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The 50 States

Sufjan Stevens

Chord: Principal (acoustic and electric guitars)
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key: B
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)
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