Stay chords by Lisa Loeb

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C majorC
A minorAm
DmDm E minorEm
Fadd9Fadd9

Verse:
C majorC
 You say
A minorAm
 I only hear what I want to
DmDm E minorEm
Fadd9Fadd9
C majorC
 And you say
A minorAm
 I talk so all the time
DmDm E minorEm
 So
Fadd9Fadd9

Chorus:
DmDm          C majorC
And I thought what I felt was simple
DmDm          C majorC
And I thought that I don't belong
DmDm      C majorC
And now that I am leavin'
DmDm        C majorC
Now I know that I did something wrong
     FF
'Cause I missed you
F minorFm
 Yeah
 FF     C majorC Cadd11
I missed you
FF   C majorC

Verse:
C majorC
 And you say
A minorAm
 I only hear what I want to
DmDm         E minorEm
I don't listen hard I don't pay attention to the
Fadd9Fadd9
distance that you're running or to anyone, anywhere
 DmDm      E minorEm
I don't understand if you really care
Fadd9Fadd9
I'm only hearing negative, no no no

Chorus:
 DmDm         C majorC
So I turned the radio on I turned the radio up
DmDm         C majorC
 And this woman was singing my song
DmDm              C majorC
The lover's in love and the other's run away
DmDm              C majorC
The lover is crying cause the other won't stay
DmDm             C majorC
And some of us hover when we weep for the other who was
DmDm              C majorC
Dying since the day they were born well
   DmDm
Well this is not that, I think that I'm throwing
    C majorC
But I'm thrown

Verse:
   DmDm
And I thought I'd live forever but now I'm not so sure
      FF
You try to tell me that I'm clever but that won't take me anyhow
DmDm    C majorC    DmDm C majorC
Or anywhere with you

Chorus:
DmDm          C majorC
 And you said that I was naïve
  DmDm        C majorC
And I thought that I was strong, oh
DmDm           C majorC
 I thought "Hey I can leave, I can leave"
DmDm           C majorC
Oh, but now I know that I was wrong
     FF
'Cause I missed you
F minorFm
 Yeah
 FF     C majorC Cadd11
I missed you
FF   C majorC

Verse:
       DmDm
You said "you caught me cause you want me and one day I'll let you go"
      FF
You try to take away a keeper or keep me cause you know
        DmDm
you're just so scared
  E minorEm  Fadd9Fadd9
to lose

Outro:
       C majorC
And you say
A minorAm
 "Stay"
DmDm E minorEm
Fadd9Fadd9
C majorC
 You say
A minorAm
 I only hear what I want to
DmDm E minorEm
Fadd9Fadd9

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