born July 1, 1975) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Petoskey, Michigan. He is known for his lyrically focused and instrumentally rich songs that often relate to faith and family. He has enjoyed wide critical success in the United States. He is considered part of the folk revival through indie pop, but his influences are very broad, including experimental electronic music, the jazz of Vince Guaraldi, and the academic minimalism of Steve Reich and Philip Glass.
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Other songs:
- All The Trees Of The Field Will Clap Their Hands
- Casimir Pulaski Day
- Chicago
- Chicago Acoustic
- Death With Dignity
- Death With Dignity 2
- Drawn To The Blood
- Eugene
- Flint (for The Unemployed And Underpaid)
- For The Widows In Paradise For The Fatherless In Ypsilanti
- Fourth Of July
- Futile Devices
- Futile Devices ( Fingerpicking)
- God 'll Never Let You Down
- Jacksonville
- John Wayne Gacy Jr.
- John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
- Mistress Witch From Mcclure Or The Mind That Knows Itself
- Mystery Of Love
- No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross
- Redford (for Yiayia And Papou)
- Romulus
- Should Have Known Better
- Sister Winter
- The Dress Looks Nice On You
- The Only Thing
- The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!
- To Be Alone With You
- A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- A Little Lost
- A Sun Came
- All Delighted People
- All For Myself
- All Of Me Wants All Of You
- All The Kings Horns
- Arnika
- Bad Communication
- Barcarola You Must Be A Christmas Tree
- Blue Bucket Of Gold
- Carrie Lowell
- Christmas In July
- Christmas In The Room
- Christmas Unicorn
- City Of Roses
- Come On Lets Boogey To The Elf Dance
- Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing
- Concerning The Ufo Sighting Near Highland Illinois
- Decatur Or Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother
- Did I Make You Cry On Christmas Day
- Ding
- Djohariah
- Dumb I Sound
- Enchanting Ghost
- Eugene Version 2
- Exploding Whale
- Flint For The Unemployed And Underpaid
- From The Mouth Of Gabriel
- Get Behind Me Santa
- Get Real Get Right
- Heirloom
- Hey Guys Its Christmas Time
- Holy Holy Holy
- I Am Santas Helper
- I Saw Three Ships
- I Walked
- I Want To Be Well
- Illinois
- Impossible Soul
- Its Christmas Lets Be Glad
- Jason
- John My Beloved
- John Wayne Gacy Jr
- Joy To The World
- Jupiter
- Jupiter Winter
- Lo How A Rose Eer Blooming
- Lonely Man Of Winter
- Lord God Bird
- Lumberjack Christmas No One Can Save You From Christmases Past
- Mars
- Mercury
- Mr Frosty Man
- Neptune
- No Mans Land
- O Come O Come Emmanuel
- Oh God Where Are You Now In Pickeral Lake Pigeon Marquette Mackinaw
- Once In Royal Davids City
- Only At Christmas Time
- Pittsfield
- Pleasure Principle
- Pluto
- Put The Lights On The Tree
- Redford For Yia
- Saturn
- Seven Swans
- Silver Gold
- Size Too Small
- Sleeping Bear Sault Ste Marie
- Springfield Or Bobby Got A Shadfly Caught In His Hair
- Star Of Wonder
- That Was The Worst Christmas Ever
- The Avalanche
- The Child With The Star On His Head
- The Greatest Gift
- The Hidden River Of My Life
- The Lakes Of Canada
- The Little Drummer Boy
- The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
- The Midnight Clear
- The Mistress Witch From Mcclure Or The Mind That Knows Itself
- The Owl And The Tanager
- The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us
- The Star
- The Tallest Man The Broadest Shoulders
- The Transfiguration
- The Upper Peninsula
- Tonya Harding
- Too Much
- Uranus
- Venus
- Vesuvius
- Visions Of Gideon
- Vitos Ordination Song
- Wallowa Lake Monster
- We Need A Little Christmas
- Were Goin To The Country
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Note: The D7/F#'s in the choruses and the Cmaj7's in verse 2 are optional; I included them because
they 1) sound pretty and 2) make the song considerably more interesting when one only uses a single
guitar for this pretty electronic song. They may, for ease of playing, be substituted by D/F# and
Em respectively.
As the song is quite gentle (save for the bombastic instrumental bridge), I recommend picking the
verses and choruses while strumming the bridge. I use the following pattern:
Bass note > D string > G string > B string > G string > D string and repeat
For optimal sound, if you want to strum the entire song, I recommend omitting the high E string
during the verses and choruses.
Uncommon/silly chords legend:
Recommended for G: 35543x or 3x543x
D* = x5403x
D7/F# = 20021x or 2x021x
Bm* = x2403x
[Instrumental intro]
Em D* x4
[Verse 1]
Em D* Em
Jupiter bad June
D* Em
You know my arms ache
D* Em D*
And I’ve organized my face
Em D* Em
Sweet sun sister moon
D* Em
Seasons have shown
D* Em D/F#
How your providence takes shape
[Chorus 1]
G D7/F#
My little eyeshadow
Em D*
Bruised by the moon's battle
C Bm* Em D/F#
Lipstick, eyeliner replaced
G D7/F#
Charon the fog lifted
Em D*
Messenger dwarfism
C Bm* Em D* Em D*
Let’s leave evidence to rest
[Instrumental bridge]
Em D* E B A D/F# G D/F#
C B7 E A7 E G B B7
A C E F# F Bm* E A7
F B7 E F# A Bm G D/F# E B7
[Verse 2]
Em D* Em
Pluto silly goose
D* Em D* Cmaj7 D*
Why did you hide behind covenants of shame?
Em D* Em
Smooth and splendid abuse
D* Em D* Cmaj7 D*
Won’t you tell me how to deal with my own?
[Chorus 2]
G D7/F# Em D*
Sworn by Persephone, how melancholy she
C Bm* Em D/F#
Waits forever in your kiss
G D7/F# Em D*
Loneliest passageway, orbiting castaway
C Bm* Em D/F#
Beat your beauty at your breast
G D7/F# Em D*
Don’t surprise me you monster, you mastery
C Bm* Em Bm
Make your very last request
Em Bm Em
they 1) sound pretty and 2) make the song considerably more interesting when one only uses a single
guitar for this pretty electronic song. They may, for ease of playing, be substituted by D/F# and
Em respectively.
As the song is quite gentle (save for the bombastic instrumental bridge), I recommend picking the
verses and choruses while strumming the bridge. I use the following pattern:
Bass note > D string > G string > B string > G string > D string and repeat
For optimal sound, if you want to strum the entire song, I recommend omitting the high E string
during the verses and choruses.
Uncommon/silly chords legend:
Recommended for G: 35543x or 3x543x
D* = x5403x
D7/F# = 20021x or 2x021x
Bm* = x2403x
[Instrumental intro]
Em D* x4
[Verse 1]
Em D* Em
Jupiter bad June
D* Em
You know my arms ache
D* Em D*
And I’ve organized my face
Em D* Em
Sweet sun sister moon
D* Em
Seasons have shown
D* Em D/F#
How your providence takes shape
[Chorus 1]
G D7/F#
My little eyeshadow
Em D*
Bruised by the moon's battle
C Bm* Em D/F#
Lipstick, eyeliner replaced
G D7/F#
Charon the fog lifted
Em D*
Messenger dwarfism
C Bm* Em D* Em D*
Let’s leave evidence to rest
[Instrumental bridge]
Em D* E B A D/F# G D/F#
C B7 E A7 E G B B7
A C E F# F Bm* E A7
F B7 E F# A Bm G D/F# E B7
[Verse 2]
Em D* Em
Pluto silly goose
D* Em D* Cmaj7 D*
Why did you hide behind covenants of shame?
Em D* Em
Smooth and splendid abuse
D* Em D* Cmaj7 D*
Won’t you tell me how to deal with my own?
[Chorus 2]
G D7/F# Em D*
Sworn by Persephone, how melancholy she
C Bm* Em D/F#
Waits forever in your kiss
G D7/F# Em D*
Loneliest passageway, orbiting castaway
C Bm* Em D/F#
Beat your beauty at your breast
G D7/F# Em D*
Don’t surprise me you monster, you mastery
C Bm* Em Bm
Make your very last request
Em Bm Em
Sugarfree
Sugarland
Sugarplum Fairy
Sui Generis
Suicide Silence
Sundae Month
Sundial
Sungha Jung
Sunny Keller
Sunrise Avenue