Sufjan Stevens - Jupiter Chords & Tabs

 

Jupiter Chords & Tabs

Sufjan Stevens Chords & Tabs

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Jupiter Chords

   
Am    Em                  G
My father, working nights

        D             Bm
First shift, eternal light

              D
The curse of Adam labor

Am    Em                   G
Outside, in the parking lot

                 D                     Bm
The current of wind and the light went hot

             D
He held his head in terror

Am  Em                 G
By jove and by surprise

                D                     Bm
The current of lightning filled with light

                D
It burned his hands with symbols

Am     Em             G
White noise as Lucifer

             D               Bm
The sacred fire, the sacred fern

                D
Conceived with holy water

Am     Em               G
His radiance in the dark

             D              Bm
Mysterious shape or beauty mark

          D
As if it were Minerva

Am     Em             G
Breastplate of Jupiter

              D                  Bm
The hovering deep, he spoke the word

                 D
The light, the virgin creature

Am   Em              G                    D           Bm
All dreams and all disease are fantasy features, ill-conceived

            D
Illusions worth remembering

Am   Em             G
My father, late at night

            D                    Bm
Forbidding death, he kissed the light

     D  
As Jupiter transfigured

Am    Em       G              D             Bm
I need you to change me, prevent you, persuade me

    D
By jove
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Am   Em          G      D             Bm
I need you, sensation, my virtue, persuasion

    D
By jove

Am         Em
Father of light

           G
Father of death

              B7                    Em
Give us your wisdom, give us your breath

          D          G              B7
Summoner says that Jupiter is the loneliest planet

Am         Em
Red right eye

            G
Put in its place

            B7                Em
Under your foot, carpenter's cape

            D          G              B7
Sermon of death says Jupiter is the loneliest planet

Am           Em
Floundering star

                 G
Failed that you are

          B7
Fevering pitch

           Em
Figure of speech

           D          G               B7
Sermon of death says Jupiter is the loneliest planet

Am           Em
Say it with faith

             G
Say it with force

              B7
Say it to my face

           Em
Put me in place

           D           G             B7
Sermon of death says Lucifer is the only conquest

Am         Em               G
Hurricane heart, hurricane haste

           B7                  Em
Wandering star, clean up your pace

           D           G             B7
Sermon of death says Jupiter is the only contest

Am         Em
Father of light

           G
Father of death

               B7                  Em
Give us your wisdom, give us your breath

            D           G              B7             Am
Sermon of death says Jupiter is the loneliest planet