Communards, Don't Leave Me This Way (1986)
Key: :[Abm] (w: Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Cary Gilbert) (Thelma Houston, 1976)
INTRO:
[Abm] [E] // ^
[B]^
[Gb/A#] [Abm] [Dbm] [Gb] :
[x2]
REPEAT INTRO:
VERSE 1:
[Abm] Don't
[Db] leave me this
[Gb] way
[Gb7]
I can't sur-
[B]-vive I can't
[Gb/A#] stay a-
[Abm]-live
With-
[Dbm]-out your love
[Gb] oh, Baby
VERSE 2:
[Abm] Don't
[Db] leave me this
[Gb] way
[Gb7]
No, I can't
[B] exist I'll
[Gb/A#] surely
[Abm] miss
Your
[Dbm] tender kiss, so
[Gb] don't leave me this
[Ab] way
CHORUS:
[Ab] Aaahh,
[Ab] Baby
My
[Gb] heart is full of
[Db] love and de-
[Ab]-sire for you
So
[Gb] come on down and
[Db] do what you
[Ab] gotta do
You
[Gb] started this
[Db] fire down
[Ab] in my soul
Now
[Gb] can't you see it's
[Db] burning
[Ab] out of control?
So come
[Gb] on down and
[Db] satisfy the
[Ab] need in me
Cause
[Gb] only your good
[Db] lovin' can
[D#] set me free
VERSE 3:
[Abm] Don't
[Db] leave me this
[Gb] way
[Gb7]
I don't under-
[B]-stand how I'm at
[Gb/A#] your com-
[Abm]-mand?
So
[Dbm] Baby please,
[Gb] don't leave me this
[Ab] way
REPEAT CHORUS:
CHORUS EXT: (SET ME FREE) [Ab] ^
[Gb] ^
[Db] :
[x4]
INSTRUMENTAL: [Ab] ^
[Gb] ^
[Db] :
[x4]
BRIDGE:
Come satisfy
[Ab] me, come satisfy ^
[Gb] me ^
[Db]
Come satisfy
[Ab] me, come satisfy ^
[Gb] me ^
[Db]
REPEAT BRIDGE: [3 Times with ad libs]
REPEAT VERSE 2:
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+2] [A#m]
CHORUS 2:
[Ab] Aaahh
[Ab open],
[A#] Baby
My
[Ab] heart is full of
[D#] love and de-
[A#]-sire for you
So
[Ab] come on down and
[D#] do what you
[A#] gotta do
You
[Ab] started this
[D#] fire down
[A#] in my soul
Now
[Ab] can't you see it's
[D#] burning
[A#] out of control?
So come
[Ab] on down and
[D#] satisfy the
[A#] need in me
Cause
[Ab] only your good
[D#] lovin' can
[A#] set me free
OUTRO:
Set me ^
[Ab] free ^
[D]
Set me
[A#] free, set me ^
[Ab] free ^
[D]
Set me
[A#] free, set me ^
[Ab] free ^
[D]
Don't leave me this
[A#] way; don't leave me this ^
[Ab] way ^
[D]
Don't leave me this
[A#] way; don't leave me this ^
[Ab] way ^
[D]
Don't leave me this
[A#] way; don't leave me this ^
[Ab] way ^
[D] 