Fountains of Wayne – A Fine Day For A Parade (Guitar)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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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)
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