Before The Parade Passes By chords by
Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers
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Key: F major
Verse 1
Ab
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G
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Ddim
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Ab
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Ephraim, let me go.
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It's been long enough, Ephraim.
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Every night for all these years,
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I've went out the cat,
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Bbm
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I've locked the door,
I've made myself a little rum toddy.
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And before I went to bed,
I said a prayer,
thanking God that I was independent,
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that no one else's life was mixed
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up with mine.
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Gb
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Ab
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But then one night an
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oak leaf fell out of my Bible.
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I placed it there the night you asked me to marry you, Ephraim,
Gb
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a perfectly good oak leaf,
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but now without color and without life.
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And I suddenly realized
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that I was like that oak leaf.
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For years I had not shed one tear,
nor been filled with a wonderful hope
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A
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Gb
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that something or other might turn out well.
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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,
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Gdim
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Eb
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while there's still time left,
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Db
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before the parade passes by.
Ab
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Bbm
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Eb
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Db
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Ab
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Dbm
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Gb
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B
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G
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Eb
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Oh, Mrs. Levi, come along.
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Db
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Cornelius is taking us down
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Ab
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Eb
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to see the 14th Street Parade.
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Gb
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Everyone It's be March, Irene,
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you're crying.
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Oh, darling,
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Ab
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the world is full of wonderful things.
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Come with us, darling.
Gbdim
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Bbm
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Gdim
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Eb
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Ab
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Db
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I will, Irene, I will.
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Before the
Verse 2
parade passes by
Db
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Ab
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G
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I'm gonna go and taste
Eb
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Ebsus4
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Saturday's high life
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before the parade passes by.
I'm gonna get some life
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Ab
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back into my life.
I'm ready to move out in front.
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Ab
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Bbm
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I had enough of just passing my life.
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Ab
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Abaug
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With the rest of it, with the best of it,
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Bb
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I can't hold my head up high
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For I've got a goal again
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I've got to drive again
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Ab
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I want to feel my heart
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coming alive again
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Gdim
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Bbm
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Db
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Ab
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Before the parade passes by
A
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Look at that crowd up ahead
Listen and hear that brass
harmony growing
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Gb
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Bm
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Look at that crowd up ahead
E
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A
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Pardon me if my own spirit is showing
All of those lights over there
Some to be telling me where I'm going
D
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A
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When the whistle blows
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and the cymbals crash
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Gb
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B
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An d the sparkles light the sky
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A
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I'm gonna raise the roof,
I'm gonna carry on
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A
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Give me an old drum,
F#m
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B
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give me an old baton
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F#
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Bbm
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A
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F#
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For the parade passes by
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F#
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And the parade passes by
C#
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Listen and hear that brass oboe glowing
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And the parade passes by
C#m
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C#
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F#
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Pardon me if my old spirit is showing
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All those lights over there
F#
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They seem to be telling me
where I'm going
B
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Bm
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F#
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When the whistle blow,
the cymbals crash,
Ebm
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F#
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Fm
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Cdim
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and the songbirds like last night.
G#
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F#
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I'm gonna raise the roof,
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I'm gonna carry on.
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Give me an old trombone,
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G#
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give me an old baton,
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E
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C#
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G#
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Fm
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before the parade has be gun.
Interlude 1
G#
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G
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G#m
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Eb
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Bb
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Bbm
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Ebsus4
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Bbm
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C#
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Ebsus4
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Eb
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G#
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F#
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Ebm
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G#
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G#
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G#aug
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Fm
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Bb
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G#
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Verse 3
Give me an old trombone,
give me an old baton,
Outro 1
before the parade has started!
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