Tuning: Standard, Capo III (chord names are relative to capo)



This entire song is one fingerpicked progression with discretionary 

variances.



  Dm              Cadd9           Am              F

e|-----1-------1--------------------------------------------------|

B|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1|

G|-2-------2-------0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|

D|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------------|

A|----------------3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

  1eAa2eAa3eAa4eAa1 ...



As the song progresses, Sufjan throws in the open high E string as he 

pleases on the Cadd9, Am, and F chords, as such:



  Dm              Cadd9           Am              F

e|-----1-------1-----------0---------------0-----------0-------0--|

B|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1|

G|-2-------2-------0---0-------0---2---2-------2---2-------2------|

D|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------------|

A|----------------3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

  1eAa2eAa3eAa4eAa1 ...



That's how he includes it most of the time, but he varies it up a lot, 

especially as the song builds, so put it wherever you like. Chords

non-relative to the capo are Fm Ebadd9 Cm Ab (key of Eb).



Feel free to email with corrections / comments / questions.





| /  slide up

| \  slide down

| h  hammer-on

| p  pull-off

| ~  vibrato

| +  harmonic

| x  Mute note

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