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Could I Leave You? chords by
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim

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Verse 1
G
Bm
G
Bm

Leave you, leave you,
Em
E

how could I leave you?
C
D
Cm
C

How could I go it alone?
Dsus4
D
G

Could I wave the years away
F#
G
A
Am

with a quick goodbye?
D
C
D
Em
A

How do you wipe tears away when
Dsus4
D

your eyes are dry?
G
D

Sweetheart, lover,
G
Bm
G
Em
Bm

could I recov er?
D
Abaug
C
Ebdim
Cdim
Cm

Give up the joys I have known
C
G

Not to fetch your pills again,
Bbdim
A
Am

every day at five
C
Em

Not to give those dinners for
B
Em

ten elderly men from the

UN
A
Dsus4

How could I survive?
D
G
Dm
Gsus4

Could I leave you and your
G
C

shelves of the world's best books
G
F#sus4
B
Bsus4

And the evenings of martyred looks,
F#m
Bsus4

cryptic sighs
E

Sullen glares from those injured eyes
C#m
C#sus4

leave the quips with the sting
Abm
B

Jokes with the sneer
F#

Passionless lovemaking once
Bbdim

a year leave the lies
Bbm
Bbdim

Ill -concealed

And the wounds never healed

And the game's not worth winning
D
E

And wait! I'm just beginning!
C

What?
G

Leave you?

Leave you?
C

How could I leave you?
G

What would I do on my own?

Putting thoughts of you
A

aside in the south of

France
D
C
Em
A

Would I think of suicide?
D
C

Darling, shall we dance?
Dsus4

Could I live through the

pain on a terrace in

Spain?
G

Would it pass?
D
G

It would pass
D
G
Dsus4

Could I bury my rage with a boy
D

half your age in the grass?
G

Bet your ass
D
C

But I've done that already
B

Or didn't you know, love?
Esus4
D

Tell me, how could I leave
A
D

When I left long ago, love?
Dm

Could I leave you?
Gsus4
G
C

No, the point is, could you leave me?

Well, I guess you could
B
Bsus4

leave me the house
A

Leave me the flat
E

Leave me the

Brocks and

Chagalls and all that
C#sus4

You could leave me the stocks

For sentiment's sake
F#

And 90 % of the money you make
Bbdim

And the rugs

And the cooks

Darling, you keep the drugs

Angel, you keep the books
F#
E

Honey, I'll take the grand stucco
F#sus4

You keep the spillet

And all of our friends and just
D

Wait a goddamn minute!

Oh!
G

Leave you, leave you

How could I leave you?
C
Ebdim

Sweetheart, I have to confess
Em
Asus4
G
Asus4

Could I leave you?
A

Yes!
D

Will I leave you?
G

Will I leave you?

Yes!

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Chords
  • G

  • Bm

    2
  • Em

  • E

  • C

  • D

  • Cm

    3
  • Dsus4

  • F#

    2
  • A

  • Am

  • Abaug

    4
  • Ebdim

  • Cdim

    3
  • Bbdim

  • B

    2
  • Dm

  • Gsus4

  • F#sus4

    2
  • Bsus4

    2
  • F#m

    2
  • C#m

    4
  • C#sus4

    4
  • Abm

    4
  • Bbm

  • Esus4

  • Asus4

Capo: 3

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