St Annes Parade

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[Verse 1]

       G                             C
By the looks of everyone it’s been a long two weeks
 G                                  D
Coming up on the business end of a goodluck streak
         G                                         C
Gave ‘em hell in New York City, headed down to New Orleans
G            D                  C
Drove across Mississippi in the rain

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It don’t seem to freeze too much down in New Orleans
        G                          D
But the rain can sure wash out the street
               G                    C
We crossed the snowline, man it was just in time
                   G              D                 G
They're diggin ‘em out everywhere north of the Chesapeake


[Chorus 1]

        C                        G
And I’m up too damn early in the morning
C                                  D
Watching the world around me come alive
      C         D          G                Em
And I need more fingers to count the ones I love
     C               D       G
This life may be too good to survive


[Verse 2]

     G                             C
They cancelled a parade or two for weather
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The kings and saints their robes all soaking wet
        G                            C
We were happy just to all be there together
              G                 D                 C
Stoned on the porch smoking all Niki’s cigarettes

           G                                C
We’ve been riding down this highway now for all these years
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Breathing in the dust along the way
             G                                C
But it’s the kindness of a friend is what's remembered in the end
        G              D             G
It is a debt that is a pleasure to repay


[Chorus 2]

       C                                  G
And it never feels like we’re getting any older
        C                            D
But the memories build up around the eyes
      C         D              G             Em
And I need more fingers then I got on my two hands
     C               D          G
This life may be too good to survive


[Bridge]

                   Em             G
We were dressed to celebrate your wedding day
  D                       Em
We marched along with the St. Anne’s Parade
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Sang out our hearts while they sent away their dead
    Am                               D
The sun shone on the river and we begin our lives instead


[Chorus 1]

        C                        G
And I’m up too damn early in the morning
              C                      D
But I can’t remember ever feeling so alive
    C           D          G                Em
And I need more fingers to count the ones I love
     C               D       Em
This life may be too good to survive
     C               D       G
This life may be too good to survive