A Fine Day For A Parade chords by Fountains Of Wayne

Intro
| D Bm | D Bm | D Bm | D Bm |

Verse
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 Mrs. Carver says she's sorry
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 - She knows enough to worry
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 - But what does she know about crime? ---

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 - Believes the town is sinking
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 - The price of forward thinking
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 - You stay up all night half the time

Pre-Chorus
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 - Racking your mind -- alone at night - while
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 All the neighbors sleep -- tight

Verse
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 Years ago she lost her daughter
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 - Off to a sacred order
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 - Where they get stoned and work the earth ---

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 - Clears up her head with bourbon
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 - Cause beer is so suburban
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 - And declassé for what it's worth -

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

Bridge
| D Bm | D Bm | D Bm | D Bm |

Verse
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 - She stays up mending curtains
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- Until her fingers hurt and
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 - You can get so bored of it all ---
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 - No one can say for certain
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 - She'll never safely know when
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 - An asteroid will kill us all -

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

Break
| D Bm | D Bm | F#m | F#m |
| D Bm | D Bm | F#m(6) |
| G D | G D | G(2) | F#m | F#m |

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

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