Chords for "Why Stay? / A Promise" from 'Next to Normal' Act 2
Tempo:
67.75 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
Am
Bbm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Why stay?
So steadfast and solid [Ebm] and stoic and solid
[Bbm] every day [Fm] Why stay?
[Eb] not simply give [C] in and get on with living?
way
[F] and hoping for day after fucking [Ab] day Why stay?
and most of the [Bb] world would say
[F] maybe so is she
So steadfast and solid [Ebm] and stoic and solid
[Bbm] every day [Fm] Why stay?
[Eb] not simply give [C] in and get on with living?
way
[F] and hoping for day after fucking [Ab] day Why stay?
and most of the [Bb] world would say
[F] maybe so is she
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Why stay?
_ _ Why stay?
So steadfast and solid [Ebm] and stoic and solid
[Cm] for day after [Bbm] every day [Fm] Why stay?
[C] Why stay?
Why [Eb] not simply give [C] in and get on with living?
Cause everyone knows you [Bb] try
But somehow something died
[C] On the way
Tell me [Ab] why you stay Why stay?
[C] Enduring and coping and hurting [F] and hoping for day after fucking [Ab] day Why stay?
[C] Why not simply end it, be [F] all comprehended and most of the [Bb] world would say
She's better off that way
[C] To be free
And [F] maybe so is she
I _ promise a [C] boy says forever
[F] A boy says whatever may come we'll come through
And who can know how when all I know now [C] to be true
[Bbm] Is this promise that [F] I make to you _
A question a [Bb] boy wonders whether
A [F] boy wonders how to stay together
The way that they stay
For year after [Bb] year
We're longer from here [C] either way
[Bbm] That's the promise that I [F] made that day
Here's what I say [Am] to the girl who was burning [F] so bright
[Am] Like the light from [F] Orion above
And still I will search for her nightly
[C] If you see her please send [F] her my love
[Am] And the boy was a boy [F] for all seasons
The boy [Am] is not lost
The boy is not [F] lost to me now
[Dm] So lost
And the man has forgotten his reasons
[Bbm] But the man still remembers his [D] vow
I _ [F] promise a [C] man says forever
[F] A man says I'll [Db] never regret [F] or let you
The promise I [Am] made to stay
And [F] I stay true
[Bb] _ _ [Gm] Knowing one [C] day we'd remember that [Gm] joy
You'd remember that [A] girl
I'd remember that [Dm] boy To renew
The [C] promise I made
I'll leave you [Bb] brand new
The [C] promise that I made
[F] To you
_ _ _ [N] _
_ _ Why stay?
So steadfast and solid [Ebm] and stoic and solid
[Cm] for day after [Bbm] every day [Fm] Why stay?
[C] Why stay?
Why [Eb] not simply give [C] in and get on with living?
Cause everyone knows you [Bb] try
But somehow something died
[C] On the way
Tell me [Ab] why you stay Why stay?
[C] Enduring and coping and hurting [F] and hoping for day after fucking [Ab] day Why stay?
[C] Why not simply end it, be [F] all comprehended and most of the [Bb] world would say
She's better off that way
[C] To be free
And [F] maybe so is she
I _ promise a [C] boy says forever
[F] A boy says whatever may come we'll come through
And who can know how when all I know now [C] to be true
[Bbm] Is this promise that [F] I make to you _
A question a [Bb] boy wonders whether
A [F] boy wonders how to stay together
The way that they stay
For year after [Bb] year
We're longer from here [C] either way
[Bbm] That's the promise that I [F] made that day
Here's what I say [Am] to the girl who was burning [F] so bright
[Am] Like the light from [F] Orion above
And still I will search for her nightly
[C] If you see her please send [F] her my love
[Am] And the boy was a boy [F] for all seasons
The boy [Am] is not lost
The boy is not [F] lost to me now
[Dm] So lost
And the man has forgotten his reasons
[Bbm] But the man still remembers his [D] vow
I _ [F] promise a [C] man says forever
[F] A man says I'll [Db] never regret [F] or let you
The promise I [Am] made to stay
And [F] I stay true
[Bb] _ _ [Gm] Knowing one [C] day we'd remember that [Gm] joy
You'd remember that [A] girl
I'd remember that [Dm] boy To renew
The [C] promise I made
I'll leave you [Bb] brand new
The [C] promise that I made
[F] To you
_ _ _ [N] _