The Avalanche Tab

by Sufjan Stevens
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
Author unregistered_464578 20.
1 contributor total, last edit on Sep 1, 2018
Tabbed by: Jimmy Callin
From the album "The Avalanche" by Sufjan Stevens
This is my first tab, so please be gentle!
 
Standard tuning
Capo on 1st fret
 
Chords:
Dsus2  xx0230
Am     x02210
F/C    x33211
C      x32010
 
[Intro/Verse]
 
    Dsus2    Am   (Am7)        F/C    C
E|------0----------3------------------------------------------------|
B|--3--------1-------1----------------1-----1---------0h1p0---------|
G|----2---2-----2-----------0--0h2-------0-----0------------0-------|
D|-----------2---------0h3---------3--------------2-----------------|
A|--0--------------------------3------------3---------2-------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Play this part over and over, but with small variations at the end.
 
[Ending]
 
The ending is basically Dsus2 all the way through, a hint of D Major during some parts,
with nothing else comping I like to throw in a G now and then.
 
Lyrics:
 
[Verse]
I call ye cabin neighbors
I call you once my friends
But I trust when you labor
And put my head to rest
 
But I was on the hatch
I was on the avalanche
And I had found my match
I was on the floor
 
I took a train from Virginia
To Illinois, my home
He said “I knew you had it in ya"
A mind to make its own
 
But I was on the hatch
Riding on the avalanche
I tried to take it back
I was on the floor
 
[Ending]
Come on, Stone!
Come on, Star!
Come on, Snow!
Come on, Car!
Come on, Hands!
Come on, Feet!
Come on, Face!
Come on, Street!
Come on, State!
Come on, Song!
Move it fast! (Take it up)
Move it along! (The Ohio River)
Come on, Life! (Take it up)
Come on, Lord! (Take it over)
Make it right! (To the Mississippi)
Make it Yours!
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2 comments
ms_tickley
i think the chords should be Dm Bb F C
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stevo_cool
The hammer-on the D string during the Am should be 0h2 and not 0h3, I think. Besides that, Great Work : )
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