Don't Leave Me This Way Chords
by Ricky Nelson
Don't Leave Me This Way by Ricky Nelson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B, A and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Don't Leave Me This Way:Ricky Nelson.
B-Side of Poor Little Fool, 1958.
#1.
E B
When you came along, oh, happy was I.
E A
When you went away, I thought I would die.
F# B E A E B
Oh, babe...don't leave me this way.
#2.
E B
You know how much I needed your touch.
E A
Baby, I loved you a little too much.
F# B E A E
Oh, babe...don't leave me this way.
Chorus:
A E
I thought you said our love was true.
A E
You loved me, and I loved you.
A E
But, now you're gone and I am blue.
F# B
Oh, what am I gonna do?
#3.
E B
I just can't see why you wanted to go.
E A
You knew all along, it hurt me so.
F# B E A E
Oh, babe..don't leave me this way.
F# B E A E B
Oh, babe..don't leave me this way.
E B E A F# B E A E B
Chorus:
REPEAT#3.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.