The Only Thing

Sufjan Stevens

Composição de: Sufjan Stevens
Tom:
Afinação:
Am/G: 3x221x
D7/F#:2x021x
D7/F: 1x021x
G:    3x000x

[Bridge]

Am:   x0221x
Em:   0x200x
F:    1x321x
G:    3x000x

[Chorus]

C6:   8x79xx
G/B:  7x57xx
C/E:  12 x 10 12 x x
F/A:  5x35xx
C6:   8x79xx
G:    3x04xx

Sufjan only uses thumb (P), index (I), and middle (M), for picking, and
 often
only uses (P) and (M).  Suggested picking shown in the Intro:

[Intro]

    P M P M P M P M P M P M P M P M P M P M...

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[Verse]

The on-     ly      thing   that    keeps me from  driving this

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   car                               Half   light   jack-   knife
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    into the      can-      yon at  night
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   Signs    and     won- ders       Perseus      aligned    with the
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   skull                            Slain    me-    du-   sa
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    Pegasus    a- light   from us  all
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[Bridge]

Do I care if I   sur-vive   this?   bury   the dead        where 
they're

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   found
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In a veil of great surprises,     I wonder did you love    me at 
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   all
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[Verse]

The on-     ly      thing   that    keeps me from  cutting my

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   arm                              Cross-  hatch   warm    bath
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    holiday         inn     after  dark
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   Signs    and     won- ders       water  stain   writing    the 
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    wall                            Dan-   iels     mess-    age
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    Blood  of the moon   on us     all
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[Bridge]

Do I care if I   sur-vive   this?   nothing  else  matters,   I

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   know
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In a veil of great disguises,      How  do  I live  with   your
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   ghost
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[Chorus]


Should I tear my     eyes    out     now
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      Everything I         see           returns to you somehow
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Should I tear my     heart   out     now
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      Everything I         feel          returns to you somehow
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                    I wanna save you from your sorrow
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[Verse]

The only reason why I continue at all
Faith in reason, I wasted my life playing dumb
Signs and wonders: sea lion caves in the dark
Blind faith, God’s grace, nothing else left to impart

[Bridge]

Do I care if I survive this, bury the dead where they’re found
In a veil of great surprises; hold to my head till I drown
Should I tear my eyes out now, before I see too much?
Should I tear my arms out now, I wanna feel your touch

[Chorus]

Should I tear my eyes out now?
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Everything I see returns to you somehow
Should I tear my heart out now?
Everything I feel returns to you somehow
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  • D7/F#
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