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Uranus

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BE AWARE: Sufjan is doing something fishy to the beat. The song can be written in 6/8 time signature, with
four metres per bar; however, while the first three metres of each bar both play along nicely with the 6/8
time signature, in many cases, the fourth metre is only 4 beats long. For example:
                 Am  G6/B*              D  
         What  are          you   now?
1  2  3  4  5  6 | 1  2  3  4  5  6 | 1  2  3  4  5  6 | 1  2  3  4
                 Am  G6*              D/F#  
         Cas-  tra-      ted          by       your  son
1  2  3  4  5  6 | 1  2  3  4  5  6 | 1  2  3  4  5  6 | 1  2  3  4
This makes it hard to find a comfortable strumming pattern. I have marked the lines which do this with ! at
the beginning.
The song also has an extensive intrumental outro, which I did not tab; it's very spacey and it doesn't quite
work on just guitar.
Silly chords:
Am*: x022xx (plucked)
Em/B*: x2200x (plucked)
C*: x3201x (plucked)
G*: 3x003x (plucked)
G6/B*: x20030
G6*: 320030
Bm7/F#: 220202 (use thumb for bass note)
Dsus2/F#: 200230 (use thumb for bass note)
[Intro]
Am* Em/B* C* G*
!  Am  G6/B* D  
!  Am  G6/B* D  
[Verse 1]
!       Am  G6/B*   D  
     What are you now?
!     Am  G6*    D/F#  
     Castrated by your son
   AmThe C/Godd Emspring scattered on the deepD/A  
!       Am  G6*  D/F#  
     From Aphrodesia
[Interlude 1]
!  Dm/F   Am/E  Bm/F#  
!  Dm/F   Am/E  D/F#  
[Verse 2]
!      Am  G6/B*   D  
     You sexless fraud
!       Am  G6*      D/F#  
     From chaos choreographed
   AmDeC/Gfiled Emus in a fit of rageD/A  
!      Am  G6*        D/F#  
     The earth will find its way
[Bridge]
C/GViolG/F#ent sEmtorm
!           D7/A          Am  Bm  
From mysterious vengeance lies
C/GBorn G/F#from Emincest
!           D6/A            Am  Bm7/F#  
As the evidence flipped its eyes
[Chorus]
Am*  Em/B* C* G*          C/G           Em    Dsus2/F#  D/F#  
Cross me with your wildness, snake-eyed warrior's knife
[Interlude 2]
C/G Em D/F# Bm/F#
!  F#m   E  C#m  
!  Em   G  Bm  
!  F#m   C#m  G  
!  Bm   A  E/G#  
[Verse 3]
!     F#m   E   C#m  
      Aquarius (Aquarius)
!      Em     G    Bm  
   The scorpion (the scorpion)
!     F#m     C#m      G  
    Your venom kiss (Your venom kiss)
!     Bm     A  E/G#  
   My guardian (my guardian)
!      F#m          E     C#m  
      I trust your touch (Aquarius)
!      Em          G  Bm  
     I trust your cries (the scorpion)
!      F#m      C#m  G  
      Render the knife (Your venom kiss)
!       Bm       A  E/G#  
     Cut off my kind
[Outro]
(finger picking from here)
Am Em/B C G/B Am Em/B C G/B
AmOooEm/Booh oh Coooooh G/Boh oh AmoooEm/BoohC  G/B  
AmOooEm/Booh oh Coooooh G/Boh oh AmoooEm/BoohC  G/B  
AmMy, Em/Byou, Cthey, G/Bwe, AmusEm/B  C  G/B  
AmMy, Em/Byou, Cthey, G/Bwe, AmusEm/B  C  G/B  
AmMy, Em/Byou, Cthey, G/Bwe, AmusEm/B  C  G/B  
AmMy, Em/Byou, Cthey, G/Bwe, F#mus

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Uranus

by Sufjan Stevens

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G6/B

D/F#

Em/B

C/G

D/A

Dm/F

Am/E

Bm/F#

G/F#

D7/A

D6/A

Bm7/F#

Dsus2/F#

F#m

C#m

BE AWARE: Sufjan is doing something fishy to the beat. The song can be written in 6/8 time signature, with

four metres per bar; however, while the first three metres of each bar both play along nicely with the 6/8

time signature, in many cases, the fourth metre is only 4 beats long. For example:

Am G6/B D

What are you now?

1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4

Am G6 D/F#

Cas- tra- ted by your son

1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4

This makes it hard to find a comfortable strumming pattern. I have marked the lines which do this with ! at

the beginning.

The song also has an extensive intrumental outro, which I did not tab; it's very spacey and it doesn't quite

work on just guitar.

Silly chords:

Am*: x022xx (plucked)

Em/B*: x2200x (plucked)

C*: x3201x (plucked)

G*: 3x003x (plucked)

G6/B

*: x20030

*: 320030

Bm7/F#: 220202 (use thumb for bass note)

Dsus2/F#: 200230 (use thumb for bass note)

[Intro]

Am Em/B C G

* * * *

Am G6/B D

! *

Am G6/B D

! *

[Verse 1]

Am G6/B D

! *

What are you now?

Am G6 D/F#

! *

Castrated by your son

Am C/G Em D/A

The odd spring scattered on the deep

Am G6 D/F#

! *

From Aphrodesia

[Interlude 1]

Dm/F Am/E Bm/F#

Dm/F Am/E D/F#

[Verse 2]

Am G6/B D

! *

You sexless fraud

Am G6 D/F#

! *

From chaos choreographed

Am C/G Em D/A

Defiled us in a fit of rage

Am G6 D/F#

! *

The earth will find its way

[Bridge]

C/G G/F# Em

Violent storm

D7/A Am Bm

From mysterious vengeance lies

C/G G/F# Em

Born from incest

D6/A Am Bm7/F#

As the evidence flipped its eyes

[Chorus]

Am Em/B C G C/G Em Dsus2/F# D/F#

* * * *

Cross me with your wildness, snake-eyed warrior's knife

[Interlude 2]

C/G Em D/F# Bm/F#

F#m E C#m

Em G Bm

F#m C#m G

Bm A E/G#

[Verse 3]

F#m E C#m

Aquarius (Aquarius)

Em G Bm

The scorpion (the scorpion)

F#m C#m G

Your venom kiss (Your venom kiss)

Bm A E/G#

My guardian (my guardian)

F#m E C#m

I trust your touch (Aquarius)

Em G Bm

I trust your cries (the scorpion)

F#m C#m G

Render the knife (Your venom kiss)

Bm A E/G#

Cut off my kind

[Outro]

(finger picking from here)

Am Em/B C G/B Am Em/B C G/B

Oooooh oh oooooh oh oh oooooh

Am Em/B C G/B Am Em/B C G/B

Oooooh oh oooooh oh oh oooooh

Am Em/B C G/B Am Em/B C G/B

My, you, they, we, us

Am Em/B C G/B Am Em/B C G/B

My, you, they, we, us

Am Em/B C G/B Am Em/B C G/B

My, you, they, we, us

Am Em/B C G/B F#m

My, you, they, we, us

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