Don't Leave Me This Way:The Communards.
#1 in UK and #1/40 in USA in 1986.

             (Capo 1st fret.)

[Intro]
            
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[Verse]
           
Don't leave me

          
 this wa - ay
             
I can't surviv

             
e I can't stay

  
 alive
            
Without your l

        
ove, no baby

           
Don't leave me

          
 this wa - ay
             
No, I can't ex

             
ist, I will su

     
rely miss 
            
Your tender ki

             
ss, so don't l

             
eave me this w

ay

[Chorus]

Aaaaaaahhhhhhh

hh, baby
             
My heart is fu

             
ll of love and

   
 desire for yo

u
             
So come on dow

             
n and do what 

    
you gotta do
             
You started th

            
is fire down i

n my soul
             
Now can't you 

             
see, it's burn

    
ing out of con

trol
             
So come on dow

             
n and satisfy 

    
the need in me
             
'Cause only yo

             
ur good lovin'

     
 can set me fr

ee

[Verse]
           
Don't, leave m

          
e this way    

  (uuuh uuh)
              
You don't unde

             
rstand, (under

              
stand) how I'm

           
 at your comma

nd     
            
So, baby, plea

             
se, so don't l

             
eave me this w

ay (so don't l

eave me this w

ay)

[Chorus]

Aaaaaaahhhhhhh

hh, baby
             
My heart is fu

             
ll of love and

   
 desire for yo

u
             
So come on dow

             
n and do what 

    
you gotta do
             
You started th

            
is fire down i

n my soul
             
Now can't you 

             
see, it's burn

    
ing out of con

trol
             
So come on dow

             
n and satisfy 

    
the need in me
             
'Cause only yo

             
ur good lovin'

       
 would set me 

free
           
Set me free, s

et me free
           
Set me free, s

et me free
           
Set me free, s

             
et me free, fr

      
ee-eee-eee

[Piano Break]
           

[Bridge]
              
Come and satis

           
fy me, come sa

          
tisfy me
              
Come and satis

           
fy me, come sa

          
tisfy me
           
Don't leave me

           
 this wa....ay
             
(No, I can't e

             
xist..) I'll s

      
urely miss
           
(your tender k

              
iss..) don't l

     
eave me this w

ay

[Chorus]

Aaaaaaahhhhhhh

hh, baby!
            
My heart is fu

             
ll of love and

      
 desire for yo

u
            
Now, come on d

             
own and do wha

      
t you gotta do
            
You started th

            
is fire down i

n my soul
            
Now, can't you

             
 see, it's bur

     
ning out of co

ntrol
            
Come on down a

             
nd satisfy the

 
 need in me
            
Cause only you

             
r good lovin' 

    
can set me fre

e

[Outro]
             
Set me free..s

         
et me free
             
Set me free..s

         
et me free
            
Baby, don't le

            
ave me this wa

   
y, no
            
Don't leave me

               
 this way, no
            
Don't leave me

            
 this way, bab

   
y
            
Don't leave ..

            
. don't leave 

   
me this way, b

abe
            
Oh, baby ...(F

               
ade)