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The Big Parade
by Jonah's OneLineDrawing
From the album Sketchy EP #2
Words and Music by Jonah Matranga

Tablature written by Nolan (rasputin@value.net)

A7sus4  G/B    Cadd9   Gmaj  Dmaj  Csus2/F

E-0--   E-3-   E-3-    E-3-  E-2-  E-0-
B-3--   B-3-   B-3-    B-3-  B-3-  B-0-
G-0--   G-0-   G-0-    G-0-  G-2-  G-0-
D-2--   D-x-   D-x-    D-0-  D-0-  D-2-
A-0--   A-2-   A-3-    A-x-  A---  A-3-
E---    E---   E---    E-3-  E---  E-3-

Riff A (basically Gmaj w/ a hammer-on/pull off on the B and C notes on the
        5th string. Let the other strings ring after they've been hit)

E------3-3------3-3----------3-3------3-3------
B------3-3------3-3----------3-3------3-3------
G------0-0------0-0----------0-0------0-0------
D------0-0------0-0----------0-0------0-0------
A----------2h3--3-3--3p2---------2h3--3-3--3p2-
E--3-3-------------------3-3-------------------


Riff B (the same chord progression as Riff A, but instead of strumming
        the high 4 strings, there is a little more intricate work happening.
        Let the high E, B and G string ring throughout. )

E--------------------------
B------3-------------------   * the exact order in which the B and G strings
G--------0----------0------   * are played here varies slightly with each
D--------------------------   * repetion, but it's more or less, like this
A----------2h3--3-3---3p2--
E--3-3---------------------


== Verse 1 ==

w/ Riff A
I've just come back from the war.
I'm angry and tired and bored.
Scarred by the things that I saw --
Still don't feel like I'm home.

== Chorus ==

A7sus4                 Riff A               Gmaj
Don't want to go back, don't want to stay.

Gmaj      A7sus4 G/B Cadd9                Riff A
I'm still waiting    for      the big parade.

== Verse 2 ==

w/ Riff A
Just before dawn --
doesn't feel like last fall...

             A7sus4                       G/B   *
feels like a friend I've lost touch with        * with same picking patters
                       Cadd9                    * as Riff B before
who I'd hoped wouldn't call --                  *


w/ Riff B
blankets and clothes and pictures of wives,     *
		A7sus4      G/B                 *
the glow of the burning                         * use that picking pattern
                  Cadd9                         * in this part too
they saw from the sky...                        *
                                                *
w/ Riff B                                       *
When I woke up, all swaddled in white           *
            A7sus4        G/B                   *
I wanted my Mother                              *
              Cadd9  (strum once)
wanted her to tell me why I was alive

== Bridge ==

Dmaj            Csus2/F    Dmaj           Csus2/F
I'd write every night         just before bed.
Dmaj                Csus2/F
For a while there I stopped.
Dmaj                Csus2/F
Did you think I was dead?
Dmaj         Csus2/F    Dmaj    Csus2/F
The truth of it is,     I was afraid.

Riff A

A7sus4
Scared to come back, I wanted to stay.

Riff A

Gmaj      A7sus4 G/B Cadd9                Riff A
I'm still waiting for              the big parade.



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