Nobody’s Gonna Rain on Our Parade
Written By Brad Parker and Will Rambeaux
Sung by Kathy Mattea on “Walking Away a Winner”
Transcribed by W. McGee
Intro: C F C G C F C G
F G
Well there’s a blue moon hangin’ in a small town sky
C G/B Am Am/G
Nobody’s listening to the band tonight
F G C F C G
Nobody feels like dancing in this sad cafe
F G
Oh but you and me Baby we got something to live for
C G/B Am Am/G
One more step and we’ll be out that door
F G
I don’t know where we’re goin’ but we’re already on our way
C Bb F C
The train is leaving and it won’t come back
C Bb F C
We got one way tickets on a one way track
F C/E Dm Dm/C G G/F G/E G/D
Nobody’s gonna get their hands on the plans we made
F G C F C G
And nobody’s gonna rain on our parade
F G
Well there’s a red light blinkin’ on an empty street
C G/B Am Am/G
Church bells ringin’ in the dog day heat
F G C F C G
The more we try to change things the more they stay the same
F G
But there ain’t no tellin’ just what we’ll find
C G/B Am Am/G
Out past the city limit sign
F G
There’s a voice out there and I heard it callin’ our name
Chorus----->
F G
Well there ain’t nobody don’t need nobody
F/A G/B
Couldn’t be nobody don’t see nobody
F G C
Nobody’s gonna rain on our parade
Chorus------>
C F C G
The train is leaving and it won’t come back
C F C G
One way ticket on a one way track
C F C G
The train is leaving and it won’t come back (etc)
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Capo 1 (Original key Db)
Chords with slashes simply mean the letter after the slash is the bass note
to be played under the chord; G/B would be X20003, Am/G would be 3X2210
etc.
Questions or comments, e-mail me.
McGee
