Tuning: E A D G B E

I know you can spend your ^Awhole life ^D ^A ^DWaiting for a ^Esign Neon flashing ^Dgold light^As ^D ^AAnd it's dark enough ^Eoutside But i'm sitting on the ^Dside street ^A ^D ^ADoing nothing with my^E time While the punk kids in the ^Dquarter ^A ^D ^AMade a thousand bucks tonight ^E

But that's not me^D ^A ^E Before i leave^D ^A ^E Or move my fee^Dt ^A ^E I'm gonna ^Dfr^Ae-^Eeze I'm gonna ^Dfr^Ae-^Eeze

She says people can be ^Adifferent ^D ^A ^DBut I don't miss my hom^Ee Still, every winter here the ^Dpipes burst ^A ^D Beca^Ause they're not used to being ^Ecold And i live alone ^Dinstead now ^A ^D ^AAnd i don't mind it like i ^Edid If the house is haunted ^Danyway ^A ^D ^AWhat's another empty bed^E?

But as for me^D ^A ^E Before i leav^De ^A ^E Or move my fe^Det ^A ^E I'm gonna ^Dfr^Ae-^Eeze I'm gonna ^Dfr^Ae-^Eeze

New orleans in the ^Dwinter ^A ^D ^AChicago in the ^Efall Things that are and are ^Dnot ^A ^D ^AThat we leave comfortably unso^Elved I should and i should ^Dnot go ^A ^D ^AI can and cannot ^Ecall Though I guess that doing ^Dnothing ^A ^D ^AIs doing something after ^Eall

But I could still leave^D ^A ^E I could still leave^A ^D ^A I could still leave^E

Mal Blum - New orleans