Fountains of Wayne - A fine day for a parade
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Tuning: D# G# C# F# A# D#
A Fine Day For A Parade
(Fountains of Wayne)
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:
(2) indicates a 2/4 measure
(3) indicates a 3/4 measure
(6) 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(6) |
- You stay up all night half the time
[Pre-Chorus]
|G D |G(3) D |
- Racking your mind -- alone at night - while
|G(2) |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(6) |
- 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(6) |
- 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(6) |
| G D | G(3) D | G(2) | 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