xTabbed by: Ryan Sommers E-mail: [email protected] This entire song is one finger-picked progression with discretionary variances: Dm Cadd9 e|-----------1---------------1-------------------------------------| B|-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------1-| G|---2---------------2---------------0-------0-------0-------0-----| D|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------2-------2-------2-------2---| A|---------------------------------3-------3-------3-------3-------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| Am F e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-| G|---2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----| D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-----------------------------------| A|-0-------0-------0-------0---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---| As the song progresses, Sufjan throws in the open high E string as he pleases on the Cadd9, Am, and F chords: Dm Cadd9 e|-----------1---------------1-----------------------0-------------| B|-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------1-| G|---2---------------2---------------0-------0---------------0-----| D|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------2-------2-------2-------2---| A|---------------------------------3-------3-------3-------3-------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| Am F e|-------------------0-----------------------0---------------0-----| B|-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-| G|---2-------2---------------2-------2---------------2-------------| D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-----------------------------------| A|-0-------0-------0-------0---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---| That's how he includes it most of the time, but he varies it up a lot, especially as the song builds.