[DawnsMinstrel]

Yeah, there is a lot going on I have to admit. I wouldn't be such a pain in the rear about it if it weren't for the fact that at least in verse one I definitely hear both the sharped 5th and the natural 5th leading me to think that the g and b strings are played open there.

I agree with RJ about the sequence generally, I'd have to check some of the details, but will say that in the same way that Bm5+ and Bm flat 6 are closely related, so too are Em sus2 and Em 9. An Em sus 2 is essentially and Em with the minor third dropped by a half step to the 2. The F# that still sounds when the E is played in the base on "by with..." is that 2..... but..... it's also a 9! So, if the minor third is still in there somewhere it may indeed be more correct to call it an Em9. I guess I was preferring sus2 because the F# is just a step away from the tonic. I think of 9's as being more than an octave away, but I must admit that the G which is the minor third is still there too. So Em9 it is.