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Charlie Puth - If You Leave Me Now Chords

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ChordsD, Gm, A, A#, Bm, G, Em, F#, B, E, C, C#m, G#
Strumming↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

Before you play, tune your guitar and use the tools below to set up your view and flow.

DNo,thisisDnotgoodbye,DIswearthatI’mGmgonnachange
DNo,baby,Dpleasedon’tcry,Ditdoesn’thavetoAendthisA#way
‘CauseBmwhenIthinkofAallthenightsI’llGbealone
GIDgetEmterrified,pleasedon’tEmsaygoodbye
‘Causegirl,ifyouDleavemeGnow
IfyougiveitDupandjustDwalkrightGoutAA#
YouwillBmtakethebiggestF#partofme
AndDallthethingsthatEmIbelieve,Gbaby,ifyouleavemeDnow(yeah)
DWhendidweDloseourway?DMywholeworldwasGmunravelling
DAndgirlsdrivingDmeinsane
DThere’snoroadfortheAtraveling,ohA#whoa-whoa,woo-woo
BmWhenIthinkAaboutalloftheGnightsyou’regone(nightsyou’regone)
GIDgetEmterrified(Igetterrified),pleasedon’tEmsaygoodbye
‘Causegirl,ifyouDleavemeGnow
IfyougiveitDupandjustDwalkrightGoutAA#
YouwillBmtakethebiggestF#partofme
AndDallthethingsthatEmIbelieve
GBaby,ifyouleavemeDnow,oh,Gbaby,ifyouleavemeDnow
F#Oh,IcanpromiseifweBmparted(parted)
F#AndifyouleftmeBmbrokenhearted(ha-ah-ah,ah-ahah-ah-ah)
F#Everysinglenight,I’llDthinkaboutyouwithBsomeoneelse
EmBaby,DifyouGleaveme
EBaby,F#ifyouGleavemeEnow(leavemenow),oh
EIfyougiveitEupandjustEwalkrightAout
YouwillC#mtakethebiggestG#partofme
AndBallthethingsthatF#Ibelieve,AbabyifyouleavemeEnow
OhEgirl,ifyouleavemenow
EIfyougiveitEupandjustEwalkrightAout(walkrightout,baby)BC
YouwillC#mtakethebiggestG#partofme,andBallthethingsthatF#Ibelieve
ABabyifyouleavemeEnow,oh,Ababy,ifyouleavemeEnow
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ArtistCharlie Puth
AlbumVoicenotes
GenresPop
Year2018
KeyD
DifficultyAdvanced

How to play If You Leave Me Now on Guitar (Step-by-step)

Charlie Puth - If You Leave Me Now on guitar requires 13 chords and 24 core chord transitions. You can find the full step-by-step guide below. Before you start, tune your instrument. The song uses the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ pattern; practice it muted first, or simplify to downstrokes while you learn the changes.

If You Leave Me Now uses these transitions most often: G → D (7), D → G (6), and A → A# (4). These transitions may feel a little challenging at first, but with steady practice you can play this song quickly.When you are ready, begin with D - Gm chord transition.

1. D → Gm chord transition

Guitar D chord diagram Fingering: x-x-0-2-3-2Guitar D chord diagram
Guitar Gm chord diagram Fingering: 3-1-0-0-3-3Guitar Gm chord diagram

Switching from D to Gm:

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  3. Keep ring finger on B string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on E string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

D to Gm

2. D → A chord transition

Guitar D chord diagram Fingering: x-x-0-2-3-2Guitar D chord diagram
Guitar A chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-2-2-0Guitar A chord diagram

Here's how to move from D to A:

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger on B string from fret 3 to fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

D to A

3. A → A# chord transition

Guitar A chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-2-2-0Guitar A chord diagram
Guitar A# | B♭ chord diagram Fingering: x-1-3-3-3-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar A# | B♭ chord diagram

Here's how to move from A to A#:

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to D string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on B string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

A to A#

4. A# → Bm chord transition

Guitar A# | B♭ chord diagram Fingering: x-1-3-3-3-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar A# | B♭ chord diagram
Guitar Bm chord diagram Fingering: 2-2-4-4-3-2 Barre at fret 2.Guitar Bm chord diagram

Switching from A# to Bm:

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 3 to B string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 3 and place it on D string fret 4.
  4. Slide your pinky from B string fret 3 to G string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

A# to Bm

5. Bm → A chord transition

Here's how to move from Bm to A:

  1. While playing Bm, lift your pinky from G string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from B string fret 3 to G string fret 2.
  4. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 4 and place it on B string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

6. A → G chord transition

Here's how to move from A to G:

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

7. G → D chord transition

Here's how to move from G to D:

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to E string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 7 times.

8. D → Em chord transition

Here's how to move from D to Em:

  1. While playing D, lift your index finger from G string fret 2.
  2. Lift your middle finger from E string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from B string fret 3 to D string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

9. Bm → F# chord transition

To move from Bm to F#:

  1. Keep index finger on E string fret 2.
  2. Lift your middle finger from B string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 3.
  3. Slide your ring finger from D string fret 4 to A string fret 4.
  4. Lift your pinky from G string fret 4 and place it on D string fret 4.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 4 times.

10. F# → D chord transition

Switching from F# to D:

  1. While playing F#, lift your pinky from D string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 3 to E string fret 2.
  4. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 4 and place it on B string fret 3.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 3 times.

11. Em → G chord transition

Here's how to move from Em to G:

  1. Lift your middle finger from A string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 3.
  2. Slide your ring finger from D string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  3. Place index finger on A string fret 2.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.

12. D → B chord transition

To move from D to B:

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to D string fret 4.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 4.
  4. Place pinky on B string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse.

13. B → Em chord transition

To move from B to Em:

  1. While playing B, first lift your index finger and pinky.
  2. Lift your middle finger from D string fret 4 and place it on A string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from G string fret 4 to D string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse.

14. G → E chord transition

To move from G to E:

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to A string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on D string fret 2.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.

15. E → F# chord transition

Here's how to move from E to F#:

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from A string fret 2 to G string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 4.
  4. Place pinky on D string fret 4.

This transition appears in the chorus.

16. F# → G chord transition

Switching from F# to G:

  1. While playing F#, lift your pinky from D string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 3 to E string fret 3.
  4. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 4 and place it on E string fret 3.

This transition appears in the chorus.

17. E → A chord transition

To move from E to A:

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from A string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 2.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 3 times.

18. A → B chord transition

To move from A to B:

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to D string fret 4.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 4.
  4. Place pinky on B string fret 4.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.

19. B → C chord transition

Here's how to move from B to C:

  1. While playing B, lift your pinky from B string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger on D string from fret 4 to fret 2.
  4. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 4 and place it on A string fret 3.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.

20. C → C#m chord transition

Switching from C to C#m:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 1.
  2. Keep middle finger on D string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 3 to B string fret 2.
  4. Place pinky on A string fret 4.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.

21. C#m → G# chord transition

Switching from C#m to G#:

  1. While playing C#m, lift your pinky from A string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to A string fret 3.
  4. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 4.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.

22. G# → B chord transition

To move from G# to B:

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from A string fret 3 to D string fret 4.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 4 and place it on G string fret 4.
  4. Place pinky on B string fret 4.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.

23. B → F# chord transition

Here's how to move from B to F#:

  1. Keep index finger on E string fret 2.
  2. Lift your middle finger from D string fret 4 and place it on G string fret 3.
  3. Slide your ring finger from G string fret 4 to A string fret 4.
  4. Lift your pinky from B string fret 4 and place it on D string fret 4.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.

24. F# → A chord transition

Switching from F# to A:

  1. While playing F#, lift your pinky from D string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger on G string from fret 3 to fret 2.
  4. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 4 and place it on B string fret 2.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.

If You Leave Me Now chord transition analysis

A short, data-driven summary of the chord flow in If You Leave Me Now.

  • If You Leave Me Now includes 78 chord transitions, 24 of them unique.
  • These transitions represent 0.02% of all chord transitions in Chordier.
  • If You Leave Me Now contains 3 of the top 10 transitions across Chordier.
  • These transition patterns show how If You Leave Me Now connects to the rest of Chordier. Mastering them helps you move to similar songs faster.
    After D, the most likely next chords across Chordier are G (29%), A (17%), and Em (17%).
    • D → G: 29%
    • D → A: 17%
    After G, the most likely next chords across Chordier are C (25%), D (24%), and Am (13%).
    • G → D: 24%
    • G → A: 6%
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