It was (C)June.

I was (G)ten.

I still (C)think of that (D)day now and (Em)then.

A pa (C)rade

and a (Em)girl

and a crowd of (C)thou (D)sands.

(G)She sat (C)straight

as a (G)queen.

On ly (C)eight, but so (D)proud and se (Em)rene,

how they (C)cheered!

How I (Em)stared

in that crowd of (C)thou (D)sands!

Then I (F)start ed to run and to call out her name as the (C)crowd on the (Em)road went wild!

I reached (Eb)out with my hand and looked up and then she (Dsus)smiled.

The pa (C)rade

trav eled (G)on.

With the (C)sun in my (D)eyes, she was (Em)gone.

But if (C)I

were still (Em)ten

in that crowd of (Em)thou sands,

I’d (Cmaj7)find her

a

(C)gain.

A pa (G)rade

pass ing (D)by.

It was (G)hot.

Not a (A)cloud in the (Bm)sky.

Then a (G)boy

caught my (Bm)eye

in a crowd of (G)thou (A)sands.

He was (G)thin.

Not too (D)clean.

There were (G)guards, but he (A)dodged in be (Bm)tween.

Yes, he (G)made

(A)him self (Bm)seen

in that crowd of (G)thou (A)sands!

Then he (C)called out my name and he start ed to run through the (G)sun and the (Bm)heat and crowd.

And I (Bb)tried not to smile, but I smiled...

and then he (A11)bowed.

The pa (G)rade

trav eled (D)on.

With the (G)sun in my (A)eyes you were (Bm)gone.

But I (G)knew

e ven (Bm)then

in a crowd of (Bm)thou sands

I’d (Gmaj7)find

you

a (G)gain.