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