Impossible Soul chords by Sufjan Stevens
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Capo on 7th
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Key: Bm Difficulty: Advanced Silly chords by part: PART I: -D6*: xx020x (D6 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#m) -Asus2/C#: x4220x -Bm*: x24430 PART V: -F*: xx3211 -Fadd9*: xx3213 -G*: xx5433 -Gadd9*: xx5435 -Em7*: xx2030
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PART I:
Intro:
D6* D6* D6* D6*
D6*/B D6*/B Asus2 Asus2
Gadd9 Gadd9 Gadd9 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
Asus2 Gadd9
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 Asus2 Gadd9
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 Asus2 Gadd9
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
Asus2 Gadd9
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 Asus2 Gadd9
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:
Em7 D Bm C C/G
And all I couldn't sing, I would say it all, my life, to you
G6 A
If I could get you at all
G6 Bm* A
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 Asus2 Asus2
Gadd9 Gadd9 Gadd9 Gadd9
F#madd11* F#madd11* Asus2/C# Asus2/C#
Asus2/C# Asus2/C#
D6* D6* D6* D6*
D6*/B D6*/B Asus2 Asus2
Gadd9 Gadd9 Gadd9 Gadd9
F#madd11* F#madd11* Asus2/C# Asus2/C#
Asus2/C# Asus2/C#
Verse 2:
D6* D6*/B Asus2 Gadd9
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 Asus2
And you said something like, "All you want is all the world for yourself"
Gadd9
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:
Em7 D Bm C C/G
And all I couldn't sing, I would say it all, my life, to you
G6 A G6
If I could get you at all
Bm* A
Trying to be something that I wasn't at all
Electric outro:
A
PART II:
Bridge:
G Bm
Do you want to be afraid?
F#m C#m
Do you want to be afraid?
G#m Em Bm
For life in the cage where courage's mate runs deep in the wake
A E
For the scariest things are not half as enslaved
C/G F
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
G Bm
Do you want to be alone?
F#m C#m
Do you want to be alone?
G#m Em
For life isn't stained of righteousness pain
Bm A E
The seed and the hail, all impossible flights for an interesting light
C/G F
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
G Bm
Do you want to love me more?
F#m C#m
Do you want to love me more?
G#m
For love is the breath
Em
If water and wave
Bm A
Is cursed by the same thing that nurtured its shame
E
Is it worth all the work?
C/G Cmaj7/G F F6
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
E G6
Have you failed to feel delight? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
A#m A
Have you failed to feel delight? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
C C#m Em
Instead of the life, lived tired and lost, have you left it at last
F#m C#m
Where it floundered its death with the language of ghosts
Am F
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
E G6
Do you want to be afraid? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
A#m A
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)
Em
Runs deep in the wake (runs deep in the wake)
F#m
For the scariest things (for the scariest things)
C#m
Are not half as enslaved (are not half as enslaved)
Am Am7 F F6
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
E
Now
Interlude:
E C#m/G# G F#m
A#m/F A/E E G
B/F# D/F# C/G C#m/G#
Em A#/F F G#
C/G G#
Transition 1:
G# B/F#
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
G6
Now
G6 F#m G6 F#m
(...don't be distracted...)
G6 A Em Bm
(...don't be distracted...)
F#m Em7 Bm F#m
(...don't be distracted...)
Bm A F#m G6
(...don't be distracted...)
PART III:
Piano intro:
Bm Em Em/G F#m
Bm Em Em/G F#m
Bm Em Em/G F#m
Bm Em Em/G F#m
Verse 3:
Bm Em Em/G F#m Bm
Stupid man in the window, I couldn't be at rest
Em Em/G F#m Bm
All my delight, all that mattered, I couldn't be at rest
Em Em/G F#m Bm
From what I liked, from what I gathered, I couldn't be at rest
Em Em/G F#m Bm
Stupid man in the window, I couldn't be at rest
Em Em/G F#m Bm
Em Em/G F#m Bm
Verse 4:
Em G6
And don't be shy in the window
F#m Bm
Come down and give your best
Em G6 F#m Bm
Oh, delight in the window I couldn't be at rest
Em G6 F#m Bm
Stupid man in the window, I couldn't be at rest
Em G6 F#m Bm
From what I liked, from what I gathered, I couldn't give my best
Em Dmaj7 Bm A
Em Dmaj7 Bm A
Chorus 3:
Em Gmaj7 A Bm A
Oh, I know it wasn't safe, it wasn't safe to breathe at all
Em Gmaj7 A Bm A
Oh, I know it wasn't safe, it wasn't safe to breathe at all
Em Gmaj7 A Bm A
Oh, I know it wasn't safe, it wasn't safe to breathe at all
Em Gmaj7 A Bm A
Oh, I know it wasn't safe, it wasn't safe to speak at all
Transition 2:
G G6
Oooooooh ooooooh
Asus2 B5
Oooooh, ahaha aaah, oooooooooh
N.C.
(drums solo)
D5 Em G F#m
(drums continue)
D5
Hold on, Suf (hold on, Suf)
Em G F#m
Hold on, Sufjan (oh ah)
D5
Hold on, Suf (hold on, Suf)
Em G F#m
Hold on, Sufjan (oh ah)
D5
Hold on, Suf (hold on, Suf)
Em G F#m
Hold on, Sufjan (oh ah)
N.C.
One, two, three, four
Part IV:
Verse 5:
D5 G
It's a long life, better pinch yourself
Em F#m/C#
Put your face together, better get it right
D5 G
It's a long life, better hit yourself
Em F#m/C#
Put your face together, better stand up straight
D5 G
It's a long life, only one last chance
Em F#m/C#
Couldn't get much better, do you wanna dance?
D5 G
It's a long life, better pinch yourself
Em F#m/C#
Get your face together, better stand up straight
Chorus 4:
D5/A Em G
Boy, we can do much more together
A/C#
Better get a life, get a life, get a life, get a life
D5/A Em G
Boy, we can do much more together
A/C#
Better give love, give love, give love, give love
D5/A Em G
Boy, we can do much more together
A/C#
Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right
D5/A Em G
Boy, we can do much more together
A/C#
It's not so impossible
D/F# Em/G Bm A
It's not so impossible
D/F# Em/G Bm A
It's not so impossible
D/F# G6 Bm A
It's not so impossible
Verse 6:
D/F# Em/G
It's a long life, better pinch yourself
Bm A
Get your face together, better roll along
D/F# Em/G
It's a long life, better pinch yourself
Bm A
Put your face together, better stand up straight
D/F# Em/G
It's a long life, only one last chance
Bm A
Couldn't get much better, do you wanna dance?
D/F# Em/G
It's a good life, better pinch yourself
Bm A
Is it possible? Is it possible?
Chorus 5:
F#m Em/G G
Boy, we can do much more together
A
Better get a life, get a life, get a life, get a life
D/F# Em/G G
Boy, we can do much more together
A
Better give love, give love, give love, give love
F#m Em/G G
Boy, we can do much more together
A
Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right
D/F# Em/G G
Boy, we can do much more together
A
It's not so impossible
D/F# Em/G Bm A
It's not so impossible
D/F# Em/G Bm A
It's not so impossible
D/F# G6 Bm A
It's not so impossible
Verse 7:
G A
It's a long life, better pinch yourself
Bm A/C#
Put your face together, better get it right
D Em
It's a long life, better hit yourself
G A
Put your face together, better stand up straight
G A
In the wrong life, everything is chance
Bm A/C#
Does it register? Do you wanna dance?
D Em
In the right life, it's a miracle
G A
Possibility, do you wanna dance?
Chorus 6:
G A Bm
Boy, we can do much more together
A/C#
Better get a life, get a life, get a life, get a life
D Em G
Boy, we can do much more together
A
Better give love, give love, give love, give love
G A Bm
Boy, we can do much more together
A/C#
Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right
D/F# Em G
Boy, we can do much more together
A/E
It's not so impossible
G Bm F#m A
It's not so impossible
G Bm F#m A
It's not so impossible
G Bm F#m A
It's not so impossible
Transition 3:
D G Bm A
D G Bm A
Whooo whooo whooo whooo whooo whooo whooo
N.C.
Do you wanna dance?
Chorus 7:
G D/F# A
Boy, we can do much more together
G
It's not so impossible
D/F# F#m A
Boy, we can do much more together
G
It's not so impossible
G D/F# A
Boy, we can do much more together
G
It's not so impossible
D/F# F#m A
Boy, we can do much more together
G
It's not so impossible
G D/F# A
Boy, we can do much more together
G
It's not so impossible
D/F# F#m A
Boy, we can do much more together
G
It's not so impossible
G D/F# A
Boy, we can do much more together
G
It's not so impossible
D/F# F#m A
Boy, we can do much more together
G
It's not so impossible
G D/F# A
Boy, we can do much more together
G
It's not so impossible
D/F# F#m A
Boy, we can do much more together
G
It's not so impossible
G D/F# A
Boy, we can do much more together
G
It's not so impossible
G Em D/F#
Boy, we can do much more together
Bm
It's not so impossible
Em G F#m
Boy, we can do much more together
F#m
It's not so impossible
G Em Dmaj7/F#
Boy, we can do much more together
Bm
It's not so impossible
Transition 4:
F#m Am C#m A#m
Gm Em Ebm D
Chorus 8:
F#m Am C#m
Boy, we can do much more together
A#m
It's not so impossible
Gm Em Ebm
Boy, we can do much more together
D
It's not so impossible
F#m Am C#m
Boy, we can do much more together
A#m
It's not so impossible
Gm Em Ebm
Boy, we can do much more together
D
It's not so impossible
F#m Am C#m
Boy, we can do much more together
A#m
It's not so impossible
Gm Em Ebm
Boy, we can do much more together
D
It's not so impossible
F#5
Boy
(PUT CAPO ON 7 NOW)
PART V:
Acoustic intro:
C Am Em Em
C Am Em Em
C Am Em Em
C Am Em Em
Verse 8:
C Am Em
I never meant to cause you pain
C Am Em
My burden is the weight of a feather
C Am Em
I never meant to lead you on
C Am Em
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 Am Em
Boy, we can do much more together
C Am Em
Boy, we can do much more together
Verse 9:
C Am Em
I'm nothing but a selfish man
C Am Em
I'm nothing but a privileged peddler
C Am Em
And did you think I'd stay the night?
C Am Em
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 Am Em
Boy, we can do much more together
C Am Em
Boy, we can do much more together
Outro:
F* Em7*
I gotta tell you, girl, I want nothing less
Dm7 G*
Girl, I want nothing less
F* Em7* Em
Girl, I want nothing less than pleasure
F* Em7* Em
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 Am Em
Boy, we made such a mess together
C Am Em
Boy, we made such a mess together
C Am Em
Boy, we made such a mess together
C Am Em
Boy, we made such a mess together
C Am Em
Boy, we made such a mess together
C Am Em
Boy, we made such a mess together Last updated:
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