...DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY... by Thelma Houston
-----------------------------..................

*Released 1976*


*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: Cm)


Intro:

Am  Dm7,
C  C/B  Am, Dm7  G7

(x2)

Verse 1:

Am     D             G    G7
 Don't leave me this way.
            C
I can't sur-vive,
      C/B    Am
Can't stay a-live,
     Dm7               G7
With-out your love, oh baby;

Am     D             G    G7
 Don't leave me this way, no.
           C
I can't ex-ist;
     C/B    Am
I'll surely miss,
     Dm7
Your tender kiss.
G7                   A
 Don't leave me this way.

Chorus 1:

     A
Aaah baby,
   G                D
My heart is full of love,
       A
And de-sire for you,
    G
Now come on down,
    D           A
And do what you gotta do.

    G            D
You started this fire,
     A
Down in my soul,
    G
Now can't you see,
     D           A
It's burning out of control?

G              D
 Come on satis-fy,
    A
The need in me,
G               D
 Only your good lovin',
    E
Can set me free...

Verse 2:

Am
 Don't,
          D             G    G7
Don't you leave me this way, no.
                C
Don't you under-stand,
    C/B         Am
I'm at your com-mand?
   Dm7
Oh baby please,
             G7            Am
Please don't leave me this way.
Dm7   G7
 Aaah baby;

Am     D             G    G7 
 Don't leave me this way, no.
            C
I can't sur-vive,
      C/B    Am
Can't stay a-live,
     Dm7
With-out your love,
                         A
Baby don't leave me this way, no.

Chorus 2:

     A
Aaah baby,
   G                D
My heart is full of love,
       A
And de-sire for you,
    G
Now come on down,
    D           A
And do what you gotta do.

    G            D
You started this fire,
     A
Down in my soul,
    G
Now can't you see,
     D           A
It's burning out of control?

G              D
 Come on satis-fy,
    A
The need in me,
G               D
 Only your good lovin',
    A            G, D
Can set me free.
A
 Need your lovin' baby,
G      D
 Need, need...

Interlude:

A  G  D (x4)

Break:

A
 Satisfy,
    G           D
The need in me,
A
 Satisfy,
    G           D
The need in me...

Coda:

(with Vocal Ad-Libs)

A  G  D

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

   Am      Dm7     C       C/B     G7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02210  xx0211  x32010  x20010  323000

   D       G       A       E

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0232  320003  x02220  022100


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)