Its My Party But I Won't Cry chords by Graham Parker

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G  C  G

Verse 1:
         C    G
It's my party but I won't cry
          C    G
It's my funeral but I won't die
          C    G
It's my fiction but I won't lie
         C    G
It's my party but I won't cry

Pre-chorus 1:
  Em
I don't have the power to be superman
    C            Em
And I don't have the smarts to understand
                   C  Em
Why you walked out and left me for another man
     Am
With the cake in the oven
     D
And the meat in the pan

Verse 2:
G         C    G
It's my party but I won't dance
               C    G
My feet get tangled I can't take the chance
         C     G
It's my party but no one's here
              C  G
They left me chocolate and warm beer

Pre-chorus 2:
  Em
I don't have the strength left to pull a train
  C              Em
I don't have the fortitude to start again
                 C    Em
Well you might have left me in a world of pain
    Am        D
But I won't fall apart or go insane

Chorus:
G         C  G
It’s my party now
         C  G
It’s my party yeah

Organ/Guitar solo:
Em  C  Em
Em  C  Em
Em  C  Am  D

Verse 3:
G         C    G
It is my party but I won't leave
            C    G
The wound is fatal but I won't grieve
             C   G
I'm not in traction I'm not bereaved
         C    G
It's my party and I won't leave

Pre-chorus 3:
  Em
I don't have the heart to beat myself up
    C              Em
It's a farfetched tale you can't make this stuff up
                C     Em
Well you might have left me in a world of pain
    Am        D
But I won't fall apart or go insane

Chorus:
G         C  G
It‘s my party yeah
          C  G
It‘s my party now
          C  G
It‘s my party yeah
          C  G
It‘s my party now