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John Wayne Gacy Jr by Sufjan Stevens
John Wayne Gacy Jr
Tuning: Standard, Capo III (chord names are relative to capo)
This entire song is one fingerpicked progression with discretionary
variances.
Dm Cadd9 Am F
e|-----1-------1--------------------------------------------------|
B|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1|
G|-2-------2-------0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
D|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------------|
A|----------------3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
1eAa2eAa3eAa4eAa1 ...
As the song progresses, Sufjan throws in the open high E string as he
pleases on the Cadd9, Am, and F chords, as such:
Dm Cadd9 Am F
e|-----1-------1-----------0---------------0-----------0-------0--|
B|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1|
G|-2-------2-------0---0-------0---2---2-------2---2-------2------|
D|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------------|
A|----------------3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0-------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
1eAa2eAa3eAa4eAa1 ...
That's how he includes it most of the time, but he varies it up a lot,
especially as the song builds, so put it wherever you like. Chords
non-relative to the capo are Fm Ebadd9 Cm Ab (key of Eb).
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
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version 2
Tuning: Standard
e|---------------------4-------------------------------4---------------------|
B|-------------6---------------6---------------6---------------6-------------|
G|-----5-------------------------------5-------------------------------------|
D|-3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------1---------------1---------------1---------------1-------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----3---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------------|
D|-1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------4---------------4---------------4---------------4-------------|
G|-----3---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------4---------------4---------------4---------------4-------------|
G|-----3---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-----------------|
It repeats through the whole song!
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version 3
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 3rd fret
------1--------1---0--------------------------------------------------------|
----3-------3----3--------3-------3--3-3-0-1-----------1---0----------------|
--2------2--------------0------0-------------2-2-2-2-----------2----2--2----|
-0-0-0--0-0--0--------2------2----------------0-0-0----------------3--3-----|
---------------------3-3-3--3-3-3---3-3-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-0---3--3------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------1------1-0-|
Dm Cadd9 Am
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version 4
Chords:
Em 022000
D xx0232
Bm x24432
G 320033
*
e||------0-------0-----2---2---2---2|-----------------------------------|
B||----0---0---0---0-3---3---3---3--|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------|
G||--0-------0--------2---2---2---2-|-4---4---4---4---0---0---0---0-----|
D||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---0---0---0---|--4---4---4---4--------------------|
A||---------------------------------|2---2---2---2----------------------|
E||---------------------------------|----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-0|
e|------0-------0-----2---2---2---2|-----------------------------------||
B|----0---0---0---0-3---3---3---3--|-----3-------3---3---3---3---3-----||
G|--0-------0--------2---2---2---2-|---4---4---4---4---0---0---0---0---||
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0---0---0---0---|-4-------4-------------------------||
A|---------------------------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------||
E|---------------------------------|----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-0||
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version 5
Capo 3
Dm: 000231
C: 032010
Am: 002210
F: 003211
Intro: Dm, C, Am, F
Dm C
His father was a drinker
Am F
And his mother cried in bed
Dm C
Folding John Wayne's t-shirts
Am F
When the swingset hit his head
Dm C
The neighbors they adored him
Am F
For his humor and his conversation
Dm C
Look underneath the house there
Am F
Find the few living things, rotting fast, in their sleep
Oh, the dead
Dm C
Twenty-seven people
Am
Even more, they were boys
F
With their cars, summer jobs
Oh my God
Are you one of them?
Dm C
He dressed up like a clown for them
Am F
With his face paint white and red
Dm C
And on his best behavior
Am F
In a dark room on the bed
He kissed them all
Dm C
He'd kill ten thousand people
Am
With a sleight of his hand
F Dm
Running far, running fast to the dead
Dm C
He took off all their clothes for them
Am
He put a cloth on their lips
F Dm
Quiet hands, quiet kiss on the mouth
Dm C
And in my best behavior
Am F
I am really just like him
Dm C
Look beneath the floor boards
Am F
For the secrets I have hid
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version 6
capo I
Em D
His father was a drinker
Bm C
And his mother cried in bed
Em D
Folding John Wayne's T-shirts
Bm C
When the swingset hit his head
...and repeat...
The neighbors they adored him
For his humor and his conversation
Look underneath the house there
Find the few living things
Rotting fast in their sleep of the dead
Twenty-seven people, even more
They were boys with their cars, summer jobs
Oh my God
Are you one of them?
He dressed up like a clown for them
With his face paint white and red
And on his best behavior
In a dark room on the bed he kissed them all
He'd kill ten thousand people
With a sleight of his hand
Running far, running fast to the dead
He took of all their clothes for them
He put a cloth on their lips
Quiet hands, quiet kiss
On the mouth
And in my best behavior
I am really just like him
Look beneath the floorboards
For the secrets I have hid
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version 7
capo 1st
hit the a string open for the rundown from bm to g#
Em-xx1000
Em D
His father was a drinker
Bm G#
And his mother cried in bed
Em D
Folding John Wayne's T-shirts
Bm G#
When the swingset hit his head
carries on that way for the rest of the song
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