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To Be Alone With You by Sufjan Stevens
To Be Alone With You
Capo on 3
---0---------0-------0----------0--------
---1---------1-------0----------0--------
---2---------2-------2----------2--------
---3---------2-------2----------2--------
---0---------0-------0----------0--------
---------------------2----------1--------
F* Am Asus/G Asus/F
Intro:
F* - Am - Asus/G - Asus/F (twice)
Verses = same progression as Intro
I'd swim across lake Michigan
I'd sell my shoes
I'd give my body to be back again
In the rest of the room
C/G F
To be alone with you
Am D/F#
To be alone with you
F
To be alone with you
C /B
To be alone with you
F* - Am - Asus/G - Asus/F (twice w/ some hammering on the D)
You gave your body to the lonely
They took your clothes
You gave up a wife and a family
You gave your goals
C/G F
To be alone with me
Am D/F#
To be alone with me
F
To be alone with me
Am
You went up on a tree
G-F
Am
To be alone with me you went up on the tree
G-F
Am
I'll never know the man who loved me
Em-F
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version 2
Capo 3
Fmaj7: xx3210 Am: x02210 Gsus4: 3x0200 Dsus2/F#: 200320
xx3200 x02200 3x0000
Fmaj7 Am Gsus4 F
I'd swim across lake Michigan
I'd sell my shoes
I'd give my body to be back again
In the rest of the room
F C F
To be alone with you
Am Dsus2/F#
To be alone with you
F
To be alone with you
C G Fmaj7...
To be alone with you
You gave your body to the lonely
They took your clothes
You gave up a wife and a family
You gave your goals
To be alone with me
To be alone with me
To be alone with me
Fmaj7, Am, G, F
You went up on a tree
Am G, F
To be alone with me you went up on the tree
Am, Em, F
I'll never know the man who loved me
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version 3
GUITAR 1 (Capo 3)
Intro
F/A Am G Fadd11
e|----------------------------|
B|---1p0-----0h1----0------0--|
G|---2-------2------0------2--|
D|---3-------2------0------3--|
A|-0-------0--------x------x--| x2
E|----------------3------1----|
Verse
F/A Am G Fadd11
e|------------------------------|
B|---1p0-----0h1-----0-------0--|
G|---2-------2-------0-------2--|
D|---3-------2-------0-------3--|
A|-0-------0---------x-------x--| x4 (last time, hold the Fadd11 1 more bar)
E|-----------------3-------1----|
Chorus
C/G Fadd11 Am D/F# Fadd11 C/G
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|---1-------0-------1-------3-------0-------1--|
G|---0-------2-------2-------2-------2-------0--|
D|---2-------3-------2-------0-------3-------2--|
A|---3-------3-----0---------x-------3-------3--| x1
E|-3-------1---------------2-------1-------3----|
Intro and Verse same as above
Chorus 2
C/G Fadd11 Am D/F# Fadd11
e|--------------------------------------|
B|---1-------0-------1-------3-------0--|
G|---0-------2-------2-------2-------2--|
D|---2-------3-------2-------0-------3--|
A|---3-------3-----0---------x-------3--| x1
E|-3-------1---------------2-------1----|
Bridge
"...You went up on a Tree..."
Am G F
e|---------------------|
B|---1-------0------0--|
G|---2-------0------2--|
D|---2-------0------3--|
A|-0---------x------x--| x2
E|---------3------1----|
"I've never known a man who loved me"
Am Em F
e|---------------------|
B|---1-------0------0--|
G|---2-------0------2--|
D|---2-------2------3--|
A|-0---------2------x--| x1 (on fourth bar of F, hit the bass note and hold it)
E|---------0------1----|
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GUITAR 2 (Do nothing until after first run through the chorus.)
Intro/Verse
F/A Am G F
e|------------|------------------|-------------|-------------|
B|---------0--|---------1-----0--|-------------|-------------|
G|-----0------|-----0------------|----------0--|----------0--|
D|-0h2--------|-0h2--------------|-----0-------|-----0-------|
A|------------|------------------|-0h2---------|-0h2---------|
E|------------|------------------|-------------|-------------|
On the choruses and even the bridge Guitar 2 does minimal strumming
and a little bit of picking in between (following the pattern above)
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version 4
Tuning: Standard
Capo: Album Version - 3rd, Live Version - 4th or 5th. Tab relative to capo.
Intro/ First Verse (6x):
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|--------5--5----5--5--5--|-------5--5----5--5--5--|
|--------3--3----3--3--0--|-------2--2----2--2--0--|
|--------x--x----x--x--0--|-------x--x----x--x--0--|
|---5----5--5----5--5--5--|--5----5--5----5--5--5--|
******** First 5 Times**|
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|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--------4--4----4--4--4--|-------2--2----0--0--0--|
|--------0--0----0--0--0--|-------3--3----3--3--3--|
|--------2--2----2--2--0--|-------3--3----3--3--3--|
|---3----3--3----3--3--0--|--1----1--1----0--0--0--|
************************************** 6th Time **|
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|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--------2--2----2--2--2--|-------2--2----2--2--2--|
|--------3--3----3--3--3--|-------3--3----3--3--3--|
|--------3--3----3--3--3--|-------3--3----3--3--3--|
|---1----1--1----1--1--1--|--1----1--1----1--1--1--|
Chorus (1x):
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--------1--1----1--1--1--|-------1--1----1--1--1--|
|--------0--0----0--0--0--|-------0--0----0--0--0--|
|--------2--2----2--2--2--|-------2--2----2--2--2--|
|--------3--3----3--3--3--|-------3--3----3--3--3--|
|---3----3--3----3--3--3--|--3----3--3----3--3--3--|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--------2--2----2--2--2--|-------2--2----2--2--2--|
|--------3--3----3--3--3--|-------3--3----3--3--3--|
|--------3--3----3--3--3--|-------3--3----3--3--3--|
|---1----1--1----1--1--1--|--1----1--1----1--1--1--|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--------1--1----1--1--1--|-------1--1----1--1--1--|
|--------2--2----2--2--2--|-------2--2----2--2--2--|
|--------2--2----2--2--2--|-------2--2----2--2--2--|
|---0----0--0----0--0--0--|--0----0--0----0--0--0--|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--------3--3----3--3--3--|-------3--3----3--3--3--|
|--------2--2----2--2--2--|-------2--2----2--2--2--|
|--------0--0----0--0--0--|-------0--0----0--0--0--|
|--------x--x----x--x--x--|-------x--x----x--x--x--|
|---2----2--2----2--2--2--|--2----2--2----2--2--2--|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--------2--2----2--2--2--|-------2--2----2--2--2--|
|--------3--3----3--3--3--|-------3--3----3--3--3--|
|--------3--3----3--3--3--|-------3--3----3--3--3--|
|---1----1--1----1--1--1--|--1----1--1----1--1--1--|
**************** End of First Chorus *************|
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|--------1--1----1--1-----|------pause for---------|
|--------0--0----0--0-----|-------entire ----------|
|--------2--2----2--2-----|----------bar-----------|
|--------3--3----3--3-----|------------------------|
|---3----3--3----3--3-----|------------------------|
(At the end of the second chorus, skip these two
measures and go straight to the outro)
Bridge/Second Verse: Same as Intro/First Verse
Second Chorus: Same as First Chorus, minus the last two bars
Outro (3x):
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|--------1--1----1--1--1--|-------1--1----1--1--1--|
|--------2--2----2--2--2--|-------2--2----2--2--2--|
|--------2--2----2--2--2--|-------2--2----2--2--2--|
|---0----0--0----0--0--0--|--0----0--0----0--0--0--|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--------3--3----3--3--3--|-------3--3----3--3--3--|
|--------3--3----3--3--3--|-------3--3----3--3--3--|
|--------0--0----0--0--0--|-------0--0----0--0--0--|
|--------0--0----0--0--0--|-------0--0----0--0--0--|
|---2----2--2----2--2--2--|--2----2--2----2--2--2--|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
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|--------2--2----2--2--2--|-------2--2----2--2--2--|
|--------3--3----3--3--3--|-------3--3----3--3--3--|
|--------3--3----3--3--3--|-------3--3----3--3--3--|
|---1----1--1----1--1--1--|--1----1--1----1--1--1--|
***** First 2 Times *** |
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|--------2--2----2--2--2--|-------2--2----2--2--2--|
|--------3--3----3--3--3--|-------3--3----3--3--3--|
|--------3--3----3--3--3--|-------3--3----3--3--3--|
|---1----1--1----1--1--1--|--1----1--1----1--1--1--|
********* 3rd Time ******|
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