I Don't Want You To Go (But I Need You To Leave)

Aaron Watson

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Here we go.... 
G 
You're too hard to handle, scandal after scandal, you must think I'm naïve 
                    Am D                 G 
I don't want you to go but I need you to leave 
     G 
It's wild alibis and those outrageous lies you expect me to believe 
                    Am D                 G 
I don't want you to go but I need you to leave 
      C                             G   
Well, I've thought about it and I've made up my mind 
     D               G 
It's time we call it quits 
    C                       G 
You know you may be fun for Saturday night 
        A7                      D  
But the rest of the week is the pits 
G 
Measure what we have between the good and the bad And there's just too much uncertainty 
                    Am D                 G 
I don't want you to go but I need you to leave  
Solo 
 
Because you placed the blame on the pink champagne for dancin' naked on New Year's Eve 
I don't want you to go but I need you to leave 
I'll buy a one-way ticket to destination, you pick it anywhere from Tulsa to Tel Aviv 
I don't want you to go but I need you to leave 
 
Chorus 
 
Anytime you're nice, I can't help but think twice there's always something up your sleeve 
I don't want you to go but I need you to leave 
I don't want you to go but I need you to leave 
Aw yeah....

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Chord set

G · Am · D · C · A7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.