Chords
Big Parade

Key: E

Introduction:

     C                   F               C         F                 C         G                 C 
Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
     C                 F         C           F         C           G         C 
All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
 C                                                                             G 
Fleet of black, fleet of black limousines
                                           F                                                 C 
These tinted machines, here comes the cavalcade
                                                                                                   G 
With the armored cars, armored cars like berettas
                                     F                                       C                         G 
Flags on antennaes designed to keep me safe, keep me safe
 C                       G                 C 
And oh my my oh hey hey
 F             C                   G           C 
Here he comes, the candidate
 C                           G                       C 
Blue eyed boy, united states
 F               C               G             C 
Vote for him, the candidate
 C                                                                               G 
Diamonds cut, diamonds cut for the carrots
                                 F                                                       C 
Plaster of paris, the floats fill up the street
                                                                                                               G 
And the beauty queens, beauty queens with the white gloves
                                                   F                                                       C                   G 
All sick from the night clubs, they wave with pageantry, pageantry
 C                       G                 C 
And oh my my oh hey hey
 F             C                   G             C 
Here it comes, the big parade
 C                                   G                 C 
Marching bands and barricades
 F         C                       G               C 
Make way, for the big parade
 C                                                                         G 
Canvas covered, canvas covered in resin
                               F                                               C 
The violent men who dance the blood ballet
                                                                                                   G 
And the bookies say, bookies say it's the 3rd round
                                                     F                                                             C                                   G 
Oh when louie will go down, if he don't there's hell to pay, and hell to raise
 C                       G                 C 
And oh my my oh hey hey
 F               C                   G                 C 
Here he comes, the welterweight
 C                                   G                 C 
Take a dive, for goodness sake
 F                       C                 G               C 
Or say goodbye to the welterweight
 C                                                                                 G 
Catholic priest, catholic priest in a crisis
                                                                     F                                                   C 
He's torn between romance and jesus, who will win the civil war
                                                                                                 G 
And he says I'm in love, I'm in love with a woman
                                                 F                                                                         C               G 
Yea this is my confession, I'm leaving I can't a priest anymore, anymore
 C                       G               C 
And oh my my oh hey hey
 F                     C     G                       C 
There he goes, the man of faith
 C                                   G             C 
Left the church for a fiance
 F                   C       G                       C 
Let him love, the man of faith
 C                                                                     G 
T.v. cameras, t.v. cameras and stage hands
                                   F                                 C 
American bandstand, electric guitars
                                                                                                 G 
And he's singin songs, singin songs for the lonely
                                                               F                                                                 C                   G 
All the girls with the room keys, they know all his words by heart, by heart and they all sing
 C 
Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
 C 
All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
 C                         G                   C     F                   C       G                 C 
Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
 C                           G           C     F               C     G         C 
All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
 Am                           G               F 
Lovely girl won't you stay, oh oh ohoh
 C                 G             C 
Oh my my oh hey hey
 F                     C         G                   C 
Here she comes by saving grace
 C                           G                     C 
Burn the car and save the plates
 F                     C     G                     C 
She's arrived, my saving grace