Why Did You Leave Me Today chords by Gene Clark

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
C majorC  B minorBm  FF  F minorFm
C majorC  G+G  C majorC FF C majorC  G+G

Verse:
        D MajorD        A augmentedA
For so long we worked so hard
            G+G
We didn't have a dime
        D MajorD       A augmentedA
But we had one another’s love
              G+G
And that was all the time

Verse:
         E minorEm
Then one day our ship came in
  C majorC       A minorAm    G+G
The answer to our dreams
           E minorEm
A augmentedA mansion filled with social life
  C majorC       D MajorD    C majorC
And gold and limousines

Chorus:
      B minorBm     FF
Why did you leave me today
        F minorFm      C majorC    G+G  C majorC
I was going to give you the world
       B minorBm      FF   F minorFm
I watched my dream slip away___
     C majorC        G+G    C majorC  FF C majorC  G+G
All I can say, why did you leave today

Verse:
             D MajorD        A augmentedA
As I walked through these grand old halls
            G+G
I feel so cold inside
          D MajorD        A augmentedA
I stare upon these grand old walls
              G+G
And all the costly prizes

Verse:
       E minorEm
I realize I’d gladly trade
C majorC          A minorAm    G+G
Them, these worldly things
         E minorEm
To lie beside you one more time
  C majorC       D MajorD     C majorC
And share only our dreams___

Chorus:
      B minorBm     FF
Why did you leave me today
        F minorFm      C majorC    G+G  C majorC
I was going to give you the world
       B minorBm      FF   F minorFm
I watched my dream slip away___
     C majorC        G+G    C majorC  FF C majorC
All I can say, why did you leave today

Outro:
      B minorBm     FF  F minorFm  C majorC  G+G  C majorC FF C majorC
Why did you leave me today___