Leave My Heart Alone Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays505

Leave My Heart Alone by Pure Prairie League is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords Dsus2, D, C, G, Gsus4, D6, F, C6 and G6. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro:

Dsus2 D Dsus2 D C G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G 

verse 1 

Dsus2 D                 Dsus2 D 
Tackle up for rains and hold your own  
           C        G     Gsus4 G Gsus4 G 
There is a storm to come 
D     D6     D   D6   D   D6   D   D6  
Pack up your rocking chair  
 D    D6      D    D6    D 
(Pack up your rocking chair)  
G                                                 D 
Wait for the river like some captive home in your mind  
     C                      G 
Baby go back where you come from 
C                              F               D 
Sister, brother hope there's something here to learn  

Instrumental 

Dsus2 D Dsus2 D C G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G 
Dsus2 D Dsus2 D C G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G 

verse 2 

Dsus2  D      Dsus2      D             
All the money we've been through 
             C       G    Gsus4 G Gsus4 G 
Never havin' nothin' come true 
D   D6       D   D6  D  D6  D  D6  
Lay down the chosen share  
D    D6       D  D6  D  
(lay down the chosen share)  
G                                                   D 
Stay put sure that someone else is having your good time  
      C                         G 
Maybe shoot down your brother's heart  
    C                        F    D 
and said things you think to be unkind  

    C C6 C C6 C C6 C C6 G G6 G G6 G G6 G G6 
But leave     my heart alone  
          C C6 C C6 C C6 C C6 D   
got these troubles      of my own  

Instrumental 

Dsus2 D Dsus2 D C G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G  
Dsus2 D Dsus2 D C G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G  

verse 3 

Dsus2   D           Dsus2 D    
Now you've had some time  on the road  
          C    G     Gsus4 G Gsus4 G 
to be yourself again 
 D  D6       D  D6   D  D6  D D6 
unleash the holdin' powers  
 D  D6       D   D6  D 
(unleash the holdin' powers)  
G                                               D 
stay fully standing something isn't coming your way  
      C                      G  
while everything you've been for  
   C               F         D  
is coming round to your back door  

    C C6 C C6 C C6 C C6 G G6 G G6 G G6 G G6 
But leave my heart     alone  
          C C6 C C6 C C6 C C6 D   
got these troubles.     of my own  
    C C6 C C6 C C6 C C6 G G6 G G6 G G6 
But leave     my heart alone  
          C C6 C C6 C C6 C C6 D   
got these troubles      of my own  

Outro 

C C6 C C6 C C6 C C6 G G6 G G6 G G6 G G6 (repeat) 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante