Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "All Delighted People" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

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Em                      Bm
Tomorrow you'll see it through
G                         Am
The clouded out disguises put you in the room
D                           C
And though I wandered out alone
G          Gmaj7           Em      G
A thousand lights abounded on our home
C                     G
And I remember every sound it made
      D                           Em7
The clouded out disguises and the grave
C                           G
So yeah I know I'm still afraid
    D                           Em  Cmaj7
Of letting go of choices I have made

Chorus:
D
All delighted people raise their hands

Em                     Bm
And I took you by the sleeve
 G                      Am
No other reason than to be leading your leading man
Em                      Bm
And you woke up with a fright
G                         Am
Our lives depended on the visions through the night
Em                                Bm
And all we had always, all we had always
wanted to before
G                           Am                E
The hurricane inclined us, grappling on the floor

Chorus

Still the force of nature spurned
Ideas of strength and style abated by
the burning basement

Chorus

C                  G
I'm not easily confused
      D                               Em
The trouble with the storm inside us grew
 C                    G
But I had so much to give
     D                          Em  G
In spite of all the terror and abuse

C                          G
And the people bowed and prayed
E         Em                 A
And what difference does it make for you and me?
D
All delighted people raise their hands

C                          G
And the people bowed and prayed
Am                           G
And what difference does it make?
Dm                C
It doesn't matter anyway
Am            G                  D
The world surrounds us with its hate

Hello darkness my old friend it breaks my heart
I’ve come to strangle you in spite of what
you’d like
And don’t be a rascal, don’t be a laughing
dog in spite of odds
All I’m deciphering from the spirits in
the light within

Chorus

In restless dreams I walked alone I walked alive
The clouded out disguises left me
in a dream of lightness

Chorus

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And what difference does it make?
I love you so much anyway
And on your breast I gently laid
Your arms surround me in the lake
I am joined with you forever

And the people bowed and prayed
And what difference does it make for you and me?

Chorus

I’m not easily confused
I feel alive I feel it glowing in the room

D
All delighted people raise their hands
F#m            E
All delighted people
Bm
All delighted people raise their hands
D              E
All delighted people
D
All delighted people raise their hands
F#m            E
All delighted people
Bm
All delighted people raise their hands
D              E
All delighted people

D                        F#m  E
And the people bowed and prayed
      G                                       D
Oh I love you a lot; Oh! I love you from the top
         E
of my heart
D                           F#m E
And what difference does it make?
         G                                       D
I still love you a lot; Oh! I love you from the top
         E
of my heart
G            Bm              A  E        Em
And on your breast I gently laid all my head
in your arms
Em                      D                E
Do you love me from the top of your heart?
G           Bm              D  E         G
I tried my best I tried in vain. Do you love
me a lot?
                         D                E
Do you love me from the top of your heart?

D                        A   E
And the people bowed and prayed
       G
Oh! I love you a lot; Oh!
                     D             E
I love you from the top of my heart
D                            A      E
And you can see through my mistakes
          G
Oh! I'll tell it to you now;
                           D
Oh! I'll tell it from the top of my heart

G         Bm                 A    E
And what difference does it make
        G              D        A                G
If the world is a mess; if the world is a mess?
G            Bm              A    E
And on your breast I gently laid
          G                            A
Oh! I'll tell it to you now; Oh! I'll tell it
to you now

A                                 G
(When the world's come and gone shall we
 Bm     A         E
follow our transgressions
G         D         A
Or shall we stand strong?)

G          Bm                 A    E
I tried to save the things I made
             G                            A
Oh! But the world is a mess, Oh! But the world
is a mess
G         Bm                 A  E7       G
And what difference does it make if the world
      D
is a mess?
       A
If the world is a mess?
G           Bm              A   C#m
I tried my best I tried in vain
             G               Bm
Oh! But the world is a mess!
             A               G
Oh! But the world is a mess!

G       Bm       A     E       G        Bm
Suffer not the child among you or shall you die
A
young when the world's come and gone
G      Bm        A     E       G        Bm
Suffer not the child among you or shall you die
 A
young when the world's come and gone


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Am

Guitar chord Am

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

C

Guitar chord C

C#m

Guitar chord C#m

Cmaj7

Guitar chord Cmaj7

D

Guitar chord D

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

E

Guitar chord E

E7

Guitar chord E7

Em

Guitar chord Em

Em7

Guitar chord Em7

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

G

Guitar chord G

Gmaj7

Guitar chord Gmaj7

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "All Delighted People" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "All Delighted People" by Sufjan Stevens.

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