Eugene Ukulele chords by Sufjan Stevens

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Chord Changes:
Cm:(5-0-0-7)
Bb7:(3-2-1-5)
Am7:(2-0-0-3)
C9:(0-0-0-10)
C7:(0-0-0-8)
C6:(0-0-0-7)
C/F: A|-3-3-3---3-| (Strum down C four times and hammer F on 3rd strum)
     E|-0-0-0h1-0-|
     C|-0-0-0---0-|
     G|-0-0-0h2-0-|

Picking Pattern: 1-3-2-4/G-E-C-A
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Verse 1:
F     G               Cm
Light struck from the lemon tree
Bb7     Am7        G              F           C/F
What if I’d never seen hysterical light from Eugene?
F     C
Lemon yogurt
G          Am             G
Remember I pulled at your shirt
                             F
I dropped the ashtray on the floor
                    C/F
I just wanted to be near you


Verse 2:
F       G             Cm
Emerald Park, wonders never cease
Bb7         Am7          G
The man who taught me to swim
                  F            C/F
He couldn't quite say my first name
F      C          G             Am          G
Like a Father, he led community water on my head
                  F
And he called me “Subaru”
                      C/F
And now, I want to be near you


Verse 3:
C9   C7 C6   Am    G       F
Since I was old enough to speak
                   G
I've said it with alarm
C9   C7   C6 Am     G            F
Some part of me was lost in your sleeve
                       G
Where you hid your cigarettes
                F
No, I’ll never forget
                   C/F
I just want to be near you


Verse 4:
F        G              Cm
Still, I pray to what I cannot see
Bb7    Am7          G
In the sprinkler, I mark
             F              C/F
The evidence known from the start
F        C             G
From the bed near your death
               Am                G
And all the machines that made a mess
                     F
Far away, the falcon flew
                 C/F
Now I want to be near you
F      G            Cm
What’s left is only bittersweet
Bb7     Am7        G
For the rest of my life
              F            C/F
Admitting the best is behind me
F        C
Now I’m drunk and afraid
G           Am             G
Wishing the world would go away
                            F
What’s the point of singing songs
                      C/F
If they’ll never even hear you?