Please Dont Go

...PLEASE DON'T GO... by Stevie Wonder

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*from 'Fulfillingness' First Finale' (1974)*





Intro:



G  G6  Gmaj7  G6 (x2)



G     G6   Gmaj7 G6

 Ooh, ooh, ooh,  ooh.

G     G6   Gmaj7 G6

 Ooh, ooh, ooh,  ooh.



Verse 1:



             G  G6       Gmaj7  G7

Please don't go, no, no, no.

       C   Cmaj7    F7

If you go;  I'll be sad and blue.

     G   Gmaj7    D7sus  D7

So I say; no, no, no,

           G   G6  D7sus  D7

Don't go a-way, oh no.



Verse 2:



              G    G6     Gmaj7  G7

Please don't leave, baby, please,

              C     Cmaj7    F7

If you should leave; my poor heart would grieve.

     G   Gmaj7      D7sus  D7            G

So I say; nay, nay, nay,    baby, please stay.



Chorus 1:



            Dm7 G7        Cmaj7

And I'll do any-thing you want me to,

Cm      F       A#maj7                  Am7   D7

 If you promise that you won't leave to-night.

                Dm7      G7    Cmaj7

'Cos I'll break down and cry a river of tears,

     Cm       F7         A#maj7              Am7  D7

With just the thought of you, not here in my life.



Verse 3:



             G  G6       Gmaj7  G7

Please don't go, no, no, no.

       C   Cmaj7    F7

If you go;  I'll be sad and blue.

     G   Gmaj7    D7sus  D7

So I say; no, no, no,

           G   G6     D7sus       D7

Don't go a-way, yeah, baby, baby, baby...



Solo:



G  G6  Gmaj7  C7, C  Cmaj7  F7

G  Gmaj7  D7sus  D7, G



Chorus 2:



            Dm7 G7        Cmaj7

And I'll do any-thing you want me to,

Cm      F       A#maj7                  Am7   D7

 If you promise that you won't leave to-night.

                Dm7      G7    Cmaj7

'Cos I'll break down and cry a river of tears,

     Cm       F7         A#maj7              Am7   A#m7

With just the thought of you, not here in my life.



*KEY CHANGE*

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Verse 4:



             G# G#6        G#maj7  G#7

Please don't go, don't say bye.

        C#        C#maj7        F#7

Tell me why, baby; do you wanna make me cry?

               G#           D#7sus D#7

Please, please stay, oh, no no, no no;

          G#  G#6          D#7sus  D#7

I'm gonna try, yeah, yeah, yeah.



Verse 5:



                      G#    G#6          G#maj7  G#7

So baby, please don't leave, don't leave Steve,

       C#         C#maj7   F#7

If you leave baby; my poor heart would grieve.

     G#               D#7sus  D#7

So I say; yeah, yeah, yeah,    don't go...



Coda:



G#               G#6             G#maj7          G#6

 Don't go, baby, don't go, baby, don't go, baby, don't go, baby.

G#               G#6             G#maj7          G#6

 Don't go, baby, don't go, baby, don't go, baby, don't go, baby.



G#               G#6      G#maj7          G#6

 Don't go, baby, darling, don't leave me, baby.

G#             G#6   G#maj7        G#6   G#      G#6

 Woah A-woah A-woah, woah A-woah A-woah, no, baby.



               G#maj7  G#6

Don't leave me baby,    yeah baby, don't get on that aeroplane.

G#        G#6      G#maj7            G#

 Hear me, hear me, hear me, hear me...



Outro:



G#7                 C#7

 Cryin'... for your lovin' in the midnight hour,

G#7                 C#7

 Cryin'... for your lovin' in the morning, I was...

G#7                      C#7

 Don't go, baby, hear me cryin', oh no, oh no...



(Fade)





CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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   G       G6     Gmaj7    G7      C      Cmaj7    F7     D7sus    D7



 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE

 320003  322000  3x443x  323000  x32010  x32000  131211  xx0213  xx0212



   Dm7     Cm      F     A#maj7    Am7    A#m7     G#      G#6   G#maj7



 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE

 xx0211  x35543  133211  x13231  x02013  686666  466544  4x454x  4x554x



   G#7     C#     C#maj7   F#7   D#7sus    D#7     C#7



 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE

 464544  x46664  x46564  242322  x68696  x68686  x46464





Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])