Sufjan Stevens - From The Mouth Of Gabriel

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artist : sufjan stevens
album : all delighted people ep
song : from the mouth of gabriel

tabbed by : nrvous ( y . wakeham@ugrad . unimelb . edu . au )

i suggest playing around with different strumming/picking styles to
differentiate the various sections of the song . the actual track mixes up
instrumentation and dynamics , so just listen to it to get a feel for which
sections should be loud and which soft , etc .

enjoy!

capo on 1st fret . all chords relative to capo .

chords

A# : x13331 G : 320033 A/C# : x42220
Gm : 355333 C : x32010 A/B : x22220
F : 133211 Am : x02210 A/G# : 402220
D : xx0232 A : x02220 A/F# : 202220
E : 022100 Bm : x24432 A/E : 002220
F#m : 244222

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A# Gm F D
desperate measures lead to death

A#
from the mouth of gabriel

Gm
who died in his sleep when the world

F D
was a very big mess , a very big mess;

F E
he saw too much

D G C F
from now on i will look away from every accident

E
that may or may not come my way

Am G
saw you were talking

C
up above the aleph room

G
masquerading as a loom

Am G
both of us saw things

C
no one else would see as well

G
from the mouth of gabriel

C
no one else would hear as well

G
from the mouth of gabriel

from the mouth of gabriel

from the mouth of gabriel

E
from the mouth of gabriel

A D G C
don’t be so sure of what you feel ( it might as well be trouble )

A D G C
from now on just let the universe be your shelter from the enemy

A Bm D E

A Bm
your face has changed

D E A
i hardly know who you are this time

Bm
and what a mess

D E
i’ve made of you

A Bm D E
you probably would but i won’t let you run away

A Bm D E A/C#
you probably should but i won’t let you run away this time

A/B A A/G# A/F# A/E
don’t be afraid of loneliness some refugee beside itself

A/F# A/G#
instead of what you’ve got

A/C# A/B A A/G#
you probably would but i won’t let you go away

A/F# A/E A/F# A/G# F#m
you probably should but i won’t let you go away this time

E
your face has changed

D E F#m
i hardly know who you are this time

E D E
and when i came into your room

A
you tried to jump

Bm E A
now i know this is strange to hear from the mouth of god

D E A
it was something like a scene from mars

Bm E A
in a struggle between loves and lies

D E A
the angel kept his face covered for to keep his word

Bm E A
and while i spoke something left from my life

D
forget about the past

E A
be at rest i’ll make things right

Bm E A
and while i held you at best you nearly died

D
forget about the past

E F#m
and i’ll try to make things right