Chords for Indigo Girls - "If I Don't Leave Here Now" - Behind the Scenes Ep. 4

[Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Dm] _ [Ebm] If I Don't Leave Here Now is kind of interesting because I started [Bb] that song, _ you know, [Eb] like
maybe 10 years ago, maybe even longer.
I started the chord progression.
I remember exactly where I was.
I was sitting on a bed in a condo in New York, _ playing my guitar.
I had the capo on, maybe the fifth fret.
It was super high and I was strumming.
If I don't leave here now.
And then _ I lowered the key [Bb] and kept sort of working on the song as the years went by.
Not a lot.
But then when I sat down to write this group of songs, I revisited it.
It was in the list of contenders for this record.
But it didn't really strike anybody particularly. _
You know, it wasn't like, oh, that's a keeper.
We've got to have that.
But then Jordan had the idea to turn it into a ballad.
She said, just she completely slowed down [F] the tempo _ and wrote this little part for it
and then [Bb] represented it.
_ And [Eb] then it was like, we have to have this on the record now.
It was really who knew?
_ _ _ Synchronize.
[Fm] _ _
And when it hits the papers, the tongues start [Cm] wagging [Gm] _ like it can't be happening.
[F] _ _ _ _ You know what?
I don't have it in me.
[Bb] _ My voice is tired. _
_ _ What?
You don't agree?
It's a song that means a lot to me.
And when we went to record it, usually I like to overdub.
So I'll like to play a song.
We'll get the track.
I'll maybe play guitar.
Then I'll sing my vocals and we'll put it together.
But Jordan's like, just try playing this and singing it with the guitar.
I didn't have any headphones on and I just sang it in a room.
_ And I was in a bad mood.
I didn't feel good.
I felt like maybe I was coming down with something.
I think it was towards the end of the day.
It was crabby.
I said to Jordan, I don't know if I'm coming down with something.
My throat feels scratchy.
I just, ugh, I'm mad.
I don't want to do this.
I don't think I can do this.
_ And she said, well, just try it one more time.
And so really I did it for her.
Don't give up [F] yet.
Okay.
I won't give up yet.
I appreciate [C] that.
No problem.
Pull up your breeches.
That's it.
Take a deep breath.
Pull up your [Bb] breeches. _
Before I recorded it, I wouldn't have gone intellectually.
_ I'm mad and I feel like crap.
And this is a song about addiction and it's really heavy.
And so this should be perfect.
Let's do it. _
You know, it was more like, I don't feel like it.
But of course it does make perfect sense.
And that's part of the mystery that just happens in recording and with music and _ with members
of your team and your friends who can push you through something to get to the other side.
_ _ You are rolling.
Here we go.
_ One, two, three.
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[F] _ _ _ [C] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
Say [Bb] if it ever was, it's [F] still in there.
[G] You can dig [Gm] and fill.
And never will [Eb] be full.
_ Trying to get that good [Bb] again. _ _ _ _
Your last fifth of Jack, [F] a cigarette, the time [G] you bet [Gm] the form before you lost it [Eb] all.
_ You want that _ [Bb] feeling. _ _ _
[Gm] Back you [Dm] go against the wind and the [Eb] _ _ advice.
_ Killing [Dm] yourself to stop from running out [F] of time.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [Bb] But if I don't [F] _ leave you _ [Cm] now, _ [Eb] _ _
I [Bb] will never get [F] _ out of this [Cm] place.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Cm] _ [Bb] Baby, believe [F] _ _
me [C] [Cm] now.
_ [Eb] _ _ There's [Bb] no _ drag in [Eb] the chase. _
[Bb] Even looking at [Eb] your _ _ face in front of me. _ _
_ If there [Bb] was ever one that [F] could be two, you [G] and you [Gm] and you.
A blue sky could [Eb] be a blue world.
A whiter shade [Bb] of white. _
_ _ While you pour it on, you [F] pour it out.
You [Gm] would do everything you might have saved instead.
[Eb] _ _ For your _ loneliest _ [Bb] night. _
_ And back you [Dm] go against the wind and good [Eb] _ advice. _
Killing _ [Cm] [Dm] yourself to stop from running out of [F] _ _ life.
[Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ [Bb] But if I don't [F] leave you [Cm] now, _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ I [Bb] will never get [F] out of this [Cm] _ _ _
[Eb] place.
_ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] Baby, believe [F] _ me _ [Cm] now.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ [Bb] There's no _ drag [Eb] in the chase.
Even [Bb] looking at your _
[Eb] _ face.
_ _ _ When [Fm] it hits the papers, the tongues start wagging.
[G] _ _ Like it can't be happening.
[C] _
[Gb] _ _ _ Doctors take it [Bb] and [Eb] they take it [Bb] away.
_ And [Fm] when they do, you'll find your stand up.
Every man [Gm] goes looking for his heroin.
[C]
[Eb] It _ happens [Bb] every _ day.
[Eb] _ _ Around every _ _ bend.
[Cm] Again and again. _
[Gb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] But if I don't [A] _ [F] leave you _ [Cm] now, _ [Eb] _ _ I [Bb] will never get [F] out of this [C] _ _ [Cm] _ [Eb] place.
_ _ [Cm] _
[Bb] _ Baby, [F] believe _ me _ [Cm] _ now.
[Eb] _ _ There's [Bb] no _ drag in [Eb] the chase. _
[Bb] Even looking at your [Eb] _ face. _
_ In front of me. _ _
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