From The Mouth Of Gabriel Cifras

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# 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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                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
 
Bb : 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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Bb       Gm                F            D
Desperate measures lead to death
 
                  Bb
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
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