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Fourth of July

Sufjan Stevens
ChordsKeyGCapoFret 2beginner60 BPM
★4.9(1k)

Chords in this song7

capo 2 — sounds 2 semitones higher

Song

Am7 - x02213
D - xx0232
C - x32010

Intro

Am7 D C x4

Verse 1

The evil it spread like a fever ahead
It was night when you died, my firefly
What could I have said to raise you from the dead?
Oh could I be the sky on the Fourth of July?

Chorus

Well you do enough talk
My little hawk, why do you cry?
Tell me what did you learn from the Tillamook burn?
Or the Fourth of July?
We’re all gonna die

Interlude

Am7 D G D C D x2
 

Verse 2

Sitting at the bed with the halo at your head
Was it all a disguise, like Junior High
Where everything was fiction, future, and prediction
Now, where am I? My fading supply

Chorus

Did you get enough love,
my little dove, Why do you cry?
And I’m sorry I left, but it was for the best
Though it never felt right
My little Versailles

Interlude

Am7 D G D C D x2
 

Verse 3

The hospital asked should the body be cast
Before I say goodbye, my star in the sky
Such a funny thought to wrap you up in cloth
Do you find it all right, my dragonfly?

Chorus

Shall we look at the moon
My little loon, Why do you cry?
Make the most of your life, while it is rife
While it is light
Well you do enough talk
My little hawk, why do you cry?
Tell me what did you learn from the Tillamook burn?
Or the Fourth of July?
We’re all gonna die     
We’re all gonna die     
We’re all gonna die

Outro

We’re all gonna die (x4)
N.C.
We’re all gonna die

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