The Day After Mardi Gras Day chords by Alex Mcmurray

Verse:

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Your pocket’s a little lighter

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You’re reeling in the dawn

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you make you way down Esplanade

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after everybody’s gone

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you stand outside her window

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she turns her head away

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on the day after Mardi Gras day


Verse:

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Let’s all go get our ashes

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Let’s get down on our knees

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while bits of broken costumes

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hang in tatters in the trees

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lord, I’m not a praying man,

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but I can see no other way

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on the day after Mardi Gras day

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hey, on the day, after Mardi Gras day


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they say it takes only forty days

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to make that Jesus die

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so why’s it got to happen every year?

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we're never going to get it right

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so what’s the use in trying?

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guess I’ll just sell my car

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and disappear


Verse:

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Let’s sleep here in our makeup

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with the garbage all around

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let’s learn to live another day

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with our trinkets on the ground

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cause she’s probably on a bus by now

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to Miami or L.A.

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on the day, after Mardi Gras day

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hey, on the day, after Mardi Gras day