I Can't Stay Here Tonight chords by Smokie

album: Bright lights and backalleys(1977)

I:

Am      D
Open up your tired eyes
  G     G/F#  Em
And force yourself to smile
Am      D
Yesterday was yesterday
   G      Am
It's gone, it's tomorrow now
   G      Am
It's here, it's tomorrow now
G     A7
Now I must go
     Am    G
But I'll see you again

CHORUS:

Am D
When? Oh when?
G   G/F#     Em
Please don't ask me when
Am     D
I'll call, I'll write
G         Am
But I can not stay here tonight
G         Am
No, I can not stay here tonight
G         Am
I can't stay here tonight

II:

Am      D
Light me up a cigarette
  G       G/F#   Em
And check that my bags are packed
Am       D
Something I was gonna say
   G      Am
It's gone - till another time
    G       Am
But how long till that other time
G     A7
I hate to go
     Am    G
But I'll be back again

CHORUS:

Am D
When? Oh when?
G   G/F#     Em
Please don't ask me when
Am     D
I'll call, I'll write
G         Am
But I can not stay here tonight
G         Am
No, I can not stay here tonight
G         Am
I can't stay here tonight

III:

Am      D
Open up your tired eyes
  G     G/F#  Em
And force yourself to smile
Am      D
Yesterday was yesterday
   G      Am
It's gone, it's tomorrow now
   G      Am
It's here, it's tomorrow now
G     A7
Now I must go
     Am    G
But I'll see you again

CHORUS:

Am D
When? Oh when?
G   G/F#     Em
Please don't ask me when
Am     D
I'll call, I'll write
G         Am
But I can not stay here tonight
G         Am
No, I can not stay here tonight
G         Am