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Don't Leave Me This Way

by Thelma Houston

Written by: Gamble, Huff & Gilbert

DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY Gamble, Huff & Gilbert Thelma Houston | Dm / Gm7 / | F / Dm / | Gm7 / C7 / | (x2) Dm G C C7 F ||: Dont tt ^leave me ^this | wa^y yy / / | / / I^can t^sur | vive ee ee ~ ^cant | ||: Dont tt ^leave me ^this | wa^y yy / / | / / it would | wrong gg gg ~ ^to | C Dm Gm7 C7 Dm G | stay a^live ee e ^with | out your^love ee ee | / / / / | Dont tt ^leave me ^this | | string a^long gg g ^with | vows so^true ee ee | / / / / | Don’t tt ^leave me ^this | C C7 F C Dm | wa^y yy / / | / / I^cant^ex^ist | tt tt tt ~ ^I | sure ly^miss ss s ^your | | wa^y yy / / | / / Dont^you^un^der | stand dd dd ~ ^a | mans not^a man n ^oh | Gm C7 Dm Gm7 C7 | ten der^kiss ss ss | / dont leave^me this | way yy yy yy | / / / / | | ba by^please ee ee | / dont leave^me this | way yy yy yy | / / / / | Dm G C C7 F | Dont tt ^leave me ^this | wa^y yy / / | / / ^a bro ^ken | man nn nn ~ ^with | | Dont tt ^leave me ^this | wa^y yy / / | / / I^can t^sur | vive ee ee ~ ^cant | C Dm Gm C7 D | emp ty^hands ss s^oh | ba by^please ee e^please | ee dont leave^me this | way yy yy yy | | stay a^live ee e^with | out your^love ee e^please | ee dont leave^me this | way yy yy yy | D C G D | / / / / | ^Ba by y / ~ ^my | heart^is^full^of love and^I | sigh^for you /~ ^Now | C G D C G | come^on dar^ling do what^you | got^ta do / ~ ^You | start^ed^this^fire ee girl | D C G D | in^my soul ll ~ ^but | cant^you^see^it ^burn ning g | out^of con^trol ll ~ ^Now | C G D C G | Come^on sa^tis fy the | need^in me ee ~ ^cause || On^ly your^good lov^ing can | A7 1. | set^me free // | / free free / :|| D C G D C G D 2. | set^me free // | // // | //// | // // | //// |

About this song:

Don't Leave Me This Way is performed by Thelma Houston and written by Gamble, Huff & Gilbert. This page contains the lyrics and chords as part of Jerry's Songbook collection.

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