Chords for Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint - Ascension Day

_ _ Oh yeah. _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ Not a [Dm] soul was [E] stirring.
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[G] Not [Gm] a bird was [D] singing, least [Gm] not within my hearing.
_ [D] _ I [Dm] was five minutes past caring, _ [A] _ standing in [Db] the road [Dm] just staring. _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ Thought I heard somebody _ pleading.
_ _ _ [F] Thought I heard [C] someone _ [Gm] apologize, _ some [D] fell down [Gm] weeping.
Others [D] float their face up at [Dm] the sky
And those who left [A] _ _
seem to be wearing [Dm] _ _
disguises
[Gm] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ Now [Dm] there's a queen [C] _ [A] _ [Dm] in wheat _ _
[F] _ _ [Gbm] _ [Gm] Not enough love and [Dm] too much [Gm] hate
_ [Ab] For the [Dm] prince hidden within a man
_ _ [C] _ Seems [A] to be [D] _ hesitating
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ He [Dm] said, let her go, [Em] let her go, [Dm]
God bless her
[F] _ She [G] hasn't been gone long enough for me _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ Except every [Dm] minute of every hour of every day
Wish [C] _ _
[A] I could [Dm] possess [A] her _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] For the days [A] _ _
[Dm] pass by
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[Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ So _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Dm]
carry [A] on [Dm] _ _ _ this [A] way
[Dm] _ _ [A] _ And in [E]
time [Dm] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] you'll [Gbm] pay
_ [Gm] _ But we'll [A] all be _ [Dm] together _ [A] _ _ _
[Dm] come _ Ascension
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[Gm] _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A]
Now _ the [Dm] _ hand _
[A] _ _ [Dm] was howling
[Am] _ _
_ [D] [Gm] All _ _ _ [D] whimpering, [Gm] all prowling
_ [Abm] _ Now the [Am] wind had [Dm] departed
Not a leaf [A] was hanging on a [Db] tree [D] like when it started
But [A] I know [Bb] there will be two
Like [C] they never been [Dm] away [A] come _ [Dm] Ascension Day _
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