The Day After Mardi Gras Day chords by Alex Mcmurray

Chords with lyrics

Verse:

D MajorD
Your pocket’s a little lighter

           G+G
You’re reeling in the dawn

  D MajorD
you make you way down Esplanade

    A7A7
after everybody’s gone

  D MajorD
you stand outside her window

          G+G
she turns her head away

    D MajorD     A7A7     D MajorD
on the day after Mardi Gras day

Verse:

D MajorD
Let’s all go get our ashes

            G+G
Let’s get down on our knees

   D MajorD
while bits of broken costumes

    A7A7
hang in tatters in the trees

D MajorD
lord, I’m not a praying man,

            G+G
but I can see no other way

    D MajorD     A7A7     D MajorD
on the day after Mardi Gras day

      D MajorD     A7A7     D MajorD
hey, on the day, after Mardi Gras day

Verse:

D MajorD
they say it takes only forty days

          G+G
to make that Jesus die

  D MajorD              A7A7
so why’s it got to happen every year?

D MajorD
we're never going to get it right

           G+G
so what’s the use in trying?

D MajorD
guess I’ll just sell my car

  A7A7
and disappear


Verse:

D MajorD
Let’s sleep here in our makeup

           G+G
with the garbage all around

D MajorD
let’s learn to live another day

     A7A7
with our trinkets on the ground

D MajorD
cause she’s probably on a bus by now

      G+G
to Miami or L.A.

D MajorD         A7A7     D MajorD
on the day, after Mardi Gras day

      D MajorD     A7A7     D MajorD
hey, on the day, after Mardi Gras day