Avalanche Chords

KeyDsus CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays552

Avalanche by Sufjan Stevens is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dsus. It uses the chords Dsus2, Am, F, C, D and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Dsus
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro/Verse: 

    Dsus2    Am                F      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! 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante