JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Take Me To the Mardi Gras" merupakan lagu Paul Simon, mantan personel grup duo Simon & Garfunkel.
Lagu ini menjadi bagian dalam album panjang Paul Simon yang berjudul There Goes Rhymin' Simon.
Album tersebut merupakan album solo ketiga Paul Simon yang berhasil mendapatkan dua nominasi Grammy, Best Pop Vocal Performance dan Album of the Year.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Mother and Child Reunion - Paul Simon
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Take Me To the Mardi Gras" dari Paul Simon.
[Intro]
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[Verse]
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C'mon take me to the Mardi Gras
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Where the people sing and play
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Where the dancing is elite
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And there's music in the street
A
Both night and day
[Verse]
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Hurry take me to the Mardi Gras
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In the city of my dreams
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You can legalize your lows
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You can wear your summer clothes
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In New Orleans
[Middle 8]
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And I will lay my burden down
D
Rest my head upon that shore
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And when I wear that starry crown
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I won't be wanting anymore
[Verse]
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Take your burdens to the Mardi Gras
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Let the music wash your soul
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You can mingle in the street
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You can jingle to the beat of the jelly roll
[Verse]
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Tumba, tumba, tumba, Mardi Gras
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Tumba, tumba, tumba, yeah
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Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yea
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Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yea
A
Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yeah,yea
[Outro]
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