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Everytime You Leave

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"Every time you leave" (Plaskett)
From "Three" (2009)
Intro and main rhythm figure:
G-|-8--88-8--8-8-|
D-|-7--77-7--7-7-|
A-|-9--99-11h9-9-|
E-|-7--77-7--7-8-|
[Intro]
B
[Verse]
BYou break a few bones, you break a few nails,A  E  B  
Bit’s like you set me down when you set your sails.A  E  B  
BYou send a few letters but they’re never enough,A  E  B  
it gets rF#ough, eEvery time you leave me 'lBone.
[Verse]
BI don’t do so good on my own,
(AEvery time you lEeave me 'lBone)
BI need a telescope, not a telephone,
(AEvery time you lEeave me 'lBone)
BStray cat struttin' through a snowy backyard,
It gets hF#ard, eEvery time you pick up and Bgo.
[Middle Eight]
TG#mable seats F#mfour and a coEuch seats tBhree,
a G#mbed for F#mtwo and a cEhair for me,
TG#mweedle F#mDum, where’s TwEeedle DBee?
[Verse]
BSitting by the fire and watching it burn,
(AEvery time you lEeave me 'lBone)
BThings feel different when you return.
(AEvery time you lEeave me 'lBone)
BThey say that "good things come to those who stay",
(AEvery time you lEeave me 'lBone)
Come on and sF#tay! WEhy d’ya gotta go awBay?
[Outro]
WBhy'dya always gotta take the long way home?
WBhy d’ya always gotta take the long way home?
EBverytime you leave me 'lone.
(BWhy d’ya always gotta take the long way home?)
EBverytime you leave me 'lone.
(BWhy d’ya always gotta take the long way home?)
EBverytime you leave me lone...
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