The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us chords by Sufjan Stevens

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Intermediate

The chorus and bridge have both been broken up in multiple parts:
*Chorus 1 is just the chorus
*Chorus 2 is the chorus with background refrain
*Chorus 3 is also the chorus with background refrain
*Bridge 1 is just the bridge
*Bridge 2 is the bridge with background chorus
*Bridge 3 is the bridge with background chorus AND background refrain

Silly chords:
Bm(b13): x24032 (use arched index barre)
G: 320033
Em7: 022033
Em: 022003
A6sus4: x02232
G*: 320003
Emadd9/B: x22002
Em9/B: x22032 or x20032 (fun fact: if you use the 2nd variation, this E chord will not in fact contain an E)
Em9: 022032 or 020032
For the last two chords, the latter variation can be used if switching to G after proves problematic.

Intro:
D Bm(b13) G Em7
D Bm(b13) G Em7


Verse 1:
D                     Bm(b13)
Thinking outrageously I write in cursive
  G                       Em7
I hide in my bed with the lights on the floor
D                       Bm(b13)
Wearing three layers of coats and leg warmers
  G                        Em7
I see my own breath on the face of the door

D       Bm(b13)
Oh I am not quite sleeping
G       Em7
Oh I am fast in bed
D                           Bm(b13)
The-here on the wall in the bedroom creeping
G                     Em7
I see a wasp with her wings outstretched


Piano/woodwinds interlude:
A6sus4 Dsus2 G Em
A6sus4 Bm(b13) G Em
A6sus4 Dsus2 Gadd9 Em7
A6sus4 (Dsus2/A A) Gadd9 Em7


Verse 2:
D                   Bm(b13)
North of Savanna we swim in the palisades
G                     Em7
I come out wearing my brother's red hat
D                        Bm(b13)
There on his shoulder my best friend is bit seven times
G                   Em7
He runs washing his face in his hands

D        Bm(b13)
Oh how I meant to tease him
G        Em7
Oh how I meant no harm
D                         Bm(b13)
Touching his back with my hand I kiss him
G                     Em7
I see the wasp on the length of my arm


Woodwinds interlude:
D Bm(b13) G Em7
D Bm(b13) G Em7


Chorus 1:
D/A      Asus4  A Em7      G             D/A
Oh great sights u-pon this state! Hallelujah!
D/A      Asus4   A   Em7      G            D/A
Won-ders bright, and ri-vers, lake. Hallelujah!


Chorus 2:
D/A      Asus4 A   Em7        G            D/A
Trail of Tears and Horse-shoe Lake. Hallelujah!
(We were in love, we were in love, Palisades, Palisades, I can wait, I can wait)
D/A       Asus4  A  Em7      G            D/A
Trus-ting things be-yond mis-take. Hallelujah!
(We were in love, we were in love, Palisades, Palisades, I can wait, I can wait)


Woodwinds interlude:
D/A Asus4 A Em7 G


Refrain:
D/A              Asus4      A
We were in love, we were in love
Em7
Palisades, Palisades
G
I can wait, I can wait


Chorus 3:
D/A     Asus4 A Em7       G            D/A
Lamb of God, we sound the horn. Hallelujah!
(We were in love, we were in love, Palisades, Palisades, I can wait, I can wait)
D/A  Asus4 A  Em7      G            D/A
Un-to us your ghost is born. Hallelujah!
(We were in love, we were in love, Palisades, Palisades, I can wait, I can wait)


Bridge 1:
D           Asus4                    Emadd9/B
  I can't explain the state that I'm in
                G*                    D
The state of my heart, he was my best friend
         Asus4              Emadd9/B
Into the car, from the back seat
       G*                 D/A
Oh admiration in falling asleep
          Asus4             Em9/B
All of my powers, day after day
      G                          D/A
I can tell you, we swaggered and swayed
            Asus4                 Em9/B
Deep in the tower, the prairies below
      G                          D/A
I can tell you, the telling gets old


Bridge 2:
         Asus4     A        Em9/B
Terrible sting and terrible storm
(Oh great sights upon)
      G                        D/A
I can tell you the day we were born
(this state! Hallelujah!)
             Asus4 A      Em9/B
My friend is gone, he ran away
(Won-ders bright, and ri-)
      G                         D/A
I can tell you, I love him each day
(-vers, lake. Hallelujah!)
               Asus4    A            Em9
Though we have sparred, wrestled and raged
(Trail of Tears and Horse-)
      G                        D/F#
I can tell you I love him each day
(-shoe Lake. Hallelujah!)


Bridge 3:
         Asus4/E A/E     Em9
Terrible sting, terrible storm
(Trus-ting things be-yond)
((We were in love, we were in love, Palisades))
      G
I can tell you...
(mis-take. Hallelu-)
((Palisades, I can wait, I can wait))

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