Tabbed by: Danny Halstead Intro: A E A It's Mardis gras in Kansas E There ain't no parade Still I put on a boa and some plastic beads A and this little tutu I made And I walked up and down this midwest town D All I could see were cars With working stiffs going to work as if E A They didn't know it was Mardi Gras D Mardis Gras in Kansas A Ain't like it is in New Orleans E There's no marching bands No Dacquiri stands A No hookers and no drag queens D No tourists falling in the gutter A As they put their Margaritas away E Mardis Gras in Kansas A E Is just another Tuesday A I shoulda known something was up E When I saw there was snow on the ground The neighbours were digging out their driveways A And nobody else was around Thought I made a mistake And got the wrong date D Maybe this was all a dream It's Mardi Gras, for sure E A E But it's Kansas and not New Orleans D Mardis Gras in Kansas A It just ain't the same E There's no Mardi Gras rows No cups to go A Nobody playing Eliza Jane D Still I put on a rhumba dance a little number A But I felt like a kind of a freak E Coz Mardis Gras in Kansas A E Is just another day of the week SOLO - Play same chords as verse D So next year I got a good plan babe A I tell you what we gonna do E We're going to start the very first ever A Kansas Mardi Gras crew D Gonna shut down this whole town A We're gonna close off every street E And then the Kansas High School Marching Band A E are gonna learn a different beat D Mardis Gras in Kansas A Ain't like it is in New Orleans E There's no marching bands No Dacquiri stands A No hookers and no drag queens D But its gonna change, it's gonna get strange A It will be like Kansas you have never seen E When we get Mardis Gras in Kansas A Just like they got in New Orleans E Yeah, we'll have Mardis Gras in Kansas A Just like they got in New Orleans