• Song:

    You Dont Wanna Leave

  • Artist:

    Mike Magione And The Union

No pluck as of yet (This song is played on two guitars, one strumming and one 
plucking). But these chords are accurate. Thanks to my Dad for helping me pin down the chords.

CAPO ON 3RD FRET (Key of B flat)

INTRO
Em, C, G (x2)

VERSE 1
Em                              C                 G
I took five days in Memphis but Memphis was takin me.
Em                       C              G
So I drove to Chicago to study the city streets.
Em                         C                      G
I saw my girl my lover she said she would wear my ring.
Em                            C                     G
But as I kept on walkin to my back I could hear her sing.
Em
Yeah she sang.

BUILD
Am
Big wheels lay you down 
C
In the chords of another town
G
As you sing yourself
D          D
To sleep.

Am
And if that mocking bird
C
Don't care for a single word
G
You'll just change your
D          D
Melody. You don't wanna

CHORUS
Em C G
Leave.   You don't wanna
Em C G
Leave.

VERSE 2
Em                                C                       G
Little Robbie was a lover but his picture was his biggest muse.
Em                                    C                        G
He had all the gifts of heaven but he traded 'em for a pair of shoes.
Em                                    C                   G
And his girl man she loved him but he never wanna let her in.
Em                                       C                       G
And when I heard that he left her I said Robbie did you hear her sing?
G
Yeah she sings

BUILD
Am
Big wheels lay you down 
C
In the chords of another town
G
As you sing yourself
D          D
To sleep.

Am
And if that mocking bird
C
Don't care for a single word
G
You'll just change your
D          D
Melody. You don't wanna

CHORUS
Em C G
Leave.   You don't wanna
Em C G
Leave Oh, you don't wanna leave.

BRIDGE
Am, C, G, D

F
Oh
C
Oh
D
Oh

Em, C, G (x2)

VERSE 3
Em                                    C            G
Well the night's busted open on these two lanes to anywhere.
Em                                C                      G
There's a kiss on my cheek and it burns so I'll leave it there.
Em                           C                  G
And I'll step on the gas and somethin' begins to shake.
Em                                 C                         G
It's my heart and it's singing boy this is more than you can take.
G
Yeah singin'

BUILD
Am
Big wheels lay you down 
C
In the chords of another town
G
As you sing yourself
D          D
To sleep.

Am
And if that mocking bird
C
Don't care for a single word
G
You'll just change your
D          D
Melody. You don't wanna

CHORUS
Em C G
Leave.   You don't wanna
Em C G
Leave. Oh, you don't wanna leave.

OUTRO
Em, C, G (x4)

That's it. There are plenty of "yeahs, mmms and nos" intermingled with the lyrics 
in the album version, so it's worth playing with.

Have fun!
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