White Cedar Chords
White Cedar by Mountain Goats is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G#m. It uses the chords G#m, A, F#m, E, D, B, C#m and Dmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G#m A F#m E D A
Like a star come down to walk the earth in radiant array
E B C#m A C#m
I saw the light of my spirit descend the other day
F#m E D C#m A
I was standing by the bus stop on northeast 33rd
C#m
When I got the word
E B A E
I will be made a new creature one bright day
E B A
I don't have to be afraid
E B
Speed that day on it's way
E D C#m B A
And you can't tell me what my spirit tells me isn't true
Dmaj7
Can you?
E
G#m A F#m E
G#m A F#m E
G#m A F#m
Woke up on lockdown one more time
E D A
My visions won't ever learn
E B C#m
But I see the light that much clearer
A C#m
Every time I return
F#m E D
Forge my armor in the old fire
C#m A
My spirit sings loud and clear
C#m
Even in here
E B A
I'll be reborn someday, someday
A B E
If I wait long enough
E B A
I don't have to be afraid
E B A
I don't want to be afraid
E D C#m B A
And you can't tell me what my spirit tells me isn't true
Dmaj7
Can you?
G#m A F#m E
G#m A F#m E