Thelma Houston, Don't Leave Me This Way (1976)
Key: :[C#m] (w: Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Cary Gilbert)
INTRO:
[C#m] [A] // ^
[E]^
[B/D#] [C#m] [F#m] [B] :
[x2]
REPEAT INTRO:
VERSE 1:
[C#m] Don't
[F#] leave me this
[B] way
[B7]
I can't sur-
[E]-vive I can't
[B/D#] stay a-
[C#m]-live
With-
[F#m]-out your love
[B] oh, Baby
VERSE 2:
[C#m] Don't
[F#] leave me this
[B] way
[B7]
No, I can't
[E] exist I'll
[B/D#] surely
[C#m] miss
Your
[F#m] tender kiss, so
[B] don't leave me this
[C#] way
CHORUS:
[C#] Aaahh,
[C#] Baby
My
[B] heart is full of
[F#] love and de-
[C#]-sire for you
So
[B] come on down and
[F#] do what you
[C#] gotta do
You
[B] started this
[F#] fire down
[C#] in my soul
Now
[B] can't you see it's
[F#] burning
[C#] out of control?
So come
[B] on down and
[F#] satisfy the
[C#] need in me
Cause
[B] only your good
[F#] lovin' can
[G#] set me free
VERSE 3:
[C#m] Don't
[F#] leave me this
[B] way
[B7]
I don't under-
[E]-stand how I'm at
[B/D#] your com-
[C#m]-mand?
So
[F#m] Baby please,
[B] don't leave me this
[C#] way
REPEAT CHORUS:
CHORUS EXT: (SET ME FREE) [C#] ^
[B] ^
[F#] :
[x4]
BREAK: [C#] ^
[B] ^
[F#] :
[x4]
BRIDGE:
Come satisfy
[C#] me, come satisfy ^
[B] me ^
[F#]
Come satisfy
[C#] me, come satisfy ^
[B] me ^
[F#]
REPEAT BRIDGE: [3 Times with ad libs]
REPEAT VERSE 2:
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+2] [D#m]
CHORUS 2:
[C#] Aaahh
[C# open],
[D#] Baby
My
[C#] heart is full of
[G#] love and de-
[D#]-sire for you
So
[C#] come on down and
[G#] do what you
[D#] gotta do
You
[C#] started this
[G#] fire down
[D#] in my soul
Now
[C#] can't you see it's
[G#] burning
[D#] out of control?
So come
[C#] on down and
[G#] satisfy the
[D#] need in me
Cause
[C#] only your good
[G#] lovin' can
[D#] set me free
OUTRO:
Set me ^
[C#] free ^
[G]
Set me
[D#] free, set me ^
[C#] free ^
[G]
Set me
[D#] free, set me ^
[C#] free ^
[G]
Don't leave me this
[D#] way; don't leave me this ^
[C#] way ^
[G]
Don't leave me this
[D#] way; don't leave me this ^
[C#] way ^
[G]
Don't leave me this
[D#] way; don't leave me this ^
[C#] way ^
[G] 