How to Play Big Parade on Guitar?

The Lumineers - Big Parade can be played in the key of C using the C, F, G chords. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Big Parade with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

The Lumineers - Big Parade Chords

Chord reference C, F, G

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

Lovely girl won’t you stay, won’t you stay, stay with me All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see [C]Lovely girl [F]won’t you [C]stay, [F]won’t you [C]stay, [G]stay with [C]me [C]All my life [F]I was [C]blind, [F]I was [C]blind, [G]now I [C]see

[C]Fleet of black, fleet of black [G]limousines These tinted [F]machines, here comes the [C]cavalcade With the armored cars, armored cars like [G]berettas Flags on [F]antennas designed to keep me [C]safe, keep me [G]safe

[C]And oh my my [G]oh hey [C]hey [F]Here he [C]comes, the [G] [C]candidate [C]Blue eyed boy, [G]united [C]states [F]Vote for [C]him, the [G] [C]candidate

[C]Diamonds cut, diamonds cut for the [G]carrots Plaster of [F]Paris, the floats fill up the [C]street And the beauty queens, beauty queens with the white [G]gloves All sick from the night clubs, [F]They wave with [C]pageantry, [G]pageantry

[C]Oh my my [G]oh hey [C]hey [F]Here it [C]comes, the [G]big [C]parade [C]Marching bands [G]and [C]barricades [F]Make [C]way, for the [G]big [C]parade

[C] [G] [F] [C]Canvas covered, canvas covered in [G]resin The violent [F]men who dance the blood [C]ballet And the bookies say, bookies say it’s the 3rd round [G] Oh when louie will go down, [F]if he don’t There’s [C]hell to pay, and hell to [G]raise

[C]And oh my my [G]oh hey [C]hey [F]Here he [C]comes, the [G] [C]welterweight [C]Take a dive, [G]for goodness [C]sake [F]Or say [C]goodbye to the [G] [C]welterweight

[C]Catholic priest, catholic priest in a [G]crisis He’s torn between romance and [F]Jesus, who will win the civil [C]war And he says I’m in [G]love, I’m in love with a woman Yeah, this is my confession, [F] I’m leaving I can’t a [C]priest anymore, [G]anymore

[C]And oh my my [G]oh hey [C]hey [F]There he [C]goes, the [G]man of [C]faith [C]Left the [G]church for a [C]fiancé [F]Let him [C]love, the [G]man of [C]faith

[C] [G] [F] [C]TV cameras, TV cameras and stage [G]hands American [F]bandstand, electric [C]guitars And he’s singing [G]songs, singing songs for the lonely All the girls with the room [F]keys, They know all his words by [C]heart, by [G]heart and they all sing

[C]Lovely girl [F]won’t you [C]stay, [F]won’t you [C]stay, [G]stay with [C]me [C]All my life [F]I was [C]blind, [F]I was [C]blind, [G]now I [C]see [C]Lovely girl [F]won’t you [C]stay, [F]won’t you [C]stay, [G]stay with [C]me [C]All my life [F]I was [C]blind, [F]I was [C]blind, [G]now I [C]see [C]Lovely girl [F]won’t you [C]stay, [C]oh [G]oh [F]ohoh

[C]Oh my my [G]oh hey [C]hey [F]Here she [C]comes by [G]saving [C]grace [C]Burn the [G]car and [C]save the plates [F]She’s [C]arrived, my [G]saving [C]grace

Artist The Lumineers

Album The Lumineers

Genres Alternative, Indie

Year 2013

Key C

The Lumineers - Big Parade can be played in the key of C using the C, F, G chords.

For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Big Parade with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.