After Mardi Gras chords by Steve Earle

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
A minorAm    G+G   FF    G+G (x4)

Verse:
A minorAm    G+G   FF    G+G
See that shadow on the wall
A minorAm    G+G   FF    G+G
Doesn't look like me at all
A minorAm      G+G
Head hung down
FF             G+G
Intentions meltin' on the ground
A minorAm    G+G   FF    G+G
Saddest shape I ever saw

Chorus:
A augmentedA
There's so much I need to do
Amaj7Amaj7
Before I get over you
A7A7
But I can't bother with it all
D MajorD      DmDm
Until after Mardi Gras
A augmentedA
All that music in the air
Amaj7Amaj7
Happy people everywhere
A7A7
Make it hard to sing the blues
D MajorD       DmDm
Until Mardi Gras is through

Verse:
A minorAm    G+G   FF    G+G
Put my loneliness away
A minorAm    G+G   FF    G+G
Save it for a rainy day
A minorAm    G+G
Delay the pain
FF            G+G
Nothin' ventured nothin' gained
A minorAm    G+G   FF    G+G
The time'll come but that's okay

Chorus:
A augmentedA
Right now I ain't got the time
Amaj7Amaj7
To sit at home and cry
A7A7
When outside it's carnival
D MajorD     DmDm
Maybe after Mardi Gras
A augmentedA
I can learn to take it well
Amaj7Amaj7
Psychoanalyze myself
A7A7
But for now I'm havin' fun
D MajorD       DmDm
Until Mardi Gras is done

Solo:
A minorAm    G+G   FF    G+G (x4)

Outro:
A augmentedA
There's so much I need to do
Amaj7Amaj7
Before I get over you
A7A7
But I can't bother with it all
D MajorD      DmDm
Until after Mardi Gras
A augmentedA
Right now I ain't got the time
Amaj7Amaj7
To sit at home and cry
A7A7
When outside it's carnival
D MajorD      DmDm
Maybe after Mardi Gras
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