Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us

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  • Tuning: Standard, Capo II (chord names are relative to capo)
    Time: 3/4
    D Bmadd11 Gmaj7
  • e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    B|----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-|
    G|------2-----------2-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
  • D|0---0---0---0---0---0-----------4-----------4---------------------------|
    A|------------------------2---2-------2---2-------------------------------|
    E|------------------------------------------------3---3---3---3---3---3---|
  •  
    Thinking outrageously I write in cursive I hide in my bed with the
    Wearing three layers of coats and leg warmers I see my own breath on the
  • Oh I am not quite sleeping Oh I am
    There on the wall inthe bedroom creeping I see a wasp with her
     
  • Em9
    e|------------------------|
    B|----------3-----------3-|
  • G|------0-----------0-----|
    D|------------------------|
    A|------------------------|
  • E|0---0---0---0---0---0---|
     
    lights on the floor
  • face of the door
    fast in bed
    wings outstretched
  •  
    The first instrumental break is tricky as hell, but I'm sure this is right,
    it just took me a good bit of repetition to get down. Start real slow, just
  • keep repeating it, and it will make sense. The woodwinds go through the
    progression once, then Sufjan's guitar fades in:
     
  • A
    e|----0-----------0-----------0-----------0-------|
    B|--3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-----|
  • G|4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------|
    D|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-|
    A|0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---|
  • E|------------------------------------------------|
    G
    e|----0-----------0-----------0-----------0-------|
  • B|--3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-----|
    G|4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------|
    D|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-|
  • A|------------------------------------------------|
    E|3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---|
     
  • The 4s on the G string are sort of optional, I can't really tell if he
    plays them or not, and it's a hell of a lot easier if you don't.
     
  • Another verse follows, same guitar part, except now he adds some hammering
    for flare:
     
  • D Bmadd11 Gmaj7
    e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    B|------3-----------3---------------3-----------3-----------3-----------0-|
  • G|--2-------2---2-------2-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
    D|0---0---0---0---0---0-----------4-----------4---------------------------|
    A|------------------------2---2-------2---2--------------------------0h2--|
  • E|------------------------------------------------3---3---3---3---3-------|
     
    Em9
  • e|------------------------|
    B|----------3-------------|
    G|------0-----------0---0-|
  • D|------------------------|
    A|-------------------0h2--|
    E|0---0---0---0---0-------|
  •  
    North of Savannah we swim in the Palisades
    I come out wearing my brother's red hat
  • There on his shoulder my best friend is bit seven times
    he was washing his face in his hands
     
  • Oh how I meant to tease him
    Oh how I meant no harm
    Touching his back with my hand I kiss him
  • I see the wasp on the length of my arm
     
    Then comes an instrumental verse with the trumpet and harmonized trumpet,
  • same as verse guitar.
     
    Finally, the last section, in which he strums the chords in a dramatic
  • fashion. The strum pattern starts on the "and" pickup of the preceding
    measure. For lack of a better way to notate this, "o"s mark the strums,
    with capital "O"s being accented strums.
  •  
    Aa1eAa2eAa3eAa1eAa2eAa3eAa
    ooO ooO oo and so on and so forth
  •  
    The chords (relative to capo) are D A Em G. The first part of the lyrics
    here are chanted by the female Illinoismakers:
  •  
    D A Em G
    Oh great sights u---pon this state, Hallelujiah
  • Wonders bright and river's wake , Hallelujiah
    Trail of Tears and Horseshoe Lake , Hallelujiah
    Trusting things be--yond mistake , Hallelujiah
  •  
    On "Trail of Tears," Sufjan enters with:
     
  • D A Em G
    We were in love, we were in love, Palisades, Palisades, I can wait, I can wait
    We were in love, we were in love, Palisades, Palisades, I can wait, I can wait
  •  
    Trumpet/vibraphone line enters, no guitar
     
  • We were in love, we were in love, Palisades, Palisades, I can wait, I can wait
     
    Chanting resumes as "We were in love" continues, strumming resumes:
  •  
    D A Em G
    Lamb of God we sound the horn, Hallelujiah
  • to us your ghost is born, Hallelujiah
     
    Now just woodwinds, no guitar:
  •  
    I can't explain the state that I'm in,
    the state of my heart, he was my best friend.
  • Into the car, from the backseat,
    oh admiration, in falling asleep.
     
  • All of my powers, day after day,
    I can tell you, we swaggered and swayed.
    Deep in the Tower, the prairies below,
  • I can tell you, but telling gets old.
     
    Here, the chanting resumes from "Oh great sights . . ."
  •  
    Terrible sting, terrible storm,
    I can tell you, the day we were born.
  • My friend is gone, he ran away,
    I can tell you, I love him each day.
     
  • Though we have sparred, wrestled, and raged,
    I can tell you, I love him each day.
    Terrible sting, terrible storm
  • I can tell you
     
    and fin.
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