Stay chords by Lisa Loeb (Ver. 2)

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C
Am
Dm Em
Fadd9

Verse:
C
 You say
Am
 I only hear what I want to
Dm Em
Fadd9
C

 And you say
Am
 I talk so all the time
Dm Em
 So
Fadd9

Chorus:
Dm          C
And I thought what I felt was simple
Dm          C
And I thought that I don't belong
Dm      C
And now that I am leavin'
Dm        C
Now I know that I did something wrong
     F
'Cause I missed you
Fm
 Yeah
 F     C Cadd11
I missed you
F   C

Verse:
C
 And you say
Am
 I only hear what I want to
Dm         Em
I don't listen hard I don't pay attention to the
Fadd9
distance that you're running or to anyone, anywhere
 Dm      Em
I don't understand if you really care
Fadd9
I'm only hearing negative, no no no

Chorus:
 Dm         C
So I turned the radio on I turned the radio up
Dm         C
 And this woman was singing my song
Dm              C
The lover's in love and the other's run away
Dm              C
The lover is crying cause the other won't stay
Dm             C
And some of us hover when we weep for the other who was
Dm              C
Dying since the day they were born well
   Dm
Well this is not that, I think that I'm throwing
    C
But I'm thrown

Verse:
   Dm
And I thought I'd live forever but now I'm not so sure
      F
You try to tell me that I'm clever but that won't take me anyhow
Dm    C    Dm C
Or anywhere with you

Chorus:
Dm          C
 And you said that I was naïve
  Dm        C
And I thought that I was strong, oh
Dm           C
 I thought "Hey I can leave, I can leave"
Dm           C
Oh, but now I know that I was wrong
     F
'Cause I missed you
Fm
 Yeah
 F     C Cadd11
I missed you
F   C

Verse:
       Dm
You said "you caught me cause you want me and one day I'll let you go"
      F
You try to take away a keeper or keep me cause you know
        Dm
you're just so scared
  Em  Fadd9
to lose

Outro:
       C
And you say
Am
 "Stay"
Dm Em
Fadd9
C
 You say
Am
 I only hear what I want to
Dm Em
Fadd9