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The Ascension by Sufjan Stevens - Guitar Chords

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Version 1
            [Intro]

C | C/E | Am | C
F | G | F/A | G/B
x2


[Verse 1]

C         C/E         Am              C
When I am dead and the light leaves my breast
F             G     F/A           G/B
Nothing to be told, nothing to confess
C              C/E        Am                C
Let the record show what I couldn't quite confess
       F            G          F/A          G/B
For by living for myself I was living for unrest
         Dm            Em        Am         C
Then the evidence came back in a chariot of vindication
F              G     F/A             G/B
Something to behold, glorious in its path
        Dm            Em         Am            C
But the prophecy fell back as it gave to me an invitation
F                 G      F/A               G/B
Show them what is right, show them what is blessed


[Chorus]

     Dm    C/E        F              G
But now it strikes me far too late again
           Dm             C/E     F         G
That I was asking far too much of everyone around me
    Dm     C/E        F              G
And now it strikes me far too late again
              Dm            C/E          F               G
That I should answer for myself as the Ascension falls upon me


[Interlude]

C | C/E | Am | C
F | G | F/A | G/B


[Verse 2]

C                 C/E       Am                   C
So what should be said of a life that leaves its mess?
    F                   G            F/A          G/B
For once your life was sold it could never be possessed
         C              C/E                 Am              C
You were selfishly as a continent, you were finally at your best
        F               G        F/A             G/B
For you favored for yourself when selfishness was blessed
     Dm            Em       Am          C
Then Cordelia came back in a chariot hallucination
F              G      F/A             G/B
Something to rejoice, glorious in its wrath
        Dm             Em             Am            C
But the prophecy was a pantomime as it came to me in accusation
F                 G      F/A               G/B
Show them what is right, show them what is best


[Chorus]
     Dm     C/E       F              G
But now it strikes me far too late again
           Dm             C/E      F          G
That I was asking far too much of everyone around me
     Dm     C/E        F              G
And now it strikes me far too late again
              Dm            C/E          F              G
That I should answer for myself as the Ascension falls upon me


[Verse 3]

     Dm    C/E               Am                  C
And now it frightens me, the thought against my chest
               F            G
To think I was asking for a reason
               F/A             G/B
Explaining why everything's a total mess
     Dm    C/E               Am              C
And now it frightens me, the dreams that I possess
               F               G
To think I was acting like a believer
                 F/A        G/B
When I was just angry and depressed


[Bridge]

            Dm                 C/E
And to everything, there is no meaning
             F                G
A season of pain and hopelessness
                  Dm              C/E
I shouldn't have looked for revelation
                  F               G
I should have resigned myself to this
                  Dm               C/E
I thought I could change the world around me
                  F                    G
I thought I could change the world for best
                 Dm             C/E
I thought I was called in convocation
                 F              G
I thought I was sanctified and blessed


[Verse 4]

     Dm    C/E             Am                 C
But now it strengthens me to know the truth at last
                F                 G
That everything comes from consummation
                F/A            G/B
And everything comes with consequence
              Dm           C/E
And I did it all with exultation
                  F                G
While you did it all with hopelessness
              Dm           C/E
Yes, I did it all with adoration
                     F                    G
While you killed it off with all of your holy mess


[Outro]

      Dm         C/E     Am
What now? (What now?)
      C       F
(What now?)
       G      F/A
(What now?)
       G/B
(What now?)
      Dm          C/E    Am
What now? (What now?)
        C
(What now?)
        F     G
(What now?)
       F/A   G/B
(What now?)

CM7   Em7  D   Em7  D
Em7   D    Em7 D
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