The Soft Parade

[Intro]
[N.C.]
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!

[Am]  [Am/G]  [Am/F]  [Am/E]

[Verse 1]
[Am]       [Am/G]  [Am/F]   [Am/E]
Can you give me sanctuary
[Am]       [Am/G]  [Am/F]    [Am/E]
I must find a place to hide
[Am]          [Dm7]  [E7]   [Am]
A place for me   to  hide

[Am]  [Am/G]  [Am/F]  [Am/E]  x2

[Am]       [Am/G]   [Am/F]   [Am/E]
Can you find me soft asylum
[Am]       [Am/G]  [Am/F]   [Am/E]
I can't make it   anymore
[Am]         [Dm7]  [E7]   [Am]
The Man is at  the  door

[Verse 2]
[Gm7]  [G#m7]  [Am7]  [A#m7]  [Am7]  [G#m7]  x2
[Gm7]  [G#m7]  [Am7]  [A#m7]  [Am7]  [G#m7]  [G#maj7]

[Gm7] [G#m7] [Am7] [A#m7] [Am7] [G#m7]   [Gm7] [G#m7] [Am7] [A#m7] [Am7] [G#m7]
Peppermint,  miniskirts,     chocolate     candy
[Gm7]  [G#m7]  [Am7]  [A#m7]  [Am7]  [G#m7]  [G#maj7]

[Gm7] [G#m7] [Am7] [A#m7] [Am7] [G#m7]   [Gm7] [G#m7] [Am7] [A#m7] [Am7] [G#m7]
Champion  sax  and  a        girl    named    Sandy
[Gm7]  [G#m7]  [Am7]  [A#m7]  [Am7]  [G#m7]  [G#maj7]

[Solo]
[A#m7]  [B#7]  [G#]  [Fm7]  [F#]  [C#]  [B#7]

[Gm7] [G#m7] [Am7] [A#m7] [Am7] [G#m7]   [Gm7] [G#m7] [Am7] [A#m7] [Am7] [G#m7]
There's only four ways to    get         unraveled
[Gm7] [G#m7] [Am7] [A#m7] [Am7] [G#m7]   [Gm7] [G#m7] [Am7] [A#m7] [Am7] [G#m7]  
One  is  to sleep and the    other    is     travel,   da
[G#maj7]
da
[Gm7] [G#m7] [Am7] [A#m7] [Am7] [G#m7]   [Gm7] [G#m7] [Am7] [A#m7] [Am7] [G#m7]
One    is    a   bandit      up   in   the   hills
[Gm7] [G#m7] [Am7] [A#m7] [Am7] [G#m7]   [Gm7] [G#m7] [Am7] [A#m7]
One   is   to  love   your   neighbor   'till
His wife gets home

[Verse 3]
[C]  [Dm7]  [Em7]  [F]
[C]  [F]  [Em7]  [Dm7]

[C]     [Dm7]     [Em7]     [F]
Catacombs,   nursery bones
[C]       [F]        [Em7]      [Dm7]
Winter women,   growing stones
[C]         [Dm7]   [Em7]  [F]         [C]  [F]  [Em7]  [Dm7]
Carrying babies   to the river

[C]            [Dm7]    [Em7]   [F]
Streets and shoes,  Avenues
[C]         [F]       [Em7]     [Dm7]
Letter writers,  Selling news

[C]  [Dm7]  [Em7]  [F]
[C]  [F]  [Em7]  [Dm7]

[C]          [Dm7]    [Em]
The monk  bought lunch

[Verse 4]
[Em]
Ha ha, he bought a little
[Em]
Yes, he did
[Em]
Woo!
[Em]
This is the best part of the trip
[Em]
This is the trip, the best part
[Em]
I really like
[Em]
What'd he say?

[Em]
Yeah!
[Em]
Yeah, right!
[Em]
Pretty good, huh
[Em]
Huh!
[Em]
Yeah, I'm proud to be a part of this number

[Em]
Successful hills are here to stay
[A]               [Em]
Everything must be this way
[Em]
Gentle streets where people play
[A]              [Em]
Welcome to the Soft Parade
[A]                [Em]
All our lives we sweat and save
[B]                [Em]
Building for a shallow grave
[A]                 [Em]
Must be something else we say
[B]            [Em]
Somehow to defend this place
[A]               [Em]
Everything must be this way
[B]               [Em]
Everything must be this way, yeah

[Solo]
[Em]

[Em]
The Soft Parade has now begun
[A]             [Em]
Listen to the engines hum
[Em]
People out to have some fun
[A]              [B]
A cobra on my left
[B]              [Em]
Leopard on my right, yeah

[Em]
The deer woman in a silk dress
[A]                  [Em]
Girls with beads around their necks
[Em]
Kiss the hunter of the green vest
          [A]
Who has wrestled before
[B]                  [Em]
With lions in the night

[Outro]
[Em]
Out of sight!
The lights are getting brighter
The radio is moaning
Calling to the dogs
There are still a few animals
Left out in the yard
But it's getting harder
To describe
Sailors
To the underfed

Tropic corridor
Tropic treasure
What got us this far
To this mild equator?
We need someone or something new
Something else to get us through, yeah, come on
Calling on the dogs
Calling on the dogs
Oh, it's getting harder, (Calling on the dogs)
Calling in the dogs
Calling all the dogs
Calling on the gods
You got to meet me,  (Too late, baby)
Slay a few animals
At the crossroads,  (Too late)
All in the yard
But it's getting harder,  (By the crossroads)
You got to meet me
Oh, we're going, we're going great
At the edge of town
Tropic corridor
Tropic treasure
Having a good time
Got to come along
What got us this far
To this mild equator?
Outskirts of the city
You and I
We need someone new
Something new
Something else to get us through
Better bring your gun
Better bring your gun
Tropic corridor
Tropic treasure
We're going to ride and have some fun

When all else fails
We can whip the horse's eyes
And make them sleep
And cry