Communards, Don't Leave Me This Way (1986)
Key: :[Em] (w: Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Cary Gilbert) (Thelma Houston, 1976)
INTRO:
[Em] [C] // ^
[G]^
[D/F#] [Em] [Am] [D] :
[x2]
REPEAT INTRO:
VERSE 1:
[Em] Don't
[A] leave me this
[D] way
[D7]
I can't sur-
[G]-vive I can't
[D/F#] stay a-
[Em]-live
With-
[Am]-out your love
[D] oh, Baby
VERSE 2:
[Em] Don't
[A] leave me this
[D] way
[D7]
No, I can't
[G] exist I'll
[D/F#] surely
[Em] miss
Your
[Am] tender kiss, so
[D] don't leave me this
[E] way
CHORUS:
[E] Aaahh,
[E] Baby
My
[D] heart is full of
[A] love and de-
[E]-sire for you
So
[D] come on down and
[A] do what you
[E] gotta do
You
[D] started this
[A] fire down
[E] in my soul
Now
[D] can't you see it's
[A] burning
[E] out of control?
So come
[D] on down and
[A] satisfy the
[E] need in me
Cause
[D] only your good
[A] lovin' can
[B] set me free
VERSE 3:
[Em] Don't
[A] leave me this
[D] way
[D7]
I don't under-
[G]-stand how I'm at
[D/F#] your com-
[Em]-mand?
So
[Am] Baby please,
[D] don't leave me this
[E] way
REPEAT CHORUS:
CHORUS EXT: (SET ME FREE) [E] ^
[D] ^
[A] :
[x4]
INSTRUMENTAL: [E] ^
[D] ^
[A] :
[x4]
BRIDGE:
Come satisfy
[E] me, come satisfy ^
[D] me ^
[A]
Come satisfy
[E] me, come satisfy ^
[D] me ^
[A]
REPEAT BRIDGE: [3 Times with ad libs]
REPEAT VERSE 2:
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+2] [F#m]
CHORUS 2:
[E] Aaahh
[E open],
[F#] Baby
My
[E] heart is full of
[B] love and de-
[F#]-sire for you
So
[E] come on down and
[B] do what you
[F#] gotta do
You
[E] started this
[B] fire down
[F#] in my soul
Now
[E] can't you see it's
[B] burning
[F#] out of control?
So come
[E] on down and
[B] satisfy the
[F#] need in me
Cause
[E] only your good
[B] lovin' can
[F#] set me free
OUTRO:
Set me ^
[E] free ^
[A#]
Set me
[F#] free, set me ^
[E] free ^
[A#]
Set me
[F#] free, set me ^
[E] free ^
[A#]
Don't leave me this
[F#] way; don't leave me this ^
[E] way ^
[A#]
Don't leave me this
[F#] way; don't leave me this ^
[E] way ^
[A#]
Don't leave me this
[F#] way; don't leave me this ^
[E] way ^
[A#] 