INTRO:  E5  B5  E5  B5 
 
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I think I'll go back down to New Orleans, try to bury my travellin' bone 
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Unpredictable me like I swore I would be, nothing's ever written in stone. 
          E5                         A5 
There's a knock on her door, is she here anymore? 
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I guess me and the neighbors will see. 
       E5                         A5 
If the one thing that I couldn't do without her 
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She couldn't do without me. 
 
CHORUS:
                A5                       A5 
        Could I leave her behind, go on losin' my mind,  
                  E5                      E5 
        While the good times continue to roll. 
                  A5                         D5 
        With this time on my hands, I could change all my plans 
               B5                       B5 
        And it really wouldn't bother a soul 
                E5                    E5 
        I could make all the rounds, paint all the towns 
           A5                       A5 
        Do all that and more on my own, 
              E5                    B5         E5 
        But a man can't survive on Happiness Alone. 
 
Take a good look around, this is New Orleans 
A free wheeler's got to feel right at home 
But it's a hell of a leap, whether shallow or deep 
That old river's gonna keep moving on 
Like that muddy Mississippi, she keeps pulling me under 
When you're in it nothing ever seems clear 
I could stand on the bank, just toss in my line 
But there's way too many fish around here 
 
        Could I leave 'em behind for the one the line 
        Are the good times still gonna roll? 
        With this time on my hands, I could change all my plans 
        And it really wouldn't bother a soul 
        I could make all the rounds, paint all the towns 
        Do all that and more on my own, 
        But a man can't survive on Happiness Alone. 
 
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Written by Clint Black and Jimmy Buffet 
Copyright 1993, Wordy Music Publishing (ASCAP) 
and Coral Reefer Music, Inc. (BMI) 
>From the album , "No Time To Kill" - 1993, BMG Music / RCA 
Lyrics transcribed by ruggs  and Darragh Egan. 
Music transcribed by Darragh Egan