A Fine Day For A Parade chords by Fountains Of Wayne

Chords with lyrics

Intro
| D MajorD B minorBm | D MajorD B minorBm | D MajorD B minorBm | D MajorD B minorBm |

Verse
|D MajorD      B minorBm        |
 Mrs. Carver says she's sorry
|D MajorD      B minorBm       |
 - She knows enough to worry
|F# minorF#m              |F# minorF#m     |
 - But what does she know about crime? ---

|D MajorD       B minorBm       |
 - Believes the town is sinking
|D MajorD       B minorBm       |
 - The price of forward thinking
|F#m(6)                |
 - You stay up all night half the time

Pre-Chorus
   |G+G     D MajorD    |G+G  D MajorD      |
 - Racking your mind -- alone at night - while
|G(2)       |F# minorF#m      |
 All the neighbors sleep -- tight

Verse
|D MajorD       B minorBm        |
 Years ago she lost her daughter
|D MajorD     B minorBm     |
 - Off to a sacred order
|F# minorF#m                 |F# minorF#m    |
 - Where they get stoned and work the earth ---

|D MajorD        B minorBm        |
 - Clears up her head with bourbon
|D MajorD        B minorBm     |
 - Cause beer is so suburban
|F#m(6)               |
 - And declassé for what it's worth -

|G+G       A augmentedA     |B minorBm
 She drinks it down, down, down ---
  |G+G     A augmentedA    |B minorBm
 For all of the old, old days ---
|G+G
- She's thinking of it now
   |B minorBm
 It's nice to get away
   Bm/C# |D MajorD        G+G  | F# minorF#m |
 But what a fine day for a parade

Bridge
| D MajorD B minorBm | D MajorD B minorBm | D MajorD B minorBm | D MajorD B minorBm |

Verse
|D MajorD       B minorBm        |
 - She stays up mending curtains
|D MajorD      B minorBm        |
- Until her fingers hurt and
|F# minorF#m             |F# minorF#m   |
 - You can get so bored of it all ---
|D MajorD      B minorBm       |
 - No one can say for certain
|D MajorD       B minorBm        |
 - She'll never safely know when
|F#m(6)              |
 - An asteroid will kill us all -

|G+G       A augmentedA     |B minorBm
 She drinks it down, down, down ---
  |G+G     A augmentedA    |B minorBm
 For all of the old, old days ---
|G+G
 - She's thinking of it now
   |B minorBm
 It's nice to get away
   Bm/C# |D MajorD        G+G  | A augmentedA |
 But what a fine day for a parade

Break
| D MajorD B minorBm | D MajorD B minorBm | F# minorF#m | F# minorF#m |
| D MajorD B minorBm | D MajorD B minorBm | F#m(6) |
| G+G D MajorD | G+G D MajorD | G(2) | F# minorF#m | F# minorF#m |

|G+G       A augmentedA     |B minorBm
 She drinks it down, down, down ---
  |G+G     A augmentedA    |B minorBm
 For all of the old, old days ---
|G+G
 - She's thinking of it now
   |B minorBm
 It's nice to get away
   Bm/C# |D MajorD        G+G  | F# minorF#m
 But what a fine day for a parade ---

Outro
    |D MajorD        G+G  |F# minorF#m
What a fine day for a parade ---
    |D MajorD        G+G  |F# minorF#m
 What a fine day for a parade --- (repeat and fade)