Paul Simon – Take Me To The Mardi Gras (Guitar)

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[Intro] | A | % | E | % | | E7 | % | A | % | [Verse]
                     A         
C'mon take me to the Mardi Gras 

                          E
Where the people sing and play 

          E7
Where the dancing is elite 

            E7
And there's music in the street 

               A 
Both night and day 
[Verse]
                     A 
Hurry take me to the Mardi Gras 

                  E
In the city of my dreams 

        E7
You can legalize your lows 

        E7         
You can wear your summer clothes 

         A        A7
In New Orleans 
[Middle 8]
                         D
And I will lay my burden down 

                       D                        
Rest my head upon that shore 

                            C
And when I wear that starry crown 

                      Em   E   E7
I won't be wanting anymore   
[Verse]
                         A    
Take your burdens to the Mardi Gras 

                        E 
Let the music wash your soul 

        E7
You can mingle in the street 

        E7                              A
You can jingle to the beat of the jelly roll 
[Verse]
                     A
Tumba, tumba, tumba, Mardi Gras 

                     E 
Tumba, tumba, tumba, yeah

           E7
Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yea

           E7
Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yea

                 A
Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yeah,yea
[Outro] | A | % | E | % | | E7 | % | A | % | (repeat and fade)