Leave Me Again
Recorded by Kelsea Ballerini
Album: Rolling Up the Welcome Mat (2023)

(Capo on 3)

(Intro.)
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(Verse)
I (G)hope you're (D/F#)spending Christmas with your (Em)family
I (C)hope you're writing (D)songs that you love (G)
I (G)hope you're feeling (D/F#)happier than (Em) you've ever been (C)
And I (C)hope I never (D)leave me again (G)
I (G)hope you're hiking (D/F#)that old trail in (Em)West Meade
And I (C)hope you and Jane (D) are talking more (G)
I (G)hope the top is (D/F#)off the Jeep, and you're (Em)driving in the wind (C)
And I (C)hope I never (D)leave me again (G)

(Chorus)
(D) For a while the (C)shoe fit
(D) But then I out-(C)grew it
And (G/B)staying only made (C) me get real (G/B)good at (C)pretend
So, I (C)hope I never (D)leave me again (G)

(Verse)
I (G)hope I re-(D/F#)member all the (Em)pieces
Of (C)who I was that (D)I lost on the way (G)
I (G)hope I learn to (D/F#)love myself (Em)like I loved you (C)then
And I (C)hope I never (D)leave me again (G)

(Chorus)
(D) For a while the (C)shoe fit, yeah
(D) But then I out-(C)grew it
And (G/B)staying only made (C) me get real (G/B)good at (C)pretend
So, I (C)hope I never (D)leave me again (G)
(G)Oh, oh, (C) oh, (G) oh, (D) oh
(G)Oh, oh, (C) oh, (G) oh, (D) oh

(Outro.)
I (G)hope when I (D/F#)see you that you (Em)smile
I (C)hope that you (D)find somebody (G) new
I (G)hope that you (D/F#)get the house, and the (Em)good wife, and the kids (C)
And I (C)hope I never (D)leave me again (G)
Yeah, I (C)hope I never (D)leave me again - - - (G) - - - - -