Decatur Or Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother chords by Sufjan Stevens

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 5th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G
C majorC G+G D MajorD   x2

Verse 1:
C majorC    G+G      A minorAm      G+G
Our stepmom, we did everything to hate her
C majorC      G+G      A minorAm    G+G
She took us down to the edge of Decatur
C majorC     G+G      A minorAm    G+G
We saw the lion and the kangaroo take her
C majorC      G+G        A minorAm      G+G
Down to the river where they caught a wild alligator

Instrumental:
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD

Verse 2:
C majorC    G+G     A minorAm  G+G
Sangamon River, it overflowed
  C majorC    G+G        A minorAm      G+G
It caused a mudslide on the banks of the operator
C majorC     G+G     A minorAm    G+G
Civil War skeletons in their graves
   C majorC    G+G        A minorAm      G+G
They came up clapping in the spirit of the aviator

Instrumental:
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD x2

Verse 3:
  C majorC      G+G        A minorAm      G+G
The sound of the engines and the smell of the grain
C majorC   G+G      A minorAm    G+G
We go riding on the abolition grain train
C majorC     G+G       A minorAm   G+G
Stephen A. Douglas was a great debater
  C majorC    G+G        A minorAm    G+G
But Abraham Lincoln was the great emancipator

Instrumental:
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD x2

Verse 4:
C majorC    G+G       A minorAm   G+G
Chickenmobile with your rooster tail
 C majorC     G+G    A minorAm    G+G
I had my fill, and I know how bad it feels
C majorC    G+G   A minorAm      G+G
Stay awake and watch for the data
C majorC    G+G      A minorAm   G+G
No small caterpillar, go congratulate her

Instrumental:
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD x2

Chorus:
C majorC   G+G   A minorAm  G+G  C majorC   G+G
Denominator, go Decatur, go Decatur
D MajorD
It's the great I am
C majorC   G+G    A minorAm   G+G  C majorC      G+G
Abominate her, go Decatur, why did we hate her?
D MajorD
It's the great I am
C majorC   G+G   A minorAm  G+G   C majorC   G+G
Denominator, go Decatur, anticipate her
D MajorD
It's the great I am
C majorC   G+G    A minorAm   G+G
Appreciate her, appreciate her
C majorC       G+G    D MajorD
Stand up and thank her

Outro:
C majorC       G+G
Stand up and thank her
D MajorD
It's the great I am
C majorC       G+G
Stand up and thank her
D MajorD
It's the great I am
C majorC       G+G
Stand up and thank her
D MajorD
It's the great I am
C majorC       G+G     D MajorD
Stand up and thank her