Key: F major
Verse 1
F#
E#
Cdim
G#
B
G#m
F#
G#m
I've locked the door,
I've made myself a little rum toddy.
I said a prayer,
thanking God that I was independent,
G#m
E
F#
But then one night an
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I placed it there the night you asked me to marry you, Ephraim,
G#m
but now without color and without life.
nor been filled with a wonderful hope
G#m
G
E
that something or other might turn out well.
the human race.
And Ephraim,
I want you to give me away
before the parade passes by.
I'm gonna get in step,
E#
E#dim
C#
while there's still time left,
G#m
B
before the parade passes by.
F#
G#m
C#
B
F#
Bm
E
A
E#
C#
Oh, Mrs. Levi, come along.
G#m
B
Cornelius is taking us down
G#m
F#
C#
to see the 14th Street Parade.
B
E
Everyone It's be March, Irene,
F#
you're crying.
G#m
B
F#
the world is full of wonderful things.
Edim
G#m
E#dim
C#
F#
B
I will, Irene, I will.
Verse 2
parade passes by
B
F#
E#
I'm gonna go and taste
C#
C#sus4
Saturday's high life
C#
G#m
before the parade passes by.
I'm gonna get some life
C#
F#
back into my life.
I'm ready to move out in front.
C#m
F#
G#m
I had enough of just passing my life.
C#
F#
F#aug
With the rest of it, with the best of it,
F#
G#
I can't hold my head up high
G#
F#
I want to feel my heart
G#m
E#dim
G#m
B
F#
Before the parade passes by
Listen and hear that brass
harmony growing
D
E
Am
Look at that crowd up ahead
D
G
Pardon me if my own spirit is showing
All of those lights over there
Some to be telling me where I'm going
C
G
When the whistle blows
G
E
A
An d the sparkles light the sky
F#
G
I'm gonna raise the roof,
I'm gonna carry on
A
G
Give me an old drum,
Em
A
give me an old baton
Am
E
Abm
G
E
For the parade passes by
Abm
E
And the parade passes by
Bm
B
E
Pardon me if my old spirit is showing
where I'm going
A
Am
E
When the whistle blow,
the cymbals crash,
C#m
E
Ebm
Bbdim
and the songbirds like last night.
F#
E
I'm gonna raise the roof,
E
F#
give me an old baton,
B
D
B
F#
Ebm
before the parade has be gun.
Interlude 1
F#
F
F#m
C#
Ab
Abm
C#sus4
Abm
B
C#sus4
C#
F#
E
C#m
F#
F#
F#aug
F#
Ebm
Ab
F#
Verse 3
Give me an old trombone,
give me an old baton,
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