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Stay Tab by Daryl Ong

Stay tab by Daryl Ong

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STAY by Daryl Ong / Carol Banawa




Intro:

E|--3-----------------------------3--------------------5--|
B|-----5-----7--------8--------8-----5-----7--------8--7--|
G|--------5-----7-----9-----9-----------5-----7-----9--5--|
D|-----------------7--9--9-----------------------7--9--7--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------5--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
  C D Em   C D Em  D7

Verse:

  G               Em             C
E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----3--0--------3--------3p0------------------|
G|-----------2--0----------------2p0-------0--0--|
D|-----------------------0------------0h2--------|
A|--------------------2---------------3----------|
E|--3--------------0-----------------------------|
I want you to stay, never go away from me

  D
E|----------------|
B|-----0--1p0-----|
G|--0----------2--|
D|-----0----------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
Stay forever

     G                    Em
E|--------------------------------|
B|-----3--------0--------3--------|
G|--0--------------2--0-----------|
D|-----------0-----------------0--|
A|--------2-----------------2-----|
E|-----3-----------------0--------|
But now, now that you're gone

                 C
E|-------------------------|
B|--0----------------------|
G|-----2--0----------0--0--|
D|-----------0--0h2--------|
A|--------------3----------|
E|-------------------------|
All I can do is pray for you

      D
E|------------------------|
B|-------0--1p0-----------|
G|--0h2----------2--0--0--|
D|-------0----------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
To be here beside me again


Chorus:

  Em             C
E|--------3--2--0--------------|
B|--------0--0--0--0-----------|
G|--------0--0--0-----0--0--2--|
D|--------2--------------------|
A|-----2-----------3-----------|
E|--0--------------------------|
  Why did you have to leave me?

  Em                    C
E|--------3--2--0-----------------|
B|--------0--0--0--0--------3--3--|
G|-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-----------------3--------------|
E|--0-----------------------------|
  When you said that love would conquer all?

  Em              C
E|--------3--2--0--------------|
B|--------0--0--0--0-----------|
G|--------0--0--0-----0--0--2--|
D|--------2--------------------|
A|-----2-----------3-----------|
E|--0--------------------------|
   Why did you have to leave me?

          Am7                       C            D
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------1--0--------------1--0--------0-----|
G|--0--2--0-----2--0-----0--0-----0--0-----2--|
D|--------2-----------2-----2--------------0--|
A|--------0-----------------3-----------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
When you said that dreaming was as good as reality?


Verse:

  G                     Em
E|-----3--3--2--0-----------|
B|-----3--3--------3--------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-----------------------0--|
A|--------------------2-----|
E|--3--------------0--------|
  And now I must move on

              C                       D
E|------------------------------------------|
B|-------0--0--1--1--0----------0-----------|
G|--0h2--------0--------2p0--0-----2--0--2--|
D|------------------------------0-----------|
A|-------------3----------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
Trying to forget all the memories of you and me

  G                 Em                         C          D
E|-----3--3--3/5--0--------------0--------------------|
B|-----3--3----------3--1--0-----1--3-----------0-----|
G|----------------------------2-----------0--2-----2--|
D|-------------------------------------0--------------|
A|-------------------------------3--------------------|
E|--3-------------0-----------------------------------|
  But I can't let go of your love that has taught me to   hold on


Same tabs and chords as above:

I want you to stay, never go away from me
Stay forever
But now, now that you're gone
All I can do is pray for you
To be here beside me again

Why did you have to leave me?
When you said that love would conquer all?
Why did you have to leave me?
When you said that dreaming was as good as reality?

And now I must move on
Trying to forget all the memories of you and me
But I can't let go of your love that has taught me
To hold on


Chorus:

  Em              C
E|--------3--2--0--------------|
B|--------0--0--0--0-----------|
G|--------0--0--0-----0--0--2--|
D|--------2--------------------|
A|-----2-----------3-----------|
E|--0--------------------------|
   Why did you have to leave me?

  Em                     C
E|-----3--2--0--5--3--2--3--3--|
B|-----0--0--------------------|
G|-----0--0--------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|--------------3--------------|
E|--0--------------------------|
   When you said that love would conquer all?

Em              C
E|-----3--2--0--5--3--2--3--|
B|-----0--0-----------------|
G|-----0--0-----------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------3-----------|
E|--0-----------------------|
   Why did you have to leave me?

         Am7                       C                   E
E|--0--2--3--3--2--0-----0--2--3/5--5--4--5--|
B|--------1-----------3-------------2-----5--|
G|--------0-----------0-------------1-----4--|
D|--------2-----------2-------------0--------|
A|--------0-----------3----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------0--|
When you said that dreaming was as good as staying with me


(Shift chords 2 frets higher)

  F#m              D
E|-----5--4--2--------------|
B|-----2--2-----2-----------|
G|-----2-----------2--2--5--|
D|--------------0-----------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--2-----------------------|
    Why did you have to leave me?

  F#m                     D
E|--------5--4--2--5/7--5--4--5--5--|
B|--------2--2----------------------|
G|-----2--2-------------------------|
D|-----------------0----------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|--2-------------------------------|
    When you said that love would conquer all?

  F#m              D
E|-----5--4--2--5/7--5--4--2--|
B|-----2--2-------------------|
G|-----2----------------------|
D|--------------0-------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|--2-------------------------|
    Why did you have to leave me?

          Bm7                       D            E
E|--------------------------------------------------0--|
B|-----0--3--2--------------3--2-----------0--------0--|
G|--2-----2-----4--2-----2--2-----2--2--4-----------1--|
D|--------------------4-----0--------------------2-----|
A|--------2-----------------------------------2--------|
E|-----------------------------------------0-----------|
When you said that dreaming was as good as reality?


Finale:

    A             F#m             D                   E
E|--0-----------0-----------------------------------|
B|--2--2--0--------2--0--------------0--2--3--2--0--|
G|--2--------2-----------2-----2--2-----------------|
D|--2-----------------------4-----------------------|
A|--0-----------------------5-----------------------|
E|--------------2-----------------------0-----------|
I want you to stay, never go away from me stay forever

    A             F#m             D                    E   A
E|--0-----------0-----------------------------------0--|
B|--2--2--0--------2--0--------------0--2--3--2--0--2--|
G|--2--------2-----------2-----2--2-----------------2--|
D|--2-----------------------4-----------------------2--|
A|--0-----------------------5-----------------------0--|
E|--------------2-----------------------0--------------|
I want you to stay, never go away from me stay forever



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|h       Hammer-on
|p       Pull-off
|/       Slide up

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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