America
Sufjan Stevens
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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 AmericaEm Am C D Don’t do to me what you did to America [Verse 1]Em Am I have loved you, I have grievedC D I’m ashamed to admit I no longer believeEm Am I have loved you, I receivedC D I have traded my life for a picture of the sceneryEm Am C D Don’t do to me what you did to AmericaEm Am C D Don’t do to me what you did to America [Refrain 2]Cmaj7 Em C/E D I give it all up in laughterCmaj7 Em C/E D The sign of the cross awaiting disasterCmaj7 Em C/E D The dove flew to me like a vision of paranoiaCmaj7 Em C/E D The dove flew to me like a vision of paranoia [Verse 2]Em Am I have loved you (I have loved you) like a dream (like a dream)C D I have kissed your lips like a Judas in heatEm Am I have worshiped (I have worshiped), I believed (I believed)Continues after the adC D I have broke your bread for a splendor of machineryEm Am C D Don’t look at me like I’m acting hystericalEm Am C D Don’t look at me like I’m acting hysterical [Verse 3]Em Am I have worshiped (I have worshipped), I have cried (I have cried)C D I have put my hands in the wounds on your sideEm Am I have tasted (I have tasted) of your blood (of your blood)C D I have choked on the waters, I abated the floodEm Am I am broken (I am broken), I am beat (I am beat)C D But I will find my way like a Judas in heatEm Am I am fortune (I am fortune), I am free (I am free)C D I’m like a fever of light in the land of opportunity [Chorus]Em Am Don’t do to me what you did to AmericaC D (Don’t do to me what you do to yourself)Em Am Don’t do to me what you did to AmericaC D (Don’t do to me what you do to yourself)Em Am Don’t do to me what you did to AmericaC D (Don’t do to me what you do to yourself)Em Am Don’t do to me what you did to AmericaC D (Don’t do to me what you do to yourself) [Instrumental]Em Am C DEm Am C DG Em Am DG Em Am D7G Em Am D7G Em Am D7G Em Am D7G Em Am D7G Em Am D7G Em Am D7G Am7 Am FG Am7 Am FG Am7 Am FG Am7 Am F [Other]G F Don’t do to me what you did to AmericaG F Don’t do to me what you did to AmericaG F Don’t do to me what you did to AmericaG F Don’t do to me what you did to AmericaG Am7 Am FG Am7 Am FG Am7 Am FG Am7 Am FG Am7 Am F Don’t do to me what you did to AmericaG Am7 Am F Don’t do to me what you did to AmericaG Am7 Am F Don’t do to me what you did to AmericaG Am7 Am F Don’t do to me what you did to America