Sufjan Stevens – Decatur Or Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother (Guitar)

Capo 5
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Chords

[Intro] C G Am G C G D x2 [Verse 1]
C       G           Am            G
Our stepmom, we did everything to hate her

C           G           Am        G
She took us down to the edge of Decatur

C          G            Am       G
We saw the lion and the kangaroo take her

C           G                Am            G
Down to the river where they caught a wild alligator
[Instrumental] C G Am G C G D [Verse 2]
C        G         Am   G
Sangamon River, it overflowed

   C        G               Am           G
It caused a mudslide on the banks of the operator

C         G         Am       G
Civil War skeletons in their graves

     C       G               Am            G
They came up clapping in the spirit of the aviator
[Instrumental] C G Am G C G D x2 [Verse 3]
    C            G               Am           G
The sound of the engines and the smell of the grain

C      G            Am        G
We go riding on the abolition grain train

C          G             Am      G
Stephen A. Douglas was a great debater

    C       G               Am       G
But Abraham Lincoln was the great emancipator
[Instrumental] C G Am G C G D x2 [Verse 4]
C        G              Am      G
Chickenmobile with your rooster tail

  C         G        Am       G
I had my fill, and I know how bad it feels

C        G     Am            G
Stay awake and watch for the data

C        G            Am      G
No small caterpillar, go congratulate her
[Instrumental] C G Am G C G D x2 [Chorus]
C      G      Am    G    C     G
Denominator, go Decatur, go Decatur

D
It's the great I am

C     G       Am     G    C           G
Abominate her, go Decatur, why did we hate her?

D
It's the great I am

C     G      Am    G     C      G
Denominator, go Decatur, anticipate her

D
It's the great I am

C      G       Am      G
Appreciate her, appreciate her

C             G        D
Stand up and thank her
[Outro]
C             G
Stand up and thank her

D
It's the great I am

C             G
Stand up and thank her

D
It's the great I am

C             G
Stand up and thank her

D
It's the great I am

C             G          D
Stand up and thank her