Parade chords by Vic Chesnutt

SimplifiedC · Dm · F · Csus4 · G …

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Csus4
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Ab

Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
 (C major) Where did you
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C 
Dm 
go  (D minor) after the parade  (C major)  (D minor) 
I wandered,
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Dm 
 (C major) searching for  (D minor) about an hour
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Then I  (C major) parked it on a bench
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C 
 (D minor) Shifting and sulk (C major) ing
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C 
Those  (D minor) pesky  (C major) little mosquitoes
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They  (D minor) nearly, nearly, nearly,
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nearly drained me  (F major) 

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Verse 2

Then a man dripping with vitalis

Said I looked like Joe Namath

He asked me did I used

to be famous

And I said "neighbor, I'm famously late"

And I said "neighbor,

I'm famously late"

Verse 3
C 
 (C major) 
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C 
Dm 
C 
Where did you go  (D minor) after the parade  (C major)  (D minor)  (C major) 
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You never even  (D minor) appeared to enjoy it
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Dm 
I  (C major) came out of it  (D minor) with a
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slight  (C major) experience
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C 
Dm 
 (D minor) Drinking  (C major) and  (D minor) howling at

Verse 4
the natives
F 
 (F major) 
C 
F 
You're a great at disap (C major) pearing  (F major) 
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F 
You left me with an ear  (C major) ache  (F major) 
C 
F 
I spit into the  (C major) swan lake say (F major) ing
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Csus4 
C 
"what a hideous re (C major) view"  (Csus4)  (C major) 
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C 
Saying, "what  (F major) a hideous  (C major) review"

Verse 5
F 
G 
Ab 
 (F major) Weather, baromet (G major) ric pressure  (A flat major) 
C 
F 
Push me to  (C major) the ground  (F major) 
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C 
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My stom (G major) ach is  (C major) growling  (F major) 
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Ab 
I always  (G major) heard this was  (A flat major) such
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a festive  (C major) town
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But everybody  (F major) over ten years
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old is frown (C major) ing
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Everybody  (F major) over ten years
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old  (C major) is frowning

Verse 6
C 
Dm 
C 
 (C major) Where did you go  (D minor) after the  (C major) parade
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C 
I did (D minor) n't ex (C major) pecting you to
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be  (D minor) bolting away
C 
Remem (C major) ber the time you took me
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C 
To see  (D minor) Harold  (C major) and Maude
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'cause I did (D minor) n't know the mean (C major) ing
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Of  (D minor) the word catharsis

Verse 7
F 
 (F major) 
C 
F 
We are busy  (C major) weaklings  (F major) 
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Poking around  (C major) for reasons
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C 
We  (F major) are happy little  (C major) heathens
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C 
It's just time  (F major) we both  (C major) ad mit it
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C 
It's time  (F major) we both  (C major) admit it