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

• Capo on 5th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

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