{"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":2201523,"song":"Wallowa Lake Monster","artist":"Sufjan Stevens","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11467695-wallowa-lake-monster-chords-by-sufjan-stevens/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2201523?type=chord","rating":4.4456,"votes":34,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs if you know the story of Wallowa Lake[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLeviathan first hid in the deep where her children sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe kept them hidden from the plague[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut have you heard the story of my mother’s fate?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe left us in Detroit in the rain with a pillowcase[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFortune for the paperweight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe followed her to Joseph, near the Indian raid[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe wept among the weeds, hide and seek, for the fallen chief[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSpathiphyllum on his grave[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd like the cedar waxwing, she was drunk all day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe put her in the sheet, little wreath, candles on the crate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs the monster showed its face[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs she waits for her children in the shade[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDemogorgon or demigod the ghost parade[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNo oblation will bring her back to our place[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A#[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe stayed within the deep end of Wallowa Lake[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe undertow refrained with the flame of a feathered snake[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCharybdis in its shallow grave[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe gave us one last feature, the fullness of her face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn the shade of \"Hin-mah-too-yah…\" (Red Napoleon)[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs the demon took her place[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs we wait for the waters to reside[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHer remarkable stoicism and her pride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen the dragon submerged we knew she had died[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental Outro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] x6\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nEm A F#m\nC G Am F C G C\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\nC G A# F G\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental Outro]\nC G\nD A C G x6\nBm F#m Am Em\nBm F#m Am Em\nD  F#m Am Em\nBm F#m Am Em\nEm F#m Am Em\nBm F#m Am 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