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Easter Parade

Words and Music by Irving Berlin -1933

Number 3 on the Hit Parade in 1944, played for 7 weeks.

Verse:
Bb               Bb+	Eb              Cm	Bb           Fdim	Cm            F7
Bb               Bb+	Eb              F7	Bb           Cmin	Bb
Eb               F7	Bb              Eb	C7	Eb             F7
Bb              Gm	C7	F7	F+
Chorus:
Bb               F7	Bb7            Bb+	Eb	Cm          Bbdim
Bb               F7	Bb7	C7	Cm            F7
Bb               F7	Bb7            Bb+	Eb	Cm          Bbdim
Bb               F7	Bb	C7            F7	Bb
Bb9	-                 B+	Eb	-
Gm	C7	F               Eb	Dm          F#dim
Bb               F7	Bb7	Eb	Cm          Bbdim
Bb               F7	Bb	C7            F7	Bb      (to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

Never saw you look quite so pretty before,

Never saw you dressed quite so lovely, what's more,

I could hardly wait to keep our date this lovely Easter morning,

And my heart beat fast as I came through the door for:

 

Chorus:

In your Easter bonnet, With all the frills upon it,

You'll be the grandest lady in the Easter Parade.

I'll be all in clover, And when they look you over,

I'll be the proudest fellow in the Easter Parade.

On the Avenue, Fifth Avenue,

The photographers will snap us,  And you'll find that you're In the rotogravure.

Oh, I could write a sonnet, About your Easter bonnet,

And of the girl I'm taking to the Easter Parade.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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