Aug52020

I Don’t Know How But They Found Me – Leave Me Alone Chord Progression on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
DM C Bb
Dm9

[Verse]
Dm
Big shot, so what, 
do you wanna pretend?
Dm
You took the money, 
but the money couldn't buy a friend.

[Chorus]
          Bb           
Now I want you to leave 
 C       Dm C Bb
me alone
Bb            D              C  
They say the devil that you know
             Bb          
 is better than the devil
           C Am
  that you don't
            Bb           
Oh you're a big shot here
      C           Dm
 but nobody else knows
          Bb            C      Dm
Now I want you to leave me alone
Dm9

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[Verse]
Dm
Light spot, take your best
 shot, look at me
N.C
Go fly a kite till you're 
tangled in a hanging tree

[Chorus]
          Bb            C  
Now I want you to leave me 
     Dm C Bb
alone
Bb            D              C  
They say the devil that you know 
             Bb         
is better than the devil 
            C Am
that you don't
            Bb               
Oh you're a big shot here but
  C           Dm
 nobody else knows
          Bb            C      Dm
Now I want you to leave me alone

[Bridge]
Dm        C               
4 in the morning but we're
   Bb           C      Dm
 having such a lovely time
Dm        C            Bb    
Mad as a hatter with a dagger
       C      Dm
 and a dollar sign
Dm          C         Bb      
Aristocrats, tip your hats and
             C      Dm
 break your mothers heart
Dm                        
And when the sun comes up, 
you'll find a brand new God
Dm9

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[Chorus]
          Bb            C 
Now I want you to leave me 
      Dm C Bb
alone
Bb            D              C 
They say the devil that you know
              Bb                     C Am
 is better than the devil that you don't
            Bb           
Oh you're a big shot here 
      C           Dm
but nobody else knows
          Bb            C      Dm
Now I want you to leave me alone

How to play Leave Me Alone: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of Leave Me Alone by I Don’t Know How But They Found Me on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

Leave Me Alone by I Don’t Know How But They Found Me keeps coming home to D minor (one flat: B♭). You need 7 chords: DM, C, Bb, Dm9, Dm, D and Am.

Listen for Bb – C – Dm – C (VI – VII – i – VII in D minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: Bb and Dm9 are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.