Decatur Or Round of Applause for Your Step-Mother

[Intro] F C G C F C G

[Verse 1] F C G C Our step-mom we did everything to hate her F C G She took us down to the edge of Decatur F C G C We saw the lion and the kangeroo take her F C G Down to the river where they caught a wild alligator

[Verse 2] F C G C Sangamon River it overflowed F C G It caused a mudslide on the banks of the operator F C G C Civil war skeletons in their graves, F C G They came up clapping in the spirit of the aviator

[Verse 3] F C G C The sound of the engines and the smell of the grain, F C G We go riding on the abolition grain train F C G C Steven A. Douglas was a great debater, F C G But Abraham Lincoln was the great emancipator

[Verse 4] F C G C Chickenmobile with your rooster tail F C G I had my fill and I know how bad it feels F C G C Stay awake and watch for the data F C G No small caterpiller, go congratulate her

[Outro] F C G C Denominator, go Decatur, go Decatur, F C G It's the great I Am F C G C abominate her, go Decatur, why did we hate her? F C G It's the great I Am F C G C Denominator, go Decatur, anticipate her F C G It's the great I Am F C G C Appreciate her, appreciate her, F C G Stand up and thank her, F C G C Stand up and thank her, F C G It's the great I Am. F C G C Stand up and thank her, F C G It's the great I Am. F C G C Stand up and thank her, F C G It's the great I Am. F C G C Stand up and thank her