If You're Thinking Of Leaving You Should Chords

KeyG Capo5st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays479

If You're Thinking Of Leaving You Should by Social Repose is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords G, D, Em, C and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro 

Hey there darling 

You'll blink your life away And he'll be waiting here wishing you had stayed 

But if you stay here fearing the unknown 

You'll regret not being alone 


verse 1 

G 
Hey there darling 
       D 
You'll blink your life away 
    Em                            C 
And he'll be waiting here wishing you had stayed 
    G                        D 
But if you stay here fearing the unknown 
       Em               C 
You'll regret not being alone 

Am               C 
Travel far away, see the world and say 
Am                             D 
"Yes this is where I'd like to be" 
                       G 
Leave a note less than three 

verse 2 

       G                         D 
She'll pack up her things at the crack of dawn 
Em                      C 
All the road ahead goes on and on 
G 
Her father asks her 
D 
"Please don't go?" 
Em                                             C 
But there are things past this place she would like to know 


Pre-Chorus 
G 
Hey there darling 
       D 
You'll blink your life away 
    Em                            C 
And he'll be waiting here wishing you had stayed 
    G                        D 
But if you stay here fearing the unknown 
       Em               C 
You'll regret not being alone 

Am               C 
Travel far away, see the world and say 
Am                             D 
"Yes this is where I'd like to be" 
                       G 
Leave a note less than three 

verse 3 

  G               D 
A sense of wonder kills her fear 
Em              C 
Driving west to disappear 
    G                          D 
Her dreams grow brighter, they spark and burn 
Em             C 
She will never return 


Pre-Chorus 

G 
Hey there darling 
       D 
You'll blink your life away 
    Em                            C 
And he'll be waiting here wishing you had stayed 
    G                        D 
But if you stay here fearing the unknown 
       Em               C 
You'll regret not being alone 


Outro  
(Strum once) 

Am              C 
Travel far away, see the world and say 
Am                            D 
"Yes this is where I'd like to be" 
                       G 
Leave a note less than three 
    	

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