How Could I Leave Chords by Dennis Brown

Tempo:
152.4 bpm
Chords used:

Gb

Ab

F

Bbm

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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How Could I Leave- Dennis Brown chords
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[Bbm]
Oh, [Ab] yeah, yeah.
[Bbm]
Oh, now.
[Am] [Ab] How
[Am] [Bbm]
could I leave?
[Ab]
How could I possibly [Gb] go on?
[F] If you could say goodbye.
[Bbm]
Just like a [Ab] rose.
If you don't water it every [Gb]
morning.
[F] It withers and declines.
[Gb] Promise you won't leave [Ab] me.
Promise you won't hurt [Gb] me.
Promise you won't ever [F] make me blue.
[Gb] If you ever leave me, [Ab] if you should desert [Gb] me,
baby, I don't know just what [F] I'd do.
I [Gb] don't [G] know just what [F] I'd do.
I really [Gb] don't know just what [F] I'd do.
Oh, [Db] [Bbm] this was [Db] our day.
[Ab]
That a man should leave his mother [Gb] and leave
to
[F] the woman that he loves.
Oh, [Bbm] yeah.
I'm very sure [Fm] [Ab]
that I could never love [Ebm] anyone [Gb]
the
[G] way
[F] I love you now.
Oh, [Gb] yeah.
Promise you won't leave me.
[Ab] Promise you won't hurt [Gb] me.
Promise you won't ever [F] make me blue.
[Gb] If you ever leave [Ab] me, if you should desert [Gb] me,
baby, I don't know just [F] what I'd do.
I [Gb] don't know just what [F] I'd do.
I really don't [Dbm] know [Gb]
just [F] what I'd do.
Whoa, [Bbm]
[Am] [F] [Ab]
oh, yeah.
Oh,
[Bbm] yeah.
[Am] [Ab] Ooh, yeah.
Ooh, [Bbm] yeah.
It was our day.
[Ab]
That a man should leave his mother [Gb] and leave
to
[F] the woman that he loves.
Ooh, [Bbm] yeah.
I'm very sure [Ab] that I could never love [B] anyone
[Gb] the
[F] way
I love you now.
Yeah.
[Gb] Promise you won't leave [G] me.
[Ab] Promise you won't hurt [Gb] me.
[N]
Key:  
Gb
134211112
Ab
134211114
F
134211111
Bbm
13421111
Am
2311
Gb
134211112
Ab
134211114
F
134211111
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To learn Dennis Brown - How Could I Leave chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: Bbm, Ab, Gb, Ab, Gb, F and Bbm. Ease into the song by practicing at 76 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 152 BPM. With D Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, _ _ [Ab] _ yeah, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
yeah.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh, now. _
_ [Am] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ How
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ _ could I leave? _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
How could I _ possibly _ _ _ [Gb] go _ _ _ on? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] If you could say _ goodbye. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ Just like a _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] rose. _ _ _
_ If you don't _ water it every [Gb] _ _ _ _
morning. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] It withers and _ _ _ declines. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ Promise you won't leave [Ab] me.
_ Promise you won't hurt [Gb] me.
_ Promise you won't ever [F] make me blue. _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ If you ever leave me, [Ab] _ _ if you should desert [Gb] me,
_ baby, I don't know just what [F] I'd do. _
_ _ I [Gb] don't _ [G] know _ just what [F] I'd do. _
_ I really [Gb] don't _ _ know just what [F] I'd do. _
Oh, _ [Db] _ _ _ [Bbm] this _ _ was [Db] our _ _ _ day.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
That a man should leave his mother _ [Gb] and leave _
_ _ _ _ _ to _
_ _ _ _ [F] the woman that he _ _ _ _ _ loves.
_ _ Oh, _ [Bbm] yeah. _
_ I'm very _ _ _ sure _ _ [Fm] _ [Ab] _ _
that _ I could _ never love _ _ [Ebm] anyone _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ _ the _
_ _ _ _ [G] way
[F] I love you now. _ _ _ _ _
Oh, _ [Gb] yeah.
_ Promise you won't leave me.
[Ab] _ Promise you won't hurt [Gb] me.
_ Promise you won't ever [F] make me blue. _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ If you ever leave _ [Ab] me, if you should desert _ [Gb] me,
baby, I don't know just [F] what I'd do. _
_ _ I [Gb] don't know _ _ just what [F] I'd do. _
_ I really don't [Dbm] know [Gb] _
_ just [F] what I'd do.
Whoa, _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [F] _ [Ab] _ _ _
oh, yeah.
_ _ Oh, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ yeah.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [Ab] _ _ Ooh, _ yeah.
_ _ _ _ Ooh, _ _ [Bbm] yeah. _ _ _ _
It was our _ _ _ _ _ day.
[Ab] _ _ _ _
That a man should leave his mother _ [Gb] and leave _
_ _ _ _ _ to _
_ _ _ _ [F] the woman that he _ _ _ _ _ loves.
Ooh, _ [Bbm] yeah. _ _ _
_ I'm very _ _ _ _ _ sure [Ab] that _ _ _ _ _ I could never love _ _ _ [B] anyone _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ the _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] way
I love you _ now. _ _ _ _
_ _ Yeah.
[Gb] _ _ Promise you won't leave [G] me.
[Ab] _ _ Promise you won't hurt _ [Gb] me. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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