Impossible Soul chords by Sufjan Stevens

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 7th

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

Key: B minorBm

Difficulty: Advanced

Silly chords by part:
PART I:
-D6*: xx020x (D6D6 without a third; this chord forms the basis of Part I)
-D6*/B: x2020x
-Asus2: x0220x
-Gadd9: 3x020x
-F#madd11*: 2x020x (officially F#madd11(#5); technically the same as a D6*/F#, but it functions as a F# minorF#m)
-Asus2/C#: x4220x
-Bm*: x24430
PART V:
-F*: xx3211
-Fadd9*: xx3213
-G*: xx5433
-Gadd9*: xx5435
-Em7*: xx2030

PART I:

Intro:
D6* D6* D6* D6*
D6*/B D6*/B Asus2Asus2 Asus2
Gadd9Gadd9 Gadd9 Gadd9Gadd9 Gadd9
F#madd11* F#madd11* Asus2/C# Asus2/C#
Asus2/C# Asus2/C#

Verse 1:
D6*        D6*/B
Oh, woman, tell me what you want
  Asus2Asus2   Gadd9Gadd9
And I'll calm down without bleeding out
    F#madd11*       Asus2/C#
With a broken heart that you stabbed for an hour
D6*          D6*/B     Asus2Asus2    Gadd9Gadd9
Woman, I was freaking out because I want you to know
            F#madd11*   Asus2/C#
My beloved, you are the lover of my impossible soul

D6*              D6*/B      Asus2Asus2  Gadd9Gadd9
Woman, too, promise me you'll stay and put off all your woes
              F#madd11*
I was wigging out, too much worry
      Asus2/C#
I could not get you at all
  D6*                    D6*/B
And you said what you want, you would laugh it off
      Asus2Asus2   Gadd9Gadd9
But I know you won't go, not for it at last
     F#madd11*       Asus2/C#
Must you write it off for the impossible soul?
  D6*              D6*/B        Asus2Asus2  Gadd9Gadd9
And I was in a dream, I was gone away without you, but not too slow
             F#madd11*       Asus2/C#
Lest I put it off, for I put it right for the impossible soul

Chorus 1:
  E minor 7Em7      D MajorD          B minorBm   C majorC   C/GC/G
And all I couldn't sing, I would say it all, my life, to you
G6G6     A augmentedA
If I could get you at all
G6G6               Bm*       A augmentedA
Don't be a wreck, trying to be something that I wasn't at all

Electric solo:
D6* D6* D6* D6*
D6*/B D6*/B Asus2Asus2 Asus2
Gadd9Gadd9 Gadd9 Gadd9Gadd9 Gadd9
F#madd11* F#madd11* Asus2/C# Asus2/C#
Asus2/C# Asus2/C#

D6* D6* D6* D6*
D6*/B D6*/B Asus2Asus2 Asus2
Gadd9Gadd9 Gadd9 Gadd9Gadd9 Gadd9
F#madd11* F#madd11* Asus2/C# Asus2/C#
Asus2/C# Asus2/C#

Verse 2:
D6*                 D6*/B      Asus2Asus2  Gadd9Gadd9
Seems I got it wrong, I was chasing after something that was gone
               F#madd11*      Asus2/C#
To the black of night, now I know it's not what I wanted at all
  D6*                    D6*/B         Asus2Asus2
And you said something like, "All you want is all the world for yourself"
     Gadd9Gadd9
But all I want is the perfect love
     F#madd11*        Asus2/C#
Though I know it's small, I want love for us all

Chorus 2:
  E minor 7Em7      D MajorD          B minorBm   C majorC   C/GC/G
And all I couldn't sing, I would say it all, my life, to you
G6G6     A augmentedA        G6G6
If I could get you at all
       Bm*       A augmentedA
Trying to be something that I wasn't at all

Electric outro:
A augmentedA

PART II:

Bridge:
G+G       B minorBm
Do you want to be afraid?
F# minorF#m      C# minorC#m
Do you want to be afraid?
  G# minorG#m          E minorEm         B minorBm
For life in the cage where courage's mate runs deep in the wake
    A augmentedA            E MajorE
For the scariest things are not half as enslaved

C/GC/G         FF
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
G+G       B minorBm
Do you want to be alone?
F# minorF#m      C# minorC#m
Do you want to be alone?
  G# minorG#m          E minorEm
For life isn't stained of righteousness pain
  B minorBm           A augmentedA             E MajorE
The seed and the hail, all impossible flights for an interesting light

C/GC/G         FF
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
G+G       B minorBm
Do you want to love me more?
F# minorF#m      C# minorC#m
Do you want to love me more?
  G# minorG#m
For love is the breath
  E minorEm
If water and wave
  B minorBm              A augmentedA
Is cursed by the same thing that nurtured its shame
   E MajorE
Is it worth all the work?

C/GC/G     Cmaj7/G FF      F6F6
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
E MajorE         G6G6
Have you failed to feel delight? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
A#mA#m        A augmentedA
Have you failed to feel delight? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
  C majorC            C# minorC#m           E minorEm
Instead of the life, lived tired and lost, have you left it at last
     F# minorF#m              C# minorC#m
Where it floundered its death with the language of ghosts

A minorAm          FF
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
E MajorE       G6G6
Do you want to be afraid? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
A#mA#m      A augmentedA
Do you want to be afraid? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
  Cmaj7/G
For life in the cage (for life in the cage)
   C#m/G#
Where courage's mate (where courage's mate)
   E minorEm
Runs deep in the wake (runs deep in the wake)
    F# minorF#m
For the scariest things (for the scariest things)
    C# minorC#m
Are not half as enslaved (are not half as enslaved)
A minorAm     Am7Am7   FF      F6F6
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
E MajorE
Now

Interlude:
E MajorE C#m/G# G+G F# minorF#m
A#m/F A/EA/E E MajorE G+G
B/F# D/F#D/F# C/GC/G C#m/G#
E minorEm A#/F FF G#G#
C/GC/G G#G#

Transition 1:
G#G#          B/F#
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
G6G6
Now

G6G6 F# minorF#m G6G6 F# minorF#m
(...don't be distracted...)
G6G6 A augmentedA E minorEm B minorBm
(...don't be distracted...)
F# minorF#m E minor 7Em7 B minorBm F# minorF#m
(...don't be distracted...)
B minorBm A augmentedA F# minorF#m G6G6
(...don't be distracted...)


PART III:

Piano intro:
B minorBm E minorEm Em/GEm/G F# minorF#m
B minorBm E minorEm Em/GEm/G F# minorF#m
B minorBm E minorEm Em/GEm/G F# minorF#m
B minorBm E minorEm Em/GEm/G F# minorF#m

Verse 3:
B minorBm    E minorEm     Em/GEm/G   F# minorF#m       B minorBm
  Stupid man in the window, I couldn't be at rest
     E minorEm       Em/GEm/G    F# minorF#m       B minorBm
All my delight, all that mattered, I couldn't be at rest
      E minorEm         Em/GEm/G    F# minorF#m       B minorBm
From what I liked, from what I gathered, I couldn't be at rest
    E minorEm     Em/GEm/G   F# minorF#m       B minorBm
Stupid man in the window, I couldn't be at rest

E minorEm Em/GEm/G F# minorF#m B minorBm
E minorEm Em/GEm/G F# minorF#m B minorBm

Verse 4:
  E minorEm         G6G6
And don't be shy in the window
   F# minorF#m          B minorBm
Come down and give your best
  E minorEm       G6G6    F# minorF#m       B minorBm
Oh, delight in the window I couldn't be at rest
    E minorEm     G6G6    F# minorF#m       B minorBm
Stupid man in the window, I couldn't be at rest
      E minorEm         G6G6     F# minorF#m        B minorBm
From what I liked, from what I gathered, I couldn't give my best

E minorEm Dmaj7Dmaj7 B minorBm A augmentedA
E minorEm Dmaj7Dmaj7 B minorBm A augmentedA

Chorus 3:
E minorEm      Gmaj7Gmaj7   A augmentedA B minorBm         A augmentedA
Oh, I know it wasn't safe, it wasn't safe to breathe at all
E minorEm      Gmaj7Gmaj7   A augmentedA B minorBm         A augmentedA
Oh, I know it wasn't safe, it wasn't safe to breathe at all
E minorEm      Gmaj7Gmaj7   A augmentedA B minorBm         A augmentedA
Oh, I know it wasn't safe, it wasn't safe to breathe at all
E minorEm      Gmaj7Gmaj7   A augmentedA B minorBm         A augmentedA
Oh, I know it wasn't safe, it wasn't safe to speak at all

Transition 2:
G+G    G6G6
Oooooooh ooooooh
Asus2Asus2     B5B5
Oooooh, ahaha aaah, oooooooooh

N.C.
(drums solo)
D5D5 E minorEm G+G F# minorF#m
(drums continue)

D5D5
Hold on, Suf (hold on, Suf)
E minorEm        G+G F# minorF#m
Hold on, Sufjan (oh ah)
D5D5
Hold on, Suf (hold on, Suf)
E minorEm        G+G F# minorF#m
Hold on, Sufjan (oh ah)
D5D5
Hold on, Suf (hold on, Suf)
E minorEm        G+G F# minorF#m
Hold on, Sufjan (oh ah)

N.C.
One, two, three, four


Part IV:

Verse 5:
D5D5         G+G
  It's a long life, better pinch yourself
E minorEm            F#m/C#F#m/C#
  Put your face together, better get it right
D5D5         G+G
  It's a long life, better hit yourself
E minorEm            F#m/C#F#m/C#
  Put your face together, better stand up straight
D5D5         G+G
  It's a long life, only one last chance
E minorEm             F#m/C#F#m/C#
  Couldn't get much better, do you wanna dance?
D5D5         G+G
  It's a long life, better pinch yourself
E minorEm            F#m/C#F#m/C#
  Get your face together, better stand up straight

Chorus 4:
D5/A    E minorEm       G+G
Boy, we can do much more together
    A/C#A/C#
Better get a life, get a life, get a life, get a life
D5/A    E minorEm       G+G
Boy, we can do much more together
    A/C#A/C#
Better give love, give love, give love, give love
D5/A    E minorEm       G+G
Boy, we can do much more together
    A/C#A/C#
Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right
D5/A    E minorEm       G+G
Boy, we can do much more together
   A/C#A/C#
It's not so impossible
D/F#D/F# Em/GEm/G B minorBm   A augmentedA
       It's not so impossible
D/F#D/F# Em/GEm/G B minorBm   A augmentedA
       It's not so impossible
D/F#D/F# G6G6 B minorBm   A augmentedA
      It's not so impossible

Verse 6:
D/F#D/F#         Em/GEm/G
   It's a long life, better pinch yourself
B minorBm            A augmentedA
  Get your face together, better roll along
D/F#D/F#         Em/GEm/G
   It's a long life, better pinch yourself
B minorBm            A augmentedA
  Put your face together, better stand up straight
D/F#D/F#         Em/GEm/G
   It's a long life, only one last chance
B minorBm             A augmentedA
  Couldn't get much better, do you wanna dance?
D/F#D/F#         Em/GEm/G
   It's a good life, better pinch yourself
B minorBm        A augmentedA
  Is it possible? Is it possible?

Chorus 5:
F# minorF#m     Em/GEm/G      G+G
Boy, we can do much more together
    A augmentedA
Better get a life, get a life, get a life, get a life
D/F#D/F#    Em/GEm/G      G+G
Boy, we can do much more together
    A augmentedA
Better give love, give love, give love, give love
F# minorF#m     Em/GEm/G      G+G
Boy, we can do much more together
    A augmentedA
Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right
D/F#D/F#    Em/GEm/G      G+G
Boy, we can do much more together
   A augmentedA
It's not so impossible
D/F#D/F# Em/GEm/G B minorBm   A augmentedA
       It's not so impossible
D/F#D/F# Em/GEm/G B minorBm   A augmentedA
       It's not so impossible
D/F#D/F# G6G6 B minorBm   A augmentedA
      It's not so impossible

Verse 7:
G+G         A augmentedA
 It's a long life, better pinch yourself
B minorBm            A/C#A/C#
  Put your face together, better get it right
D MajorD         E minorEm
 It's a long life, better hit yourself
G+G            A augmentedA
 Put your face together, better stand up straight
G+G         A augmentedA
 In the wrong life, everything is chance
B minorBm         A/C#A/C#
  Does it register? Do you wanna dance?
D MajorD         E minorEm
 In the right life, it's a miracle
G+G      A augmentedA
 Possibility, do you wanna dance?

Chorus 6:
G+G      A augmentedA        B minorBm
Boy, we can do much more together
    A/C#A/C#
Better get a life, get a life, get a life, get a life
D MajorD      E minorEm       G+G
Boy, we can do much more together
    A augmentedA
Better give love, give love, give love, give love
G+G      A augmentedA        B minorBm
Boy, we can do much more together
    A/C#A/C#
Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right
D/F#D/F#    E minorEm       G+G
Boy, we can do much more together
   A/EA/E
It's not so impossible
G+G B minorBm F# minorF#m   A augmentedA
     It's not so impossible
G+G B minorBm F# minorF#m   A augmentedA
     It's not so impossible
G+G B minorBm F# minorF#m   A augmentedA
     It's not so impossible

Transition 3:
D MajorD G+G B minorBm A augmentedA
   D MajorD      G+G      B minorBm     A augmentedA
Whooo whooo whooo whooo whooo whooo whooo
N.C.
Do you wanna dance?

Chorus 7:
G+G      D/F#D/F#      A augmentedA
Boy, we can do much more together
   G+G
It's not so impossible
D/F#D/F#    F# minorF#m       A augmentedA
Boy, we can do much more together
   G+G
It's not so impossible
G+G      D/F#D/F#      A augmentedA
Boy, we can do much more together
   G+G
It's not so impossible
D/F#D/F#    F# minorF#m       A augmentedA
Boy, we can do much more together
   G+G
It's not so impossible
G+G      D/F#D/F#      A augmentedA
Boy, we can do much more together
   G+G
It's not so impossible
D/F#D/F#    F# minorF#m       A augmentedA
Boy, we can do much more together
   G+G
It's not so impossible
G+G      D/F#D/F#      A augmentedA
Boy, we can do much more together
   G+G
It's not so impossible
D/F#D/F#    F# minorF#m       A augmentedA
Boy, we can do much more together
   G+G
It's not so impossible
G+G      D/F#D/F#      A augmentedA
Boy, we can do much more together
   G+G
It's not so impossible
D/F#D/F#    F# minorF#m       A augmentedA
Boy, we can do much more together
   G+G
It's not so impossible

G+G      D/F#D/F#      A augmentedA
Boy, we can do much more together
   G+G
It's not so impossible
G+G      E minorEm       D/F#D/F#
Boy, we can do much more together
   B minorBm
It's not so impossible
E minorEm     G+G        F# minorF#m
Boy, we can do much more together
   F# minorF#m
It's not so impossible
G+G      E minorEm       Dmaj7/F#
Boy, we can do much more together
   B minorBm
It's not so impossible

Transition 4:
F# minorF#m A minorAm C# minorC#m A#mA#m
G minorGm  E minorEm EbmEbm D MajorD

Chorus 8:
F# minorF#m     A minorAm       C# minorC#m
Boy, we can do much more together
   A#mA#m
It's not so impossible
G minorGm     E minorEm       EbmEbm
Boy, we can do much more together
   D MajorD
It's not so impossible
F# minorF#m     A minorAm       C# minorC#m
Boy, we can do much more together
   A#mA#m
It's not so impossible
G minorGm     E minorEm       EbmEbm
Boy, we can do much more together
   D MajorD
It's not so impossible
F# minorF#m     A minorAm       C# minorC#m
Boy, we can do much more together
   A#mA#m
It's not so impossible
G minorGm     E minorEm       EbmEbm
Boy, we can do much more together
   D MajorD
It's not so impossible
F#5F#5
Boy


(PUT CAPO ON 7 NOW)


PART V:

Acoustic intro:
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm Em
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm Em
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm Em
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm Em

Verse 8:
C majorC     A minorAm         E minorEm
 I never meant to cause you pain
C majorC         A minorAm     E minorEm
 My burden is the weight of a feather
C majorC     A minorAm        E minorEm
 I never meant to lead you on
C majorC         A minorAm      E minorEm
 I only meant to please me, however

Chorus 9:
           Fadd9*
And then you tell me, boy, we can do much more
G*     Gadd9*
Boy, we can do much more
C majorC      A minorAm       E minorEm
Boy, we can do much more together
C majorC      A minorAm       E minorEm
Boy, we can do much more together

Verse 9:
C majorC         A minorAm     E minorEm
I'm nothing but a selfish man
C majorC         A minorAm         E minorEm
I'm nothing but a privileged peddler
C majorC      A minorAm         E minorEm
And did you think I'd stay the night?
C majorC      A minorAm          E minorEm
And did you think I'd love you forever?

Chorus 10:
           Fadd9*
And then you tell me, boy, we can do much more
G*     Gadd9*
Boy, we can do much more
C majorC      A minorAm       E minorEm
Boy, we can do much more together
C majorC      A minorAm       E minorEm
Boy, we can do much more together

Outro:
         F*      Em7*
I gotta tell you, girl, I want nothing less
Dm7Dm7     G*
Girl, I want nothing less
F*      Em7*       E minorEm
Girl, I want nothing less than pleasure
F*      Em7*       E minorEm
Girl, I want nothing less than pleasure

          Fadd9*
I got to tell you, boy, we made such a mess
G*      Gadd9*
Boy, we made such a mess
C majorC      A minorAm      E minorEm
Boy, we made such a mess together
C majorC      A minorAm      E minorEm
Boy, we made such a mess together
C majorC      A minorAm      E minorEm
Boy, we made such a mess together
C majorC      A minorAm      E minorEm
Boy, we made such a mess together
C majorC      A minorAm      E minorEm
Boy, we made such a mess together
C majorC      A minorAm      E minorEm
Boy, we made such a mess together

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