Cover Up the Sun Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][Dm][Am][G][C][F][C]

[Verse 1]
[C]Colorado passes
by like [Em]writing on a wall
[F]Headed Eastward down
to [Am]New Or[C]leans
Dipping into Texas [Em]as the stars
are fading out
But [F]there's still a lot
of country in-between
[G]When When I [Am]left California,
I [F]was 29 years [C]old
And the [F]world [C]just [Dm]spun [C]me [G]'round
Now I just [C]watch Louisiana
Scroll across [F]the [C]windowpane
And [Dm]I face in the direction I am [F]bound

[Verse 2]
[Dm]Cov [Am]er up[G] the su[C]n[F]
[Dm]Let [Am]the r[G]iver r[C]un[F][Am]
[Dm]Make [Am]the w[G]a ters[Em] com[F]e
and wash me [C]away

[Verse 3]
Me, [C]Clifton and the King of Cats
[Em]sat down in the road
Ped[F]ro said "Boys,
we're three [C]of a kind"
He said "I've sat with river rats
And I've hung [Em]my hat with diplomats
I [F]had 4 brothers once upon [G]a time"
He said [Am]they toured the country far
away [F]from the Rio [C]Grande
[F]But the road [C]just [Dm]wore [C]them [G]down
So they [C]bought a house beside a
lake out[F]side of New [Am]Orleans
[C]And[Dm] they stared in the direction
of [Bb]the escal[G]ating sound

[Verse 4]
[Dm]Cov [Am]er up[G] the su[C]n[F]
[Dm]Let [Am]the r[G]iver r[C]un[F]
[Dm]Take [Am]this [G]good [Em]man's [F]son
and wash him [Am]away
[C]

[Verse 5]
Sister Indecipherable
[Dm]is talking t[Em]o a wall
[F]Back in New York City,
she's [Dm]a qu[C]een
Resurrect or genuflect
[Em]She saves the ones she
can't protect
And keep[F]s the chapel pris-
(if not Sis[G]-) tine
She [Em]drinks [Am]Absinthe mixed with kerosene
To keep [F]herself up[C]right
But [F]the world [C]still [Dm]brings [C]her [G]down
If you can't keep [C]your shit together when
God [F]is on [C]your side
[Dm]What chance do you have
when he's not [F]around?

[Verse 6]
[Dm]Cover [G]up [C]the sun[F][Dm]
Make [Am]that [G]water [C]run[F][Dm]
Let the [G]river [Em]come[F] to wash
me away
[C][Am][C]

[Verse 7]
People of the Mardi Gras
[Em]in their Tuesday best
[F]Waiting for the South to rise aga[C]in
Children of Geronimo griev
[Em]ing for The West
[F]Feather-dressed and
and marching the re[G]frain
[Am]In the dark of Armstrong Park
[F]The marching bands at[C]tend
[F]But they nev[C]er [Dm]make [C]a s[G]ound
Just a quiet [C]prayer for Congo Square
A si[F]lent conversation [C]there
[Dm]With the night to rest our eyes in
We just [Bb]look to the horizon for [G]a change

[Verse 8]
[Dm]Cov [Am]er up[G] the su[C]n[F]
[Dm]Let [Am]the r[G]iver r[C]un[F]
[Dm]Pray the wa[G]ter[C]s c[F]ome
to wash me [C]away

[Verse 9]
[Dm]Color [C]in [G]the sky[F]
[Am]Make[Dm] the d[Am]iese[G]l fly[F]
[Dm]Lay [Am]me do[G]wn to[Em] die[F] and take me away

[Outro 1]
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