E 
The manager is waiting to be paid 
                                        A  E 
Along with priests and deacons of his court 
                                 A  
A quartermaster, quite a man, a mistress of the line 
                                E 
Has found a last cent avenue of pain 

A Mardi Gras just passed this way a while ago 
Making hungry people of us all 
Along the Mississippi you can hear the fiddlers play 
Fandangos and boleros to the lord 

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 A           E 
Many times, many tried, 
A                      E 
Simple stories are the best 
A             E 
Keep in mind, the wishful kind, 
A                           E 
Don't wanna be like all the rest. 

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My uncle was a vicar in the big parade 
Selling fountain pens that never write 
San Sebastian gamblers never cheat nor lie 
They know good fences make good neighbours 

B                           A 
I wish I knew what time of year it was 
B                           A 
What kind of people will be there 
B                          A 
When gruesome tales of two cities ran 
A7              E 
Running all the way 

Father might have heard his prayers were answered 
Inhibitions all the way from home 
Consider now, consider then before the deed is done 
The blood of consolation runs so true 

Chorus