INTRO:  E  B7  E  B7 
 
  E                          A                   E   -   B          A 
I think I'll go back down to New Orleans, try to bury my travellin' bone 
     E                  A                 B7                        B7 
Unpredictable me like I swore I would be, nothing's ever written in stone. 
          E                         A 
There's a knock on her door, is she here anymore? 
        E    -     B              A  
I guess me and the neighbors will see. 
       E                         A 
If the one thing that I couldn't do without her 
A     -      B7         E 
She couldn't do without me. 
 

         A                       A 
        Could I leave her behind, go on losin' my mind,  
                  E                      E 
        While the good times continue to roll. 
                  A                         D 
        With this time on my hands, I could change all my plans 
               B7                       B7 
        And it really wouldn't bother a soul 
                E                    E 
        I could make all the rounds, paint all the towns 
           A                       A 
        Do all that and more on my own, 
              E                    B7         E 
        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.