Sufjan Stevens - The Transfiguration Chords & Tabs

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Sufjan Stevens ---> The Transfiguration
Tabbed for guitar by Hunter (poroustourist@hotmail.com) 04.25.04

*This song is played on a banjo but here I have tabbed it for acoustic guitar.
I do believe the chorus has a more intricate picking part, but I have chosen to
instead list the chords and a general strumming pattern. So, take this for what
it is: just an outline! Please enjoy it...

Intro:

G#m B Bm A

e|---0000---0000-|---2222---2222-|---2222---2222-|---0000---0000-|
B|---2222-2-2222-|---4444---4444-|---3333---3333-|---2222---2222-|
G|-1--111----111-|---4444-4--444-|---4444-4--444-|---2222-2--222-|
D|---------------|-4--444----444-|-4--444----444-|-2--222----222-| x2
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

Verse:

Intro riff x4



Transition (horns enter playing G#m, B, Bm, A progression):

Play intro riff x2
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sufjan_stevens/the_transfiguration_tab.html ]
Verse:

Intro riff x4

"Then there came a word of what he should accomplish on the day."

*Bass enters.

"Then Peter spoke, to make of them a tabernacle place."

*Horns reenter.

horus (percussion, bass, horns, bell part):

E Bm C# A

e|---0000000000---2222222222-|---5555555555---5555555555-|
B|---0000000000---3333333333-|---7777777777---5555555555-|
G|---1111111111---4444444444-|---7777777777---6666666666-|
D|---2222222222-4--444444444-|-7--777777777---7777777777-| x2
A|---2222222222--------------|----------------7777777777-|
E|-0--000000000--------------|--------------5--555555555-|

Verse:

Intro riff x4

Coda:

Chorus riff x1

*Lyrics enter.

Chorus riff x12

And play it once more to end.

The bell/oboe part:
                                                                ***
e|-7-54-2-02-9-5-5-9-5-|          e|-------02-52-02-52-00-----7-542-|
B|---------------------|          B|---23-----------------320-------|
G|---------------------|          G|-4------------------------------|
D|---------------------| x1 Then: D|--------------------------------| x13
A|---------------------|          A|--------------------------------|
E|---------------------|          E|--------------------------------|

*** - or B|-10-9-7 to make it easier.