Happiness Alone

INTRO: I think I'll go back down to New Orleans, try to bury my travellin' bone Unpredictable me like I swore I would be, nothing's ever written in stone. There's a knock on her door, is she here anymore? I guess me and the neighbors will see. If the one thing that I couldn't do without her She couldn't do without me. CHORUS: Could I leave her behind, go on losin' my mind, While the good times continue to 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. 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- I've tried playing it in the key of with a capo on the 2nd fret, but the voicing of the arpeggios sounds more like the original if it's just played in the key of E without the capo. By the way, I play the as x21202 and the as x24442 for this song. The voicing of the notes sounds too high if you play them as bar chords up at the 7th fret.