Cover Up the Sun — Counting Crows
Chords and lyrics for Cover Up the Sun by Counting Crows (key of C).
Intro
[C] [Em] [F] [C]
Verse 1
[C]Colorado passes by like writing on a wall
[F]Headed eastward down to New Orleans
[C]Dippin' into Texas as the stars are fading out
[F]There's still a lot of country in [G]between
Verse 2
[Am]When I left California I was 29 years old
[F]And the world just spun me [C]around
[F][C][Dm][C][G]Now I watched Louisiana scroll across the window pane
[Dm]And I face in the direction I am [F]bound
Chorus
[Dm][C][G][C][F]Cover up the sun
[Dm][C][G][C][F]Let the river run
[Dm][C][G][C][F]Make that water come
[C]Wash me away
Verse 3
[C]Me, Clifton, and the king of cats, we sat down in the road
[F]Pedro said, "Boys, we're three of a kind,"
[C]He said "I sat with river rats and hung my hat with diplomats
[F]Had four brothers once upon a [G]time"
Verse 4
[Am]He said they toured the country far away from the Rio Grande
[F]And the road just wore them [C]down
[F][C][Dm][C][G]So they bought a house beside a lake, outside of New Orleans
[Dm]And they stared in the direction of the escalating [F]sound
Chorus
[Dm][C][G][C][F]Cover up the sun
[Dm][C][G][C][F]Let the river run
[Dm][C][G][C][F]Take this good man's son
[C]And wash him away
Verse 5
[C]Well Sister Indecipherable is talkin to a wall
[F]Back in New York city, she's a queen
[C]Well, resurrect or genuflect, she saves the one she can't protect
[F]Keeps the chapel Pris- if not [G]Sistine
Verse 6
[Am]She drinks Absinthe mixed with Kerosene to keep herself upright
[F]But the world still brings her [C]down
[F][C][Dm][C][G]If you can't keep your shit together when God is on your side
[Dm]What chance do you have when he's not [F]around?
Chorus
[Dm][C][G][C][F]Cover up the sun
[Dm][C][G][C][F]Make that water run
[Dm][C][G][C][F]Let the river come
[C]To wash me away
Verse 7
[C]People of the Mardi Gras, in their Tuesday best
[F]Waiting for the South to rise again
[C]Children of Geronimo grieving for the West
[F]Feather-dressed and marching their [G]refrain
Verse 8
[Am]Oh in the dark of Armstrong Park the marching bands attend
[F]But they never make a [C]sound
[F][C][Dm][C][G]Just a quiet prayer for Congo Square, a silent conversation there
[Dm]With the night to rest our eyes in we just look to the horizon for the [G]change
Chorus
[Dm][C][G][C][F]Cover up the sun
[Dm][C][G][C][F]Let the river run
[Dm][C][G][C][F]I pray the waters come to wash me away
[Dm][C][G][C][F]Colour in the sky
[Dm][C][G][C][F]Make that diesel fly
[Dm][C][G][C][F]Oh, just lay me down to die and just take me [C]away