Verse
F# A#7
--There's nothing left inside me, honey
D#m C# B
You can call your own
F# A#7
--No landmark you can recognize
D#m C# B
No place that feels like home
G# G#7
You better leave it alone
Bm C#
You better leave, it all
F# F#
Alone
[Verse 2]
F# A#7
--There's nothing left that I possess
D#m C# B
You'll ever want to steal
F# A#7
--No one you can talk to here
D#m C# B
No bargains, no good deals
G# G#7
You better leave it alone
Bm C#
You better leave, it all
F#
Alone
[Chorus 1]
B7
Because we don't want to press our luck
F#7
And maybe make that well run dry
B7
Ya know we both been betting on rain
F#7
But there ain't a cloud in the sky
B7
And how can I convince you
F#7
That you'll be richer by yourself
B7
Your good faith only makes me poor
F#
Please spend it someplace else
[Verse 3]
F# A#7
I got no good dreams to paint your sleep
D#m C# B
No place to rest your head
F# A#7
--Tonight you'd better go on home
D#m C# B
And cry in your own bed
G# G#7
You better leave it alone
Bm C#
You better leave it all
F# F#
Alone
[Verse 4]
F# A#7
--How many tough miles --have we traveled
D#m C# B
Like bandits side by side
F# A#7
--But now our boots are wearing thin
D#m C# B
We're feeling so dissatisfied
G# G#7
We better leave it alone
Bm C#
We better leave, it all
F#
Alone
[Chorus 2]
B7
Because we don't want to press our luck
F#7
And maybe make that well run dry
B7
Ya know we both been betting on rain
F#7
But there ain't a cloud in the sky
B7
And how can I convince you
F#7
You'll be richer by yourself
B7
Your good faith only makes me poor
F#
Please spend it someplace else
[Verse 5]
F# A#7
--The carnival is leaving town
D#m C# B
We never got to go
F# A#7
--But I've been your fire eater
D#m C# B
You've been my whole goddamned sideshow
G# G#7
Better leave it alone
Bm C#
You better leave it all
F# F#
Alone
[Verse 6]
F# A#7
--The next time I think of you
D#m C# B
I'll be staying in a blue motel
F# A#7
--I'll wonder about how you're cutting your hair
D#m C# B
Prob'ly even wish you well
G# G#7
Let's leave it alone
Bm
Let's leave, it
C#
All
F#
Alone
[Coda]
B7
Ya better leave it alone
F#7
Ya better leave it all alone
B7
Ya better leave it a-leave it alone
F#7
Ya better leave it all alone
B7
Ya better leave it alone
F#7
Ya better leave it all alone
B7
Ya better leave it a-leave it alone
F#7
Ya better leave it all alone
B7
All alone
[Outro]
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F#7 B7
F#7 B7
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