Big Parade

	 
[Intro]
  
Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me 
  
All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see 
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Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me 
  C         F     C      F     C      G     C 
All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
[Strophe]
C                                       G 
Fleet of black, fleet of black limousines 
                     F                         C 
These tinted machines, here comes the cavalcade 
                                                 G 
With the armored cars, armored cars like berettas 
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Flags on antennaes designed to keep me safe, keep me safe
[Refrain]
C            G         C 
And oh my my oh hey hey 
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Here he comes, the candidate 
C              G            C 
Blue eyed boy, united states 
F        C        G       C 
Vote for him, the candidate
[Strophe]
C                                        G 
Diamonds cut, diamonds cut for the carrots 
                F                              C 
Plaster of paris, the floats fill up the street 
                                                          G 
And the beauty queens, beauty queens with the white gloves 
                             F                  C            G 
All sick from the night clubs, they wave with pageantry, pageantry
[Refrain]
C        G         C 
Oh my my oh hey hey 
F       C          G       C 
Here it comes, the big parade 
C              G          C 
Marching bands and barricades 
F        C        G       C 
Make way, for the big parade
[Pont]
C G F
[Strophe]
C                                     G 
Canvas covered, canvas covered in resin 
               F                          C 
The violent men who dance the blood ballet 
                                                    G 
And the bookies say, bookies say it's the 3rd round 
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Oh when louie will go down, if he don't there's hell to pay, and hell to raise
[Refrain]
C            G         C 
And oh my my oh hey hey 
F       C          G        C 
Here he comes, the welterweight 
C            G            C 
Take a dive, for goodness sake 
F            C        G        C 
Or say goodbye to the welterweight
[Strophe]
C                                          G 
Catholic priest, catholic priest in a crisis 
                              F                                C 
He's torn between romance and jesus, who will win the civil war 
                   G 
And he says I'm in love, I'm in love with a woman 
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Yea this is my confession, I'm leaving I can't a priest anymore, anymore
[Refrain]
C            G         C 
And oh my my oh hey hey 
F        C         G      C 
There he goes, the man of faith 
C          G           C 
Left the church for a fiance 
F       C         G      C 
Let him love, the man of faith
[Pont]
C G F
[Strophe]
C                                        G 
T.v. cameras, t.v. cameras and stage hands 
                  F                 C 
American bandstand, electric guitars 
                G 
And he's singin songs, singin songs for the lonely 
                               F                             C              G 
All the girls with the room keys, they know all his words by heart, by heart and they all sing
[Interlude]
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Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me 
  C         F     C      F     C      G     C 
All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see 
  C          F        C     F         C     G         C 
Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me 
  C         F     C      F     C      G     C 
All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see 
  C          F        C      C  G  F 
Lovely girl won't you stay, oh oh ohoh
[Refrain]
C        G         C 
Oh my my oh hey hey 
F        C        G      C 
Here she comes by saving grace 
C        G       C 
Burn the car and save the plates 
F      C          G      C 
She's arrived, my saving grace