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The Ascension chords by 
Sufjan Stevens
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Intro 1
C
Em
Am
F
Am
Dm
G
C
Em
Am
F
G
Am
Dm
G
Verse 1
C
Em
Am
When I am dead and the light leaves my breast
F
Am
Dm
G
Nothing to be told, nothing to confess
C
Em
Let the record show what I
Am
couldn't quite confess
F
Am
For by living for myself,
Dm
G
I was living for unrest
Em
Dm
Em
Then the evidence came back in
Am
a chariot of vindication
F
G
Am
Something to behold ,
Dm
G
glorious in its path
Dm
Em
But the prophecy fell back
Am
As it gave to me an invitation
F
Am
Show them what is right,
Dm
G
show them what is blessed
Verse 2
Dm
C
Em
F
G
But now it strikes me far too late again
Dm
Em
That I was asking far too much
F
G
of everyone around me
Dm
G
F
G
And now it strikes me far too late again
Dm
Em
That I should an swer for myself
F
G
As the ascension falls upon
Interlude 1
me
C
Am
F
G
Dm
G
Verse 3
G
Em
So what should be said,
Am
of a life that leaves its mess?
F
G
For once your life was sold,
F
Dm
G
it could never be pos sessed
C
Em
You were selfishly as a continent
Am
You were finally at your best
F
G
For you favored for yourself when
Dm
G
selfishness was blessed
Dm
Em
Then Cordelia came back in a
Am
chariot hallucination
F
G
Something to rejoice,
Am
Dm
G
glorious in its wrath
Dm
Em
But the prophecy was a pantomime
Am
C
As it came to me in accusation
F
G
Show them what is right,
Am
Dm
G
show them what is best
Verse 4
Dm
C
F
G
But now it strikes me far too late again
Dm
C
Em
That I was asking far too much of
F
G
everyone around me
Dm
G
F
G
And now it strikes me far too late again
Dm
That I should an swer for myself
G
F
G
As the ascension falls upon me
Verse 5
Dm
Em
And now it frightens me,
Am
the thought against my chest
C
Am
F
Em
To think I was asking for a reason
G
F
Explaining why everything's
G
a total mess
Dm
Em
And now it frightens me,
Am
C
the dreams that I possess
F
G
To think I was acting like a believer
F
G
When I was just angry and depressed
Dm
And to everything there is
Em
no meaning
F
G
A season of pain and hopelessness
Dm
Em
I shouldn't have looked for revelation
G
F
I should have resigned myself to this
Verse 6
G
Dm
C
I thought I could change the world around me
Em
F
G
I thought I could change the world for best
Dm
Em
I thought I was called in convocation
F
G
I thought I was sanctified and blessed
Verse 7
G
Dm
Em
But now it strengthens me
Am
to know the truth at last
C
F
That everything comes
G
from consummation
F
And everything comes with con
G
sequence
Dm
Em
And I did it all with exultation
F
G
While you did it all with hopelessness
Dm
Em
Yes, I did it all with adoration
F
While you killed it off with
G
all of your holy mess
Verse 8
G
Em
Am
C
F
G
What now?
(What now?)
F
Dm
G
(What now?)
Dm
(What now?)
(What now?
What now?
(What now?)
(What now?)
(What now?)
Em
(What now?)
Outro 1
Am
C
F
G
Dm
G
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