HALLOWEEN PARADE LOU REED
There's a down town fairy singing out "Proud Mary"
as she cruises Christopher Street
And some Southern Queen is acting loud and mean
where the docks and the Badlands meet
This Halloween is something to be sure
Especially to be here without you
There's a Greta Garbo and an Alfred Hitchcock
and some black Jamaican stud
There's five Cinderellas and some leather drags
I almost fell into my mug
There's a Crawford, Davis and a tacky Cary Grant
And some Homeboys lookin' for trouble down here from the Bronx
But there ain't no Hairy and no Virgin Mary
you won't hear those voices again
And Johnny Rio and Rotten Rita
you'll never see those faces again
This Halloween is something to be sure
Especially to be here without you
There's the Born Again Losers and the Lavender Boozers
and some crack team from Washington Heights
The boys from Avenue B and the girls from Avenue D
a Tinkerbell in tights
This celebration somehow get me down
Especially when I see you're not around
There's no Peter Pedantic saying things romantic
in Latin, Greek or Spic
There's no Three bananas or Brandy Alexander
dishing all their tricks
It's a different feeling that I have today
Especially when I know you've gone away
There's a girl from Soho with a teeshirt saying "I Blow"
she's with the "jive five 2 plus 3"
And the girls for pay dates are giving cut rates
or else doing it for free
The past keeps knock, knock, knocking on my door
And I don't want to hear it anymore
No consolations please for feelin' funky
I got to get my head above my knees
But it makes me mad and mad makes me sad
and then I start to freeze
In the back of my mind I was afraid it might be true
In the back of my mind I was afraid that they meant you
The Halloween Parade
At the Halloween parade
At the Halloween parade
See you next year, at the Halloween parade
/D} (There's a -)
{A}{A}{D}{D} (- down town fairy singing out ...)
{A}{A}{D}{D} (- some Southern Queen is acting ...)
{Bm}{Bm}{G}{G} (- Halloween is something to be sure)
{Bm}{Bm}{G}{G} (Especially to be here without you ...)
{A}{A}{D}{D} (- Greta Garbo and an Alfred ...)
{A}{A}{D}{D} (- five Cinderellas and some ...)
{Bm}{Bm}{G}{G} (- Crawford, Davis and a tacky ...)
{Bm}{Bm}{G}{A} (- Homeboys lookin' for trouble ...)
{D}{D}{G}{G} (- ain't no Hairy and no Virgin Mary...)
{D}{D}{G}{G} (- Rio and Rotten Rita ...)
{Em}{Em}{C}{C} (This Halloween is something to be sure)
{Em}{Em}{C}{C} (Especially to be here without you ...)
{D}{D}{G}{G} (- Born Again Losers and the ...)
{D}{D}{G}{G} (- Avenue B and the girls from ...)
{Em}{Em}{C}{C} (- celebration somehow get me down)
{Em}{Em}{C}{D} (Especially when I see you're not ...)
{G}{G}{C}{C} (- Peter Pedantic saying things ...)
{G}{G}{C}{C} (- Three bananas or Brandy ...)
{Am}{Am}{F}{F} (- a different feeling that I have ...)
{Am}{Am}{F}{F} (Especially when I know you've gone ...)
{G}{G}{C}{C} (- girl from Soho with a teeshirt ...)
{G}{G}{C}{C} (- girls for pay dates are giving ...)
{Am}{Am}{F}{F} (The past keeps knock knock ...)
{Am}{Am}{F}{G} (And I don't want to hear it ...)
{C}{C}{F}{F} ((conso) - lations please for ...)
{C}{C}{F}{F} (- makes me mad and mad makes me ...)
{Dm}{Dm}{A#}{A#} (- back of my mind I was afraid it ...)
{Dm}{Dm}{A#}{C} (- back of my mind I was afraid ...)
{F}{F}{A#}{C} (The Halloween Parade)
{F}{F}{A#}{C} (At the Halloween parade )
{F}{F}{A#}{C} (At the Halloween parade )
{F}{F}{A#}{C} (See you next year, at the ...)
{F}{F}{A#}{C} backing vo.
{F}{F}{A#}{C} backing vo.
{F}{F}{A#}{C} backing vo.
{F}{F}{A#}{C} backing vo.
{F...
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The above is solely MY INTERPRETATION of this great song, in a format aimed at learning guitarists.
No attempt has been made to copy or reproduce the artist's or publisher's sheet music for the song,
if such exists.
It can be used for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. To play the song as it should be played, you should
purchase the official sheetmusic for the song. You should also purchase and listen to the song to learn
the rhythm and timing of the song - this is essential if you wish to play the song with any degree of accuracy
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