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Carly Pearce – If I Don’t Leave I’m Gonna Stay Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are If I Don’t Leave I’m Gonna Stay chords by Carly Pearce & Riley Green for Piano and Ukulele.

[Intro]
Am  D/F#  G  Em

[Verse 1: Carly Pearce]
Am                      D7
Two more glasses in the bottle
G        D/F#                Em
One more pour and I'm pretty sure
 I shouldn't drive
Am                   D7
I got church early tomorrow
            G             G/B 
And I can't walk in all a mess
         Em
 in this dress I'm in tonight

[Pre-Chorus: Carly Pearce]
C              Em            C
By the minute, bad decisions start
 sounding good
Am                          D
Baby, I ain't saying I should

[Chorus: Carly Pearce & Riley 
Green, Carly Pearce]
                            Am
If I don't leave, I'm gonna stay
D/F#                         
If we don't stop, we're gonna 
 G               Em
start all over again
                         Am
And if I bend, I'm gonna break
                            D/F#
We're gonna blame it on the rain
 or on the wine
              G               D/F#
We're getting close to losing clothes
         Em                   
I should go, look at the time

              Am
 it's getting late
D/F#                        G
If I don't leave, I'm gonna stay

[Verse 2: Riley Green, Carly Pearce
 & Riley Green]
Am                        D7
We're so good at striking matches
G            G/B          Em
But we're no good at ever putting
 out the flame
Am                        D/F#
We keep on dancing in the ashes
           G           D/F#
And, baby, isn't doing this
         Em
 the definition of insane?
        Am                D/F#
Just say what you need to say

[Chorus: Carly Pearce & 
Riley Green, Carly Pearce]
                            Am
If I don't leave, I'm gonna stay
D/F#                          G   
If we don't stop, we're gonna start
            Em
 all over again
                         Am
And if I bend, I'm gonna break
                            D/F#
We're gonna blame it on the rain
 or on the wine
              G               D/F#
We're getting close to losing clothes
         Em                   
I should go, look at the time,
              Am
 it's getting late
D                    
If I don't leave, I'm 
       Am  D
gonna stay

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[Interlude]
G D/F# Em

[Bridge: Carly Pearce &
 Riley Green, Riley Green]
C             D             
We're already past the point
    C        D
 of turning around
Am                    
But just to say I said
        D
 it out loud

[Out-Chorus: Both, 
Riley Green, Carly Pearce]
                            Am
If I don't leave, I'm gonna stay
D/F#                   
If we don't stop, we're 
       G               Em
gonna start all over again
                         Am
And if I bend, I'm gonna break
We're gonna blame it on the
 D/F#
 rain or on the wine
              G       
We're getting close to
        D/F#
 losing clothes
         Em                   
I should go, look at the time,
              Am
 it's getting late
D                           G
If I don't leave, I'm gonna stay

How to play If I Don’t Leave I’m Gonna Stay: key, chords and progression

If I Don’t Leave I’m Gonna Stay by Carly Pearce sits in G major (one sharp: F♯), and you need 8 chords to play it: Am, D/F#, G, Em, D7, G/B, C and D.

Listen for G – D/F# – Em – Am (I – V – vi – ii in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – soh – lah – reh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.