...I WOULD HAVE LEFT YOU BABE... by Reef
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*from 'Glow' (1997)*
*DROP D TUNING*
(DADGBE)
Intro:
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Verse 1:
(with Intro Riff):
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Won't you give, pictures of you?
We'll go out, lounge by the pool.
After the sun has baked us through;
We'll retreat, to the bedroom.
Chorus 1:
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(with Chorus Riff):
I would have left you babe,
I would have left you babe,
I would have left you babe,
If I only could.
I would have left you babe,
I would have left you babe,
I would have left you babe,
If I only could.
Verse 2:
(with Intro Riff):
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When we are where we should be;
There'll be no questions in me.
After all was said before,
You came and grabbed some more.
Chorus 2:
(with Chorus Riff):
I would have left you babe,
I would have left you babe,
I would have left you babe,
If I only could.
I would have left you babe,
I would have left you babe,
I would have left you babe,
If I only could. Alright, yeah.
Bridge 1:
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Keep on, keep on,
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Now I would have...
(with Chorus Riff):
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Left you babe, if I only could.
I said, I said...
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/reef/i_would_have_left_you_tab.html ]
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Keep on, keep on,
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A keep on, it don't matter now, yeah.
(with Chorus Riff):
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Yeah, alright now.
F5
Keep on; don't matter yeah.
Chorus 3:
(with Chorus Riff):
I would have left you babe,
I would have left you babe,
I would have left you babe,
If I only could.
I would have left you babe,
I would have left you babe,
I would have left you babe,
If I only could.
I would have left you sweet girl,
I would have left you honey pie,
I would have left you sugar,
If I only could.
I would have left you dumpling,
I would have left you brownie girl,
I would have left you babe,
If I only could. Oh yeah.
Coda:
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People,
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Keep on, ah people.
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No, no...
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)