Sufjan Stevens - John My Beloved: chords

Am          Em         Bm7
Are we to speak, first day of the week
C          G            D
Stumbling words at the bar
Am           Em       Bm7
Beauty blue eyes, my order of fries
C            G            D
Long island kindness and wine

Beloved of John, I get it all wrong
I read you for some kind of poem
Covered in lines, the fossils I find
Have they no life of their own?

Chorus:
Em          Bm7
So can we pretend sweetly
   C        G      D
Before the mystery ends?
        C                       G
I am a man with a heart that offends
          C          G        D
With its lonely and greedy demands
        Em       D        G        C          G
There’s only a shadow of me; in a manner of speaking
     D
I'm dead

Such a waste, your beautiful face
Stumbling carpet arise
Go follow your gem, your white feathered friend
Icarus, point to the sun

If history speaks of two baby teeth
I’m painting the hills blue and red
They said beware, Lord, hear my prayer
I’ve wasted my throes on your head

Chorus:
So can we be friends, sweetly
Before the mystery ends?
I love you more than the world can contain
In its lonely and ramshackle head
There’s only a shadow of me; in a matter of speaking
I'm dead

I’m holding my breath
My tongue on your chest
What can be said of my heart?
If history speaks, the kiss on my cheek
Where there remains but a mark

Beloved, my John, so I’ll carry on
Counting my cards down to one
And when I am dead, come visit my bed
My fossil is bright in the sun

Chorus:
So can we contend, peacefully
Before my history ends?
Jesus, I need you, be near me, come shield me
From fossils that fall on my head
There’s only a shadow of me; in a matter of speaking
I'm dead