Somebody Should Leave Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays391

Somebody Should Leave by Reba McEntire is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, D7, G, Em, A7, A, Bm and A/D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			(D) IT SURE GETS (D7) QUIET 
WHEN THE (G) KIDS GO TO (Em) BED 
(A7) WE SIT HERE IN THE SILENCE 
PUTTING (G) OFF WHAT MUST BE (A) SAID 
(D) I READ A BOOK YOU WATCH (D7) TV 
(G) AS OUR (D) LOVE DIES (Em) QUIETLY 
(G) I'M SO SAD I DON'T (A) KNOW WHAT I'VE JUST (D) READ 
 
CHORUS                                     (D)/(G) 
(G) SOMEBODY (A) SHOULD (D) LEAVE 
BUT WHICH ONE SHOULD IT (D) BE 
(Bm) YOU NEED THE KIDS AND THEY NEED (Em) ME 
(A) SOMEBODY SHOULD (D D7) LEAVE 
BUT WE HATE TO (G) GIVE IN 
WE KEEP (A7) HOPIN' SOMEHOW 
WE MIGHT NEED EACH OTHER (D) AGAIN (A/D) (G) (D) (A/D) (G) 
 
(D) YOU SAY GOOD(D7)NIGHT AND (G) TURN AND (D) FACE THE (Em) WALL 
WE LIE HERE IN THE (A7) DARKNESS 
AND THE (G) TEARS START TO (A) FALL 
(D) IF IT WAS ONLY (D7) YOU AND ME 
(G) GOODBYE MIGHT (D) COME MORE (Em) EASILY 
BUT (G) WHAT ABOUT THOSE (A) BABIES DOWN THE (D) HALL 
~REPEAT CHORUS 
~TAG (A) SOMEBODY SHOULD (D D7) LEAVE BUT WE (G) HATE TO GIVE IN 
(SPOKEN) (A7) WE JUST KEEP HOPIN' WE MIGHT NEED EACH OTHER 
(D) AGAIN 
    	

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