Parasite Chords

PARASITE
As recorded by Nick Drake
(From the 1972 Album PINK MOON)
 
 
 
[Intro]
E7  E6   E
 
 
[Verse 1]
E7                      E6
Lifting the mask from a local clown
E
Feeling down like him
E7                    E6
Seeing the light in a station bar
E
And travelling far in sin
E7                        E6
Sailing downstairs to the northern line
E
Watching the shine of the shoes
E7                        E6
Hearing the trials of the people there
E
Who's to care if they lose?
 
 
[Chorus]
Fmaj7                              E
Take a look, you may see me on the ground
Fmaj7                         E
For I am the parasite of this town
 
 
[Verse 2]
E7                        E6
Dancing a jig in a church with chimes
E
A sign of the times today
E7                       E6
Hearing no bell from the steeple tall
E
People all in dismay
E7                  E6
Falling so far on a silver spoon
E
Making the moon for fun
E7                         E6
Changing a rope for a size too small
E
People all get hung
 
 
[Chorus]
Fmaj7                              E
Take a look, you may see me coming through
Fmaj7                                    E
For I am the parasite who travels two-by-two
 
 
[Verse 3]
E7                               E6
When I'm lifting the mask from a local clown
E
And feeling down like him
E7                            E6
And I'm seeing the light in a station bar
E
And travelling far in sin
E7                                E6
And I'm sailing downstairs to the northern line
E
Watching the shine of the shoes
E7                            E6
And hearing the trials of the people there
E
Who's to care if they lose?
 
 
[Chorus]
Fmaj7                              E
Take a look, you may see me on the ground
Fmaj7                         E
For I am the parasite of this town
Fmaj7                                 E
And take a look you may see me in the dirt
Fmaj7                                     E
For I am the parasite who hangs from your skirt
 
 
[Outro]
E7  E6   E     E7  E6   E
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