Billy Stay Chords by Zach Bryan
Tempo:
92 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
B
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Key:
A
E
D
B
F#m
A
E
D
[A] [B] .
[A] [Em] [A] .
[E] [A] [E] .
[A] .
Billy, won't you [B] stay with me tonight?
.
[A] Talking about [B] flowers from [A] 65.
That print on that [B] dress [F#m] that you [B] always liked.
We were [A] young enough to [D] go out and [A] dance at night.
.
[F#m] [E] [Bm] .
[D] [A] .
We'd cross the [E] street [F#m] and you'd hold [E] my hand.
[A] Same man [Em] now [F#m] that you [A] were back then.
Young kids, [E] good for [F#m] nothing but [C#m] high [A] hopings.
[D] Broken, starving, plastic ring, [A] perfect for eloping.
[Bm] .
[A] [E] [A] .
Years went by [B] fast, you were so good to me.
[A] Our children [B] have children, [A] Billy, how could it be?.
But 90 years [Em] is nothing to [F#m] some kids [D] like us.
So baby, stick around, tell [A] a story just because.
[E] Billy, stay [A] a while.
.
[E] Lately, [D] you've been slipping in [A] and out.
.
Billy, [E] stay [A] a while.
.
[E] Tell [D] me about that girl you dreamed [A] about.
.
[E] Billy, stay a [A] while.
.
[E] Tell [D] me of the lovers who [A] once were.
.
Billy, [E] stay a [A] child.
.
[E] Tell [D] me about that girl and how [A] you loved her.
.
[Em] .
[B] [A] .
Billy, don't forget, [B] won't [F#m] you [D] keep on trying?.
I'll keep my ears open [A] to keep from crying.
You're more handsome [E] now [F#m] than you were [D] back then.
And I'm the same girl you fell for when [A] we were kids.
[D] .
[A] [E] [D] [A] .
If love was [E] enough, [D] then you'd stay [B] forever.
.
[A] But I guess [D] sometimes that the [A] end is better.
Love turns to [B] loss [F#m] as the [B] time [Em] goes by.
You [D] don't know your own [A] name, but you know mine.
[E] Billy, stay a [A] while.
.
[E] [D] Lately, you've been slipping in [A] and out.
.
[E] Billy, stay [A] a child.
.
[E] Tell [D] me about that girl you dreamed [A] about.
.
[E] Billy, stay [A] a while.
.
[E] Tell [D] me of the [A] lovers who once were.
.
[E] Billy, stay [A] a child.
.
[E] Tell [D] me about that girl and how [A] you loved her.
.
[E] [A] .
[E] [D] [A] .
[E] [A] .
[E] [D] [A] .
[B] [A] [F#m] [B] .
[A] [B] [F#m] [A] .
And you went back home [D] in your sleep last night.
[A] And I heard [D] you whisper, [A] I love you, goodbye.
.
But maybe [E] your hair [F#m] ends [B] 1965 [Em] with [A] my hair in your face.
on a long summer drive.
To me, you'll [Em] never [A] be the times [E] you forgot.
[A] But all of our good times in the flowers you [D] bought.
[A] [Em] [A] .
[E] [A] [E] .
[A] .
Billy, won't you [B] stay with me tonight?
.
[A] Talking about [B] flowers from [A] 65.
That print on that [B] dress [F#m] that you [B] always liked.
We were [A] young enough to [D] go out and [A] dance at night.
.
[F#m] [E] [Bm] .
[D] [A] .
We'd cross the [E] street [F#m] and you'd hold [E] my hand.
[A] Same man [Em] now [F#m] that you [A] were back then.
Young kids, [E] good for [F#m] nothing but [C#m] high [A] hopings.
[D] Broken, starving, plastic ring, [A] perfect for eloping.
[Bm] .
[A] [E] [A] .
Years went by [B] fast, you were so good to me.
[A] Our children [B] have children, [A] Billy, how could it be?.
But 90 years [Em] is nothing to [F#m] some kids [D] like us.
So baby, stick around, tell [A] a story just because.
[E] Billy, stay [A] a while.
.
[E] Lately, [D] you've been slipping in [A] and out.
.
Billy, [E] stay [A] a while.
.
[E] Tell [D] me about that girl you dreamed [A] about.
.
[E] Billy, stay a [A] while.
.
[E] Tell [D] me of the lovers who [A] once were.
.
Billy, [E] stay a [A] child.
.
[E] Tell [D] me about that girl and how [A] you loved her.
.
[Em] .
[B] [A] .
Billy, don't forget, [B] won't [F#m] you [D] keep on trying?.
I'll keep my ears open [A] to keep from crying.
You're more handsome [E] now [F#m] than you were [D] back then.
And I'm the same girl you fell for when [A] we were kids.
[D] .
[A] [E] [D] [A] .
If love was [E] enough, [D] then you'd stay [B] forever.
.
[A] But I guess [D] sometimes that the [A] end is better.
Love turns to [B] loss [F#m] as the [B] time [Em] goes by.
You [D] don't know your own [A] name, but you know mine.
[E] Billy, stay a [A] while.
.
[E] [D] Lately, you've been slipping in [A] and out.
.
[E] Billy, stay [A] a child.
.
[E] Tell [D] me about that girl you dreamed [A] about.
.
[E] Billy, stay [A] a while.
.
[E] Tell [D] me of the [A] lovers who once were.
.
[E] Billy, stay [A] a child.
.
[E] Tell [D] me about that girl and how [A] you loved her.
.
[E] [A] .
[E] [D] [A] .
[E] [A] .
[E] [D] [A] .
[B] [A] [F#m] [B] .
[A] [B] [F#m] [A] .
And you went back home [D] in your sleep last night.
[A] And I heard [D] you whisper, [A] I love you, goodbye.
.
But maybe [E] your hair [F#m] ends [B] 1965 [Em] with [A] my hair in your face.
on a long summer drive.
To me, you'll [Em] never [A] be the times [E] you forgot.
[A] But all of our good times in the flowers you [D] bought.