Intro Am Am/G Am/F Am/E

Am Can you Am/G give me Am/F sanctu-Am/E ary
Am I must Am/G find a Am/F place to Am/E hide
A Am place for Dm me E7 to Am hide

Inter Am Am/G Am/F Am/E x 2

Am Can you Am/G find me Am/F soft a-Am/E sylum
Am I can’t Am/G make it Am/F any-Am/E more
The Am Man is Dm at E7 the Am door

Inter Gm Bbm x 3 – G#maj7

Gm Peppermint, Bbm miniskirts
Gm chocolate Bbm candy Gm Bbm G#maj7
Gm Champion Bbm sax
And a Gm girl named Bbm Sandy Gm Bbm G#maj7

Instr Bbm7 G# G#maj7 F# Eb

There’s Gm only four Bbm ways to Gm get un-Bbm raveled
Gm One is to Bbm sleep and the Gm other is Bbm travel, da G#maj7 da
Gm One is a Bbm bandit Gm up in the Bbm hills
Gm One is to Bbm love your Gm neighbor Bbm ’till
(-) his wife gets home

Inter C Dm7 Em F – C F Em Dm7

C Cata- Dm7 combs, Em nursery F bones
C Winter F women, Em growing Dm7 stones
C Carrying Dm7 babies Em to the F river C F Em Dm7

C Streets and Dm7 shoes, Em ave-F nues
C Letter F writers, Em selling Dm7 news

Inter C Dm7 Em F – C F Em Dm7

C The monk Dm7 bought Em lunch

Em He bought a little (yes, he did)
This is the best part of the trip
This is the trip, the best part
I really like (what’d he say)

Instr Em

Em Successful hills are here to stay
A Everything must Em be this way
Em Gentle streets where people play
A Welcome to the Em Soft Parade
A All our lives we Em sweat and save
B7 Building for a Em shallow grave
A Must be something Em else we say
B7 Somehow to de-Em fend this place
A Everything must Em be this way
B7 Everything must Em be this way, yeah

Solo Em

Em The Soft Parade has now begun
A Listen to the Em engines hum
Em People out to have some fun
Em Cobra on my B7 left
Leopard on my Em right, yeah

Em The deer woman in a silk dress
A Girls with beads a-Em round their necks
Em Kiss the hunter of the green vest
Who has A wrestled before A F#7/Bb B (-)

With lions in the Em night, out of sight
The lights are getting brighter
The A radio is moaning calling to the Em dogs…

Outro Em