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Babe Im Gonna Leave You

This is a song by Led Zeppelin, written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. It reflects blues and folk, with an emotive performance on the theme of leaving someone you love. The song is noted for its musical and emotional complexity.

Key: Am

Introduction: A5    Am    C9/G    C/G    D/F#    D7/F#    F    E    Am7    A5    C/G*    C/G    D/F#    D7/F#    F    E    

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Am7  A2  C9/G  C/G    D/F#    D7/F#    F        E  
Babe,                                     baby, baby, I' m gonna
Am7     A2  C9/G  C/G    D/F#  D7/F#    F     E  
leave you.
         Am7    A2  C9/G  C/G    D/F#    D7/F#    F      E  
I said baby,                         you know I' m gonna
Am7    A2  C/G*         D/F#  D7/F#    F    E  
leave you.
F6    F                          E7      E  
I' ll leave you when the summertime,
F6     F                  E7        E  
Leave you when the summer comes a-rollin' ,
A2     C/G*         D7/F#    F                         E  
                             leave you when the summer comes along.

  Am    Am7*     D9  

A2              C9/G  C/G     D/F#  D7/F#     F             E  
Babe,babe,  babe,babe,     babe,babe,    baby, mmm, baby,
                  Am7     A2     C9/G  C/G  D/F#     D7/F#     F            E  
I don' t wanna leave you.                 I ain' t jokin'  woman, I got to
Am7    A2    C9/G  C/G    D7/F#             F     E  
ramble.                             Oh, yeah,
Am7  A2    C9/G  C/G     D/F#  D7/F#      F        E  
  baby, baby,      I believin' ,    we really got to
F6        F     E7    E  
ramble.
F6  F                 E7         E  
  I can hear it callin'  me the way it
  A2         Am    C9/G    C/G     D7/F#             F7+        E  
used to do                         I can hear it callin'  me back home!

  Am    Am7*     D9  

  A2  Am7*      D4  Dm  
  A9  Am7*     D4  Dm  

Am      C/G    D7/F#      F     E  
Babe,  oh,      babe
             Am              C/G      D7/F#    F     E  
I' m gonna leave you.
     Am    C/G  D7/F#    F     E  
Oh, baby,        you know,
                Am                     C/G    D7/F#    F     E  
I' ve really got to leave you                  oh
F                     E  
  I can hear it callin ' me
F                                  E  
  I said don' t you hear it callin'  me the way it

  Am                Am7*     D9  
  used to do?              Ohhhhh
  Am    Am7*     D9  

Am7            G7      G6     F#m7     D/F#        F7+             E  
I know,      I know,            I know I' m never, never, never gonna
Am                  C/G    D7/F#                    F                        E  
leave your babe,             but I got to go away from this place,
Am7             G6    G7         F#m7                  D/F#    F    E  
                          I' ve got to quit you, yeah    Oh
Am      C/G     D7/F#     F      E  
baby, baby, baby,    baby,

Am      C/G     D7/F#      F          E  
baby, baby, Baby,     ooh
Am      C/G     D7/F#                            F          E  
                         don' t you hear it callin'  me?

A2  Am7  C9/G  C/G    D/F#  D7/F#     F    E  
      Oh,                  woman,
Am7         G7  G6        F#m7     D/F#     F7+    E  
  woman,          I know,            I know
            Am7                                G7         G6                 F#m7         F7+        E  
It feels good to have you back again, and I know that one day baby, it' s gonna really
Am7                 G6  G7          F#m7    D/F#                     F7+     E  
grow, yes it is.    We gonna go     walkin'  through the park    every day.

Am      C/G                     D7/F#      F        E  
             Come what may,    every day, oh
Am        C/G     D7/F#      F        E  
    mama, baby      I' m gonna leave you

A2     Am     C9/G  C/G    D/F#    D7/F#    F    E  
go away
Am7         G7  G6        F#m7     D/F#     F7+    E  
    Am7                  G7    G6    F#m7    D/F#    F7+  E  
So good sweet baby                                     It was really,
Am              C/G    D7/F#                    F                E  
really good.                You made me happy every single day.
Am        C9/G  C/G    D7/F#            F                E  
                                 But now... I' ve got to go away!

  Am     C/G     D7/F#     F  E  
(oohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)
  Am     C/G     D7/F#     F  E  
        Baby    Baby     Baby

F                      E  
That' s when it' s callin'  me
F                                E  
I said that' s when it' s callin'  me back
  A/C#     CÂș     Bm7    Bb7+          A2  
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