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Version 1I'M LEAVIN' YOU As recorded by Howlin' Wolf (From the 1959 Album MOANIN' IN THE MOONLIGHT) [Intro] N.C. C5 C#5 D5 [Verse 1] G5 Well maybe in the mornin', I don't know G5 Baby don't know, just how soon C5 But I'm leavin' you G5 Woman I've got to put you down D9 Well if you can't treat me right C5 G5 D5 Ain't no use for me hangin' around [Verse 2] G5 N.C. Well you told me that you love me G5 N.C. You cross your heart to die G5 N.C. G7 But I found out that wasn't so C5 I'm leavin' you G5 Woman I got to put you down D5 Girl if you can't treat me right C5 G5 D5 Ain't no use for me hangin' around [Verse 3] G5 N.C. G5 N.C. Well early in the mornin' before I rise G5 N.C. G7 You lay that role in your bloodshot eyes C5 G5 You's a mean little thing, meanest woman I ever seen D5 No matter how I try to treat you right C5 G5 D7 Still you're the mean little thing [Guitar Solo] G5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 [Verse 4] G5 N.C. Well you told me that you love me G5 N.C. You cross your heart to die G5 N.C. G7 But I found out, baby, bye bye C5 I'm leavin' G5 Woman I got to put you down D5 Well if you can't treat me right C5 G5 D5 Ain't no use for me hangin' around [Verse 5] G5 N.C. G5 N.C. Well early in the morning before I rise G5 N.C. G7 You lay that role in your bloodshot eyes C5 You mean little thing G5 Mean little thing as you can be D5 Well if you can't treat me right C5 G5 D7 Still you's a mean little thing [Outro] G5 I'm leavin' G5 I'm leavin' C5 I'm leavin' G5 I'm leavin'