Fountains of Wayne – A Fine Day For A Parade (Guitar)
Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
Key
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
To play this song in the original key using the chords below, tune your guitar down 1/2 step.
I play the song with my guitar tuned to DGCFAD with a capo on the first fret.
Unless I've counted incorrectly, this song uses four different time signatures.
Standard 4/4 measures are unmarked. The alternatives are marked as follows:
** indicates a 2/4 measure
*** indicates a 3/4 measure
* indicates a 6/4 measure
[Intro]
| D Bm | D Bm | D Bm | D Bm |
[Verse]
|D Bm | Mrs. Carver says she's sorry |D Bm | - She knows enough to worry |F#m |F#m | - But what does she know about crime? --- |D Bm | - Believes the town is sinking |D Bm | - The price of forward thinking |F#m* | - You stay up all night half the time
[Pre-Chorus]
|G D |G*** D | - Racking your mind -- alone at night - while |G** |F#m | All the neighbors sleep -- tight
[Verse]
|D Bm | Years ago she lost her daughter |D Bm | - Off to a sacred order |F#m |F#m | - Where they get stoned and work the earth --- |D Bm | - Clears up her head with bourbon |D Bm | - Cause beer is so suburban |F#m* | - And declassé for what it's worth -
[Chorus]
|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]
|D Bm | - She stays up mending curtains |D Bm | - Until her fingers hurt and |F#m |F#m | - You can get so bored of it all --- |D Bm | - No one can say for certain |D Bm | - She'll never safely know when |F#m* | - An asteroid will kill us all -
[Chorus]
|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* |
| G D | G*** D | G** | F#m | F#m |
[Chorus]
|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 --- |D G |F#m What a fine day for a parade --- (repeat and fade)
Charted by Dexex