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