[Intro OOOMMM bit - BPM 131 - Just bass drum] [Am][Am][Am][G] -- [F][F][F][F] [C][G][Am][Am] -- [Dm][Dm][G][G]
Riff to follow 'Ahs' Am G E -0---0-0------ B -x---x-x------ G -5---7-4------ D -7---7-5------ A -0---0-0------ E --------------
[Verse] [Am] Don't [D] leave me this [G] wa.... [G7] ay.. I can't sur [C] vive I can't [G] stay a [Am] live, with [Dm] out your love.... [G] oh, baby.
[Verse] [Am] Don't [D] leave me this [G] wa.... [G7] ay.. No, I can't [C] exist..I'll [G] surely [Am] miss your [Dm] tender kiss.. [G] don't leave me this [A] way..
[CHORUS - Fast Asus4 riff to simulate horns - A at nut - Asus4 then A at 5th fret] [A] Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh, baby! [A] My [G] heart is full of [D] love and de [A] sire for you. Now, [G] come on down and [D] do what you [A] gotta do. You [G] started this [D] fire down [A] in my soul. Now, [G] can't you see, it's [D] burning [A] out of control? Come [G] on down and [D] satisfy the [A] need in me. Cause [G] only your good [D] lovin' can [E] set me free...
[Verse] [Am] Don't, don't you [D] leave me this [G] way [G7] .. Now, don't you [C] understand I'm at [G] your com [Am] mand? So, [Dm] baby, please, please, [G] don't leave me this [A] way..
[CHORUS] [A] Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh, baby! [A] My [G] heart is full of [D] love and de [A] sire for you. Now, [G] come on down and [D] do what you [A] gotta do. You [G] started this [D] fire down [A] in my soul. Now, [G] can't you see, it's [D] burning [A] out of control? Come [G] on down and [D] satisfy the [A] need in me. Cause [G] only your good [D] lovin' can [A] Set me free..set me free..[G] set me free..[D] Set me freeeeeeeeeeeee [Continue to play A A A A G G D D - during the 'eeee's bit] [PIANO BREAK. - Play Chorus chords but up the neck] Don't satisfy me x forever
[Verse] [Am] Don't [D] leave me this [G] wa.... [G7] ay.. No, I can't [C] exist..I'll [G] surely [Am] miss your [Dm] tender kiss.. [G] don't leave me this [A] way..
[CHORUS - Don't play chord whilst going up chromatically to next key] Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh, [B] baby! [B] My [A] heart is full of [E] love and [B] desire for you. Now, [A] come on down and [E] do what you [B] gotta do. You [A] started this [E] fire down [B] in my soul. Now, [A] can't you see, it's [E] burning [B] out of control? Come [A] on down and [E] satisfy the [B] need in me. Cause [A] only your good [E] lovin' can [B] set me free...
[OUTRO Continue to play B B B B - A A E E] Set me [B] free..set me [A] free ee [E] ee..set me X FOREVER Baby, don't leave me this way, no.. Don't leave me this way, no.. Don't leave me this way, baby.. Don't leave ... don't leave me this way, babe.. Oh, baby ...(Fade.)
[Extra notes] Low head voice for the chorus - 16th notes strumming Piano riff - play open top 3 notes before playing D to allude to or play Dsus4 to D Horn riff in Chorus just simulate by playing A at nut and then at 5th fret
During chorus play snare with no chord and the chord on upbeat for those pushes/stabs C to D section in chorus play Snare + Bass then chord with upstroke to get offbeat BPM 86 [Intro - run during C chord 32010 3x010 32010 3x210] (lifting finger off the B on A string helps emphasise the higher D) | G D | C | G D | C |
[Verse 1] [G] I don't [D] know where I'm [C] going, [C/G?] [G] but I [D] sure know where I've [C] been. [C/G?] [G] Hanging on the [D] promises in [C] songs of yesterday. [C] ...... [G/B] ... [Am] And I've made up my min [D] d [Am] I ain't wasting no more [D] time.... [C] ..... [D] . [Verse 2] [G] Though I keep [D] searching for an [C] answer, [C/G?] [G] I never seem to f [D] ind what I'm looking f [C] or.. [C/G?] [G] Oh Lord, I [D] pray you give me s [C] trength to carry on. [C] ...... [G/B] ... [Am] 'cause I know what it mean [D] s to [Am] walk along, the lonely street of [D] dreams.. [C] ... [D] .....
[Chorus] And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... [Am7] And I've made up my mi [D] nd, [Am7] I ain't wasting no more t [D] ime.. [C] ... [D] .....
[Verse 3] [G] I'm just another [D] heart in need of [C] rescue... [C/G?] ....... [G] waiting on [D] love's sweet chari [C] ty..... [C/G?] .... [G] And I'm gonna [D] hold on for the [C] rest of my days. [C] ...... [G/B] ... [Am7] 'cause I know what it mea [D] ns, to [Am7] walk along, the lonely street of [D] dreams.. [C] ... [D] .....
[Chorus] And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... [Am7] And I've made up my mi [D] nd, [Am7] I ain't wasting no more t [D] ime. But [C] here I [D] go a [Em] gain, [Am] here I go ag [Em] ain. [Am] Here I go ag [Em] ain, [Am] ooooh baby.. [Am] .... [C] ... [D] .
[Solo] | G D/G | C/G | G D/G | C/G | | G D/F# | C/E C G/B|
[Pre-chorus] [Am7] And I've made up my mi [D] nd, [Am7] I ain't wasting no more t [D] ime.. [C] ... [D] .....
[Chorus] And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... [Am7] And I've made up my mi [D] nd, [Am7] I ain't wasting no more t [D] ime.. [C] ... [D] .....
And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... [Am7] 'cause I know what it mea [D] ns, to [Am7] walk along, the lonely street of [D] dreams.. [C] ... [D] .....
And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... (fade out)
