Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy, Jr. (Cover)

A cover of a really creepy and strangely touching Sufjan Stevens song. Yes, it's originally played on guitar and piano. I did it on a banjo.... because I can. Bwa ha ha.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Sufjan
• Stevens
• John
• Wayne
• Gacy
• Jr.
• acoustic
• cover
• banjo
• Logan
• Marston

[leaheplin]

OMG. Could I please please PLEASE have the tab? That's amazingly beautiful.

[inherentmediocrity]

Hey there, the chords are Dm C Am F for the whole song, and I pick the D string with my thumb, the G with my index finger, and then make a click with my fingernails in a muted strum, plucking the B string with my middle finger before repeating. Hope that helps! I'm glad you liked it. :-)

Also, there's a whole bunch of tutorial videos for "I'll Follow You into the Dark" that teach that pattern, if that would help. Shalom!

[fillXinXblankXstares]

This is amazing <3

[AndrewTaylorMusic]

Hey there inherentmediocrity. I've not checked out a really large number of covers of this song, but I've have seen a fair amount, and yours is by far the best, especially in regard to the vocal line, which is clearly the focal point of this song. You're vocal pitch is pure and your tone quite good. Keep it up. I'll certainly be visiting your channel to check out your other videos. :). If you'd like, feel free to check out the cover I posted of this song last night on my own channel.

[onelastpiano]

jesus! ...i mean jesus? i didn't know you were a sufjan fan. it's not really fair to everyone else to put your absoulutely perfect cover on youtube. but wahtever, your will be done. keep up the good work

[atomicusagi]

that's beautiful

[sullenity]

wow...............

i..

wow.

[6stringheart]

so...

im pretty sure i like signed up for this 'youtube' thing, which i said i would never do, just so i could tell you that i think you've got mad skills, you did a wicked job of this cover, holy shit man you got skills, consider this comment 1 for this vid...and what a positive one to start huh?