If Leaving Me Is Easy chords by Phil Collins

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

Artist: Phil Collins
Song: If leaving me is easy

CAPO: 1st fret (Sounds in key of F minorFm)

(Four bars of sax solo)
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(Keyboards come in)
 E minor 7Em7   Em6Em6 E minorEm  E minor 7Em7   Em6Em6 E minorEm  DMaj9Dmaj9  D MajorD    DMaj9Dmaj9  D MajorD
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E minor 7Em7            Em6Em6 E minorEm E minor 7Em7         Em6Em6 E minorEm     DMaj9Dmaj9    D MajorD
  I read all the lett - ers,     I read each word... that you've sent to me,
         Bm7Bm7    Bm7/A      Gmaj7Gmaj7       F#m7F#m7
And, though it's past now,    and your words... start to fade,
     Gmaj7Gmaj7            F#m7F#m7
All the memories I have... still re - main!


E minor 7Em7              Em6Em6  E minorEm
   I've kept all the pict - ures,
E minor 7Em7            Em6Em6  E minorEm DMaj9Dmaj9     D MajorD  DMaj9Dmaj9  D MajorD
   But I hide my feel - ings, so  no one knows,  | / /  / / |
E minor 7Em7            Em6Em6 E minorEm  E minor 7Em7         Em6Em6  E minorEm DMaj9Dmaj9    D MajorD
   Oh, sure, my friends all come 'round, but I'm in a crowd, and on my own,
          Bm7Bm7    Bm7/A    Gmaj7Gmaj7            F#m7F#m7
It's 'cause you've gone now,    but a heart... a heart still re - mains,
     Gmaj7Gmaj7              F#m7F#m7
And it'll be... here, if you--- come a - gain!


E minor 7Em7                Em6Em6  E minorEm
   You see, I'd heard the ru - mours,
E minor 7Em7        Em6Em6 E minorEm DMaj9Dmaj9     D MajorD  DMaj9Dmaj9  D MajorD
   I knew before--- you let me know,   | / /  / / |
E minor 7Em7            Em6Em6 E minorEm E minor 7Em7      Em6Em6 E minorEm DMaj9Dmaj9    D MajorD
   But, I didn't believe it, not you, no, you would not let me go,
    Bm7Bm7     Bm7/A    Gmaj7Gmaj7 G6G6         F#m7F#m7
Seems I was wrong,    but I love...  I love you the same,
       Gmaj7Gmaj7      G6G6          Dmaj9/A
And that's the one thing that you... can't take a - way,

       Gmaj7Gmaj7   G6G6 Dmaj9/A     Gmaj7Gmaj7   G6G6 Dmaj9/A  Dmaj7Dmaj7
But just re - member...(oo!)| / / / / | / / /  / | / / /  / |

Gmaj7Gmaj7         F#m7F#m7      Gmaj7Gmaj7          F#m7F#m7
  ...If leaving me is easy, then, you know, coming back...is harder!

  Gmaj7Gmaj7         F#m7F#m7      Gmaj7Gmaj7          F#m7F#m7
||: Hoh, if leaving me is easy, then, you know, coming back...is harder! :||(Repeat)


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Chord shapes are relative to capo position:

E minor 7Em7  = 022030   Bm7Bm7  = x24232  Dmaj9/A = x00220
Em6Em6  = 022020   Bm7/A = x04232  Dmaj7Dmaj7  = xx0222
E minorEm  = 022000   Gmaj7Gmaj7 = 320002
DMaj9Dmaj9 = xx0220   F#m7F#m7  = 242222