John My Beloved chords by Sufjan Stevens

Intro:
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Verse 1:
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Are we to speak, first day of the week
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Stumbling words at the bar
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Beauty blue eyes, my order of fries
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Long island kindness and wine
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Beloved of John, I get it all wrong
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I read you for some kind of stone
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Covered in lines, the fossils I find
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Have they no life of their own?

Chorus 1:
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So can we pretend sweetly
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Before the mystery ends?
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I am a man with a heart that offends
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With its lonely and greedy demands
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There’s only a shadow of me; in a manner of speaking I'm dead

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Verse 2:
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Such a waste, your beautiful face
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Slumbering carpet arise
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But you and your ring, your life-giving string
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Come to me now as a friend
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If history speaks, the kiss on my cheek
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I’m painting the hills blue and red
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They said beware, Lord hear my prayer
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Anointing my love on your head

Chorus 2:
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So can we be friends sweetly
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Before the mystery ends?
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I love you more than the world can contain
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In its loneliest ramshackle head
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There’s only a shadow of me; in a manner of speaking I'm dead

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Verse 3:
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I’m holding my breath
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My signature death
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What can be said of my heart?
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If history speaks, the kiss on my cheek
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Where there remains but a mark
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Beloved my John, so I’ll carry on
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Counting my cards down to one
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And when I am dead, return to the bed
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