Fourth of July — Sufjan Stevens

Chords and lyrics for Fourth of July by Sufjan Stevens (key of D).

Verse 1

Chords (just for the intro and outro, the rest doesn't need specification)
F#m (x x 4 6 7 5)
E13 (0 x x 4 2 4)
Dmaj7 (x x 0 2 2 2)

Intro

F#m - E13 - Dmaj7 (x4)

Verse 1

The [Dmaj7]evil it [E]spread like a [A]fever [E]ahead
It was [Dmaj7]night when you [E]died, my firefly[Dmaj7]
[Dmaj7]What could I have [E]said to [A]raise you from the [E]dead?
Oh could [Dmaj7]I be the [E]sky on the Fourth of [Dmaj7]July?

Verse 2

Well you [E]do enough [A]talk
[E]My little [A]hawk, [E]why do you [Dmaj7]cry?
Tell me [E]what did you [A]learn from the [E]Tillamook [A]burn?
Or the [E]Fourth of [Dmaj7]July?
We’re all gonna [Dmaj7]die [E][A][Dmaj7][E]

Interlude

[Dmaj7] [E] [A] [E] [Dmaj7]

Verse 3

[Dmaj7]Sitting at the [E]bed with the [A]halo at your [E]head
Was it [Dmaj7]all a [E]disguise, like Junior [Dmaj7]High
Where [Dmaj7]everything was [E]fiction, [A]future, and [E]prediction
[Dmaj7]Now, where am [E]I? My fading [Dmaj7]supply

Verse 4

Did you [E]get enough [A]love, [E]my little [A]dove
[E]Why do you [Dmaj7]cry?
And I’m [E]sorry I [A]left, but it [E]was for the [A]best
Though it [E]never felt [Dmaj7]right
My little [Dmaj7][E][A][E]Versailles[E][Dmaj7]
[Dmaj7] [E] [A] [E] [Dmaj7] [E] [Dmaj7]

Verse 5

The [Dmaj7]hospital [E]asked should the [A]body be [E]cast
Before [Dmaj7]I say [E]goodbye, my star in the [Dmaj7]sky
[Dmaj7]Such a funny [E]thought to [A]wrap you up in [E]cloth
Do you [Dmaj7]find it all [E]right, my dragonfly?[Dmaj7]

Verse 6

Shall we [E]look at the [A]moon, [E]my little [A]loon
Why do you [Dmaj7]cry?
Make the [E]most of your [A]life, [E]while it is [A]rife
[E]While it is [Dmaj7]light

Verse 7

Outro

F#m - E13 - Dmaj7
We're all gonna die (x5)
Transcription by Martín Ferroni
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Fourth of July — Sufjan Stevens

Verse 1

Intro

Verse 1

Verse 2

Interlude

Verse 3

Verse 4

Verse 5

Verse 6

Verse 7

Outro

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