The Soft Parade Chords by The Doors

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 with prayer! _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
Can you give me [F] _ _ sanctuary?
_ [A] _
_ I must _ find a [F] place to [E] hide, [Am] a place for me to _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [B] _
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_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ Can you [Em] find [F] me soft [Em] _ asylum?
[Am] I can't make [F] it _ [Am]
anymore.
The man [D] is at the
[A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [A#m] _
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_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
Peppermint, [F] miniskirts, chocolate [Gm] candy,
_ [A#m] _ _ [G#] _ _
_ [D#] Champion socks in the furall's name's Sandy.
_ _ _ [G#] _
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[G#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ There's [A] only four [D#] ways to get unraveled.
One is to sleep and the other is [G#] travel.
Ah-ha!
_ [Gm] One is up and up in the hills.
One is to love your neighbor till his wife [A] gets home. _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _
_ [C] _ _ [Em] Catacombs, nursery bones, [C] winter [Dm] women [Em] throwing _ [Am] stones,
[C] [Dm] Carrying babies to the river.
[Dm] _ _ _
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[C] Streets and [Em] shoes, avenues, [C] _ leather riders [Am] selling [Dm] news.
_ _ _ [Em] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] The monk [D] bought [E] lures.
He bought a little fish. _ _ _
And _ he took the fish [Em] to the [E] park where he always liked.
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[Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _
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[Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Successful [Em] hills are here to stay.
_ [A] _ Everything [G] must [E] be this way. _ _
_ Jailor's street where people [F#m] play.
_ [A] _ Welcome [G] to the soft parade.
[Em] _ _
All our lives we sweat to say.
_ [B] _ Looking for a [F#] shallow grave.
_ _ [E] Must be something [Em] else we say. _
[B] _ [F#m] Somehow to [E] defend this [F#m] place.
_ [A] _ [Em] Everything must be this way.
[D] _ [B] _
[F#] Everything [Em] must be this way.
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_ [Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[B] The _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] _ _ soft parade has [B] now begun. _
[A] _ Listen to [Em] the engines hum.
_ [E] _ People [Em] out to have some [F#] fun.
_ [A] _
Cobra on [B] my left, [F] leopard on my [E] right.
[Bm] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
Yeah, a [Em] woman in a silk dress.
[A] Girls with beads around [B] their necks.
[E] _ _ [Em] Just a hunter of the green vest [A] to his recipe for.
_ [B] With lions in the [E] night. _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [B] _
Just like _ the [Dm] _ lights of [Bm] day.
The rider, [Em] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ radio is [E] moaning.
_ _ _ Calling to the dogs.
There are [Bm] still a few _ [E] animals _ left out in the yard.
[E] But it's their [Em] _
fault. _ _ _ _ _
_ Shooters, my. _
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Sailors.
_ _ To the. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Bm] _ _ _
I'll be going on.
[Bm] _ [Em] _
_ What? _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] We need someone. _ _ _ _
[D] _ Something else.
[Em] To get us through. _ _ _ _
[E] _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
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_ _ _ _ You got a.
_ _ _ And.
[E] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] The yard. _ _ _ _
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And the.
[Bm] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ I'm.
_ [Em] _ _
I'm.
_ _ You and I. We. _ _ _ _
You.
_ _ You.
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When all else fails, we can rip the horses eyes.
And make them sleep.
_ And.
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
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