After Mardi Gras chords by Steve Earle

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Am       G      F        G (x4)

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

Chorus:
A
There's so much I need to do
Amaj7
Before I get over you
A7
But I can't bother with it all
D            Dm
Until after Mardi Gras
A
All that music in the air
Amaj7
Happy people everywhere
A7
Make it hard to sing the blues
D             Dm
Until Mardi Gras is through

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

Chorus:
A
Right now I ain't got the time
Amaj7
To sit at home and cry
A7
When outside it's carnival
D          Dm
Maybe after Mardi Gras
A
I can learn to take it well
Amaj7
Psychoanalyze myself
A7
But for now I'm havin' fun
D             Dm
Until Mardi Gras is done

Solo:
Am       G      F        G (x4)

Outro:
A
There's so much I need to do
Amaj7
Before I get over you
A7
But I can't bother with it all
D           Dm
Until after Mardi Gras
A
Right now I ain't got the time
Amaj7
To sit at home and cry
A7
When outside it's carnival
D           Dm
Maybe after Mardi Gras
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