{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1726399,"song":"John My Beloved","artist":"Sufjan Stevens","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11367538-john-my-beloved-chords-by-sufjan-stevens/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1726399?type=chord","rating":4.82773,"votes":500,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  (x2)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nAre we to speak, first day of the week[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStumbling words at the bar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nBeauty blue eyes, my order of fries[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLong island kindness and wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nBeloved of John, I get it all wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI read you for some kind of poem[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nCovered in lines, the fossils I find[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHave they no life of their own?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nSo can we pretend sweetly[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBefore the mystery ends?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI am a man with a heart that offends[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith its lonely and greedy demands[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere’s only a shadow of me; in a manner of speaking I'm dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nSuch a waste, your beautiful face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStumbling carpet arise[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nGo follow your gem, your white feathered friend[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIcarus, point to the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nIf history speaks of two baby teeth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI’m painting the hills blue and red[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nThey said beware, Lord hear my prayer[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI’ve wasted my throes on your head[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nSo can we be friends, sweetly[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBefore the mystery ends?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nI love you more than the world can contain[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn its lonely and ramshackle head[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere’s only a shadow of me; in a manner of speaking I'm dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude] \r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  (x2)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI’m holding my breath[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nMy tongue on your chest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhat can be said of my heart?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nIf history speaks, the kiss on my cheek[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere there remains but a mark[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nBeloved my John, so I’ll carry on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCounting my cards down to one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nAnd when I am dead, come visit my bed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy fossil is bright in the sun[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nSo can we contend, peacefully[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBefore my history ends?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nJesus I need you, be near, come shield me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom fossils that fall on my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere’s only a shadow of me; in a manner of speaking I'm dead[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\nAm Em Bm7  C G D  (x2)\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude] \n\nAm Em Bm7  C G D  (x2)\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","Em","Bm7","C","G","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}