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Don’t You Want Me – Human League
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Human League
Don’t You Want Me (1981)
(Philip Oakey, Jo Callis, Philip Adrian Wright)
From: "Dare"
The basic chords in the verses are F and G and for down-to-earth campfire
singalong that might well be enough. I included the transitional chords
from the keyboard in [ brackets ], too.
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
F/A x-0-3-2-1-1
Gsus4 3-x-0-0-1-0
Gsus4 3-x-0-0-1-3
Bdim x-2-3-4-3-x
C6 x-3-2-2-1-0
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INTRO / INTERLUDE
Am F/A Am
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|0---0-----0-----|0-----3---------|0---0-----0-----|0-3---0---------|
E|-------03-------|--0-3-----------|-------03-------|----3-----------|
Am F/A Am
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|020-------------|
A|0---0-----0-----|0-----3---------|0---0-----0-----|---32-0---------|
E|-------03-------|--0-3-----------|-------03-------|----------------|
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INTRO
| Am | F/A | Am | % |
| Am | F/A | Am | % |
VERSE [ Phil Oakey ]
F [ Gsus4 ] G
You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
F [ C ] G
When I met you
F [ Gsus4 ] G
I picked you out, I shook you up and turned you around
F [ C ] G
Turned you into someone new
VERSE [ Phil Oakey ]
F [ Gsus4 ] G
Now five years later on you've got the world at your feet
F [ C ] G
Success has been so easy for you
F [ Gsus4 ] G
But don't forget it's me who put you where you are now
F [ C ] G
And I can put you back there too
BRIDGE
Am Em
Don't, don't you want me?
F
You know I can't believe it
Dm Gsus4 G
When I hear that you won't see me
Am Em
Don't, don't you want me?
F
You know I don't believe you
Dm Gsus4 G
When you say that you don't need me
PRE-CHORUS
A
It's much too late to find
Bdim
When you think you've changed your mind
C6 E
You'd better change it back or we will both be sorry
CHORUS
F G
Don't you want me, baby?
F G
Don't you want me, oh?
F G
Don't you want me, baby?
F G
Don't you want me, oh?
VERSE [ Susan Ann Sulley ]
F [ Gsus4 ] G
I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
F [ C ] G
That much is true
F [ Gsus4 ] G
But even then I knew I'd find a much better place
F [ C ] G
Either with or without you
VERSE [ Susan Ann Sulley ]
F [ Gsus4 ] G
The five years we have had have been such good times
F [ C ] G
I still love you
F [ Gsus4 ] G
But now I think it's time I live my life on my own
F [ C ] G
I guess it's just what I must do
BRIDGE
Am Em
Don't, don't you want me?
F
You know I can't believe it
Dm Gsus4 G
When I hear that you won't see me
Am Em
Don't, don't you want me?
F
You know I don't believe you
Dm Gsus4 G
When you say that you don't need me
PRE-CHORUS
A
It's much too late to find
Bdim
When you think you've changed your mind
C6 E
You'd better change it back or we will both be sorry
CHORUS
F G
Don't you want me, baby?
F G
Don't you want me, oh?
F G
Don't you want me, baby?
F G
Don't you want me, oh?
INTERLUDE
| Am | F/A | Am | % |
| Am | F/A | Am | % |
CHORUS
F G
Don't you want me, baby?
F G
Don't you want me, oh?
F G
Don't you want me, baby?
F G
Don't you want me, oh?
(repeat and fade)
