{"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":2367531,"song":"Exploding Whale","artist":"Sufjan Stevens","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11489494-exploding-whale-chords-by-sufjan-stevens/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2367531?type=chord","rating":4.79805,"votes":3,"content":"This version specifically abides by the Doveman remix from Stevens' \"The Greatest Gift\" album.\r\nIn the outro, repeat the three chords as often as you feel like to obtain that dreamy finish.\r\n\r\nSilly chords:\r\nCsus2: x30010\r\nGadd11: 320013\r\nFmaj7: 133210 (use thumb for bass note)\r\n[ch]G[/ch]*: 355433\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]*: 577555\r\nC*: 32013[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Csus2[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm a poor use friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nLoneliness rides in my bed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy misfortune[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nGive everything you've got[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhile the sun burns hot[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy addiction[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gadd11[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSpoils my affection[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Csus2[/ch]\r\nFor everything good[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nElephant in the room[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nMight as well shoot at the moon[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe mild ambition[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nGive everything you've got[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJump the Fosbury flop with intention[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Gadd11[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPursue your invention[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nAs something of worth[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]C/E[/ch]\r\nThe thing I most regret[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]*\r\nIs having to repress what I'm feeling[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]*        [ch]G[/ch]*         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhile expressing delight as a myth[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nEmbrace the epic fail[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOf my exploding whale[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]*\r\nhm hm hmmm[/tab]\r\n[ch]Csus2[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPoison or powdered milk (poison or powdered milk)[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nParalyzed as it took (paralyzed as it took)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nPremonition (that is what we are)[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nGive everything you've got[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBefore your life is caught in conditions[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Gadd11[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBe the first of its victims[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Csus2[/ch]\r\nThe foot of a hare[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAction or consequence (action or consequence)[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nMy unyielding defense (my unyielding defense)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSuperstition (that is what we are)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy attempts to obscure[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe wonders of this world[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBe it fortune[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Gadd11[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr faith in distortion[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dm7/A[/ch]\r\nThe patron of prayer[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm/A[/ch]               [ch]C/E[/ch]\r\nThe thing I most resent[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]*\r\nIs having to consent to illusion[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]*        [ch]G[/ch]*            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhile confessing distress with my fist[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWill history prevail?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy exploding whale[/tab]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Dm7/A[/ch] [ch]C/E[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]*\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]* [ch]G[/ch]* [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gadd11[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Csus2[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Am/C[/ch]\r\nWhat of a dream deferred[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D7/C[/ch]\r\nMy appeal in reverse[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nApparition[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch]        [ch]Em/C[/ch]\r\nEmbrace the epic fail[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7/C[/ch] [ch]Em/C[/ch]    [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nOf my exploding whale[/tab]\r\n[ch]G/C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]* [ch]G/C[/ch] [ch]Gsus4/C[/ch]","plain_text":"This version specifically abides by the Doveman remix from Stevens' \"The Greatest Gift\" album.\nIn the outro, repeat the three chords as often as you feel like to obtain that dreamy finish.\n\nSilly chords:\nCsus2: x30010\nGadd11: 320013\nFmaj7: 133210 (use thumb for bass note)\nG*: 355433\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nC Am D7 F\nEm Em7 Em F G Csus2\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCsus2\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nG\n\n[Instrumental]\nDm7/A C/E G*\nAm* G* F Fmaj7\nEm7 Em F Gadd11 G\nCsus2\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nG/C\n\n[Outro]\nC* G/C 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