Counting Crows - Cover up the sun

^CColorado passes by like ^Emwriting on a wall ^FHeaded eastward down to New Or^Cleans ^CDippin' into Texas as the ^Emstars are fading out There's ^Fstill a lot of country in be^Gtween

When ^AmI left California I was ^F29 years ^Cold And the ^Fworld ^Cjust ^Dmspun ^Cme ^Garound Now I ^Cwatched Louisiana scroll a^Fcross the window ^Cpane And I ^Dmface in the direction I am ^Fbound

^DmCo-^Cver ^Gup ^Cthe ^Fsun ^DmLet ^Cthe ^Griv^Cer ^Frun ^DmMake ^Cthat ^Gwa^Cter ^Fcome Wash me a^Cway

Me, ^CClifton, and the king of cats, we ^Emsat down in the road ^FPedro said, "Boys, we're three of a ^Ckind," He ^Csaid "I sat with river rats and ^Emhung my hat with diplomats ^FHad four brothers once upon a ^Gtime"

He s^Amaid they toured the country far a^Fway from the Rio ^CGrande And the ^Froad ^Cjust ^Dmwore ^Cthem ^Gdown So they ^Cbought a house beside a lake, out^Fside of New Or^Cleans And th^Dmey stared in the direction of the e^Fscalating ^Gsound

^DmCov^Cer u^Gp t^Che s^Fun ^DmLet ^Cthe ^Griv^Cer ^Frun ^DmTake ^Cthis ^Ggood ^Cman's s^Fon And wash him a^Cway

Well ^CSister Indecipherable is t^Emalkin to a wall ^FBack in New York city, she's a ^Cqueen (New York she's a queen) Well, ^Cresurrect or genuflect, she ^Emsaves the one she can't protect ^FKeeps the chapel Pris- if not Sis-^Gtine

She drinks ^AmAbsinthe mixed with Kerosene to ^Fkeep herself up^Cright But the ^Fworld ^Cstill ^Dmbrings ^Cher ^Gdown If you can't ^Ckeep your shit together when ^FGod is on your ^Cside What ^Dmchance do you have when he's not a^Fround?

^DmCov^Cer u^Gp t^Che s^Fun ^DmMake ^Cthat ^Gwa^Cter ^Frun ^DmLet ^Cthe ^Griv^Cer ^Fcome To wash me a^Cway

^CPeople of the Mardi Gras, ^Emin their Tuesday best ^FWaiting for the South to rise a^Cgain ^CChildren of Geronimo ^Emgrieving for the West ^FFeather-dressed and marching their ref^Grain

Oh ^Amin the dark of Armstrong Park the ^Fmarching bands at^Ctend But they ^Fnev^Cer ^Dmmake ^Ca ^Gsound Just a ^Cquiet prayer for Congo Square, a ^Fsilent conver^Csation there With the ^Dmnight to rest our eyes in we just ^Flook to the horizon for the ^Gchange

^DmCov^Cer ^Gup ^Cthe ^Fsun ^DmLet ^Cthe ^Griv^Cer ^Frun I ^Dmpray ^Cthe ^Gwa^Cters ^Fcome to wash me a^Cway ^DmCol^Cour ^Gin ^Cthe ^Fsky ^DmMake ^Cthat ^Gdie^Csel ^Ffly Oh, just ^Dmlay ^Cme ^Gdown ^Cto ^Fdie and just take me ^Caway.