{"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":1802579,"song":"Barcarola You Must Be A Christmas Tree","artist":"Sufjan Stevens","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11397326-barcarola-you-must-be-a-christmas-tree-chords-by-sufjan-stevens/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1802579?type=chord","rating":4.68689,"votes":13,"content":"This song is in 3/4.\r\nThe first G of every stanza can be done as a little G - Gsus4 - G figure if you want some ornamentation.\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] - [ch]Dm[/ch] - [ch]F[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] - [ch]Dm[/ch] - [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]        \r\nOh, no one else is happily[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRecklessly asking for more than[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhat they may need[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI can't say what I need[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh, temper what you say if you've[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNothing nice to say[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSo my grandmother says to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith her heart on her sleeve[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSo, sadly I left the door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOpen and I let the dog out in the snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh where did she go?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh, father friend, will you punish me, punish me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith a look of contempt, with a look of contempt[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nI can recall[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh, I know you did right by me, right by me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWagging your hands when you found me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith a bag of your things[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nPlease, please don't be a stranger here[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA stranger who takes from the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWho takes from the world[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou, you must be a Christmas tree, a Christmas tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou light up the room, oh, you light up the room[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh you light up the room[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSo, suddenly you kiss me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou tickled me in front of your mother[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWho looked away[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith her hands on her face[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental break]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] - [ch]Dm[/ch] - [ch]F[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] - [ch]Dm[/ch] - [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Coda]\r\n(quietly, building over next four stanzas)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon't run away my friend[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou won't be back again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou said you needed me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I know that you needed yourself to be cleaned of me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon't run away my friend[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou won't be back again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou said you needed me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I know that you needed yourself to be cleaned of me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon't run away my friend[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou won't be back again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou ran your hands through my hair in the snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWhere the frost of it blows with the terrible ghost[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon't run away my friend[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou won't be back again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou said you needed me[/tab]\r\n      G (hold)\r\nBut I know...\r\n\r\n[Instrumental break] \r\nG - G7 - Dm - F, repeat ad infinitum","plain_text":"This song is in 3/4.\nThe first G of every stanza can be done as a little G - Gsus4 - G figure if you want some ornamentation.\n[Intro]\nG - Dm - F - C\nG - Dm - F\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental break]\nG - Dm - F - C\nG - Dm - F\n\n[Coda]\n(quietly, building over next four stanzas)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      G (hold)\nBut I know...\n\n[Instrumental break] \nG - G7 - Dm - F, repeat ad infinitum","chords":["G","Gsus4","Dm","F","C","A","G7"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}