Mardi Gras Beads chords by Parquet Courts

Chords with lyrics

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

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
 F# minorF#m       E MajorE E6E6     D7D7
e|2--2-----------0-0-0-------|-2-2-2-3-4-7-5---|----5-----7-----9------12----------|
BB|2----2---------0-2-2-0-----|-1-1-----------5-|-----------------------------------|
G+G|2------2--0h1--1-1-1---1---|-2-2-------------|5/6---6/7---7/9---9/12-------------|
D MajorD|4---------0h2--2-2-2-----2-|-0-0-------------|-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|4---------0h2--2-2-2-------|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|2--------------0-0-0-------|-----------------|-----------------------------------|

Verse:
   A augmentedA                 A augmentedA
Your mind sings some lyrics like we're memory
   A7A7              F# minorF#m
Your sad our goodbyes sound nostalgy
   E MajorE              E6E6
Your chords swung me from idolatry
   D7D7            D7D7
I'm living like a vagabond, I just can't decide
A augmentedA          A augmentedA
When to leave

     A augmentedA                  A augmentedA
But it's roots are in the river to my mood it swings
  A7A7            F# minorF#m
A augmentedA vow even is impossible to keep
   E MajorE               E6E6
Every day is starting on the balance beam
D7D7               D7D7
Still you're standing with me, always carrying
A augmentedA
The melody


G+G           G+G
Smiling all the while, the paint chips off
   G+G   D MajorD  A augmentedA
Of my Mardi Gras beads

D MajorD D A augmentedA A majorA
D MajorD D A augmentedA A majorA
D MajorD D A augmentedA A majorA
D MajorD D A augmentedA A majorA

e|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|
BB|--3-----3-----3-----3---|----7-----5-----5----|-5-----5-----5----------------|
G+G|----4-----4-----4-----4-|------7-----6-----6--|---6-----6-----6--------------|
D MajorD|5-----5-----5-----5-----|5/7-----7-----7-----7|-----7-----7-----7------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|

Verse:
     A augmentedA            A augmentedA
It's the images contained not the lens or frames
 A7A7                F# minorF#m
Recalled to my mind before I fall asleep
 E MajorE               E6E6
A augmentedA list of regrets is no place to be
  D7D7           D7D7
I'm coming in late but I'll never modulate us
A augmentedA         A augmentedA
To a minor key

G+G           G+G
Smiling all the while, the paint chips off
   G+G   D MajorD  A augmentedA
Of my Mardi Gras beads

D MajorD D A augmentedA A majorA
D MajorD D A augmentedA A majorA
D MajorD D A augmentedA A majorA
D MajorD D A augmentedA A majorA

e|------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
BB|--3-----3-----3-----3---|----7-----5-----5---|--5-----5-----5----------------|
G+G|----4-----4-----4-----4-|------7-----6-----6-|----6-----6-----6--------------|
D MajorD|------5-----5-----5-----|5/7-----7-----7-----|7-----7-----7-----7------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|

Solo:
e|----5-5-----------|5-7/9-7-9---12-12-9-7-9-9-7-5----------7/9-7-9-----------|
BB|5-7-----7-5---5-7-|------------------------------7-7b8r7-5------------------|
G+G|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|

Outro:
 F# minorF#m       E MajorE E6E6     D7D7
e|2--2-----------0-0-0-------|-2-2-2-3-4-7-5--------------------------------------|
BB|2----2---------0-2-2-0-----|-1-1-----------5------------------------------------|
G+G|2------2--0h1--1-1-1---1---|-2-2------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|4---------0h2--2-2-2-----2-|-0-0------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|4---------0h2--2-2-2-------|----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|2--------------0-0-0-------|----------------------------------------------------|

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| h Hammer-on
| / Slide up
| r Release
| b Bend

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