Lord God Bird Chords & Tabs
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LORD GOD BIRD Sufjan Stevens
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Tabbed by: Steven Green
Email: DonJuanDracula25@yahoo.com
Tuning: Standard, Capo on 4
Sufjan plays this pretty freely, so this tab may not always exactly match the small
that he sometimes throws in. The bright banjoiness can be somewhat brought out by playing
to the bridge.
Guitar 1
Intro/ Verse (plays variations over guitar 2 throughout song)
e|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
b|---------------|---------------|-----9----9-12---|-9-------------|
g|-11-11--9--8---|---------------|-------11--------|---------------|
d|---------------|-11------------|-----------------|---------------|
a|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
e|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
F#m E C#m B
e|---------------|-9--------|---------|---------|---------|
b|---------9-12--|-------12-|--9------|-----12--|---------|
g|---------------|----------|----11-9-|-11------|-11------|
d|---------------|----------|---------|---------|---------|
a|---------------|----------|---------|---------|---------|
e|---------------|----------|---------|---------|---------|
Guitar 2
Intro/Verse Part 1
In the delta sun
e|-------0---------0---------0---------0--*--------3----------3--------|
B|---1- 1----1---1----1---1----1---1--*----5--5-----5---5--------|
G|---2--------2---------2---------2-------*----0---------0-------------|
D|-----2---------2---------2---------2----*--2---2-----2---2-----------|
A|-0---------0---------0---------0--------*----------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------*----------------------------|
Down in Arkansas
And the sewing machine The industrial god
e|-------3---------3--*--------1---------1--*-------0--------0-*-------|
B|---5---5-----5---5--*----3---3-----3---3--*---1---1----1---1-*-------|
G|---0---------0------*----2---------2------*---2--------2-----*-------|
D|-2---2-----2---2----*--0---0-----0---0----*-----2--------2---*-------|
A|--------------------*---------------------*-3--------3-------*-------|
E|--------------------*---------------------*------------------*-------|
Its the great god bird with its
On the great bayou where they
Its the great god bird in
e|-------3----------*--------------------------------------------------|
B|---1---1----1---3-*--------------------------------------------------|
G|---2--------2---0-*--------------------------------------------------|
D|-----2--------2---*--------------------------------------------------|
A|-0--------0-------*--------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------*--------------------------------------------------|
alter call
saw it fall
Ar kansas
Verse Part 2
And the hunters beware
e|-------5-8--------0--------*-1-------1-------*-0-------0-------*-----|
B|-----6--------1---1----1---*-3---3---3---3---*-1---1---1---1---*-----|
G|---7----------0--------0---*-----2---------2-*-------0-------0-*-----|
D|-3----------2---2----2---2-*---0---0---0-----*---2-------2-----*-----|
A|---------------------------*-----------------*-----------------*-----|
E|---------------------------*-----------------*-----------------*-----|
Or the fishers fall And para
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sufjan_stevens/lord_god_bird_tab_ver_2.html ]
e|-1-------0--------0---------1---------0----------3-------*-------0---|
B|-3---1---1----1---1-----1---1-----1---1------3---3---3---*---1---1---|
G|-----2--------0---------2---------0----------0-------0---*---0-------|
D|---3---3----2---2-----0---0---------2----------0-------0-*-2---2-----|
A|--------------------------------3----------2-------2-----*-----------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------*-----------|
Dise Might close from its safe flight flawed
e|-------1---------0---------0---------1---------0---3------------------|
B|---1---1-----1---1-----1---1-----1---1-----1---1---3------------------|
G|---2---------2---------0---------2---------0-------0------------------|
D|-0---0-----3---3-----2---2-----0---0---------2------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------3----------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Its the great god bird through it all
Verse Part 3
And the watchers beware
e|-------0---------0---------0---------0--*--------3----------3--------|
B|---1- 1----1---1----1---1----1---1--*----5--5-----5---5--------|
G|---2--------2---------2---------2-------*----0---------0-------------|
D|-----2---------2---------2---------2----*--2---2-----2---2-----------|
A|-0---------0---------0---------0--------*----------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------*----------------------------|
Lest they see it fall
|-------3---------3--*--------1---------1--*-------0--------0-*---------|
B|---5---5-----5---5--*----3---3-----3---3--*---1---1----1---1-*--------|
G|---0---------0------*----2---------2------*---2--------2-----*--------|
D|-2---2-----2---2----*--0---0-----0---0----*-----2--------2---*--------|
A|--------------------*---------------------*-3--------3-------*--------|
E|--------------------*---------------------*------------------*--------|
And para dise might laugh when at
e|-------3----------*--------------------------------------------------|
B|---1---1----1---3-*--------------------------------------------------|
G|---2--------2---0-*--------------------------------------------------|
D|-----2--------2---*--------------------------------------------------|
A|-0--------0-------*--------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------*--------------------------------------------------|
Last it falls
Verse Part 4
And the sewing machine
e|-------5-8--------0--------*-1-------1-------*-0-------0-------*-----|
B|-----6--------1---1----1---*-3---3---3---3---*-1---1---1---1---*-----|
G|---7----------0--------0---*-----2---------2-*-------0-------0-*-----|
D|-3----------2---2----2---2-*---0---0---0-----*---2-------2-----*-----|
A|---------------------------*-----------------*-----------------*-----|
E|---------------------------*-----------------*-----------------*-----|
The industrial god And its the
e|-1-------0--------0---------1---------0----------3-------*-------0---|
B|-3---1---1----1---1-----1---1-----1---1------3---3---3---*---1---1---|
G|-----2--------0---------2---------0----------0-------0---*---0-------|
D|---3---3----2---2-----0---0---------2----------0-------0-*-2---2-----|
A|--------------------------------3----------2-------2-----*-----------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------*-----------|
Great god bird with its al ter call Yes its the
ter call Yes its the
e|-------1---------0---------0---------1-*-------0---3------------------|
B|---1---1-----1---1-----1---1-----1---1-*---1---1---3------------------|
G|---2---------2---------0---------2-----*---0-------0------------------|
D|-0---0-----3---3-----2---2-----0---0---*-----2------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------*-3----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------*------------------------------|
Great god bird with its al
Great god bird through it all
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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