Lover Please Stay chords by Tom Basden

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: C#

Intro:

Gb  Db  x2

Verse 1:
Gb           Db
September the Eighth
Gb           Db
And Summer is ending
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Lying in bed and watching your back
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I don't want to wake
Gb         Db
Keep on pretending
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The cares of the world will never come back

Chorus 1:
Fm              Gb          Db
But please give me one more day
    Fm      Gb        Db
To keep our worries away
Fm        Gb        Db
Soon our lives will resume
    Db           Ab
But please not today
Ab7               Gb      Db
Oh, lover, please stay

Verse 2:
Gb                  Db
You had it at your feet
Gb                Db
You had things to achieve
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People to meet and debts to pay
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You said, "Get out in the sun
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"There's work to be done
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"While we are young, we should make hay"

Chorus 2:
Fm              Gb          Db
But please give me one more day
Fm          Gb          Db
To keep our futures at bay
Fm              Gb          Db
In time we can climb to the top
    Db           Ab
But please not today
Ab7               Gb      Db
Oh, lover, please stay

Bridge:
Bbm         Gb      Db
You know it isn't a crime
   Bbm      Gb         Db
To waste a little more time
Bbm                  Gb      Db
We've got our whole lives to strive
Db           Ab        Ab7
Let's starve tonight

Instrumental:
Gb  Db x4

Verse 3:
Gb           Db
December the Eighth
Gb            Db
And winter is coming
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Don't be afraid as the days turn grey
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Outside, there's a storm
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The bed's still warm
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Lie down and wait 'til the weather's okay

Chorus 3:
    Fm         Gb          Db
And lover give me one more day
     Fm         Gb        Db
'Til springtime comes our way
Fm          Gb    Db
Then we can start again
    Db           Ab
But please not today
Ab7               Gb      Db
Oh, lover, please stay