You Can Leave Your Hat On Chords

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You Can Leave Your Hat On by Joe Cocker is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, E, F, B and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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16
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  			You can leave your hat on - Joe cocker 
 
(intro) 
 
e  ----------------------         1-3-----------        
a  1----3-----3--------3--        ------1-1------ 
d  --------1-------1------        -------------- 
g  -----------------------   X 3  ---------------  
b  -----------------------        --------------- 
e  -----------------------        ---------------- 
 
(verse pattern - repeat few times) 
e  ---------------3-------    
a  3-------------------0-3      
d  -----2---1--2---------- 
g  ----------------------- 
b  ----------------------- 
e  ----------------------- 
 
C 
Baby take off your coat - real slow 
and take off your shoes - I'll take your shoes 
Baby take off your dress - yes yes yes 
C                        E   
You can leave your hat on 
        F                B 
You can leave your hat on 
                          C 
You can leave your hat on 
 
Go on over there - turn on the light 
no all the lights 
Come back here 
stand on this chair - that's right 
Raise your arms up to the air - 
no shake 'em 
 
 C         E           F      B 
You give me a reason to live 
You give me a reason to live 
You give me a reason to live 
You give me a reason to live 
 
Bb    
Sweet darling 
F                      C 
You can leave your hat on 
You can leave your hat on 
feeling 
you can leave your hat on 
you can leave your hat on 
you can leave your hat on 
you can leave your hat on 
 
Suspicious minds a talkin'- try'n' to tear us apart 
they don't believe in this love of mine 
they don't know I love you 
 
they don't know what love is 
INTRO 
they don't know what love is 
INTRO 
they don't know what love is 
INTRO 
I know what love is 
 
Sweet darling 
You can leave your hat on 
You can leave your hat on 
 
Feeling 
You can leave your hat on 
You can leave your hat on 
 
Enjoy! 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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