The Soft Parade (2019 Remaster) Chords

When I was back there in seminary school, _ there was a person there who put forth the proposition _
that you can petition the Lord with prayer. _ _ _
Petition the Lord with prayer.
_ _ _ _ Petition the Lord with prayer. _
You _ _ _ _ _ cannot petition the Lord [Am] with prayer! _ _ _
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[Em] _ I'm in an asylum, [Am] _ I [Em] can't make [F] it _ _
[Am] anymore.
The man [D] is [C] at [A] the door. _
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_ [Eb] _ _ [Db] [Eb] Peppermint miniskirt, [Bbm] chocolate [Cm] candy.
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_ _ _ _ Champion [Ab] socks and [Eb] a girl named Sandy.
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[Eb] _ _ _ There's [Db] only four [C] ways [Abm] to [Eb] get [Abm] unraveled.
[Abm] One [Db] is to [Eb] sleep and the other is [Ab] travel to town.
_ _ [Cm] [Db] One is [Eb] up and it's up in the hills.
One is to love your neighbor [C]
till his wife gets home. _
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[Dm] _ _ [Em] _ [Dm] Chapticos, _
[E] [Dm] nursery [C] bones, [Dm] winter women [Em] growing [Dm] [Am] stones. _
[Dm] Carrying [C] babies to the [Dm] river. _
[Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ _ Streets and shoes, [Em] [Dm] avenues, _ leather riders [Am] selling [Dm] news.
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[Dm] _ [C] The [Dm] monk bought [N] lunch at any bottle of this.
Woo! _ _
This is the story of a Jewish kid named [Em] _ Mark. Mark.
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Woo!
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Successful hills are here to stay.
[A] _ _ Everything [E] must be this way. _ _
Gentler street [Em] where people play.
_ [Dm] _ [A] Welcome to [E] the soft parade.
[G] _ [A] _ All [Em] our lives [Am] we [Em] sweat and say.
_ [B] _ Looking [E] for a shallow grave.
_ [D] _ [A] Must be [Em] something else we say.
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[B] _ _ [D] Somehow [E] to defend this [D] place.
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Everything [Em] must be this way. _
[B] _ _ [Bm] Everything [Em] must be this way. Woo! _ _ _
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[Em] _ _ The [B] _ _
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_ _ _ soft parade has now begun.
_ [A] _
Listen [Em] to the engines hum.
_ _ People out to have some fun.
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Cobra on [Em] my left, leopard on my [D] right. _
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Dear [Em] woman in a silk dress.
[A] _ Just a feast [Em] around the nest. _
Just a hunter of the green vest [A] to his reserve before. _
[B] With lions in the [Bm] night. _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ The _
_ _ [Em] [Bm] lights _ _ are getting brighter.
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_ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ The radio [Bm] is humming. _
[Em] _ _ Calling to the _ doves.
There are still a few [Bm] _ animals _ left out in the yard.
But instead,
[G] Ah!
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_ _ Judith's flying.
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_ Sailors. _ _ _
To the under bed. _
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[Em] _ [B] _ [E] _ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [E] Tropic on and on.
[Bm] [Em] Tropic pressure.
[Bm] What [Em] was this time?
How did we do?
[Bm] We [E] need [Bm] some water.
[Em] Can't do.
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Something else [Em] to get us through here. _ _ _ _ _
The wild animals. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ You [E] got a weak feet.
There are a few animals _ [Abm] left out in _
[Em] the yard. _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ Come on, break.
At [Bm] the edge of the tunnel.
I bet I'm alone.
[G] _ [Bm] I bet [E] I'm alone.
You [G] and I.
We need some water.
_ Anything you got.
Something you got. _ _
[E] _ _ When all else fails, [Em] we can rip the horses eyes.
_ And make them sleep. _ And cry. _
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