Verse 1:
G B7
--There's nothing left inside me, honey
Em D C
You can call your own
G B7
--No landmark you can recognize
Em D C
No place that feels like home
A A7
You better leave it alone
Cm D
You better leave, it all
G G
Alone
Verse 2:
G B7
--There's nothing left that I possess
Em D C
You'll ever want to steal
G B7
--No one you can talk to here
Em D C
No bargains, no good deals
A A7
You better leave it alone
Cm D
You better leave, it all
G
Alone
C7
Because we don't want to press our luck
G7
And maybe make that well run dry
C7
Ya know we both been betting on rain
G7
But there ain't a cloud in the sky
C7
And how can I convince you
G7
That you'll be richer by yourself
C7
Your good faith only makes me poor
G
Please spend it someplace else
Verse 3:
G B7
I got no good dreams to paint your sleep
Em D C
No place to rest your head
G B7
--Tonight you'd better go on home
Em D C
And cry in your own bed
A A7
You better leave it alone
Cm D
You better leave it all
G G
Alone
Verse 4:
G B7
--How many tough miles --have we traveled
Em D C
Like bandits side by side
G B7
--But now our boots are wearing thin
Em D C
We're feeling so dissatisfied
A A7
We better leave it alone
Cm D
We better leave, it all
G
Alone
C7
Because we don't want to press our luck
G7
And maybe make that well run dry
C7
Ya know we both been betting on rain
G7
But there ain't a cloud in the sky
C7
And how can I convince you
G7
You'll be richer by yourself
C7
Your good faith only makes me poor
G
Please spend it someplace else
Verse 5:
G B7
--The carnival is leaving town
Em D C
We never got to go
G B7
--But I've been your fire eater
Em D C
You've been my whole goddamned sideshow
A A7
Better leave it alone
Cm D
You better leave it all
G G
Alone
Verse 6:
G B7
--The next time I think of you
Em D C
I'll be staying in a blue motel
G B7
--I'll wonder about how you're cutting your hair
Em D C
Prob'ly even wish you well
A A7
Let's leave it alone
Cm
Let's leave, it
D
All
G
Alone