Stay Tab by Rihanna

Stay tab by Rihanna

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                             Stay - Rihanna
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Tabbed by:Dat0Weird0Guy a.k.a. Marcus
E-mail:marcusfuller23@gmail.com
Submitted by: Bethany_SWE


Tuning:Standard

Intro

    C        Dm Am
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5--5--5--6------------------------------------------|
G|--5--5--5--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5------|
D|--------------7--7--7--5--7--7--7--5--7--7--7--5------|    x2
A|--3--------5------------------------------------------|
E|--------------5-----------5-----------5---------------|

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Verse 1 "All along it was a fever"

    C        Dm Am
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5--5--5--6------------------------------------------|
G|--5--5--5--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5------|
D|--------------7--7--7--5--7--7--7--5--7--7--7--5------|    x4
A|--3--------5------------------------------------------|
E|--------------5-----------5-----------5---------------|

Bridge "Round and Around..."

    F           Dm          Am
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--1--1--1--1--6--6--6--6------------------------------|
G|--2--2--2--2--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5------|
D|--3--3--3--3--------------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7------|
A|--------------5---------------------------------------|
E|--1-----------------------5---------------------------|
"Now tell me now..."

    F           Dm          G
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--1--1--1--1--6--6--6--6------------------------------|
G|--2--2--2--2--7--7--7--7--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4------|
D|--3--3--3--3--------------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5------|
A|--------------5---------------------------------------|
E|--1-----------------------3---------------------------|

Chorus "Not really sure..", "Makes Me feel.."

    C           Dm         Am           F
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5--5--5--5--6--6--6--6--------------1--1--1--1--------|
G|--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--2--2--2--2--------|
D|--------------------------7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--------|   x2
A|--3-----------5-----------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------5-----------1-----------------|


"Stay~..."

    C        Dm Am
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5--5--5--6------------------------------------------|
G|--5--5--5--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5------|
D|--------------7--7--7--5--7--7--7--5--7--7--7--5------|
A|--3--------5------------------------------------------|
E|--------------5-----------5-----------5---------------|

Verse 2 "It's not much...", "It's not just something..."

    C        Dm Am
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5--5--5--6------------------------------------------|
G|--5--5--5--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5------|
D|--------------7--7--7--5--7--7--7--5--7--7--7--5------|    x2
A|--3--------5------------------------------------------|
E|--------------5-----------5-----------5---------------|


Bridge "Round and Around..."

    F           Dm          Am
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--1--1--1--1--6--6--6--6------------------------------|
G|--2--2--2--2--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5------|
D|--3--3--3--3--------------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7------|
A|--------------5---------------------------------------|
E|--1-----------------------5---------------------------|
"Now tell me now..."
    F           Dm          G
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--1--1--1--1--6--6--6--6------------------------------|
G|--2--2--2--2--7--7--7--7--4--4--4--4--4--4--5--5------|
D|--3--3--3--3--------------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5------|
A|--------------5---------------------------------------|
E|--1-----------------------3---------------------------|


Chorus "Not really sure..", "Makes Me feel.."

    C           Dm         Am           F
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5--5--5--5--6--6--6--6--------------1--1--1--1--------|
G|--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--2--2--2--2--------|
D|--------------------------7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--------|   x2
A|--3-----------5-----------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------5-----------1-----------------|

"Stay~..."

    C        Dm Am
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5--5--5--6------------------------------------------|
G|--5--5--5--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5------|
D|--------------7--7--7--5--7--7--7--5--7--7--7--7------|
A|--3--------5------------------------------------------|
E|--------------5-------(3)-5-------(3)-5---------------|

Refrain "Oohh the reason.."

    F           Am          Dm                Em
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|--1--1--1--1----------------------------------------|
G|--2--2--2--2--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9----|
D|--3--3--3--3--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9----|
|---------------------------5-----------------7--7----|
E|--1-----------5-------------------------------------|

"Ooh 'Cause I need..."

    F           Am          Dm                   C
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|--1--1--1--1----------------------------------------|
G|--2--2--2--2--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5----|
D|--3--3--3--3--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5----|
|---------------------------5--------------------3----|
E|--1-----------5-------------------------------------|

"Funny you're the..."

    Dm          F                 Am
e|--------------------------------0--0--0--0--0--0----|
B|--------------1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1----|
G|--7--7--7--7--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----|
D|--7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3----------------------------|
A|--5--5--5--5--------------0-------------------------|
E|--------------1-------------------------------------|

"When you never..."

    Dm          F            G
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|--------------1--1--1--1-----------------------|
G|--7--7--7--7--2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4--4--5--5--|
D|--7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
A|--5--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------1-----------3--------------------|

Final Chorus "Not really sure..", "Makes Me feel..", "I want you..."

    C           Dm         Am           F
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5--5--5--5--6--6--6--6--------------1--1--1--1--------|
G|--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--2--2--2--2--------|
D|--------------------------7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--------|   x4
A|--3-----------5-----------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------5-----------1-----------------|

"I want you to stay"

e|------------------------------------|
B|----------------------1----1--------|
G|--5----5----7----7----2----2----2~--|
D|--5----5----7----7--------------3~--|
A|--3~--------5~--------0~------------|
E|--------------------------------1~--|

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| ()  play lightly
| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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Last updated: September 10, 2025

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