Sufjan Stevens - Exploding Whale

      This version specifically abides by the Doveman remix from Stevens' "The Greatest Gift" album.
In the outro, repeat the three chords as often as you feel like to obtain that dreamy finish.

Silly chords:
Csus2: x30010
Gadd11: 320013
Fmaj7: 133210 (use thumb for bass note)
G*: 355433
Am*: 577555
C*: 32013


[Intro]
C Am D7 F
Em Em7 Em F G Csus2

[Verse 1]
C                  Am
I'm a poor use friend
                       D7
Loneliness rides in my bed
D          F
My misfortune
     Fmaj7             Em
Give everything you've got
Em7       Em        F
While the sun burns hot
     F
My addiction
Gadd11      G
Spoils my affection
               Csus2
For everything good

[Verse 2]
C                 Am
Elephant in the room
                           D7
Might as well shoot at the moon
    D          F
The mild ambition
     Fmaj7             Em
Give everything you've got
Em7      Em      F
Jump the Fosbury flop with intention
   Gadd11     G
Pursue your invention
                Dm7
As something of worth

[Chorus]
    Dm             C/E
The thing I most regret
                 G*
Is having to repress what I'm feeling
        Am*        G*         F
While expressing delight as a myth
  Fmaj7          Em
Embrace the epic fail
   Em7  Em      F
Of my exploding whale
      G*
hm hm hmmm
Csus2

[Verse 3]
C                        Am
Poison or powdered milk (poison or powdered milk)
                D7
Paralyzed as it took (paralyzed as it took)
D            F
Premonition (that is what we are)
     Fmaj7               Em
Give everything you've got
  Em7       Em      F
Before your life is caught in conditions
       Gadd11          G
Be the first of its victims
              Csus2
The foot of a hare

[Verse 4]
C                      Am
Action or consequence (action or consequence)
                D7
My unyielding defense (my unyielding defense)
D             F
Superstition (that is what we are)
Fmaj7            Em
My attempts to obscure
    Em7     Em      F
The wonders of this world
         F
Be it fortune
   Gadd11       G
Or faith in distortion
              Dm7/A
The patron of prayer

[Chorus]
Dm/A               C/E
The thing I most resent
                G*
Is having to consent to illusion
         Am*        G*            F
While confessing distress with my fist
     Fmaj7      Em
Will history prevail?
Em7  Em      F
My exploding whale
G

[Instrumental]
Dm7/A C/E G*
Am* G* F Fmaj7
Em7 Em F Gadd11 G
Csus2

[Chorus]
C                      Am/C
What of a dream deferred
               D7/C
My appeal in reverse
        F/C
Apparition
  Fmaj7/C        Em/C
Embrace the epic fail
  Em7/C Em/C    F/C
Of my exploding whale
G/C

[Outro]
C* G/C Gsus4/C