Tonart: F major
Verse 1
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It's been long enough, Ephraim.
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Every night for all these years,
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I've went out the cat,
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I've locked the door,
I've made myself a little rum toddy.
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And before I went to bed,
I said a prayer,
thanking God that I was independent,
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that no one else's life was mixed
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But then one night an
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oak leaf fell out of my Bible.
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I placed it there the night you asked me to marry you, Ephraim,
D
a perfectly good oak leaf,
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but now without color and without life.
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And I suddenly realized
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that I was like that oak leaf.
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For years I had not shed one tear,
nor been filled with a wonderful hope
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D
that something or other might turn out well.
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So, I've decided to rejoin
the human race.
And Ephraim,
I want you to give me away
before the parade passes by.
I'm gonna get in step,
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while there's still time left,
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A
before the parade passes by.
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Am
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Oh, Mrs. Levi, come along.
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A
Cornelius is taking us down
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E
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to see the 14th Street Parade.
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D
Everyone It's be March, Irene,
E
you're crying.
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A
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the world is full of wonderful things.
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Come with us, darling.
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D#dim
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I will, Irene, I will.
Verse 2
parade passes by
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I'm gonna go and taste
B
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Saturday's high life
B
F#m
before the parade passes by.
I'm gonna get some life
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E
back into my life.
I'm ready to move out in front.
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E
F#m
I had enough of just passing my life.
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Eaug
With the rest of it, with the best of it,
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I can't hold my head up high
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For I've got a goal again
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I've got to drive again
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I want to feel my heart
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D#dim
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A
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Before the parade passes by
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Look at that crowd up ahead
Listen and hear that brass
harmony growing
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Gm
Look at that crowd up ahead
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Pardon me if my own spirit is showing
All of those lights over there
Some to be telling me where I'm going
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When the whistle blows
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and the cymbals crash
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D
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An d the sparkles light the sky
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I'm gonna raise the roof,
I'm gonna carry on
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Give me an old drum,
Dm
G
give me an old baton
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D
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D
For the parade passes by
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D
And the parade passes by
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Listen and hear that brass oboe glowing
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And the parade passes by
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D
Pardon me if my old spirit is showing
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All those lights over there
D
They seem to be telling me
where I'm going
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Gm
D
When the whistle blow,
the cymbals crash,
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D
Dbm
Abdim
and the songbirds like last night.
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D
I'm gonna raise the roof,
D
Give me an old trombone,
D
E
give me an old baton,
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C
A
E
Dbm
before the parade has be gun.
Interlude 1
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Em
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Verse 3
Give me an old trombone,
give me an old baton,
Outro 1
before the parade has started!
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