When She's Gone, She's Gone

Fmaj7 C Am F C F G C INTRO C F Saw an old friend last night I hadn't seen in a couple of years. C Asus Am Stopped in Galatoire's, had a couple of beers. F C Am Talked about the price of oysters, the coach at LSU, Dm Gsus G Then like I knew it would the conversation turned to you. C F He had to go and I looked at my watch, it was 1:45, C Am I headed down canal, the quarter was coming alive. F C Am A man on the corner told me that Jesus was coming soon, Dm Gsus G But I was lost in the music and the crowd and the smell of cheap perfume. Fmaj7 C It's not good for a man to be alone, Am F But a woman needs someone that she can count on. Fmaj7 C And I walked down by the river in the cold gray dawn, Eb Love is like the Mississippi... Fadd9 Gsus G C F Gsus G When she's gone, she's gone. C F The line was long at Cafe Du Monde so I walked out on the pier. C Am Thought about the winds and turns and mistakes that got me here. Fmaj7 C Am Might as well try to change the course this old river takes, Dm Gsus G Than to go back in time when you were mine, pretend it's not too late. Fmaj7 C It's not good for a man to be alone, Am F But a woman needs someone that she can count on. Fmaj7 C And what I'd give to go back but the current's just too strong, Eb Love is like the Mississippi... Fadd9 Gsus G C When she's gone, she's gone. C Am F C G C/E F Gsus G INSTRUMENTAL Fmaj7 C It's not good for a man to be alone, Am F But a woman needs someone that she can count on. Fmaj7 C And what I'd give to go back but the current's just too strong, Eb Love is like the Mississippi... Fadd9 Gsus G C F G C F G Am F G When she's gone, she's gone. C F G C F G Am F G C F G C (fade out) Yeah she's gone.