Mardi Gras In Kansas

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[A]It's Mardis gras in Kansas
There ain't no pa[E]rade

Still I put on a boa and some plastic beads
and this little tutu I m[A]ade

And I walked up and down this midwest town
All I could see were c[D]ars

With working stiffs going to work as if
They d[E]idn't know it was Mardi G[A]ras

[D]Mardis Gras in Kansas
Ain't l[A]ike it is in New Orleans
There's no m[E]arching bands

No Dacquiri stands
No hookers and no drag qu[A]eens
No tou[D]rists falling in the gutter
As they p[A]ut their Margaritas away
[E]Mardis Gras in Kansas
Is just another Tue[A]sday      [E]

[A]I shoulda known something was up
When I saw there was snow on the gro[E]und

The neighbours were digging out their driveways
And nobody else was aro[A]und

Thought I made a mistake

And got the wrong date
Maybe this was all a dr[D]eam

It's Mardi Gras, for sure
But it's Ka[E]nsas and not New Orl[A]eans      [E]

[D]Mardis Gras in Kansas
It just a[A]in't the same
There's no Ma[E]rdi Gras rows

No cups to go
Nobody playing Eliza J[A]ane
Still I p[D]ut on a rhumba

dance a little number
But I f[A]elt like a kind of a freak
Coz Ma[E]rdis Gras in Kansas
Is just another day of the w[A]eek     [E]

Play same chords as verse

So n[D]ext year I got a good plan babe
I t[A]ell you what we gonna do
We[E]'re going to start the very first ever
Kansas Mardi Gras c[A]rew
[D]Gonna shut down this whole town
We're gonna cl[A]ose off every street
And then the Ka[E]nsas High School Marching Band
are gonna learn a different b[A]eat      [E]

[D]Mardis Gras in Kansas
Ain't l[A]ike it is in New Orleans
There's no m[E]arching bands

No Dacquiri stands
No hookers and no drag qu[A]eens
[D]But its gonna change, it's gonna get strange
It will be like Ka[A]nsas you have never seen
When we get Ma[E]rdis Gras in Kansas
Just like they got in New Orl[A]eans
[E]Yeah, we'll have Mardis Gras in Kansas
Just like they got in New Orl[A]eans