Its My Party But I Won't Cry chords by Graham Parker

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G  C majorC  G+G

Verse 1:
         C majorC    G+G
It's my party but I won't cry
          C majorC    G+G
It's my funeral but I won't die
          C majorC    G+G
It's my fiction but I won't lie
         C majorC    G+G
It's my party but I won't cry

Pre-chorus 1:
  E minorEm
I don't have the power to be superman
    C majorC            E minorEm
And I don't have the smarts to understand
                   C majorC  E minorEm
Why you walked out and left me for another man
     A minorAm
With the cake in the oven
     D MajorD
And the meat in the pan

Verse 2:
G+G         C majorC    G+G
It's my party but I won't dance
               C majorC    G+G
My feet get tangled I can't take the chance
         C majorC     G+G
It's my party but no one's here
              C majorC  G+G
They left me chocolate and warm beer

Pre-chorus 2:
  E minorEm
I don't have the strength left to pull a train
  C majorC              E minorEm
I don't have the fortitude to start again
                 C majorC    E minorEm
Well you might have left me in a world of pain
    A minorAm        D MajorD
But I won't fall apart or go insane

Chorus:
G+G         C majorC  G+G
It’s my party now
         C majorC  G+G
It’s my party yeah

Organ/Guitar solo:
E minorEm  C majorC  E minorEm
Em  C majorC  E minorEm
Em  C majorC  A minorAm  D MajorD

Verse 3:
G+G         C majorC    G+G
It is my party but I won't leave
            C majorC    G+G
The wound is fatal but I won't grieve
             C majorC   G+G
I'm not in traction I'm not bereaved
         C majorC    G+G
It's my party and I won't leave

Pre-chorus 3:
  E minorEm
I don't have the heart to beat myself up
    C majorC              E minorEm
It's a farfetched tale you can't make this stuff up
                C majorC     E minorEm
Well you might have left me in a world of pain
    A minorAm        D MajorD
But I won't fall apart or go insane

Chorus:
G+G         C majorC  G+G
It‘s my party yeah
          C majorC  G+G
It‘s my party now
          C majorC  G+G
It‘s my party yeah
          C majorC  G+G
It‘s my party now