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Shadows On Parade by Laura Gibson
Shadows On Parade
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: C
Capo: 2nd fret
Strumming pattern (intro, verse 1, verse 2 and outro): bass note followed by three
downstrokes
Picking pattern (verse 3): 5 - 1 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 2
Note: on the record (and in general) Laura Gibson plays a classical/nylon strung
guitar.
[Chords]
F 033210
C 032010
Am 002210
G 320003
Em 022000
Note: chords followed by an apostrophe are just "hinted at", they are not played
with the usual strumming pattern, rather they are just strummed with a one or two
downstrokes, fading away. After that, you hold for a second and then resume with
the following chord, with the usual strum pattern and at full volume.
[Bass notes]
F 5th string
C 5th string
Am 5th string
G 6th string
Em 6th string
[Intro]
C F C
Note: the following pattern plays over the intro, after the first two C
Over C: 4th str. 2nd fret / 4th str. 2nd fret / 4th str. open / 5th str. 3nd fret /
4th str. open
Over F: 5th str. open / 5th str. 2nd fret / 5th str. 3rd fret / 6th str. 3rd fret
This pattern runs over the second half of the first C, continues over the entirety
of F, and ends on the bass note of the first time playing the second C.
[Verse 1]
F F F
I have carried beasts of
F C C C C
Many seasons
F F
They're bullied bodies
F F C C C C
Burdening my spine
F F F F
When your eyes come rushing
C C C C
Up to greet them
F F
I cast them off to
F F
Keep them in
C C C C
My sight
Am Am G G
Ooh, I would watch
C Am Em Em*
Their shadows on parade
[Break 1]
C Am Em Em*
[Verse 2]
F F
I've been chasing
F F C C
Clouds of many colors
F F
Their blurry bodies
F F C C
I have claimed my own
F F F
Carried by the wind
F C C
That took our fathers
F F F F C C
Captive to their cautionary words
Am Am G G
Ooh, I could see
C Am Em Em*
Their shadows on parade
[Break 2]
C Am Em Em*
C Am Em Em*
G G G G
Am G F F
Am G F F
C Am Em Em*
C Am Em Em*
[Verse 3]
F F F F C C C C
I will hold my days in moving pictures
F F F F C C C C
Carry their impressions in my eyes
F F F F C C C C
And with my body swaying like a drunkard
F F F F C C
I'll cast them out to keep them in my sight
Am Am G G
Ooh, I will watch
[Outro]
C Am Em Em*
Their shadows on parade
C Am Em Em*
(Their) shadows on parade
C Am Em Em*
Again and again
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