Artist: Sufjan Stevens
Album: Seven Swans
Song: Seven Swans (Banjo tab)
Tabbed by: Todd
I figured this out from listening to/watching various live versions of the song.
Even though the second chord seems like a stretch, I've checked the videos and this is really how he plays it. It's not bad once you get used to it!
Enjoy!
Banjo
Intro and verses
d|----------|-----------|------0--------0----|
B|-3---3----|--1---1----|--0-----------------|
G|---3------|----2------|----0---------0-----|
D|-5-----5--|--5-----5--|--5----5-5--5----5--|
d|----------|-----------|--------------------|
d|-----------|-----------|-------------|
B|-------3---|-------3---|-------0-----|
G|-3---3-----|-2---2-----|-0---0-----0-|
D|---5-----5-|---3-----3-|---0-----0---|
d|-----------|-----------|-------------|
Interlude between verse 1 and 2:
d|--------0-4-4-4/5-5----|
B|--3--3--0-0------------|
G|--3--2--0-0------------| Strummed 4 times.
D|--5--3--0-0------------|
d|-----------------------|
"Oooh... he will take you..." section
d|--0--0--0--2-----------|
B|--8--7--5--1-----------|
G|--7--0--0--0-----------| Strummed for remainder of song.
D|--8--7--5--2-----------|
d|--0--0--0--------------|
That's it!
We didn't sleep too late.
There was a fire in the yard.
All of the tress were in light.
They had no faces to show.
I saw a sign in the sky:
Seven swans, seven swans, seven swans.
I heard a voice in my mind:
"I will try, I will try, I will try.
I will try, I will try, I will try."
We saw the dragon move down.
My father burned into coal.
My mother saw it from far.
She took her purse to the bed.
I saw a sign in the sky:
Seven horns, seven horns, seven horns.
I heard a voice in my mind:
"I am Lord, I am Lord, I am Lord."
(S)He said: "I am Lord, I am Lord, I am Lord."
(S)He said: "I am Lord, I am Lord, I am Lord."
He will take you. If you run,
He will chase you.
He will take you. If you run,
He will chase you.
Cause he is the Lord.
#----------------------------PLEASE NOTE-----------------------------#
# This represents the author's own work and interpretation of the #
# song. To be used only for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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