Jack Of All Parades: Difference between revisions
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|title = Jack Of All Parades | |||
|writer = [[Declan MacManus]] | |||
|performer = [[The Costello Show]] | |||
|producer = [[T Bone Burnett|J. Henry (T-Bone) Burnett]] & [[Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus]] with [[Larry Kalman Hirsch]] | |||
|musicians = [[The Little Hands Of Concrete]] - vocals, acoustic guitar<br>[[T-Bone Wolk]] - electric bass<br>[[Mickey Curry]] - sticks & drums<br>[[Mitchell Froom]] - Hammond organ<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - piano | |||
|record_info = August-September 1985, Ocean Way and/or Sunset Sound and/or Sound Factory, Los Angeles | |||
|release_info = February 21, 1986 | |||
|albums = [[King Of America]], 1986 | |||
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|collections = [[Girls Girls Girls]], 1989 (cassette only) | |||
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|length = 5:17 | |||
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|first = [[Concert 1986-10-01 Los Angeles|October 1, 1986, Los Angeles, CA]] | |||
|last = {{2024}} | |||
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==Alternate versions== | |||
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|title = Jack Of All Parades (Solo Demo) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, guitar | |||
|record_info = July 1985, unknown studio, Los Angeles | |||
|release_info = April 25, 2005 | |||
|albums = [[King Of America (Rhino/Edsel reissue)]], 2005 | |||
|length = 3:29 | |||
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*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/koa/koa.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: King Of America] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/koa.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/koa.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/koa/koa_info_a01.htm Info page] | |||
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/ | *[[Template: Jack Of All Parades|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Jack Of All Parades covers|Covers]] | ||
==External links== | |||
*[http://www.inanotherroom.com/koa.html Elvis Costello Reissues: King Of America] | |||
[[Category:1986]] | |||
[[Category:King Of America]] | |||
[[Category:Songs]] | [[Category:Songs]] | ||
[[Category:Lyrics]] | [[Category:Lyrics]] | ||
[[Category:Chords]] | [[Category:Chords]] | ||
[[Category:Alternate versions]] |
Latest revision as of 18:00, 1 April 2024
When we first met I didn't know what to do |
First known performance: Alternate versions
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Covers
Bob Fenster | home studio production | 2013 | YouTube |
Michael Martinez | home studio production | 2021 | SoundCloud |
Erich Sellheim | home studio production, sung in German | 2019 | YouTube |
Chords
--------------------- --------------------- --------------------- -------------0------- -0----0-------------- ----0----0-1---1--3-- [2 times, then:] ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -0----0----0----0------ ----0----0----0----0--- A Dm A When we first met I didn't know what to do Dm A My old love lines were all worn out on you D D/C# Bm And the world walked round at my mouth A E A They lit me up and they snuffed me out Chorus A E A And I was everybody's boy D D/C# Bm But soon that thrill just fades D E A E F#m To be the love of one true heart D E A Or the Jack of all parades [Do opening riff here] A You won't know who to thank Dm A You won't know who to blame Dm A It's just a part of the Murdering Game 'Cos down in the fleshpots Dm A Where they pay you in pounds They're laughing like drains Dm A And baying like bloodhounds D D/C# Bm For the Jack of all parades D E A A7 The Jack of all parades D Once I knew a girl Dm That looked so much like Judy Garland A That people would stop and give her money D Dm And everybody was Frankie, Jimmy or Bobby A E Not the Jack, the Jack of all Parades, A D E Oh the Jack, the Jack of all Parades, A E A Oh the Jack, of all Parades. [Intro riff again] A Dm A Now the way that I feel is no longer news Dm A You know my love and how to refuse it Cause you know where the door is D A And how to use it D D/C# Bm Oh you know you do A But from my chequered past Dm A To this shattered terrace Where you can't keep your mind off Dm A the Crimes of Paris And you can't keep your peace Dm A And try to forget it And I can't forgive you Dm A For things you haven't done yet A E A Oh I was anybody's boy D D/C# Bm But soon that thrill just fades D E A E F#m To be the love of one true heart D E A Or the Jack of all parades A [tacet] When we first met I didn't know what to do A [tacet] My old love lines were all worn out on you D D/C# Bm And the world walked 'round my mouth A I didn't mean to say it E A I just blurted it out D D/C# As you pretended not to notice Bm Or be taken aback E A And I loved you there and then E A It's as simple as that A E A Oh I was everybody's boy D D/C# Bm But soon that thrill just fades D E A E F#m To be the love of one true heart D E A Or the Jack of all parades A E A E F#m To be the love of one true heart D E A Or the Jack of all parades D E A Oh the Jack of all parades