Sufjan Stevens – The 50 States (Guitar)

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[Intro] B E D#m7 C#m7 x2 [Chorus]
B                    E
  It's a part of the act

          D#m7
The fifty states

             C#m7
Pack up your bags

               B
It's never too late

        E         D#m7
From Alabama to Arkansas

        C#m7                B
Follow Alaska, say what you saw

            E                D#m7
Swim in the ocean, Maryland, Maine

          C#m7                   B
Then Massachusetts, what a great place

          E                   D#m7
Go to New Hampshire, Missouri too

            C#m7              B
It's not Virginia but it will do
[Verse]
B        E           D#m7 C#m7
  Take a drive to Ohio

B         E                   D#m7 C#m7
  We went running through the oil

B        E           D#m7 C#m7
  And my favorite avenue

B            E                D#m7 C#m7
  I tried it all my favorite shoes
[Chorus]
B               E               D#m7
  There's Mississippi, Kentucky blue

             C#m7
Rhode Island rage

                B
And a Tennessee too

        E            D#m7
See Oklahoma or Michigan

            C#m7                 B
There's a Nevada, see Washington win.

      E           D#m7
Or Arizona, Colorado

            C#m7            B
Connecticut Yankee, love Ohio.

      E             D#m7
Louisiana, Delaware who

        C#m7                    B
Go Minnesota, we're thinking of you.
[Verse]
        E               D#m7
When we came to Washington

         C#m7           B
(When we came to Washington)

        E                   D#m7
We went running through the rain

         C#m7                B
(We went running through the rain)

      E             D#m7
And my favorite city park

        C#m7          B
(and his favorite city park)

      E                D#m7
And my favorite time of day

        C#m7             B
(And his favorite time of day)
[Chorus]
       E               D#m7
Oh California, Wyoming too

         C#m7                     B
Go to Wisconsin, New Jersey loves you

          E              D#m7
Fly in to Georgia, Idaho Bay

       C#m7                   B
Or Indiana, they all seem the same

        E               D#m7
Florida voting, Montana chew

        C#m7                       B
Visit Nebraska, there's nothing to do

          E            D#m7
North Carolina, Oregon arms

         C#m7             B
Illinois people, Illinois farms
[Verse]
     E                D#m7
If I lived in Rhode Island

        C#m7             B
(If you lived in Rhode Island)

      E                D#m7
Or if I lived in Michigan

   C#m7                   B
(I heard he lived in Michigan)

        E             D#m7
Or if I lived to be a man

           C#m7          B
 (or if he lives to be a man).

         E           D#m7
Will you comfort me again?

         C#m7         B
(We will comfort him again.)
[Chorus]
                E                D#m7
There's West Virginia, gold in Vermont

      C#m7              B
Visit Hawaii or New Mexico

      E                  D#m7
Iowa, Texas, take it all in

    C#m7                          B
The Mormons in Utah, the money in gin

               E                 D#m7
There's Pennsylvania, driving at night

          C#m7           B
South Carolina, what a delight

            E                 D#m7
Dakotas and Kansas, piggy and pork

          C#m7
Jump on a train,

                    B
heading back to New York.
[Solo]
B               E          D#m7     C#m7
 Da da da da da  da da da  da da da da da  X4
[Chorus]
B                    E
  It's a part of the act

          D#m7
The fifty states

             C#m7
Pack up your bags

               B
It's never too late   x10
[Ad libs during choruses] (Pack up your bags, bells!) (Pack up your bags, guitar!) (Pack up your bags, drum kit!) (Pack up your bags, snare drum!) (God bless America) (Land that I love)