Decatur Or Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother Chords

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Decatur Or Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother by Sufjan Stevens is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Am and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			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 


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 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante