Tablature happiness alone - Clint Black

          



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  Date: 1/14/98; 1:40:52 AM

  From: Darragh Egan <darragh@switchtech.net>

  Subject: Happiness Alone by Clint Black

  

  I'm not sure if my musical ear was quite up to the task of transcribing this

  song.  Any corrections would be greatly appreciated.  - Darragh Egan.

  

                 HAPPINESS ALONE  -  by Clint Black

  

  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.

  

  CHORUS:         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.

  

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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 <ruggiero3@wit.edu> and Darragh Egan.

  Music transcribed by Darragh Egan <darragh@switchtech.net>

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  I've tried playing it in the key of D 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 B7 as x21202 and

  the B 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. 


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 Happiness alone, de Clint black 

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