If Leaving Me Is Easy chords by Phil Collins

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

Artist: Phil Collins
Song: If leaving me is easy

CAPO: 1st fret (Sounds in key of Fm)

(Four bars of sax solo)
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(Keyboards come in)
  Em7      Em6 Em   Em7      Em6 Em   Dmaj9   D       Dmaj9   D
|  /  /  /  /__/  |  /  /  /  /__/  |  /  /   /  /  |  /  /   /  /  |

Em7                       Em6  Em  Em7                  Em6  Em         Dmaj9       D
    I read all the lett - ers,         I read each word...  that you've sent to me,
                 Bm7       Bm7/A           Gmaj7             F#m7
And, though it's past now,        and your words... start to fade,
         Gmaj7                       F#m7
All the memories I have... still re - main!


Em7                            Em6   Em
     I've kept all the pict - ures,
Em7                       Em6   Em  Dmaj9          D    Dmaj9   D
     But I hide my feel - ings, so   no one knows,    |  /  /   /  /  |
Em7                       Em6  Em    Em7                 Em6   Em  Dmaj9       D
     Oh, sure, my friends all come 'round, but I'm in a crowd, and  on my own,
                    Bm7       Bm7/A       Gmaj7                       F#m7
It's 'cause you've gone now,        but a heart... a heart still re - mains,
         Gmaj7                           F#m7
And it'll be... here, if you--- come a - gain!


Em7                               Em6   Em
     You see, I'd heard the ru - mours,
Em7               Em6  Em  Dmaj9          D    Dmaj9   D
     I knew before---  you  let me know,     |  /  /   /  /  |
Em7                       Em6  Em  Em7            Em6  Em  Dmaj9       D
     But, I didn't believe it, not you,  no, you would not  let me go,
        Bm7         Bm7/A       Gmaj7  G6                 F#m7
Seems I was wrong,        but I love...    I love you the same,
              Gmaj7           G6                   Dmaj9/A
And that's the one thing that you... can't take a - way,

              Gmaj7     G6  Dmaj9/A          Gmaj7      G6  Dmaj9/A   Dmaj7
But just re - member...(oo!)|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /   /  |  /  /  /   /  |

Gmaj7                  F#m7            Gmaj7                   F#m7
   ...If leaving me is easy, then, you know, coming back...is harder!

   Gmaj7                  F#m7            Gmaj7                   F#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:

Em7   =  022030     Bm7    =  x24232    Dmaj9/A = x00220
Em6   =  022020     Bm7/A  =  x04232    Dmaj7   = xx0222
Em    =  022000     Gmaj7  =  320002
Dmaj9 =  xx0220     F#m7   =  242222