A Lesson In Leavin chords by Dottie West

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: B

Chorus:
B
Somebody's gonna give you a lesson in leavin'
B
Somebody's gonna give you back what you've been givin'
                E
And I hope that I'm around
             F#
To watch 'em knock you down
     B
It's like you to love 'em and leave 'em
B
Just like you loved me and left me
                         E
It's like you to do that sort of thing
         F#
Over and over again
                      B     F# G#m7 E B
You're a fool-hearted man

Verse:
G#m7
I hear you've been askin' about me
B
From some of my friends
G#m7
Well, you'd better believe
B
I'm not goin' through that again

[Prechorus]
G#m7
You're the kind of man
        D#m7
A woman thinks she can change
            E
Oh, but the only thing changin'
   B
Is my way of thinkin'
        E                        F#
And I'm thinkin' that maybe someday

Chorus:
                 B
Somebody's gonna give you a lesson in losin'
B
Somebody's gonna do to you what you've been doin'
                         E
And I hope that I'm around
                      F#
To watch 'em knock you down
                                B
Somebody's gonna give you a lesson in hurtin'
B
Somebody's gonna leave you with your fire burnin'
                        E
And no way to put it out
                    F#
Baby, there ain't no doubt
                                  B
You're a fool-hearted man

[Interlude]
G#m7 B G#m7 B

[Prechorus]
      G#m7
Yeah, you're the kind of man
        D#m7
A woman thinks she can change
        E
But the only thing changin'
   B
Is my way of thinkin'
        E                       F#    G# (key change)
And I'm thinkin' that maybe someday

Chorus:
                 C#
Somebody's gonna give you a lesson in leavin'
C#
Somebody's gonna give you back what you've been givin'
                F#
And I hope that I'm around
             G#
To watch 'em knock you down
     C#
It's like you to love 'em and leave 'em
C#
Just like you loved me and left me
                         F#
It's like you to do that sort of thing
          G#
Over and over again
                      C#    G#
You're a fool-hearted man (key change)

Chorus:
                 C#
Somebody's gonna give you a lesson in leavin'
C#
Somebody's gonna give you back what you've been givin'
                F#
And I hope that I'm around
             G#
To watch 'em knock you down
      C#
It's like you to love 'em and leave 'em
C#
Just like you loved me and left me
                         F#
It's like you to do that sort of thing
         G#
Over and over again
                      C# G#
You're a fool-hearted man (repeat Chorus and fade)