Chords for Stay
Tempo:
68 bpm
Chords used:
B
A
E
F#m
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[E] I've been sitting [B] here staring at the clock on the wall
[Em] And I've been laying [B] here praying, praying she won't call
[F#m] It's just another call from home
[E] I'll be crying
[E] I'll be begging you [B] baby, beg you not to leave
[E] But I'll be left here [B] waiting with my heart on my sleeve
[F#m] Oh for the next time we'll be here
[E] think I'm dying
[Em] And I've been laying [B] here praying, praying she won't call
[F#m] It's just another call from home
[E] I'll be crying
[E] I'll be begging you [B] baby, beg you not to leave
[E] But I'll be left here [B] waiting with my heart on my sleeve
[F#m] Oh for the next time we'll be here
[E] think I'm dying
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A
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F#m
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[E] _ I've been sitting [B] here staring at the clock on the wall
[Em] _ And I've been laying [B] here praying, praying she won't call
[F#m] It's just another call from home
[A] You'll get it and be gone and [E] I'll be crying
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ I'll be begging you [B] baby, beg you not to leave
[E] But I'll be left here [B] waiting with my heart on my sleeve
[F#m] Oh for the next time we'll be here
[A] Seems like a million years and I [E] think I'm dying
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#m] What do I have to do [A] to make you see _
[F#m] She [A] can't love you [B] like me
Why don't [E] you stay?
I'm down on [A] my knees
I'm so tired of [F#m] being lonely
Don't I give you [B] what you need?
[C] When she calls [C#m] you to go
There is one thing [A] you should know
We don't have to [F#m] live this way
_ _ [A] _ [B] Why don't you stay?
Baby why [E] don't you stay?
_ [B] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ You keep telling me [B] baby there will come a time
[E] _ When you'll leave her [B] arms and forever be in mine
[F#m] But I don't think that's the [A] truth
And I don't like being used and I'm [E] tired of waiting
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#m] It's too much [A] pain to have to bear _
[F#m] To [A] love a man you [B] have to share
Why don't you [E] stay?
I'm down on my [A] knees
I'm so tired of being [F#m] lonely
Don't I give you what [B] you need?
[C] When she calls you [C#m] to go
There is one thing you [E] should know
We don't have to live [F#m] this way
_ _ _ [A] _ [B] Baby why don't [E] you stay?
_ [F#m] I can't take it any longer
[A] But my will is getting stronger
[E] And I think I know just what I [B] have to do
_ _ [F#m] I can't waste another minute
[A] After I've put in it
[E] I've given you my best.
Why does [B] she get the best of you?
[F#m] So the next time you find
[A] You wanna leave her bed [B] But my
_ [E] _ _
[B] _ [Bm] Why don't you [E] stay?
I'm up off my [A] knees
I'm so tired of [F#m] being lonely
You can't give me [B] what I need
[C] When she begs you [C#m] not to go
There is one thing you [A] should know
I don't have to live [F#m] this way _ _ _
[A] _ [B] Baby why don't you stay? _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ And I've been laying [B] here praying, praying she won't call
[F#m] It's just another call from home
[A] You'll get it and be gone and [E] I'll be crying
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ I'll be begging you [B] baby, beg you not to leave
[E] But I'll be left here [B] waiting with my heart on my sleeve
[F#m] Oh for the next time we'll be here
[A] Seems like a million years and I [E] think I'm dying
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#m] What do I have to do [A] to make you see _
[F#m] She [A] can't love you [B] like me
Why don't [E] you stay?
I'm down on [A] my knees
I'm so tired of [F#m] being lonely
Don't I give you [B] what you need?
[C] When she calls [C#m] you to go
There is one thing [A] you should know
We don't have to [F#m] live this way
_ _ [A] _ [B] Why don't you stay?
Baby why [E] don't you stay?
_ [B] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ You keep telling me [B] baby there will come a time
[E] _ When you'll leave her [B] arms and forever be in mine
[F#m] But I don't think that's the [A] truth
And I don't like being used and I'm [E] tired of waiting
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#m] It's too much [A] pain to have to bear _
[F#m] To [A] love a man you [B] have to share
Why don't you [E] stay?
I'm down on my [A] knees
I'm so tired of being [F#m] lonely
Don't I give you what [B] you need?
[C] When she calls you [C#m] to go
There is one thing you [E] should know
We don't have to live [F#m] this way
_ _ _ [A] _ [B] Baby why don't [E] you stay?
_ [F#m] I can't take it any longer
[A] But my will is getting stronger
[E] And I think I know just what I [B] have to do
_ _ [F#m] I can't waste another minute
[A] After I've put in it
[E] I've given you my best.
Why does [B] she get the best of you?
[F#m] So the next time you find
[A] You wanna leave her bed [B] But my
_ [E] _ _
[B] _ [Bm] Why don't you [E] stay?
I'm up off my [A] knees
I'm so tired of [F#m] being lonely
You can't give me [B] what I need
[C] When she begs you [C#m] not to go
There is one thing you [A] should know
I don't have to live [F#m] this way _ _ _
[A] _ [B] Baby why don't you stay? _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _