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Vitos Ordination Song

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Chord positions are fairly accurate over lyrics. Listen to the song for timing,
particularly for the chord changes without vocals. This was all done by ear,
Tuning: Standard, Capo 2
Chord progression throughout song is: D  Am  G  F#m
      DI alwayAms knew Gyou
      in your mother's aF#mrms
      I have Dcalled your name
      I have an iAmdea
      Gplaced in your F#mmind
      to be a Dbetter man
      I've made a cAmrown for Gyou
      put it in your F#mroom
      And when the brDidegroom comes
      there will be nAmoise
      Gthere will be gF#mlad
      and a Dperfect bedAm  
G           F#m
      DAnd when you write a pAmoem
      I know the Gwords
      I know the sF#mounds
      before you Dwrite it down
      When you wear your clAmothes
      I wear them Gtoo
      I wear your sF#mhoes
      and your Djacket too
      I alwayAms knew Gyou
      in your mother's aF#mrms
      I have Dcalled you son
      I've made aAmmends
      beGtween father and sF#mon
      Or if you Dhaven't one
      rest in my aAmrms
      sleep in my Gbed
      There is a deF#msign
      to what I Ddid and said
      Rest in my aAmrms
      sleep in my Gbed
      There is a deF#msign
      (repeat as desired)

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Vitos Ordination Song

by Sufjan Stevens

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

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Chord positions are fairly accurate over lyrics. Listen to the song for timing,

particularly for the chord changes without vocals. This was all done by ear,

Tuning: Standard, Capo 2

Chord progression throughout song is: D Am G F#m

D Am G

I always knew you

F#m

in your mother's arms

I have called your name

I have an idea

G F#m

placed in your mind

to be a better man

Am G

I've made a crown for you

F#m

put it in your room

And when the bridegroom comes

there will be noise

G F#m

there will be glad

D Am

and a perfect bed

G F#m

D Am

And when you write a poem

I know the words

F#m

I know the sounds

before you write it down

When you wear your clothes

I wear them too

F#m

I wear your shoes

and your jacket too

Am G

I always knew you

F#m

in your mother's arms

I have called you son

I've made amends

G F#m

between father and son

Or if you haven't one

rest in my arms

sleep in my bed

F#m

There is a design

to what I did and said

Rest in my arms

sleep in my bed

F#m

There is a design

(repeat as desired)

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