Key: F major
Verse 1
A
G#
Ebdim
B
D
Bm
A
Bm
I've locked the door,
I've made myself a little rum toddy.
I said a prayer,
thanking God that I was independent,
Bm
G
A
But then one night an
A
I placed it there the night you asked me to marry you, Ephraim,
nor been filled with a wonderful hope
Bm
Bb
G
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,
G#
G#dim
E
while there's still time left,
Bm
D
before the parade passes by.
A
Bm
E
D
A
Dm
G
C
G#
E
Oh, Mrs. Levi, come along.
Bm
D
Cornelius is taking us down
Bm
A
E
to see the 14th Street Parade.
D
G
Everyone It's be March, Irene,
A
you're crying.
Bm
D
A
the world is full of wonderful things.
Gdim
Bm
G#dim
E
A
D
I will, Irene, I will.
Verse 2
parade passes by
D
A
G#
I'm gonna go and taste
E
Esus4
Saturday's high life
E
Bm
before the parade passes by.
I'm gonna get some life
E
A
back into my life.
I'm ready to move out in front.
Em
A
Bm
I had enough of just passing my life.
E
A
Aaug
With the rest of it, with the best of it,
A
B
I can't hold my head up high
B
A
I want to feel my heart
Bm
G#dim
Bm
D
A
Before the parade passes by
Listen and hear that brass
harmony growing
F
G
Cm
Look at that crowd up ahead
F
Bb
Pardon me if my own spirit is showing
All of those lights over there
Some to be telling me where I'm going
Eb
Bb
When the whistle blows
Bb
G
C
An d the sparkles light the sky
A
Bb
I'm gonna raise the roof,
I'm gonna carry on
C
Bb
Give me an old drum,
Gm
C
give me an old baton
Cm
G
Bm
Bb
G
For the parade passes by
Bm
G
And the parade passes by
Dm
D
G
Pardon me if my old spirit is showing
where I'm going
C
Cm
G
When the whistle blow,
the cymbals crash,
Em
G
Gbm
Dbdim
and the songbirds like last night.
A
G
I'm gonna raise the roof,
G
A
give me an old baton,
D
F
D
A
Gbm
before the parade has be gun.
Interlude 1
A
Ab
Am
E
B
Bm
Esus4
Bm
D
Esus4
E
A
G
Em
A
A
Aaug
A
Gbm
B
A
Verse 3
Give me an old trombone,
give me an old baton,
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA G# Ebdim B D...
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