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"Leave Her For Me"
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7" single
(The Jades, 1958)
album _Rockin' On Broadway - The Time, Brent, Shad Story_
(Various Artists, 2000)
7" EP "All Tomorrow's Dance Parties"
(Lewis Reed/The Jades, 2000)
written by Lewis Reed
performed by The Jades (The Shades)
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Take away the oceans
take away the seas
take away the sunshine
take away the trees
Take away the rosebuds
that bloom in spring
take all the blossoms
all I asking is one thing
Please leave my baby
please leave her for me
I don't care for the oceans
I don't care for the seas
I can do without blue skies
or flowering trees
But I can't do without my baby
so please leave her for me
Nature has beauty, nature has its place
but when I look into my baby's face
I lose all sense of judgement, I lose my regard
to think only of nature somehow seems so hard
So take away your oceans
take away your seas
take away your rosebuds
all I asking is one thing
Please leave my baby
please leave her for me
intro {G}{Em}{C}{D}
{G}{Em}{C}{D} (Take away the oceans, take ...)
{G}{Em}{C}{D} (Take away the rosebuds that ...)
{G/Em}{C/D}{G/Em}{C/D} (Please leave my baby, please ...)
{G}{Em}{C}{D} (I don't care for the oceans, I ...)
{G/Em}{C/D}{G/C}{G/G7} (But I can't do without my baby ...)
bridge {C}{C}{G}{G} (Nature has beauty, nature has ...)
{C}{C}{D}{D} (I lose all sense of judgement ...)
{G/Em}{C/D}{G/Em}{C/D} (So take away your oceans, take ...)
{G/Em}{C/D}{G/C}{G... (Please leave my baby, please ...)
* riff (muted)
Take away the oceans, take away the seas
{G} {Em}
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take away the sunshine, take away the trees
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Please leave my baby, please leave her for -
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- me leave her for me
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* bridge (muted)
- her for me
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Nature has beauty, nature has its place
{C} {C}
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but when I look into my baby's face
{G} {G}
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I lose all sense of judgement, I lose my regard
{C} {C}
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to think only of Nature, somehow seems so hard
{D} {D}
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thanks: Jose Alberto (brooklyn@usuarios.retecal.es)
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My personal transcription of the lyrics.
Leave Her For Me
Take away the oceans
Take away the seas
Take away the sunshine
Take away the trees
Take away the rosebuds that bloom in spring
Take all the blossoms, all I asking is one thing
Please, leave my baby
Please, leave her for me
I don't care for the oceans
I don't care for the seas
I can do without blue skies or flowering trees
But I can't do without my baby
so, please, leave her for me.
Nature has beauty
Nature has its place
but when I look into my baby's face
I lose all sense of judgement
I lose my regard, to think only of Nature
somehow seems so hard.
So take away your oceans
Take away your seas
Take away your rosebuds
all I asking is one thing,
Please, leave my baby
Leave her for me.
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chords/tabs transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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