Chicago - If you leave me now

IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW As recorded by Chicago (From the 1976 Album CHICAGO X) Words and Music by Peter Cetera Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Terry Kath - Acoustic Guitar w/ capo 2nd fret' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Terry Kath - Acoustic Guitar' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Terry Kath - Acoustic Guitar' Intro Q=102 A E/A E/AA E/AA 4/4 Gtr I (Ac. Gtr. w/ capo 2nd fret) E E E E +E Q E +E Q E Q. E |------------------|-----------------| |-2-2-0-2-(2)-0--2-|-(2)-0--2-2------| |-2-2-1-2-(2)-1--2-|-(2)-1--2-2------| |-2-2-2-2-(2)-2--2-|-(2)-2--2-2------| |-0-0-0-0-(0)-0--0-|-(0)-0--0-0------| |------------------|-----------------| 1st Verse E/A E/AA A AmaA7 E E E E +E Q E W Q E E +E Q E |------------------|----------||-----------------| |-2-2-0-2-(2)-0--2-|-2--------||----2-------2--2-| |-2-2-1-2-(2)-1--2-|-2--------||----2-------1--2-| |-2-2-2-2-(2)-2--2-|-2--------||----2-2-(2)-2--2-| |-0-0-0-0-(0)-0--0-|-0--------||-0---------------| |------------------|----------||-----------------| F#m7 C#m7 Q E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E |----------------4-|----4-----4---4-| |----2-------2---5-|----5-----5---5-| |----2-------2---4-|----4-----4---4-| |----2-------2---6-|----6-----6---6-| |------------------|-4----4-4-------| |-2----2-(2)-------|----------------| F#m7 B5 E 2/4 Q E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E |----4---4-----|-----------------|---------| |----5---5-----|-----2-----------|-----0---| |----4---4-----|-----2-------4---|-----1---| |----6---6-----|---2---2---4---4-|---2---2-| |-4----4-------|---------2-------|---------| |--------------|-2---------------|-0-------| A E/AA E/AA 4/4 Q Q +E Q E Q E E E E E E Q E E +E Q E |----------------|----------------|-----------------| |----2--(2)-0--2-|------------2---|----2-------2--2-| |----2--(2)-1--2-|----------2-----|----2-------1--2-| |----2--(2)-2--2-|----2---2-----2-|----2-2-(2)-2--2-| |-0--------------|-0----0---------|-0---------------| |----------------|----------------|-----------------| F#m7 C#m7 Q E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E |----------------4-|----4-----4---4-| |----2-------2---5-|----5-----5---5-| |----2-------2---4-|----4-----4---4-| |----2-------2---6-|----6-----6---6-| |------------------|-4----4-4-------| |-2----2-(2)-------|----------------| F#m7 B5 E 2/4 Q E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E |----4---4-----|-----------------|---------| |----5---5-----|-----2-----------|-----0---| |----4---4-----|-----2-------4---|-----1---| |----6---6-----|---2---2---4---4-|---2---2-| |-4----4-------|---------2-------|---------| |--------------|-2---------------|-0-------| A F#m7 B5 E A E/AA 4/4 2/4 4/4 Q Q +E Q. E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E +E Q E |----------------|---------------|-----0--|-------------------| |----2--(2)------|-----2---------|--------|-------2-(2)-0--2--| |----2--(2)------|-----2------4--|-----1--|-----2-------1--2--| |----2--(2)-2----|---2-2----4----|---2----|---2---------2--2--| |-0--------------|--------2------|--------|-0-----------------| |----------------|-2-------------|-0------|-------------------| Bridge $ Am/D E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E |-------0-(0)-------||-------0-(0)-------| |-----2-------2---2-||-----------------1-| |---------------2---||---2-2-------2-----| |---2---------------||-0-------------0---| |-0-----------------||-------------------| |-------------------||-------------------| A G#m11 C#7 Am/D E E E E H E E Q E E E E E E E E +E E E E |---------0----|----------------|-------0-(0)-------| |-------2------|-2------------2-|-----------------1-| |-----2--------|-----4------4---|---2-2-------2-----| |---2----------|---4------3-----|-0-------------0---| |-0------------|--------4-------|-------------------| |--------------|-4--------------|-------------------| | | Gtr II | |---3----| | E E E E a E E E E +E E Q Q Q Q H H |---------------------|-----6s4---------------|-------------------| |-------------------7-|-(7)-------------4-----|-------------------| |---------------6-----|---------------------4-|-6-----------------| |-----4-6-6s=8----8---|-----------------------|-------------------| |---6-----------------|-----------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------| To Coda Q. E +Q Q +E E +E E E E E E |----------------|-----------0-3s5---3-1-|| |-------------1--|-(1)-------------------|| |------2-(2)-----|-----2-(2)-------------|| |-0--------------|-----------------------|| |----------------|-----------------------|| |----------------|-----------------------|| | | W Q E E E. S E E |----------------|-------------7---5-----|| |----------------|-----------7-------8-7-|| |----------------|-----------------------|| |----------------|-----------------------|| |----------------|-----------------------|| |----------------|-----------------------|| | | Gtr III | W H Q E E |----------------|-----------------------|| |----------------|-----------------------|| |----------------|-----------------------|| |----------------|-----------------------|| |----------------|-----------------------|| |----------------|-------------------2-2-|| Guitar Solo | | H. E E E E E E +H |-7---------------6-|---4-6---------------| |-------------------|---------7-(7)-------| |-4---------------3-|---1-3---------------| |-------------------|---------4-(4)-------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| | | E Q E +Q. E a E E E E Q. E |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-4--6--6-(6)-------|-2s4-2-4-2--4------2-| |-----------------2-|---------------------| | | +W W W |----------------------|--------------------------|------------------------| |-(7)------------------|--------------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|--------------------------|------------------------| |-(4)------------------|--------------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|--------------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|--------------------------|------------------------| | | |--3---| |----3----| |---3---| | E E E E +H +H. +E E E Q Q a Q Q Q Q |----------------------|--------------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|--------------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|--------------------------|------------------------| |------4---------------|--------------------------|------------------------| |--4s6---6-(6)---------|-(6)------------(6)-6---4-|-2---4---4s6-4---4---2--| |----------------------|--------------------------|------------------------| E A 2/4 4/4 E E Q E E E E +E E E E |-------------|------------------------| |-------0-----|--------2-(2)---2-------| |-------1-----|------2-----------------| |---2---------|----2---------2-----2---| |-------------|-0----------------------| |-0-----------|------------------------| | | Gtr III | |----3----| |--3--| | Q Q a Q H. E E E |-------------|------------------------| |-------------|------------------------| |-------------|------------------------| |-------------|------------------------| |-1---2---2s4-|------------------6---4-| |-------------|-2----------------------| F#m7 B7 E 2/4 E E E E E E Q E E Q |-----------------------------|--------------| |---------2-------------------|-------0------| |---------2---------------2---|-------1------| |----2------------2---4-------|---2----------| |-------------------2---------|--------------| |-2---------------------------|-0------------| | | |---3---| |----3----| | E. S +S a E. Q Q Q Q Q a Q |-----------------------------|--------------| |-----------------------------|--------------| |-----------------------------|--------------| |---------------------------3-|-4---6---6s8--| |-2----4-(4)-4s6----4---6-----|--------------| |-----------------------------|--------------| D.S. al Coda A E/AA 4/4 E E E E +E Q E +E Q E E E E E |------------------|-------------------|| |-------2-(2)-0--2-|-(2)---------------|| |-----2-------1--2-|-(2)------2---2----|| |---2---------2--2-|-(2)----2---2------|| |-0----------------|-----0----------0--|| |------------------|-------------------|| | | W W |------------------|-------------------|| |------------------|-------------------|| |------------------|-------------------|| |-4----------------|-------------------|| |------------------|-------------------|| |------------------|-------------------|| Outro & N.C. Amaj7 |-----3-----| E Q E Q a Q Q E E E E +E E Q |--------0-1---1h3-----1-||-0-----------------| |-(1)--------------------||--------2-(2)---2--| |-----2------------------||------1---------1--| |------------------------||----2---------2----| |------------------------||-0-----------------| |------------------------||-------------------| | | E Q E E E a Q H. Q |------------5-----5s7---||-7-----------------| |-----5--7-8-------------||-------------------| |------------------------||-------------------| |------------------------||-------------------| |------------------------||-------------------| |------------------------||-------------------| F#m7 C#m7 E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E +E E |----------------4-|-(4)--4-4-(4)-4-(4)-4-| |------2-2---2---5-|-(5)--5-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-| |------2-2---2---4-|-(4)--4-4-(4)-4-(4)-4-| |----2-2-2---2---6-|-(6)--6-6-(6)-6-(6)-6-| |------------------|----4-----------------| |-2----------------|----------------------| | | H. Q E E E E +H |-6----------------|--4s6-----------------| |------------------|--------7-(7)---------| |-3----------------|--1s3-----------------| |------------------|--------4-(4)---------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| F#m7 B5 E 2/4 E E E E +Q. E E E Q E E E E E E E E |---------4-(4)-----||-----------------|---------| |---------5-(5)-----||o-----2----------|---------| |-------4-----------||------2------4---|-----1---| |-----6-------------||----2------4---4-|---2---2-| |--4----------------||o--------2-------|---------| |-------------------||--2--------------|-0-------| | | +W W W |-------------------||-----------------|---------| |-(7)---------------||o----------------|---------| |-------------------||-----------------|---------| |-(4)---------------||-----------------|---------| |-------------------||o----------------|---------| |-------------------||-----------------|---------| A F#m7 B5 E 4/4 2/4 E E E E +E E +Q E E Q E E Q E E Q |-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------| |-------2-(2)-----------|-------2-----------------|-------0-----| |-----2-----------------|-------2----------4------|-------1-----| |---2---------2-(2)-----|---2-----------4---------|---2---------| |-0---------------------|-------------2-----------|-------------| |-----------------------|-2-----------------------|-0-----------| | | Gtr III | |-3--| |----3----| |-3--| |----3----| | H Q E E E Q Q a Q Q +E E E Q Q a Q |-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------| |-------------------6-4-|-2---4---4s6-4---(4)-4-2-|-1---2---2s4-| |-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------| A E/A E/AA E/AA 4/4 E E E E +E Q E +E Q E H 4x |------------------|----------------|| |-2-2-0-2-(2)-0--2-|-(2)-0--2-2----o|| |-2-2-1-2-(2)-1--2-|-(2)-1--2-2-----|| |-2-2-2-2-(2)-2--2-|-(2)-2--2-2-----|| |-0-0-0-0-(0)-0--0-|-(0)-0--0-0----o|| |------------------|----------------|| | | W W 4x |------------------|----------------|| |------------------|---------------o|| |------------------|----------------|| |------------------|----------------|| |------------------|---------------o|| |-2----------------|----------------|| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths