A Fine Day For A Parade

Artist: Fountains of Wayne
Album: Utopia Parkway
Song: A Fine Day For A Parade

Intro Riff

 Db (x43121@1)        Bbm (x13321@1)      Db (x43121@1)        Bbme|----------------------------------------------------| (x13321@1)B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----------3----------0-----------3--------|
D|-----6-----6-----3----3-----6-----6-----3------3----|
A|--4-----------1----------4-----------1--------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|


Verse 1

Db (x43121@1)        BbmMrs. (x13321@1)Carver says she's sorry
Db (x43121@1)      BbmShe (x13321@1)knows enough to worry
FmBut (133111@1)what does she know about crime?
Db (x43121@1)         BbmBelieves (x13321@1)the town is sinking
Db (x43121@1)         BbmThe (x13321@1)price of forward thinking
FmYou (133111@1)stay up all night half the time
F# (244322@1)         DbRacking (x43121@1)your mind
F# (244322@1)     DbAlone (x43121@1)at night
F# (244322@1)                    FmWhile (133111@1)all the neighbors sleep tight

Verse 2

Db (x43121@1)          BbmYears (x13321@1)ago she lost her daughter
Db (x43121@1)     BbmOff (x13321@1)to a sacred order
FmWhere (133111@1)they get stoned and work the earth
Db (x43121@1)          BbmClears (x13321@1)up her head with bourbon
Db (x43121@1)          BbmCause (x13321@1)beer is so suburban
FmAnd (133111@1)declasse for what it's worth

Chorus

F# (244322@1)          Ab (xx1114@1)      BbmShe (x13321@1)drinks it down down down
F# (244322@1)           Ab (xx1114@1)    BbmFor (x13321@1)all of the old old days
F#She's (244322@1)thinking of it now
     BbmIt's (x13321@1)nice to get away
           Db (x43121@1)             F# (244322@1)  FmBut (133111@1)what a fine day for a parade

**Play intro 2x

Verse 3

Db (x43121@1)         BbmShe (x13321@1)stays up mending curtains
Db (x43121@1)      BbmUntil (x13321@1)her fingers hurt, and
FmYou (133111@1)can get so bored of it all
Db (x43121@1)       BbmNo (x13321@1)one can say for certain
Db (x43121@1)         BbmShe'll (x13321@1)never safely know when
FmAn (133111@1)asteroid will kill us all

Chorus         (x2)

F# (244322@1)          Ab (xx1114@1)      BbmShe (x13321@1)drinks it down down down
F# (244322@1)           Ab (xx1114@1)    BbmFor (x13321@1)all of the old old days
F#She's (244322@1)thinking of it now
     BbmIt's (x13321@1)nice to get away
           Db (x43121@1)             F# (244322@1)  AbBut (xx1114@1)what a fine day for a parade         (repeat and fade)