Capo: 3rd fret C G Am F G C G Am F C G Am F G Leave the bright blue door on the whitewashed wall C G Am F G Leave the death ledger under city hall Am G C F G C G Am F G Leave the joyful air in that rubber ball today C G Am F G Leave the lilac print on the linen sheet C G Am F G Leave the birds you killed at your father's feet Am G C F G C G Am F G Let the sideways rain and the crooked street remain C G Am F G Leave the whimpering dog in his cold kennel C G Am F G Leave the dead starlet on her pedestal Am G C F G C G Am F G Leave the acid kids in their green fishbowls today C G Am F G Just leave the sad guitar in its hardshell case C G Am F G Leave the worried look on your lover's face Am G C F G C G Am F G Let the orange embers in the fireplace remain Am F Everything it must belong somewhere Am F G A train off in the distance, bicycle chained to the stairs Am G C F Everything it must belong somewhere G I know that now, that is why I'm staying here C G Am F G C G Am F C G Am F G Leave the ocean's roar in the turquoise shell C G Am F G Leave the widower in his private hell Am G C F G C G Am F G Leave the liberty in that broken bell today C G Am F G Leave the epic poem on its yellowed page C G Am F G Leave the gray macaw in its covered cage Am G C F G C G Am F G Let the traveling band on the interstate remain Am F Everything it must belong somewhere Am F G Sound stage in California, televisions in Times Square Am G C F Everything it must belong somewhere G Am I know that now that is why I'm staying here F G Yeah, I know that now, that is why I'm staying here C G Am F G C G Am F C G Am F G Leave the secret talks on the trundle bed C G Am F G Leave the garden tools in that rusted shed Am G C F G C G Am F G Leave those bad ideas in your troubled head today C G Am F G Leave the restless ghost in his old hotel C G Am F G Leave the homeless man in that cardboard cell Am G C F G C G Am F G Let the painted horse on the carousel remain Am F Everything it must belong somewhere Am F G Just like the gold around her finger or the silver in his hair Am G C F Everything it must belong somewhere G Am I know that now, that's why I'm staying here F G C I know that now, that's why I'm staying here Em Am In truth the forest hears each sound F G Each blade of grass as it lies down Em Am The world requires no audience F Fm No witnesses, no witnesses C G Am F G C G Am F C G Am F G Leave the old town drunk on his wooden stool C G Am F G Leave the autumn leaves in their swimming pool Am G C F G C G Am F G Leave the poor black child in his crumbling school today C G Am F G Leave the novelist in his daydream tune C G Am F G Leave the scientist in his Rubik's cube Am G C F G C G Am F G Let the true genius in the padded room remain C G Am F G Leave the horse's hair on the slanted bow C G Am F G Leave the slot machines on the riverboat Am G C F G C G Am F G Leave the cauliflower in the casserole today C G Am F G Leave the hot bright trash in the shopping malls C G Am F G Leave the hawks of war in their capitol Am G C F G C G Am F G Let the organ's moan in the cathedral remain Am F Everything it must belong somewhere Am F G They locked the Devil in the basement, threw God up into the air Am G C F Everything it must belong somewhere G Am And you know it's true, I wish you'd leave me here F G Am E F You know it's true, why don't you leave me here?