Tabbed by: Danny Halstead

Intro: A  E 

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It's Mardis gras in Kansas
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There ain't no parade

Still I put on a boa and some plastic beads
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and this little tutu I made

And I walked up and down this midwest town
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All I could see were cars

With working stiffs going to work as if
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They didn't know it was Mardi Gras


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Mardis Gras in Kansas
       A
Ain't like it is in New Orleans
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There's no marching bands

No Dacquiri stands
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No hookers and no drag queens
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No tourists falling in the gutter
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As they put their Margaritas away
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Mardis Gras in Kansas
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Is just another Tuesday


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I shoulda known something was up
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When I saw there was snow on the ground

The neighbours were digging out their driveways
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And nobody else was around

Thought I made a mistake

And got the wrong date
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Maybe this was all a dream

It's Mardi Gras, for sure
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But it's Kansas and not New Orleans


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Mardis Gras in Kansas
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It just ain't the same
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There's no Mardi Gras rows

No cups to go
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Nobody playing Eliza Jane
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Still I put on a rhumba

dance a little number
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But I felt like a kind of a freak
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Coz Mardis Gras in Kansas
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Is just another day of the week



SOLO - Play same chords as verse


    D
So next year I got a good plan babe
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I tell you what we gonna do
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We're going to start the very first ever
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Kansas Mardi Gras crew
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Gonna shut down this whole town
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We're gonna close off every street
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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
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It will be like Kansas you have never seen
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When we get Mardis Gras in Kansas
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Just like they got in New Orleans
E
Yeah, we'll have Mardis Gras in Kansas
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Just like they got in New Orleans