Intro: Bb Ebm Bb Ebm Gm Fools on parade cavort and carry on Dm For waiting eyes Cm Dm Ones you would rather be beside than in front of Cm Dm But she's never been the kind to be hollowed by the stares Interlude -x4-: Gm Dm Bb F Gm Dm Bb F She swam out of tonight's phantasm Gm Dm Bb F Gm Dm Grabbed my hand and made it very clear Bb F Gm Dm Bb F There's absolutely nothing for us here Gm Dm It's a magnolia celebration Bb F To be attended on a Wednesday night Gm Dm It's better that than get a reputation Bb F As a miserable little tyke Gm Dm At least that's the conclusion Bb F Gm Dm Bb She came to in this overture Interlude: Gm Bb Dm Dm Gm The secret door swings behind us Cm She's saying nothing Bb Dm She's just giggling along Gm Dm Bb F Her arms were folded most indignant Gm Dm Bb F Gm Dm Not looking like she was soon to leave Bb F Gm Dm Bb F I had to squint in order to believe Gm Dm And then like a butler pushing on a bookshelf Bb F And unveiling the unexpected Gm Dm Bb F I who was earlier reluctant was suddenly embarrassed and corrected. Gm Dm Bb F Gm Dm Bb How could such a creature survive in such a habitat? Interlude: Gm Bb Dm Dm Gm The secret door swings behind us Cm She's saying nothing Gm She's just giggling along Interlude: Gm Bb Dm Dm Gm And even if they were to find us Cm Dm F I wouldn't notice, I'm completely occupied Bb Ebm At all the fools on parade Gm Dm Cavort and carry on for waiting eyes Cm Dm Ones you would rather be beside than in front of Cm But she's never been the kind F To be hollowed by the stares Bb Ebm Gm Fools on parade frolic and xxxx about Dm Cm Dm To make a gaze turn to a scribble on a page by a picture Cm That holds her absence F But you're daft to think she'd care Bb Ebm Gm Dm Fools on parade Cm Dm Cm F Fools on parade Bb Ebm Fools on parade Gm Dm Cm Dm Cm F Conduct a sing-along
