Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
The Indigo Girls - If I Don't Leave Here Now
Chords:
D/F#D/F# 2x0232
Am7Am7 x02010
B minorBm x24432
D/C x3023x / x30230
Am7/E 002010
G7/F x8908x / 1x3003 / 123003
E minorEm x7908x / 022003
D#D# x659xx / xx1043 / x68886
D#dim7D#dim7 xx1212
F#dim7F#dim7 xx4545
Intro:
G+G D/F#D/F# Am7Am7 C majorC G+G D/F#D/F# Am7Am7
E MajorE|-----3-------0-------0-------0---|-----3-------0---0---------------|
BB|-----3-------3-------1-------1---|-----3-------3---1---------------|
G+G|-----0-------2-------0-------0---|-----0-------2--------0----------|
D MajorD|---0-------0---0---2---2---2---2-|---0---0---0---0-----------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------0-------3-------|-----------------0---------------|
E MajorE|-3-----3-2-----------------------|-3-------2-----------------------|
Verse 1:
G+G D/F#D/F#
They say if it ever was it’s in there still
E minorEm C majorC
You can dig and fill and never will be full
G+G
Trying to get that good again
G+G D/F#D/F#
Your last fifth of jack or cigarette
E minorEm C majorC
The time you bet the farm before you lost it all
G+G
You want that feeling
Pre-Chorus:
B minorBm C majorC
Back you go against the wind and good advice
B minorBm D MajorD D/C
Killing yourself to stop from running out of life
Chorus:
G+G D/F#D/F# Am7Am7 C majorC
But if I don’t leave here now
G+G D/F#D/F# Am7/E C majorC
I will never get out of this place
G+G D/F#D/F# Am7Am7 C majorC
Baby believe me now
G+G C majorC
There’s no dragon to chase
G+G C majorC
Even looking at your face in front of me
Verse 2:
G+G D/F#D/F#
If there ever was one there could be two
E minorEm C majorC
You and you and you a blue sky could be bluer
G+G D/F#D/F#
A augmentedA whiter shade of white
G+G D/F#D/F#
But while you pour it on you pour it out
E minorEm C majorC
You empty everything you might have saved instead
G+G
For your loneliest night
Pre-Chorus:
B minorBm C majorC
Back you go against the wind and good advice
B minorBm D MajorD D/C
Killing yourself to stop from running out of life
Chorus:
G+G D/F#D/F# Am7Am7 C majorC
But if I don’t leave here now
G+G D/F#D/F# Am7/E C majorC
I will never get out of this place
G+G D/F#D/F# Am7Am7 C majorC
Baby believe me now
G+G C majorC
There’s no dragon to chase
G+G C majorC
Even looking at your face in front of me
Interlude:
G7/F
And when it hits the papers the tongues start wagging
E minorEm
like it can’t be happening, the
D#D# C majorC G+G
doctors giveth and they taketh away
G7/F
And when they do you’ll find you stand up everyman
E minorEm
Goes looking for his heroin
C majorC G+G
It happens every day
C majorC Ddim7Ddim7 F#dim7F#dim7
Around every bend, again and again
Solo:
G+G D/F#D/F# A minorAm C majorC
G+G D/F#D/F# A minorAm C majorC
G+G D/F#D/F# A minorAm C majorC
G+G D/F#D/F# A minorAm C majorC
Chorus:
G+G D/F#D/F# Am7Am7 C majorC
If I don’t leave here now
G+G D/F#D/F# Am7Am7 C majorC
I will never get out of this place
G+G D/F#D/F# Am7Am7 C majorC
Baby believe me now
G+G C majorC
There’s no dragon to chase
G+G C majorC
Even looking at your face
N.C.
in front of me