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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don’t You Want Me – Human League --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Philip Oakey, Jo Callis, Philip Adrian Wright From: "Dare" (1981) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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|-------0-3-------|--0-3-----------|-------0-3-------|----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|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|0-2-0---------------| A|0---0------0-----|0-----3---------|0---0------0-----|------3-2-0---------| E|-------0-3-------|--0-3-----------|-------0-3-------|--------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [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)