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I'm Leaving by Johnny Nash

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I'm Leaving:Johnny Nash.
#93 on CASH BOX and #104 on BB Hot 100
on EPIC Records in 1964.

INTRO: B Gb B Gb

#1.
B                   Abm7                E
Who was that on the phone that you were talking 
   Gb
so sweetly to?
      B                   Abm7
Well, who was that on the phone that you were 
E        B             Gb
talking, talking so discreetly to?
B                E          B                  Gb
Must have been another guy..no, no girl, don't tell 

me no lie.

CHORUS:
            E                           Gb
Just get my hat..( get my hat) gimme my coat.(gimme my coat) 
    Abm7
I'm leaving..(get my hat 'n gimme my coat.)

#2.
      B                 Abm7         B    E      Gb
Well, I've heard people say that you been seen a-running 

round.
         B            Abm7              E           Gb
And I've heard people say that you were planning to put 

me down.
B                E      B                              Gb
Baby, that's all right..no, no, girl, I won't put up a fight.

CHORUS:
            B                           Gb
Just get my hat..( get my hat) gimme my coat..(gimme my coat) 
    Abm7
I'm leaving..(get my hat 'n gimme my coat.)


BRIDGE:
E                  Gb          E         B
I have known for a long, long, time that you were no good 

from the start.
E                  Gb         E         Gb
I have known for a long, long time that some day you'll end 

up breaking my heart.

#3.
              B            Abm7         E                   Gb
Well, this is it, it's all over girl, I guess I'll find somebody

new.
              B            Abm7        B        E          Gb
Well, this is it, it's all over, mama, I've had just 'bout enough 

of you.

CHORUS:
            B                           Gb
Just get my hat..( get my hat) gimme my coat.(gimme my coat) 
    Abm7
I'm leaving..(get my hat 'n gimme my coat.)

OUTRO:
          B                     Abm7
Bye, bye, baby...(get my hat 'n gimme my coat)..
               B                    Abm7
Bye, bye, bye, baby..(get my hat 'n gimme my coat)..
    B                       Abm7
I'm leaving..(get my hat 'n gimme my coat)..(Fade.)




A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.