Love Me Or Leave Me - Ruth Etting Chords
Chords: Abmaj7, Fm7, Bbm7, Eb13, C7, G7, C#7, C7+5, Fm7/Eb, Ebmaj7
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Genre: jazz, blues, torch song
love me or leave me
Here's Ruth doing the song in C#: https://youtu.be/P8b7kQsQk7k
My tempo is more like the 1929 Fats Waller instrumental version:
https://youtu.be/OR_EQ3HZcvs
Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by GUs Kahn
A 1955 biographical movie of the same name starred Doris Day as Ruth Etting.
Here's me playing the tab: https://youtu.be/SMe3Shsdc-I
[Intro]
Abmaj7 Fm7 Bbm7 Eb13 Abmaj7 C7
Fm7
This suspense
G7 C#7 C7+5
Is killing me
C7
I can’t stand
Fm7 Fm7/Eb G7 C7+5
Uncertainty
Fm7
Tell me now
Ebmaj7 Cm7
I’ve got to know
F F6 F7
Whether you want me
Bb7 Bb+
To stay or go
[Verse]
Fm Fm7/Eb G7 C7
Love me or leave me, or let me be lonely;
Fm Fm7/Eb G7 C7
You won't believe me, I love you only.
Abmaj7 Fm7 Bbm7 Eb7 Ab6 Gm7-5 C7
I'd rather be lonely than happy with someone else.
[Verse]
Fm Fm7/Eb G7 C7
You might find the night time the right time for kissin',
Fm Fm7/Eb G7 C7
But night time is my time for just reminiscin',
Abmaj7 Fm7 Bbm7 Eb7 Ab6 Eb7 Ab6
Regrettin' instead of forgettin' with somebody else.
[Bridge]
Cm7 F7
There'll be no one
Bbm7 F7 Bbm7
unless that someone is you;
Bbm7 Eb7
I intend to be
Cm7 Bdim Bbm7 C7-9
inde-pendently blue.
[Verse]
Fm Fm7/Eb G7 C7
I want your love, but I don't want to borrow,
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