Ill Stay chords by Funkadelic

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