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My Lovely Lady

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By: Jimmy Buffett
1973
[Verse]
CWhen I pay my Gbills
Gonna Fleave these Tennessee Chills
AmTake my lady to the Gsea
That's Cwhere we both come Gfrom
That's Fwhere we both Cbelong
AmThink I'll go back to the GKeys
[Chorus]
'Cause FI don't want the fame that brings Cconfusion
Where Fpeople recognize you on a Amplane
FAll I want's the quiet and the Ccomforts
That Dlivin' with my Glovely lady Cbrings
[Verse]
CSomehow we Gsurvived the Fdouble talk and Cjive
AmThings are looking better all the tiGme
CI owe her all I Gcan 'cause she Fmade me Cunderstand
AmThe simple way that we should live our Glives
[Chorus]
And FI don't want the fame that brings Cconfusion
Where Fpeople recogGnize you on a Amplane
FAll I want's the quiet and the Ccomforts
That Dlivin' with my Glovely lady Cbrings
[Verse]
CLet me tell Gyou now she Fcan eat her own Cweight up in crab meat
AmAnd there's plenty of that down there by the Gsea
CWell we're sailin' in those Gwarm December Fbreezes
CSendin' picture postcards Amback to GTennessee
[Chorus]
Yes Fand I don't want the fame that brings Cconfusion
Where Fpeople Grecognize you on a Amplane
FAll I want's the quiet and the Ccomforts
That lDivin' with my Glovely lady bCrings
Yeah that Dlivin' with my Glovely lady Cbrings

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My Lovely Lady

by Jimmy Buffett

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By: Jimmy Buffett

1973

[Verse]

C G

When I pay my bills

F C

Gonna leave these Tennessee hills

Am G

Take my lady to the sea

C G

That's where we both come from

F C

That's where we both belong

Am G

Think I'll go back to the Keys

[Chorus]

F C

'Cause I don't want the fame that brings confusion

F Am

Where people recognize you on a plane

F C

All I want's the quiet and the comforts

D G C

That livin' with my lovely lady brings

[Verse]

C G F C

Somehow we survived the double talk and jive

Am G

Things are looking better all the time

C G F C

I owe her all I can 'cause she made me understand

Am G

The simple way that we should live our lives

[Chorus]

F C

And I don't want the fame that brings confusion

F G Am

Where people recognize you on a plane

F C

All I want's the quiet and the comforts

D G C

That livin' with my lovely lady brings

[Verse]

C G F C

Let me tell you now she can eat her own weight up in crab meat

Am G

And there's plenty of that down there by the sea

C G F

Well we're sailin' in those warm December breezes

C Am G

Sendin' picture postcards back to Tennessee

[Chorus]

F C

Yes and I don't want the fame that brings confusion

F G Am

Where people recognize you on a plane

F C

All I want's the quiet and the comforts

D G C

That livin' with my lovely lady brings

D G C

Yeah that livin' with my lovely lady brings

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