John My Beloved chords by Sufjan Stevens
Guitar chords with lyrics
Intro: Bbm Fm Cm Db Ab Eb Bbm Fm Cm Eb Db Ab Eb Verse 1: Bbm Fm Cm Eb Are we to speak, first day of the week Db Ab Eb Stumbling words at the bar Bbm Fm Cm Beauty blue eyes, my order of fries Db Ab Eb Long island kindness and wine Bbm Fm Cm Eb Beloved of John, I get it all wrong Db Ab Eb I read you for some kind of stone Bbm Fm Cm Covered in lines, the fossils I find Db Ab Eb Have they no life of their own?
Chorus 1:
Bbm Eb Ab
So can we pretend sweetly
Bbm Ab Eb
Before the mystery ends?
Ab Db Ab
I am a man with a heart that offends
Eb
With its lonely and greedy demands
Fm Eb Ab Eb
There’s only a shadow of me; in a manner of speaking I'm dead
Bbm Fm Cm Db
Ab Eb
Verse 2:
Bbm Fm Cm Eb
Such a waste, your beautiful face
Db Ab Eb
Slumbering carpet arise
Bbm Fm Cm
But you and your ring, your life-giving string
Db Ab Eb
Come to me now as a friend
Fm Bbm Fm Cm Eb
If history speaks, the kiss on my cheek
Fm Ab Eb
I’m painting the hills blue and red
Bbm Fm Cm Eb
They said beware, Lord hear my prayer
Db Ab Eb
Anointing my love on your head
Chorus 2:
Eb Cm Ab
So can we be friends sweetly
Db Eb
Before the mystery ends?
Ab Db Ab
I love you more than the world can contain
Db Ab Eb
In its loneliest ramshackle head
Fm Eb Ab Db Ab Eb
There’s only a shadow of me; in a manner of speaking I'm dead
Bbm Fm Cm Db
Ab Eb Gm
Bbm Fm Cm
Ab Eb
Verse 3:
Bbm Fm
I’m holding my breath
Cm Eb
My signature death
Fm Ab Eb
What can be said of my heart?
Bbm Fm Cm Eb
If history speaks, the kiss on my cheek
Db Ab Eb
Where there remains but a mark
Bbm Fm Cm Eb
Beloved my John, so I’ll carry on
Db Eb Cm
Counting my cards down to one
Bbm Fm Cm
And when I am dead, return to the bed
Eb Db Ab Eb Last updated:
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