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Chicago - If You Leave Me Now Chords

Chord reference A, F#m, C#m, B, E, D7, Gm, D
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

If you [A]leave me now, you’ll [F#m]take away the biggest [C#m]part of me Ooo, ooo, ooo, [F#m]ooo, [B]no, baby [E]please don’t [A]go And if you [A]leave me now, you’ll [F#m]take away the very [C#m]heart of me Ooo, ooo, ooo, [F#m]ooo, [B]no, baby [E]please don’t [A]go Ooo, ooo, ooo, [F#m]ooo, [B]girl, I just [E]want you to [A]stay

[D7]A love like ours is [Gm]love that’s hard to [D]find [F#m]How could we [D]let it [E]slip a-[A]way? [Bm7] [C#m7] [D7]We’ve come to far to [Gm]leave it all be-[D]hind [F#m]How could we [D]end it [E]all this [A]way? When to-[C#m7]morrow comes and we’ll [F#m]both regret the [Bm]things we said to-[Dm]day

[A] [F#m] [C#m] [C#m] [F#m] [B] [E] [A] [F#m] [B] [E] [A] [A] [D7]A love like ours is [Gm]love that’s hard to [D]find [F#m]How could we [D]let it [E]slip a-[A]way? [Bm7] [C#m7] [D7]We’ve come to far to [Gm]leave it all be-[D]hind [F#m]How could we [D]end it [E]all this [A]way? When [C#m7]tomorrow comes and we’ll [F#m]both regret [Bm]things we said to-[Dm]day

If you [A]leave me now, you’ll [F#m]take away the biggest [C#m]part of me Ooo, ooo, ooo, [F#m]ooo, [B]no, baby [E]please don’t [A]go [F#m] [B] [E] [A]

[F#m]Oooo [B]girl, I just [E]got to have you [A]by my side [F#m] [B] [E] [A] [F#m]Oooo [B]no baby [E]please don’t [A]go [F#m] [B] [E] [A] [F#m]Oooo [B]mama, I just [E]got to have your [A]lovin’ [F#m] [B] [E] [A] [F#m] [B] [E] [A]

Artist Chicago
Album Chicago X
Genres Rock
Year 1976
Key A

How to Play If You Leave Me Now on Guitar?

Chicago - If You Leave Me Now can be played in the key of A using the A, F#m, C#m, B, E, D7, Gm, D chords.

  • For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B.
  • For F#m, To play F#m | Gbm, barre fret 2 from the G string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D.
  • For C#m, To play C#m | Dbm, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the B string with finger 3, let low E, high E ring open, mute A.
  • For B, To play B, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let B ring open, mute G.
  • For E, To play E, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, let low E, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For D7, To play D7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, D ring open.
  • For Gm, To play Gm, press fret 3 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the A string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 3 on the high E string with finger 3, let D, G ring open.
  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play If You Leave Me Now with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.