Chords for Terry Kath and Chicago "If You Leave Me Now" '77 Essen

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_ _ _ _ _ You can play all night with an audience like this.
_ _ _ _ [B] Peter strapping on the old 12-string guitar. _ _ _ _
_ [G#] We'll do some [G#m] publica.
_ [G#] _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
Okay, everybody's changing [B] instruments.
We're going to do a little John Denver medley.
Little John Denver, little Donovan, [Bm] little_ _ _ _
[G] If _ _ _ _ _ you _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ leave me now,
you take away the [D#m] biggest part of me. _ _ _
Ooh, [G#m] _ _ [C#] baby, [F#] [B] please don't go.
_ _ _ _ If you leave me now,
[G#m] you take away the very heart.
[C#] _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ [G#m] Ooh, _ [C#] _ _ [F#] please [B] don't go. _
Ooh, _ [C#] I [F#] just want to [B] stay.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
I'd [E] like to find
how [B] _
_ [E] could we not [F#] escape [B] away.
_ _ _ [A#m] _ [D#] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ We've come too far [C] to leave.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
How [E] could we end [F#] this [B] way?
_ I've run too [D#m] much.
I'm [G#m] gonna make no regrets.
[C#m] This is the [G#m] set [Em] _
today.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ I'd [C] like to _ [E] find
_ _ _ [G#m] _
how could [E] we not [F#] escape [B] away.
_ _ _ [A#m] _ _ [D#] _ _ [E]
We've _ _ [Bm] come [E] too far [Am] to [Bm] leave.
_ [E] _ [E] _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ I'd like to find
how could [E] we not escape away.
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ [C#m] If you leave me _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
now,
_ [G#m] you take away the biggest [D#m] part of me.
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ [B] Ooh, baby, please don't go. _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] I [B] _
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[G#m] _ _ [C#] _ [F#] just want to stay.
[B] _ _
_ _ _ [C#] how _ [F#] could we not escape away.
I'd like to find
how [B] could we not escape away. _ _ _ _ _
If _ [C#] _ _ [F#] you leave [B] me now,
_ _ _ [C#] _ you [F#] _
[B] take _ _ _ away _ _ [G#m] the very heart.
Ooh, [C#] baby, [F#] please don't go.
how [B] could we not _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] escape away.
We've come too far to leave.
[B] _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ I'd like to find
how could we not escape _ _ away.
I'm sorry, man.
You made it out alive!
That's it!
_ My bad.
Thank you very, very much,
ladies and gentlemen!
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _