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

Bridge 1:

                Gm7              Dm             Em            Eb
('Cos there's a time when you're right, and you know you must fight);
      Dm            Am7         Dm    Am7
Who's laughing baby?  Don't you know?

               Gm7            Dm             Em               Eb
(And there's a choice that we make, and this choice, you will take);
      Dm            Am7
Who's laughin' baby?

Chorus 1:

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

Interlude:

Dm  Am7 (x4)

Verse 2:

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

Bridge 2:

                Gm7              Dm             Em            Eb
('Cos there's a time when you're right, and you know you must fight);
      Dm            Am7         Dm    Am7
Who's laughing baby?  Don't you know?

               Gm7            Dm             Em               Eb
(And there's a choice that we make, and this choice, you will take);
      Dm            Am7
Who's laughin' baby?

Chorus 2:

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

Interlude:

Dm  Am7 (x16)

Bridge 3:

                Gm7              Dm             Em            Eb
('Cos there's a time when you're right, and you know you must fight);
      Dm            Am7         Dm    Am7
Who's laughing baby?  Don't you know?

               Gm7            Dm             Em               Eb
(And there's a choice that we make, and this choice, you will take);
      Dm            Am7
Who's laughin' baby?

Chorus 3:

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

           Dm
Leave me a-lone, girl, (leave me alone),
Gm7              A7
 Leave me a-lo-o-one.
           Dm
Leave me a-lone, (leave me alone), (leave me alone), (leave me alone).
           Gm7           A7                      Dm
Leave me a-lone, stop it; just stop doggin' me a-round.

Interlude:

Dm  Am7 (x4)

Coda:

           Dm          Am7        Dm
Don't come beggin' me, don't come beggin',
Am7         Dm         Am7        Dm
 Don't come lovin' me, don't come beggin'.
Am7     Dm   Am7     Dm
 I love you, I don't want it,
Am7       Dm                  Am7        Dm
 I don't, I don't...I don't... I... I... I... ow!

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Dm      Am7     Gm7     Em      Eb      A7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x57765  575555  353333  x79987  x68886  575655


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