John My Beloved Chords by Sufjan Stevens
- Key: G
- BPM: 120
- Capo: no capo
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JOHN MY BELOVED ACORDES
[Start] [Intro] G C G D7 ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] D7 Are we to speak first day of the week G Stumbling words at the bar G Beauty blue eyes my order of fries C G D Long Island kindness and wine D Beloved of John I get it all wrong C I read you for some kind of poem C Covered in lines the fossils I find G Have they no life of their own G So can we pretend sweetly C G Before the mystery ends C G7 I am a man with a heart that offends C7 G7 G D7 With its lonely and greedy demands G C G There's only a shadow of me in a matter of speaking I'm dead Bm Such a waste your beautiful face C G D Stumbling carpet arise Am7 G Bm Bm7 Go follow your gem your white feathered friend C G D Icarus point to the sun C G Bm Bm7 If history speaks of two baby teeth C G D I'm painting the hills blue and red Am7 G Bm7 They said beware Lord hear my prayer C G D I've wasted my throes on your head G Bm7 So can we be friends sweetly C G D Before the mystery ends C G I love you more than the world can contain C G D In its lonely and ramshackle head G D G C G D There's only a shadow of me in a matter of speaking I'm dead [Inst] Am7 Em7 Bm G D Am7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Em7 Bm7 G D ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Am7 G I'm holding my breath Bm Bm7 My tongue on your chest C G D What can be said of my heart Am G Bm If history speaks the kiss on my cheek G D Where there remains but a mark [Chorus] G Bm Beloved my John so I'll carry on C G D Counting my cards down to one Am Em Bm D Bm And when I am dead come visit my bed C G D My fossil is bright in the sun G Asus4 D Bm7 D So can we contend peacefully ■ C G D Before my history ends C Dsus4 G Jesus I need you be near me come shield me C G D From fossils that fall on my head G D G C G D There's only a shadow of me in a matter of speaking I'm dead [End]