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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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Listen to the Toronto Banjo Band with Jerry Fisher perform "Easter Parade" (mp3)
 
Listen to Larry Kennedy perform "Easter Parade" (mp3)
Recorded at 39 Main Restaurant in Tiburon, CA - 1975
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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