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I DON'T WANT TO GO
WORDS & MUSIC: Earl P. Reinhalter
INTRO: E6 - E - E6 - E
E9 - A - F#m7 - E
E6 - E - E6 - E
E9 - A - F#m7 - E
E
I. there's a cloud up in the north:
A
the Mississippi River changing course.
F#m7 E
we've got to get away.
E
New Orleans is running dry,
A
flooding the Atchafalaya River.
F#m7 E
how can we stay?
E6 E
CHORUS: I don't want to go.
E6 E
I don't want to go.
E9 A F#m7 E
I don't want to go from my home.
E6 E
I don't want to know.
E6 E
I don't want to know.
E9 A F#m7 E
I don't want to know that it's gone.
INSTRUMENTAL A: E6 - E - E6 - E
E9 - A - F#m7 - E
N.C. E
REFRAIN: hey-oh, hey-oh \
N.C. E \
hey-oh, hey-oh > STOP TIME
N.C. A F#m7 E /
hey, oh - ay - oh /
E6 - E
hey-oh, hey-oh \
E6 - E \
hey-oh, hey-oh > CONTINUOUS
E9 - A F#m7 E /
hey, oh - ay - oh /
E
II. there's lots of little fishing boats
A
and a million other things that float
F#m7 E
in Lake Pontchartrain.
E
now that Bourbon Street is dry,
A
it's empty as the lonely weeping eye
F#m7 E
of a dying hurricane. but...
/// REPEAT CHORUS ///
/// REPEAT INSTRUMENTAL A ///
INSTRUMENTAL B: E - A - F#m7 - E
(like verse) E - A - F#m7 - E
E
III. I'm hangin' up my two-step shoes.
can't go back to Big Mamou
A F#m7 E
since the Mississippi broke the dam.
E
they're fishing in Fred's parking lot.
A
Loretta can't keep her etouffe hot.
F#m7 E
gotta leave that cajun land. but...
/// REPEAT CHORUS ///
/// REPEAT INTRO ///
INSTRUMENTAL A: E6 - E - E6 - E
E9 - A - F#m7 - E
(repeat)
E6 - E
ENDING: hey-oh, hey-oh
E6 - E
hey-oh, hey-oh
E9 - A F#m7 E
hey, oh - ay - oh
E6 - E
hey-oh, hey-oh
E6 - E
hey-oh, hey-oh
E9 - A (rit.) F#m7 E
hey, oh - ay - oh
© Copyright 1991 Earl P. Reinhalter. All Rights Reserved.
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