We Are What You Say Chords
We Are What You Say by Sufjan Stevens is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, G, Bm, D and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro - Recorder
Em G Bm Em
e|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---0---0---2------4--------|-----------2-----0--------------|
D|---2---2---2------5--------|---4---4---4-----2--------------|
A|---------------------------|---2---2------------------------| X4
E|---0--------------3--------|-----------------0--------------|
Verso 1:
Em G Bm Em
We are a servant, we have a song
Em G Bm Em
The side of a beehive, a tabernacle choir
Em G Bm Em
We are the sound working in wars
Em G Bm Em
The bishop is gone to the acolyte shores
Interlude
Em G Bm Em
e|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---0---0---2------4--------|-----------2-----0--------------|
D|---2---2---2------5--------|---4---4---4-----2--------------|
A|---------------------------|---2---2------------------------| X4
E|---0--------------3--------|-----------------0--------------|
Verso 2:
Em G Bm Em
We save our Bibles, we pull our sleeves
Em G Bm Em
The word is a guard and the guard is a cleave
Em G Bm Em
We are the right, we are the stay
Em G Bm Em Em G
The accolade's gone, we are what you will say
Bm Em
We are what you will say
Bm Em Em Bm
We are what you will say
Interlude
Em G Bm Em
e|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---0---0---2------4--------|-----------2-----0--------------|
D|---2---2---2------5--------|---4---4---4-----2--------------|
A|---------------------------|---2---2------------------------| X4
E|---0--------------3--------|-----------------0--------------|
Verso 3:
Em G Bm Em
We have no language, we have no chore
Em G Bm Em
The side of a beehive, the bride is a whore
Em G Bm Em
We are a spite, we are at bay
Em G Bm Em
The spirit is life, we are what you say
Verso 4:
Em G Bm Em
We have a sermon, we have a song
Em G Bm Em
The bishop is easy, the bishop is wrong
Em G Bm Em
The spirit is right, the spirit will say
Em G Bm Em
We are a light, we are what you say
Bm Em
We are what you will say
Bm Em Bm Em
We are what you will say
Bm Em Bm Em
We are what you will say
Bm Em Bm Em
We are what you will say
Bm Em Bm Em
We are what you will say
Outro - a coda
||: Em D C Em Em D Bm Em :||