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

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G   C   G

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

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

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

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

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

Organ/Guitar solo:
Em   C   Em
Em   C   Em
Em   C   Am   D

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

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

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