Communards, Don't Leave Me This Way (1986)
Key: :[Gbm] (w: Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Cary Gilbert) (Thelma Houston, 1976)
INTRO:
[Gbm] [D] // ^
[A]^
[E/G#] [Gbm] [Bm] [E] :
[x2]
REPEAT INTRO:
VERSE 1:
[Gbm] Don't
[B] leave me this
[E] way
[E7]
I can't sur-
[A]-vive I can't
[E/G#] stay a-
[Gbm]-live
With-
[Bm]-out your love
[E] oh, Baby
VERSE 2:
[Gbm] Don't
[B] leave me this
[E] way
[E7]
No, I can't
[A] exist I'll
[E/G#] surely
[Gbm] miss
Your
[Bm] tender kiss, so
[E] don't leave me this
[Gb] way
CHORUS:
[Gb] Aaahh,
[Gb] Baby
My
[E] heart is full of
[B] love and de-
[Gb]-sire for you
So
[E] come on down and
[B] do what you
[Gb] gotta do
You
[E] started this
[B] fire down
[Gb] in my soul
Now
[E] can't you see it's
[B] burning
[Gb] out of control?
So come
[E] on down and
[B] satisfy the
[Gb] need in me
Cause
[E] only your good
[B] lovin' can
[C#] set me free
VERSE 3:
[Gbm] Don't
[B] leave me this
[E] way
[E7]
I don't under-
[A]-stand how I'm at
[E/G#] your com-
[Gbm]-mand?
So
[Bm] Baby please,
[E] don't leave me this
[Gb] way
REPEAT CHORUS:
CHORUS EXT: (SET ME FREE) [Gb] ^
[E] ^
[B] :
[x4]
INSTRUMENTAL: [Gb] ^
[E] ^
[B] :
[x4]
BRIDGE:
Come satisfy
[Gb] me, come satisfy ^
[E] me ^
[B]
Come satisfy
[Gb] me, come satisfy ^
[E] me ^
[B]
REPEAT BRIDGE: [3 Times with ad libs]
REPEAT VERSE 2:
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+2] [G#m]
CHORUS 2:
[Gb] Aaahh
[Gb open],
[G#] Baby
My
[Gb] heart is full of
[C#] love and de-
[G#]-sire for you
So
[Gb] come on down and
[C#] do what you
[G#] gotta do
You
[Gb] started this
[C#] fire down
[G#] in my soul
Now
[Gb] can't you see it's
[C#] burning
[G#] out of control?
So come
[Gb] on down and
[C#] satisfy the
[G#] need in me
Cause
[Gb] only your good
[C#] lovin' can
[G#] set me free
OUTRO:
Set me ^
[Gb] free ^
[C]
Set me
[G#] free, set me ^
[Gb] free ^
[C]
Set me
[G#] free, set me ^
[Gb] free ^
[C]
Don't leave me this
[G#] way; don't leave me this ^
[Gb] way ^
[C]
Don't leave me this
[G#] way; don't leave me this ^
[Gb] way ^
[C]
Don't leave me this
[G#] way; don't leave me this ^
[Gb] way ^
[C] 