Chicago Acoustic chords by Sufjan Stevens

Chords with lyrics

This is the acoustic version of the song. Based it off of the youtube clip of the KCRW
performance. All chords relative to the capo. Fingerpicking is easy to pick up once
get the hang of it. Thumb, Middle, Index, Ring, repeating.


Capo 9th Fret

  Intro
D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2  A minorAm  C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7  G+G (x2)


D MajorD  Dsus2Dsus2   A augmentedA      C majorC
  I fell in love again
  Cmaj7Cmaj7   G+G       D MajorD
  All things go, all things go
  Dsus2Dsus2  A augmentedA    C majorC
  Drove to Chicago
  Cmaj7Cmaj7   G+G        D MajorD
  All things know, all things know
  Dsus2Dsus2    A minorAm       C majorC
  We sold our clothes to the state
  Cmaj7Cmaj7  G+G       D MajorD
  I don't mind, I don't mind
  Dsus2Dsus2  A minorAm    C majorC
  I made a lot of mistakes
  Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G      D MajorD
  In my mind, in my mind

  Break  (Guitar 2 enters)
D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2  A minorAm  C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7  G+G (x2)


D MajorD  Dsus2Dsus2   A minorAm    C majorC
  I drove to New York
  Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G      D MajorD
  In a van, with my friend
  Dsus2Dsus2    A minorAm      C majorC
  We slept in parking lots
  Cmaj7Cmaj7  G+G       D MajorD
  I don't mind, I don't mind
  Dsus2Dsus2  A minorAm      C majorC
  I was in love with the place
  Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G      D MajorD
  In my mind, in my mind
  Dsus2Dsus2  A minorAm    C majorC
  I made a lot of mistakes
  Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G      D MajorD
  In my mind, in my mind

  Dsus2Dsus2    A minorAm    C majorC
  You came to take us
  Cmaj7Cmaj7   E minorEm  G+G     D MajorD
  All things go, all things go
  Dsus2Dsus2  A minorAm    C majorC
  To re-create us
  Cmaj7Cmaj7   E minorEm  G+G     D MajorD
  All things grow, all things grow
  Dsus2Dsus2    A minorAm     C majorC
  We had our mind's set
  Cmaj7Cmaj7   E minorEm  G+G     D MajorD
  All things know, all things know
  Dsus2Dsus2    A minorAm   C majorC
  You had to find it
  Cmaj7Cmaj7   E minorEm  G+G     D MajorD
    C majorC  E minorEm G+G
  All things go, all things go wh--oa wh-oa wuh-oah
       D MajorD      A minorAm    C majorC  E minorEm  G+G
  All thing go wh--oa wh-oa wuh-oah


  Break (Trumpet solo 1)
D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2  A minorAm  C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7  G+G (x4)


D MajorD  Dsus2Dsus2  A minorAm     C majorC
  If I was crying
  Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G      D MajorD
  In the van, with my friend
  Dsus2Dsus2   A minorAm    C majorC
  It was for freedom
  Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G         D MajorD
  From myself and from the land


       A minorAm    C majorC
  I made a lot of mistakes
       G+G     D MajorD
  I made a lot of mistakes
       A minorAm    C majorC
  I made a lot of mistakes
       E minorEm    D MajorD
  I made a lot of mistakes


  Dsus2Dsus2    A minorAm    C majorC
  You came to take us
  Cmaj7Cmaj7   E minorEm  G+G     D MajorD
  All things go, all things go
  Dsus2Dsus2  A minorAm    C majorC
  To re-create us
  Cmaj7Cmaj7   E minorEm  G+G     D MajorD
  All things grow, all things grow
  Dsus2Dsus2    A minorAm     C majorC
  We had our mind's set
  Cmaj7Cmaj7   E minorEm  G+G     D MajorD
  All things know, all things know
  Dsus2Dsus2    A minorAm   C majorC
  You had to find it
  Cmaj7Cmaj7   E minorEm  G+G     D MajorD
    C majorC  E minorEm G+G
  All things go, all things go wh--oa wh-oa wuh-oah
       D MajorD      A minorAm    C majorC  E minorEm  G+G
  All thing go wh--oa wh-oa wuh-oah


  Break (Trumpet Solo 2)
D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2  A minorAm  C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7  G+G (x4)

  End

D MajorD   XX0232
Dsus2Dsus2 XX0230
A minorAm  X02210
C majorC   X32010
Cmaj7Cmaj7 X32000
G+G   3X0003
E minorEm  022000

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