One More Parade chords by Phil Ochs

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro:

                                               F E A
e|----------------------------|----------------1-0-0-|
B|----------------------------|----------------1-0-2-|
G|------------------0-3-2-----|----------------2-1-2-|
D|-0-3-2-3-0----0--2------3-0-|-0-3-2-3-0----0-3-2-2-|
A|-----------0-3--3-----------|-----------0-3--3-2-0-|
E|----------------------------|----------------1-0-0-|

G A G A Dm

Verse 1:
Dm
Hup, two, three, four, marching down the street
C                            Dm
Rollin' of the drums and the tramping of the feet
Dm
General salutes and the mothers wave and weep
C              E/B    A
Here comes the big parade
G          A     G      A
Don't be afraid, prices paid
         Dm
One more parade

Chorus:
   F                    C
So young, so strong, so ready for the war
Dm                        A/C#           A
So willing to go and die upon a foreign shore
Gm                        A              C
All march together, everybody looks the same
F            E              A
So there is no one you can blame
G          A      G         A
Don't be ashamed, light the flame
           Dm
One more parade

Verse 2:
Dm
Listen for the sound and listen for the noise
C                            Dm
Listen for the thunder of the marching boys
Dm
Few years ago their guns were only toys
C              E/B    A
Here comes the big parade
G          A     G      A
Don't be afraid, prices paid
         Dm
One more parade

Chorus:
   F                    C
So young, so strong, so ready for the war
Dm                        A/C#           A
So willing to go and die upon a foreign shore
Gm                        A              C
All march together, everybody looks the same
F            E              A
So there is no one you can blame
G          A      G         A
Don't be ashamed, light the flame
           Dm
One more parade

Verse 3:
Dm
Medals on their coats and guns in their hands
C                          Dm
Trained to kill as they're trained to stand
Dm
Ten thousand ears need only one command
C              E/B    A
Here comes the big parade
G          A     G      A
Don't be afraid, prices paid
         Dm
One more parade

Chorus:
   F                    C
So young, so strong, so ready for the war
Dm                        A/C#           A
So willing to go and die upon a foreign shore
Gm                        A              C
All march together, everybody looks the same
F            E              A
So there is no one you can blame
G          A      G         A
Don't be ashamed, light the flame
           Dm
One more parade

Verse 4:
Dm
Cold hard stares on faces so proud
C                         Dm
Kisses from the girls and cheers from the crowd
Dm
And the widows from the last war cry into their shrouds
C              E/B    A
Here comes the big parade
G          A     G      A
Don't be afraid, prices paid
G          A      G       A     G        A
Don't be ashamed, war's a game, world in flames
             Dm
So start the parade