Chords with lyrics
Song: I?ll Stay
Artist: Funkadelic
Album: Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On (1974).
Key: E minorEm
Tabbed by: Alexander Zaytsev
The verse part of this song has following chord progression:
| E minorEm D MajorD | C# minorC#m C majorC D MajorD |.
First chords are Em, D MajorD and C#m. Each of them sounds for 2 beats (half of bar). Chords C majorC and D MajorD are 1 beat long.
The chorus part has following chord progression:
G+G BB A minorAm
Each of them is 2 bars long.
You can improvise using E minorEm pentatonic scale .
Intro: (E minorEm D MajorD C# minorC#m C majorC D MajorD)x6 G+G BB A minorAm
Verse:
E minorEm D MajorD C# minorC#m C majorC D MajorD x2
I'll stay
E minorEm D MajorD C# minorC#m
I'll stay
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD C# minorC#m
For she'll be coming back
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD C# minorC#m
You know her head went out to play
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD C# minorC#m C majorC D MajorD
She'll get over that
Chorus:
G+G
I know that my reward
BB
When she returns
Woo-woo!
A minorAm
Keeps me hanging on
Verse:
E minorEm D MajorD C# minorC#m C majorC D MajorD x2
I'll stay
E minorEm D MajorD C# minorC#m
I'll stay
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD C# minorC#m
Though friends they ridicule
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD C# minorC#m
You know for her there is no substitute
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
Talk I can endure (I must endure)
C# minorC#m C majorC D MajorD
But that's alright, mother says "Son"
Chorus:
G+G
Know my reward
BB
When she returns (whoo-whoo)
She'll still come home, whoaah
A minorAm
Keeps me hanging on
E minorEm D MajorD C# minorC#m C majorC D MajorD x2
I'll stay
Solo: (E minorEm D MajorD C# minorC#m C majorC D MajorD)x6 G+G BB A minorAm
(E minorEm D MajorD C# minorC#m C majorC D MajorD)x6 G+G BB A minorAm
E minorEm
Ba ba-ba-ba |
D MajorD |
Ba-ba-ba | x3
C# minorC#m C majorC D MajorD |
Ba-ba doo-whoo whoo-whoo |
Outro:
E minorEm D MajorD C# minorC#m
You know her head went out to play
C majorC D MajorD
That's all right
E minorEm D MajorD C# minorC#m C majorC D MajorD
The girl will get over that
E minorEm D MajorD C# minorC#m C majorC D MajorD
Lord, my reward is gonna be much greater
E minorEm D MajorD C# minorC#m C majorC D MajorD
Every night, lord, is gonna replace her
E minorEm D MajorD C# minorC#m C majorC D MajorD
And if another girl decides she wants to go home
E minorEm
Wait right there
D MajorD
Wait right here
C# minorC#m
Wait right here
C majorC D MajorD
I ain't goin' nowhere
E minorEm
Wait right here
D MajorD
Wait right here
C# minorC#m
I'm gonna stand right here
C majorC D MajorD
On this ground and wait
E minorEm D MajorD C# minorC#m C majorC D MajorD