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Mistress Witch From Mcclure Or The Mind That Knows Itself by Sufjan Stevens
Mistress Witch From Mcclure Or The Mind That Knows Itself
Sufjan plays most of it on the banjo. During the intro, outro and verses, he'll often
a sixth with each Bb chord.
Capo 1st fret
Intro:
F - Bb - Dm - C
Verse 1:
F Bb
And the winter moves about
Dm C
Illinois, when my sister picks a fight with the Alexander
F Bb
Boy and my father locks the car
Dm C Bb
by the store, still we figure out the keys and follow him once more
Chorus 1:
Bb F C
Oh my God. We see it on the floor
G Bb
The woman on the bed. The ankle brace she wore
F C
Stones and sled. It could've been some other
G Bb
The mind that knows itself has a mind to say the other
F C
But we run back, scratching at the door...
C
Scratching at the door
Trumpet solo.
F - Bb - Dm - C (x2)
Verse 2:
F Bb
If I'm hiding in the sleeves
Dm C
Of my coat when my father runs undressed
F
He's pointing at my throat
Bb
And my brother has a fit
Dm C
In the snow and the traffic stops for miles
Bb
We take him by the elbow
Chorus 2:
Bb F C
Oh my God. Shuffling in the floor
(Oh my God. No one came)
G Bb
The mind that knows itself is the mind that knows much more
(To ourselves. To carry us away)
F C
So we run back. Scrambling for cover
(Oh my God. No one came)
G Bb
The mind that knows itself has a mind to kill the other
(To ourselves. To carry us away)
F C
Oh my God. He left us now for dead
(Oh my God)
C F
He left us now for dead
Outro with Horns
F - Bb - Dm - C (x2)
Trumpet ends on F
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version 2
trumpet solo
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12--11~----12--11--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------6--8-----11-11-11-13----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12--11~----12-11-9-7---6-7-9-11-12-14-16-18--19~-------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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version 3
Chords:
Bb: x13331
F: 133211
C: x32010
G: 320022
Banjo Capo 6 (Standard Open G tuning)
You tune the high G string until it sounds right.
You will figure out the struming by listening to the song
VERSE (only banjo)
C F Am
D|----2----3----------------------0-------------------------|
B|----1----1---------1------------0--0-1-0--0---------------|
G|----0----2--0h2----2------------0--------2----------------|
D|----2----3---------2--0h2-------0-------------------------|
G|----0--------------0------------0-------------------------|
CHORUS (banjo & guitar)
Banjo plays this
D|----3----2------0-----3-------------------------------|
B|----1----1------0-----2-------------------------------|
G|----2----0------0-----1-------------------------------|
D|----3----2------0-----0-------------------------------|
G|---------0------0-------------------------------------|
While the guitar enters and play
Bb , F , C , G
Before struming you pick the bass note.
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