Leaving Tonight by The Birthday Massacre

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Artist: The Birthday Massacre 
Song: Leaving Tonight
Album: Hide And Seek

Tuning: Drop D (D, A, D, G,  low to high)

Verse bass begins at 0:05 "There's a path running under the city..."
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
D|0~---5~---9~-------5~---0~---9~-------|

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|12---12-12-12-12-12-12--5---5-5-5-5-5-5--9---9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|0---0-0-0-0-0-0--5---5-5-5-5-5-5--9---9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|7---7-7-7-7-7-7--5---5-5-5-5-5-5--9---9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|

Brief interlude 0:39

Verse 0:46 "There's a girl sleeping under the river..."
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|0---0-0-0-0-0-0--5---5-5-5-5-5-5--9---9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|5---5-5-5-5-5-5--0---0-0-0-0-0-0--9---9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|12---12-12-12-12-12-12--5---5-5-5-5-5-5--9---9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|

G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|0---0-0-0-0-0-0--5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|

Bass pauses 1:10 "Face turns white like the sky in December..."

Pre-Chorus 1:14 "She said, 'I want to go home'..."
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| x2

Chorus 1:27 "There's a black house burning in the moonlight..."
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|7~---2~---9~---0~-5~-7~---5~---9~---9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|

Verse 1:55 "There's a place we can all be together..."
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
D|0~---5~---9~-------5~---0~---9~-------|

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|12---12-12-12-12-12-12--5---5-5-5-5-5-5--9---9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|

Bass pauses 2:15 "Do you want to go home?.."

Chorus 2:22 "There's a black house burning in the moonlight..."
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|

Outro 2:50
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
D|7~---2~---9~---0~-5~-7~---5~---9~---|

Bass stops at 3:03

Legend
~  let ring

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Last Updated: September 10, 2025