Ativan chords by Sufjan Stevens

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


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Suggested voicings for some stranger chords:

Em6/G  : 3x242x (petite barre w/ 1st finger on 2nd fret)
A7(#11) : x0564x
GM7(#11) : 3x0422 (petite barre w/ 1st finger on 2nd fret)
CM7(#11) : x34030
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INTRO:
E5E5  G5G5  B5B5  A5A5
E5E5  G5G5  B5B5  A5A5

VERSE I:
EsusEsus     E minorEm    Em6/G
I woke up in stereo, I spent the day in vertigo
 B minorBm               A7A7
I could not get the spirit off my back
EsusEsus      E minorEm
Put my feelings on the table
Em6/G
Eat my heart out if you're able
B minorBm             A7A7
Separate the fever from the fact
EsusEsus      E minorEm
So much for the afterglow
Em6/G
I feel just like an embryo
 B minorBm              A7A7
I take it out before you put it back
EsusEsus     E minorEm
Put my head between my knees
 Em6/G
I search myself for all disease
 B minorBm              A7A7
I separate the bottle from the cap


CHORUS:
   E minorEm
Is it all for something?
   Em6/G
Is it all part of a plan?
B minorBm              A7(#11)
Tranquilize me, sanitize me, Ativan (Ativan, my leading woman)
   E minorEm
Is it all for something?
   Em6/G
Is it all part of a plan?
B minorBm
Make my wish list, mind my business
A7(#11)
Do the best I can (with what I am)

E minorEm  Em/GEm/G  B minorBm  D MajorD

VERSE II:
E minorEm
Caught up in the baby's breath
 Em/GEm/G
I shit my pants and wet the bed
  B minorBm                 A7A7
It takes some time to throw the demons off
E minorEm
Put the lotion in the basket
Em/GEm/G
Now jump off the overpass
  B minorBm                  A7A7
It takes some time before the skin comes off
E minor 7Em7
Fill me with the blood of Jesus
GM7
Clean my plate 'til he receives us
Bm7Bm7             A augmentedA
Separate the colors from the black
E minor 7Em7
Shut the shades to make it prosper
GM7
Cut your face to make it softer
Bm7Bm7               A augmentedA
Tell the shadows near us to come back


CHORUS:
   E minorEm
Is it all for something?
   Em6/G
Is it all part of a plan?
B minorBm              A7(#11)
Tranquilize me and revise me, Ativan (Ativan, my leading woman)
   E minorEm
Is it all full circle?
   Em6/G
Is it all part of a plan?
B minorBm
Make my death wish, mind my business
A7(#11)
Do the best I can (with what I am))

   GM7
Is it all for nothing? (all for nothing)
   D/AD/A         Bm7Bm7
Is it all part of a plan? (all part of a plan)
E minor 7Em7      F#m7F#m7      GM7  A augmentedA
Tranquilize me and revise me, Ativan (Ativan, my leading woman)
   GM7
Is it all full circle? (all full circle)
   Bm7Bm7         A augmentedA
Is it all part of a plan? (all part of a plan)
E minor 7Em7         F#m7F#m7
Make my death wish, mind my business
  GM7       A augmentedA
I'm doing the best I can (with what I am)


OUTRO:
N.C. (~35 measures)

 strings:
C#m7C#m7  Am/C C majorC
Bm7Bm7   E7E7
GM7   Bm7Bm7  Bm/ABm/A  GM7(#11)
CM7(#11) Em6Em6 Am7Am7  Bm7Bm7
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C#m7C#m7  GM7/B Bm7/D E minor 7Em7 CM7
Bm/ABm/A     B11B11