Mystery Of Love - Sufjan Stevens

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Capo: Fret 7
Chord Voicings:

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G6      - 3200


00 (or, if you

 prefer... X05

430)
      - X02210
     - 000211
       - X32010
     - X2003X
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[Intro]

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[Verse 1]
       
Oh, to see wit

         
hout my eyes
            
The first time

           
 that you kiss

ed me
       
Boundless by t

           
he time I crie

d
            
I built your w

        
alls around me
       
White noise, w

              
hat an awful s


ound
            
Fumbling by Ro

     
gue River
       
Feel my feet a

           
bove the groun

d
            
Hand of God, d

   
eliver me


[Chorus 1]
           
Oh, oh woe-oh-

        
woah is me
          
The first time

          
 that you touc

   
hed me
           
Oh, will wonde

          
rs ever cease?
       
Blessed be the

       
 mystery of lo


ve

[Interlude]

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[Verse 2]
       
Lord, I no lon

      
ger believe
            
Drowned in liv

     
ing waters
       
Cursed by the 

              
love that I re


ceived
            
From my brothe

      
r's daughter
       
Like Hephaesti

         
on, who died
           
Alexander's lo


ver
       
Now my riverbe

       
d has dried
            
Shall I find n

   
o other?


[Chorus 2]
           
Oh, oh woe-oh-

        
woah is me
         
I'm running li

      
ke  a  plover
           
Now I'm prone 

     
to misery
          
The birthmark 

        
on your should

   
er reminds me

[Interlude]

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[Verse 3]
       
How much sorro

         
w can I take?
            
Blackbird on m

    
y shoulder
       
And what diffe

              
rence does it 

 
make
            
When this love

     
 is over?
       
Shall I sleep 

            
within your be

d
          
River of unhap

piness
       
Hold your hand

           
s upon my head
            
Till I breathe

          
 my last breat

h


[Chorus 3]
           
Oh, oh woe-oh-

        
woah is me
          
The last time 

          
that you touch

  
ed me
           
Oh, will wonde

         
rs ever cease?
       
Blessed be the

       
 mystery of lo


ve

[Outro]

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