...DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY... by Thelma Houston
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*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           C/B    Am
I can't sur-vive, 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         C/B    Am        Dm7
I can't ex-ist; I'll surely miss your tender kiss.
G7                   A
 Don't leave me this way.

Chorus 1:

       A        G                D           A
Aah... baby, my heart is full of love and de-sire for you.
    G                D           A
Now come on down and do what you gotta do.
    G            D          A
You started this fire, down in my soul.
    G                  D            A
Now can't you see it's burning, out of control?
G              D      A
 Come on satis-fy the need in me,
G               D          E
 Only your good lovin' can set me free...

Verse 2:

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

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

Chorus 2:

       A        G                D           A
Aah... baby, my heart is full of love and de-sire for you.
    G                D           A
Now come on down and do what you gotta do.
    G            D          A
You started this fire, down in my soul.
    G                  D            A
Now can't you see it's burning, out of control?
G              D      A
 Come on satis-fy the need in me,
G               D          E           G  D
 Only your good lovin' can set me free.
A                        G     D
 Need your lovin', baby, need, need...

Interlude:

A  G  D (x4)

Break:

A            G          D
 Satisfy the need in me.
A            G           D
 Satisfy the need in me...

Coda:

(with Vocal Ad-Libs)

A  G  D

(Repeat to Fade)


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

   Am      Dm7     C       C/B     G7      D       G       A       E

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02210  xx0211  x32010  x20010  323000  xx0232  320003  x02220  022100


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