Children On Parade Chords

KeyBm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays870

Children On Parade by Colin Hay is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, G, D, C#m, C and C#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bm
Text
16
Speed
  			Verse: 

Bm                                G 
All the girls and boys have gone away 

Bm                             G 
They never really had much to say 

Bm                                         G 
They took off all their clothes and their shoes 

Bm                       G 
Politely asked to be excused 



Chorus: 

D             C#m          C      C#(strum this once on the change)  
They're the children on parade 

D             C#m          C      C# 
They have secrets that they share 

D             C#m          C    
They're the children on parade 

G 
And nobody knows, nobody knows  




And then back to the verse. Like I said if you listen to the album version its got alot 
of slides and things on it, not just the basic chords, but they mostly work around the 
bar chords so start from there. Also he doesn't play the high notes on the song, so stick 
mainly to the low strings. Or just play the open chords if you'd rather. Comments welcome. 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante