Chicago Acoustic Chords by Sufjan Stevens

Chicago Acoustic chords by Sufjan Stevens

Guitar 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 Dsus2   Am   C Cmaj7   G  (x2)


D   Dsus2     A           C
    I fell in love again
    Cmaj7      G              D
    All things go, all things go
    Dsus2    A       C
    Drove to Chicago
    Cmaj7      G                D
    All things know, all things know
    Dsus2       Am              C
    We sold our clothes to the state
    Cmaj7   G             D
    I don't mind, I don't mind
    Dsus2    Am        C
    I made a lot of mistakes
    Cmaj7 G           D
    In my mind, in my mind

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    Break   (Guitar 2 enters)
D Dsus2   Am   C Cmaj7   G  (x2)


D   Dsus2      Am        C
    I drove to New York
    Cmaj7 G           D
    In a van, with my friend
    Dsus2       Am            C
    We slept in parking lots
    Cmaj7   G             D
    I don't mind, I don't mind
    Dsus2    Am            C
    I was in love with the place
    Cmaj7 G           D
    In my mind, in my mind
    Dsus2    Am        C
    I made a lot of mistakes
    Cmaj7 G           D
    In my mind, in my mind


    Dsus2       Am       C
    You came to take us
    Cmaj7     Em    G         D
    All things go, all things go
    Dsus2    Am       C
    To re-create us
    Cmaj7      Em    G          D
    All things grow, all things grow
    Dsus2       Am          C
    We had our mind's set
    Cmaj7      Em    G          D
    All things know, all things know
    Dsus2       Am      C
    You had to find it
    Cmaj7      Em   G         D
       C    Em  G
    All things go, all things go  wh--oa  wh-oa  wuh-oah
              D            Am        C    Em   G
    All thing go  wh--oa  wh-oa  wuh-oah


    Break (Trumpet solo 1)
D Dsus2   Am   C Cmaj7   G  (x4)


D   Dsus2    Am         C
    If I was crying
    Cmaj7  G            D
    In the van, with my friend
    Dsus2      Am       C
    It was for freedom
    Cmaj7  G                 D
    From myself and from the land


             Am        C
    I made a lot of mistakes
             G         D
    I made a lot of mistakes
             Am        C
    I made a lot of mistakes
             Em        D
    I made a lot of mistakes


    Dsus2       Am       C
    You came to take us
    Cmaj7     Em    G         D
    All things go, all things go
    Dsus2    Am       C
    To re-create us
    Cmaj7      Em    G          D
    All things grow, all things grow
    Dsus2       Am          C
    We had our mind's set
    Cmaj7      Em    G          D
    All things know, all things know
    Dsus2       Am      C
    You had to find it
    Cmaj7      Em   G         D
       C    Em  G
    All things go, all things go  wh--oa  wh-oa  wuh-oah
              D            Am        C    Em   G
    All thing go  wh--oa  wh-oa  wuh-oah


    Break (Trumpet Solo 2)
D Dsus2   Am   C Cmaj7   G  (x4)

    End

D     XX0232
Dsus2 XX0230
Am    X02210
C     X32010
Cmaj7 X32000
G     3X0003
Em    022000

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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