Songbook

Big Parade

By The Lumineers

Key of E

[Intro]
Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me

All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
  E          A        E     A         E     B         E
Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
  E         A     E      A     E      B     E
All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see

[Verse]
E                                       B
Fleet of black, fleet of black limousines
                     A                         E
These tinted machines, here comes the cavalcade
                                                 B
With the armored cars, armored cars like berettas
                  A                    E             B
Flags on antennaes designed to keep me safe, keep me safe

[Chorus]
E            B         E
And oh my my oh hey hey
A       E          B      E
Here he comes, the candidate
E              B            E
Blue eyed boy, united states
A        E        B       E
Vote for him, the candidate

[Verse]
E                                        B
Diamonds cut, diamonds cut for the carrots
                A                              E
Plaster of paris, the floats fill up the street
                                                          B
And the beauty queens, beauty queens with the white gloves
                             A                  E            B
All sick from the night clubs, they wave with pageantry, pageantry

[Chorus]
E        B         E
Oh my my oh hey hey
A       E          B       E
Here it comes, the big parade
E              B          E
Marching bands and barricades
A        E        B       E
Make way, for the big parade

[Bridge]
E B A

[Verse]
E                                     B
Canvas covered, canvas covered in resin
               A                          E
The violent men who dance the blood ballet
                                                    B
And the bookies say, bookies say it's the 3rd round
                           A                     E                        B
Oh when louie will go down, if he don't there's hell to pay, and hell to raise

[Chorus]
E            B         E
And oh my my oh hey hey
A       E          B        E
Here he comes, the welterweight
E            B            E
Take a dive, for goodness sake
A            E        B        E
Or say goodbye to the welterweight

[Verse]
E                                          B
Catholic priest, catholic priest in a crisis
                              A                                E
He's torn between romance and jesus, who will win the civil war
                   B
And he says I'm in love, I'm in love with a woman
                         A                        E                   B
Yea this is my confession, I'm leaving I can't a priest anymore, anymore

[Chorus]
E            B         E
And oh my my oh hey hey
A        E         B      E
There he goes, the man of faith
E          B           E
Left the church for a fiance
A       E         B      E
Let him love, the man of faith

[Bridge]
E B A

[Verse]
E                                        B
T.v. cameras, t.v. cameras and stage hands
                  A                 E
American bandstand, electric guitars
                B
And he's singin songs, singin songs for the lonely
                               A                             E              B
All the girls with the room keys, they know all his words by heart, by heart and they all sing

[Interlude]
  E          A        E     A         E     B         E
Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
  E         A     E      A     E      B     E
All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
  E          A        E     A         E     B         E
Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
  E         A     E      A     E      B     E
All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
  E          A        E      E  B  A
Lovely girl won't you stay, oh oh ohoh

[Chorus]
E        B         E
Oh my my oh hey hey
A        E        B      E
Here she comes by saving grace
E        B       E
Burn the car and save the plates
A      E          B      E
She's arrived, my saving grace