[Intro] 
GGmaj7 x2
GCmEm Fools on parade cavort and carry on
Bm For waiting eyes
AmBm Ones you would rather be beside than in front of
AmBm But she's never been the kind to be hollowed by the stares
 [Instrumental] 
EmBmGD x4
[Verse] 
EmBmGD She swam out of tonight's phantasm
EmBmGDEmBm Grabbed my hand and made it very clear
GDEmBm G D There's absolutely nothing for us here
EmBm It's a magnolia celebration
GD To be attended on a Wednesday night
EmBm It's better that than get a reputation
GD As a miserable little tyke
EmBm At least that's the conclusion
GDEmBmG She came to in this overture
 
Em G Bm
[Chorus] 
BmEm The secret door swings behind us
Am She's saying nothing
GBm She's just giggling along
 [Verse] 
EmBmGD Her arms were folded most indignant
EmBmGDEmBm Not looking like she was soon to leave
GDEmBmGD I had to squint in order to believe
EmBm And then like a butler pushing on a bookshelf
GD And unveiling the unexpected
EmBmGD I who was earlier reluctant was suddenly embarrassed and corrected.
EmBmGDEmBmG How could such a creature survive in such a habitat?
 
Em G Bm
[Chorus] 
BmEm The secret door swings behind us
Am She's saying nothing
Em She's just giggling along
BmEm Even if they were to find us
AmBmD I wouldn't notice, I'm completely occupied
 [Outro] 
GCm At all the fools on parade
EmBm Cavort and carry on for waiting eyes
AmBm Ones you would rather be beside than in front of
Am But she's never been the kind
D To be hollowed by the stares
GCmEm Fools on parade frolic and fuck about
BmAmBm To make a gaze turn to a scribble on a page by a picture
Am That holds her absence
D But you're daft to think she'd care
GCmEmBm Fools on parade
AmBmAmD Fools on parade
GCm Fools on parade
EmBmAm Bm Am D