If I Don't Leave I'm Gonna Stay
Recorded by Carly Pearce & Riley Green
Album: Single (2026)

(Capo on 3)

(Intro.)
|(Am) / / / |(D/F#) / / / |(G) / / / |(Em) / / / |
 
(Verse 1)
(Am) Two more glasses in the (D)bottle
(G) One more pour and I'm pretty sure (Am) I shouldn't drive
(Am) I got church early to-(D)morrow
And I can't (G)walk in all a (G/F#)mess in this (Em)dress I'm in tonight

(Pre-Chorus)
(Em)By the minute, (D/F#)bad decisions (G)start sounding good (Am)
(Am)Baby, I ain't saying I should (D)

(Chorus)
If I don't leave, I'm gonna stay (Am)
(G) If we don't stop, we're gonna start all (G/F#)over again (Em)
And if I bend, I'm gonna break (Am)
We're gonna blame it on the (D/F#)rain or on the wine
We're getting close (G) to losing clothes (D/F#)
I should go, (Em) look at the time, it's getting late (Am)
(D/F#) If I don't leave, I'm gonna (G)stay

(Verse 2)
(Am) We're so good at striking (D)matches
(G) But we're no (G/F#)good at ever putting (Em)out the flame
(Am) We keep on dancing in the (D/F#)ashes
And, baby, (G)isn't doing this (D/F#) the defin-(Em)ition of insane?
Just say (Am) what you need to say (D/F#)

(Chorus)
If I don't leave, I'm gonna stay (Am)
(G) If we don't stop, we're gonna start all (G/F#)over again (Em)
And if I bend, I'm gonna break (Am)
We're gonna blame it on the (D/F#)rain or on the wine
We're getting close (G) to losing clothes (D/F#)
I should go, (Em) look at the time, it's getting late (Am)
(D/F#) If I don't leave, I'm gonna (Am) stay (D)

(Instrumental)
|(G) / (D/F#) / |(Em) / / (G/B)|

(Bridge)
(C)We're already (D)past the point of (C)turning around (D)
(Am) But just to say I said it out loud (D)

(Outro.)
If I don't leave, I'm gonna stay (Am)
(D/F#) If we don't stop, we're gonna start (G) all (G/F#)over again (Em)
And if I bend, I'm gonna break (Am)
We're gonna blame it on the (D/F#)rain or on the wine
We're getting close (G) to losing clothes (D/F#)
I should go, (Em) look at the time, it's getting late (Am)
(D) If I don't leave, I'm gonna - - - (G)stay - - - - -