Tabbed by: Danny Halstead

Intro: A5  E5 

A5
It's Mardis gras in Kansas
                 E5   
There ain't no parade

Still I put on a boa and some plastic beads
                        A5
and this little tutu I made

And I walked up and down this midwest town
                      D5
All I could see were cars

With working stiffs going to work as if
      E5                        A5
They didn't know it was Mardi Gras


D5
Mardis Gras in Kansas
       A5
Ain't like it is in New Orleans
            E5
There's no marching bands

No Dacquiri stands
                         A5
No hookers and no drag queens
      D5
No tourists falling in the gutter
         A5
As they put their Margaritas away
E5
Mardis Gras in Kansas
                   A5         E5
Is just another Tuesday


A5
I shoulda known something was up
                                    E5
When I saw there was snow on the ground

The neighbours were digging out their driveways
                       A5
And nobody else was around

Thought I made a mistake

And got the wrong date
                       D5
Maybe this was all a dream

It's Mardi Gras, for sure
           E5                   A5         E5
But it's Kansas and not New Orleans


D5
Mardis Gras in Kansas
         A5
It just ain't the same
             E5
There's no Mardi Gras rows

No cups to go
                      A5
Nobody playing Eliza Jane
         D5
Still I put on a rhumba

dance a little number
       A5
But I felt like a kind of a freak
      E5
Coz Mardis Gras in Kansas
                            A5       E5
Is just another day of the week



SOLO - Play same chords as verse


    D5
So next year I got a good plan babe
   A5
I tell you what we gonna do
  E5
We're going to start the very first ever
                   A5
Kansas Mardi Gras crew
D5
Gonna shut down this whole town
              A5
We're gonna close off every street
               E5
And then the Kansas High School Marching Band
                             A5        E5
are gonna learn a different beat


D5
Mardis Gras in Kansas
       A5
Ain't like it is in New Orleans
            E5
There's no marching bands

No Dacquiri stands
                         A5
No hookers and no drag queens
D5
But its gonna change, it's gonna get strange
                  A5
It will be like Kansas you have never seen
              E5
When we get Mardis Gras in Kansas
                             A5
Just like they got in New Orleans
E5
Yeah, we'll have Mardis Gras in Kansas
                             A5
Just like they got in New Orleans