John Wayne Gacy Jr Chords & Tabs
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JOHN WAYNE GACY JR. - Sufjan Stevens
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Tabbed by: Ryan Sommers
Email: ryansommers@gmail.com
Tuning: Standard, Capo III (chord names are relative to capo)
This entire song is one fingerpicked progression with discretionary
variances.
Dm Cadd9 Am F
e|-----1-------1--------------------------------------------------|
B|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1|
G|-2-------2-------0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
D|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------------|
A|----------------3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
1eAa2eAa3eAa4eAa1 ...
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sufjan_stevens/john_wayne_gacy_jr_tab_ver_2.html ]
As the song progresses, Sufjan throws in the open high E string as he
pleases on the Cadd9, Am, and F chords, as such:
Dm Cadd9 Am F
e|-----1-------1-----------0---------------0-----------0-------0--|
B|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1|
G|-2-------2-------0---0-------0---2---2-------2---2-------2------|
D|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------------|
A|----------------3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
1eAa2eAa3eAa4eAa1 ...
That's how he includes it most of the time, but he varies it up a lot,
especially as the song builds, so put it wherever you like. Chords
non-relative to the capo are Fm Ebadd9 Cm Ab (key of Eb).
Feel free to email with corrections / comments / questions.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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