Stay chords by Lisa Loeb (Ver. 2)

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C
Am
Dm Em
Fadd9

Verse:
C
 You say
Am
 I only hear what I want to
Dm Em
Fadd9
C

 And you say
Am
 I talk so all the time
Dm Em
  So
Fadd9

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

Verse:
C
 And you say
Am
 I only hear what I want to
Dm                 Em
I don't listen hard I don't pay attention to the
Fadd9
distance that you're running or to anyone, anywhere
 Dm            Em
I don't understand if you really care
Fadd9
I'm only hearing negative, no no no

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

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

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

Verse:
              Dm
You said "you caught me cause you want me and one day I'll let you go"
           F
You try to take away a keeper or keep me cause you know
               Dm
you're  just so  scared
   Em    Fadd9
to lose

Outro:
             C
And you say
Am
  "Stay"
Dm Em
Fadd9
C
 You say
Am
 I only hear what I want to
Dm Em
Fadd9