Sufjan Stevens - America: chords

Em     Am         C      D
Is it love you’re after?
Em              Am                 C    D
A sign of the flood or one more disaster?

Em                      Am            C D
Don’t do to me what you did to America
Em                      Am            C D
Don’t do to me what you did to America

        Em                Am
I have loved you, I have grieved
       C                   D
I’m ashamed to admit I no longer believe
       Em              Am
I have loved you, I received
         C                   D
I have traded my life for a picture of the scenery

Em                      Am            C D
Don’t do to me what you did to America
Em                      Am            C D
Don’t do to me what you did to America

Cmaj7               Em    C D
I give it all up in laughter
Cmaj7                 Em               C D
The sign of the cross awaiting disaster
    Cmaj7                  Em               C D
The dove flew to me like a vision of paranoia
    Cmaj7                  Em               C D
The dove flew to me like a vision of paranoia

I have loved you like a dream
I have kissed your lips like a Judas in heat
I have worshipped, I believed
I have broke your bread for a splendor of machinery
Don’t look at me like I’m acting hysterical
Don’t look at me like I’m acting hysterical

I have worshipped, I have cried
I have put my hands in the wounds on your side
I have tasted of your blood
I have choked on the waters, I abated the flood
I am broken, I am beat
But I will find my way like a Judas in heat
I am fortune, I am free
I’m like a fever of light in the land of opportunity

Don’t do to me what you did to America
(Don’t do to me what you do to yourself)
Don’t do to me what you did to America
(Don’t do to me what you do to yourself)
Don’t do to me what you did to America
(Don’t do to me what you do to yourself)
Don’t do to me what you did to America
(Don’t do to me what you do to yourself)

Don’t do to me what you did to America
Don’t do to me what you did to America
Don’t do to me what you did to America
Don’t do to me what you did to America