...LEAVE ME ALONE... by Michael Jackson
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*from 'Bad' (1987)*


*CAPO 1st FRET*

(Original Key: Ebm)


Intro:

Dm  Am7 (x12)

Verse 1:

Dm (xx0231@1)     Am7 (x02010@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)           Am7 (x02010@1)I don't care what you talkin' 'bout, baby,
Dm (xx0231@1)     Am7 (x02010@1)         Dm (xx0231@1) Am7 (x02010@1)I don't care what you say.
Dm (xx0231@1)            Am7 (x02010@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)          Am7 (x02010@1)Don't you come walkin', beggin' back, mama,
Dm (xx0231@1)     Am7 (x02010@1)     Dm (xx0231@1) Am7 (x02010@1)I don't care, any-way.
Dm (xx0231@1)        Am7 (x02010@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)      Am7 (x02010@1)Time after time, I gave you all of my money;
Dm (xx0231@1)   Am7 (x02010@1)    Dm (xx0231@1) Am7 (x02010@1)No ex-cuses to make.
Dm (xx0231@1)      Am7 (x02010@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)           Am7 (x02010@1)Ain't no mountain that I can't climb, baby,
Dm (xx0231@1)    Am7 (x02010@1)    Dm (xx0231@1) Am7 (x02010@1)All is going my way.

Bridge 1:

                Gm7              Dm('Cos (xx0231@1)there's a time when you're right,
         Em (022000@1)          Eb(And (x43121@3)you know you must fight):
      Dm (xx0231@1)           Am7 (x02010@1)        Dm (xx0231@1)  Am7Who's (x02010@1)laughing baby?    Don't you know?

               Gm7            Dm(And (xx0231@1)there's a choice that we make),
          Em (022000@1)             Eb(And (x43121@3)this choice, you will take):
      Dm (xx0231@1)           Am7Who's (x02010@1)laughin' baby?

Chorus 1:

Am7(n.C) (x02010@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)So just leave me a-lone, girl, (leave me alone),
Gm7              A7 (x02020@1)Leave me a-lo-o-one.
           DmLeave (xx0231@1)me a-lone, (leave me alone),
(Leave me alone), (leave me alone).
           Gm7
Leave me a-lone, stop it;
A7 (x02020@1)                   (Dm)
 Just stop doggin' me a-round, (just stop doggin' me).

Interlude:

Dm  Am7 (x4)

Verse 2:

Dm (xx0231@1)                         Am7 (x02010@1)        Dm (xx0231@1)      Am7 (x02010@1)There was a time, I used to say, girl, I need you,
Dm (xx0231@1)     Am7 (x02010@1)    Dm (xx0231@1) Am7 (x02010@1)But who is sorry now?
Dm (xx0231@1)        Am7 (x02010@1)             Dm (xx0231@1)        Am7 (x02010@1)You really hurt; you used to take and de-ceive me,
Dm (xx0231@1)     Am7 (x02010@1)    Dm (xx0231@1) Am7 (x02010@1)Now who is sorry now?
Dm (xx0231@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)You got a way of making me feel so sorry,
Dm (xx0231@1)     Am7 (x02010@1)       Dm (xx0231@1) Am7 (x02010@1)I found out right a-way.
Dm (xx0231@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)            Am7 (x02010@1)Don't you come walkin', beggin; I ain't lovin' you;
Dm (xx0231@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)     Dm (xx0231@1) Am7 (x02010@1)Don't you get in my way.

Bridge 2:

                Gm7              Dm('Cos (xx0231@1)there's a time when you're right,
         Em (022000@1)          Eb(And (x43121@3)you know you must fight):
      Dm (xx0231@1)           Am7 (x02010@1)        Dm (xx0231@1)  Am7Who's (x02010@1)laughing baby?    Don't you know?
               Gm7            Dm(And (xx0231@1)there's a choice that we make),
          Em (022000@1)             Eb(And (x43121@3)this choice, you will take):
      Dm (xx0231@1)           Am7Who's (x02010@1)laughin' baby?

Chorus 2:

Am7(n.C) (x02010@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)So just leave me a-lone, girl, (leave me alone),
Gm7              A7 (x02020@1)Leave me a-lo-o-one.
           DmLeave (xx0231@1)me a-lone, (leave me alone),
(Leave me alone), (leave me alone).
           Gm7
Leave me a-lone, stop it;
A7 (x02020@1)                   (Dm)
 Just stop doggin' me a-round.

Interlude:

Dm  Am7 (x16)

Bridge 3:

                Gm7              Dm('Cos (xx0231@1)there's a time when you're right,
         Em (022000@1)          Eb(And (x43121@3)you know you must fight):
      Dm (xx0231@1)           Am7 (x02010@1)        Dm (xx0231@1)  Am7Who's (x02010@1)laughing baby?    Don't you know?
               Gm7            Dm(And (xx0231@1)there's a choice that we make),
          Em (022000@1)             Eb(And (x43121@3)this choice, you will take):
      Dm (xx0231@1)           Am7Who's (x02010@1)laughin' baby?

Chorus 3:

Am7(n.C) (x02010@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)So just leave me a-lone, girl, (leave me alone),
Gm7              A7 (x02020@1)Leave me a-lo-o-one.
           DmLeave (xx0231@1)me a-lone, (leave me alone),
(Leave me alone), (leave me alone).
           Gm7
Leave me a-lone, stop it;
A7 (x02020@1)Just stop doggin' me...

           DmLeave (xx0231@1)me a-lone, girl, (leave me alone),
Gm7              A7 (x02020@1)Leave me a-lo-o-one.
           DmLeave (xx0231@1)me a-lone, (leave me alone),
(Leave me alone), (leave me alone).
           Gm7
Leave me a-lone, stop it;
A7 (x02020@1)                    Dm (xx0231@1)Just stop doggin' me a-round.

Interlude:

Dm  Am7 (x4)

Coda:

           Dm (xx0231@1)        Am7 (x02010@1)      DmDon't (xx0231@1)come beggin' me, don't come beggin',
Am7 (x02010@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)Don't come lovin' me, don't come beggin'.
Am7 (x02010@1)   Dm (xx0231@1) Am7 (x02010@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)I love you, I don't want it,
Am7 (x02010@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)I don't, I don't...I don't...
Am7 (x02010@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)I... I... I... ow!

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Dm (xx0231@1)    Am7 (x02010@1)   Gm7     Em (022000@1)    Eb (x43121@3)    A7 (x02020@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x57765  575555  353333  x79987  x68886  575655


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)