...PLEASE DON'T GO... by Stevie Wonder
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*from 'Fulfillingness' First Finale' (1974)*


Intro:

G  G6  Gmaj7  G6 (x2)

G     G6   Gmaj7 G6
 Ooh, ooh, ooh,  ooh.
G     G6   Gmaj7 G6
 Ooh, ooh, ooh,  ooh.

Verse 1:

             G  G6       Gmaj7  G7
Please don't go, no, no, no.
       C   Cmaj7     F7
If you go;   I'll be sad and blue.
     G   Gmaj7      D7sus4  D7
So I say;   no, no, no,
           G   G6   D7sus4  D7
Don't go a-way,  oh no.

Verse 2:

              G    G6     Gmaj7  G7
Please don't leave, baby, please,
              C     Cmaj7     F7
If you should leave;  my poor heart would grieve.
     G   Gmaj7          D7sus4  D7
So I say;     nay, nay, nay,
             G
Baby, please stay.

Chorus 1:

            Dm7 G7        Cmaj7
And I'll do any-thing you want me to,
Cm      F       Bbmaj7                  Am7   D7
 If you promise that you won't leave to-night.
                Dm7      G7    Cmaj7
'Cos I'll break down and cry a river of tears,
     Cm       F7         Bbmaj7              Am7   D7
With just the thought of you, not here in my life.

Verse 3:

             G  G6       Gmaj7  G7
Please don't go, no, no, no.
       C   Cmaj7     F7
If you go;   I'll be sad and blue.
     G   Gmaj7      D7sus4  D7
So I say;   no, no, no,
           G   G6     D7sus4       D7
Don't go a-way, yeah, baby, baby, baby...

Harmonica Solo:

G  G6  Gmaj7  C7, C  Cmaj7  F7
G  Gmaj7  D7sus4  D7, G

Chorus 2:

            Dm7 G7        Cmaj7
And I'll do any-thing you want me to,
Cm      F       Bbmaj7                  Am7   D7
 If you promise that you won't leave to-night.
                Dm7      G7    Cmaj7
'Cos I'll break down and cry a river of tears,
     Cm       F7         Bbmaj7              Am7   Bbm7
With just the thought of you, not here in my life.

*KEY CHANGE*
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Verse 4:

             Ab  Ab6        Abmaj7  Ab7
Please don't go,  don't say bye.
        C#        C#maj7         F#7
Tell me why, baby;  do you wanna make me cry?
               Ab           D#7sus Eb7
Please, please stay, oh, no no, no no;
          Ab  Ab6            D#7sus  Eb7
I'm gonna try,   yeah, yeah, yeah.

Verse 5:

                      Ab    Ab6
So baby, please don't leave,
            Abmaj7  Ab7
Don't leave Steve,
       C#          C#maj7
If you leave baby;
        F#7
My poor heart would grieve.
     Ab               D#7sus  Eb7
So I say; yeah, yeah, yeah,    don't go...

Coda:

Ab               Ab6
 Don't go, baby, don't go, baby,
Abmaj7           Ab6
 Don't go, baby, don't go, baby.
Ab               Ab6
 Don't go, baby, don't go, baby,
Abmaj7           Ab6
 Don't go, baby, don't go, baby.

Ab               Ab6      Abmaj7          Ab6
 Don't go, baby, darling, don't leave me, baby.
Ab             Ab6   Abmaj7        Ab6   Ab      Ab6
 Woah A-woah A-woah, woah A-woah A-woah, no, baby.

               Abmaj7  Ab6
Don't leave me baby,
Yeah baby, don't get on that aeroplane.
Ab        Ab6      Abmaj7            Ab
 Hear me, hear me, hear me, hear me...

Outro:

Ab7                 C#7
 Cryin'... for your lovin' in the midnight hour,
Ab7                 C#7
 Cryin'... for your lovin' in the morning, I was...
Ab7                      C#7
 Don't go, baby, hear me cryin', oh no, oh no...

(Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G       G6     Gmaj7    G7      C      Cmaj7    F7     D7sus4    D7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  320000  3x443x  323000  x32010  x32000  131211  xx0213  xx0212

   Dm7     Cm      F     Bbmaj7    Am7    Bbm7     Ab      Ab6   Abmaj7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0211  x35543  131211  x13231  x02013  686666  466544  4x454x  4x554x

   Ab7     C#     C#maj7   F#7   D#7sus    Eb7     C#7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 464544  x46664  x46564  242322  x68696  x68686  x46464


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)