Before The Parade Passes By chords by Ginger Rogers
Verse 1
D
C#
Abdim
E
G
Em
D
Ephraim, let me go.
Em
It's been long enough, Ephraim.
D
Every night for all these years,
Em
I've went out the cat,
D
Em
I've locked the door,
I've made myself a little rum toddy.
D
And before I went to bed,
I said a prayer,
thanking God that I was independent,
Em
that no one else's life was mixed
D
up with mine.
Em
C
D
But then one night an
Em
oak leaf fell out of my Bible.
D
I placed it there the night you asked me to marry you, Ephraim,
C
a perfectly good oak leaf,
Em
but now without color and without life.
D
And I suddenly realized
Em
that I was like that oak leaf.
D
For years I had not shed one tear,
nor been filled with a wonderful hope
Em
Eb
C
that something or other might turn out well.
D
So, I've decided to rejoin
the human race.
And Ephraim,
I want you to give me away
before the parade passes by.
I'm gonna get in step,
C#
C#dim
A
while there's still time left,
Em
G
before the parade passes by.
D
Em
A
G
D
Gm
C
F
C#
A
Oh, Mrs. Levi, come along.
Em
G
Cornelius is taking us down
Em
D
A
to see the 14th Street Parade.
G
C
Everyone It's be March, Irene,
D
you're crying.
A
Oh, darling,
Em
G
D
the world is full of wonderful things.
Bm
Come with us, darling.
Cdim
Em
C#dim
A
D
G
I will, Irene, I will.
D
Before the
Verse 2
parade passes by
G
D
C#
I'm gonna go and taste
A
Asus4
Saturday's high life
A
Em
before the parade passes by.
I'm gonna get some life
A
D
back into my life.
I'm ready to move out in front.
Am
D
Em
I had enough of just passing my life.
A
D
Daug
With the rest of it, with the best of it,
D
E
I can't hold my head up high
D
For I've got a goal again
C#
I've got to drive again
E
D
I want to feel my heart
E
coming alive again
Em
C#dim
Em
G
D
Before the parade passes by
Eb
Look at that crowd up ahead
Listen and hear that brass
harmony growing
Bb
C
Fm
Look at that crowd up ahead
Bb
Eb
Pardon me if my own spirit is showing
All of those lights over there
Some to be telling me where I'm going
Ab
Eb
When the whistle blows
Em
and the cymbals crash
Eb
C
F
An d the sparkles light the sky
D
Eb
I'm gonna raise the roof,
I'm gonna carry on
F
Eb
Give me an old drum,
Cm
F
give me an old baton
Fm
C
Em
Eb
C
For the parade passes by
Em
C
And the parade passes by
G
Listen and hear that brass oboe glowing
Dm
And the parade passes by
Gm
G
C
Pardon me if my old spirit is showing
Am
All those lights over there
C
They seem to be telling me
where I'm going
F
Fm
C
When the whistle blow,
the cymbals crash,
Am
C
Bm
Gbdim
and the songbirds like last night.
D
C
I'm gonna raise the roof,
D
I'm gonna carry on.
C
Give me an old trombone,
C
D
give me an old baton,
G
Bb
G
D
Bm
before the parade has be gun.
Interlude 1
D
Db
Dm
A
E
Em
Asus4
Em
G
Asus4
A
D
C
Am
D
D
Daug
D
Bm
E
D
Verse 3
Give me an old trombone,
give me an old baton,
Outro 1
before the parade has started!
D
Before The Parade Passes By
Ginger Rogers
Speed: 1.0x
RestartPlay SpaceEnable loopDisable audioMore songs by Ginger Rogers
Discover chords for more songs to play
5.0Popular chords globally
Most played chords & tabs across all users