They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!!
by Sufjan Stevens

Intro:  Am!  Dm  Am   Em

Rpeat this riff during the "I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S..." part

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I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S! Ring the bell and call or write us 
I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S! Can you call the Captain Clitus? 
Logan, Grant, and Ronald Reagan 
In the grave with Xylophagan 
Do you know the ghost community? 
Sound the horn, address the city 

(Who will save it? Dedicate it? 
Who will praise it? Commemorate it for you?) 

Am (x02210@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)           AmWe (x02210@1)are awaken with the ax 
             Em (022000@1)           AmNight (x02210@1)of the Living Dead at last 
          Dm (xx0231@1)                AmThey (x02210@1)have begun to shake the dirt 
             Em (022000@1)               AmWiping (x02210@1)their shoulders from the earth 
          Dm (xx0231@1)             AmI (x02210@1)know, I know the nations past 
          Em (022000@1)              AmI (x02210@1)know, I know they rust at last 
             Dm (xx0231@1)             AmThey (x02210@1)tremble with the nervous thought 
          Em (022000@1)           AmOf (x02210@1)having been, at last, forgot 

I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S! Ring the bell and call or write us 
I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S! Can you call the Captain Clitus? 
B-U-D-A! Caledonia! S-E-C-O-R! Magnolia! 
B-I-R-D-S! And Kankakee! Evansville and Parker City 

Am (x02210@1)           Dm (xx0231@1)                   AmSpeaking (x02210@1)their names, they shake the flag 
          Em (022000@1)                AmWking (x02210@1)the earth, it lifts and lags 
         Dm (xx0231@1)              AmWe (x02210@1)see a thousand rooms to rest 
           Em (022000@1)              AmHelping (x02210@1)us taste the bite of death 
          Dm (xx0231@1)             AmI (x02210@1)know, I know my time has passed 
           Em (022000@1)              AmI'm (x02210@1)not so young, I'm not so fast 
          Dm (xx0231@1)             AmI (x02210@1)tremble with the nervous thought 
          Em (022000@1)           AmOf (x02210@1)having been, at last, forgot 

I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S! Ring the bell and call or write us 
I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S! Can you call the Captain Clitus? 
Comer and Potato Peelers! G-R-E-E-N ridge! Reeders 
M-C-V-E-Y! And Horace! E-N-O-S! Start the chorus 

Corn and Farms and Tombs in Lemmon 
Sailor Springs and all things feminine 
Centerville and Old Metropolis 
Shawneetownn, you trade and topple us 
I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S! Hold your tongue and don't divide us 
I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S! Land of God, you hold and guide us