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Stay

Lisa Loeb
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Low , , ,  Low
 Low , ,
 Low , , , , ,  High (pinky  on low ,  10fr)
  Gadd9 You say Em7 I only hear what I want to
  Gadd9 And  you  say Em7 I talk so all the time-so
  Am7 so G/B C2
  Am7 And I thought what I G felt was simple
  Am7 And I thought that I G don't belong
  Am7 And now that G I am leaving
  Am7 Now I know G that I did something wrong Cadd9 cause I missed you
  Cm Yeah, Am7 I missed you G Am7 G
  Gadd9 And you say Em7 I only hear what I want to
  Am7 I don't listen hard
  G/B I don't pay attention Cadd9 to the distance that you're running or G to
 Anyone, anywhere
  Am7 I don't understand G/B if you really care
  Cadd9 I'm only hearing negative, no no no - bad
  Am7 So I turned the radio on G5 I turned the radio up
  Am7 And this woman was G5 singing my song
  Am7 The lover's in love G5 and the other's run away
  Am7 The lover is crying G5 cause the other won't stay
  Am7 And some of us hover when G5 we weep for the other Am7 who
 was dying
  G5 Since the day they were born well
  Am7 Well this is not G5 that
 I think that I'm throwing Am7 but I'm thrown G5
  Am And I thought I'd live forever but now I'm not so sure
 You try to Cadd9 tell me that I'm clever but that won't take me anyhow
  Am7 Or anywhere G/B with you Cadd9
  Am7 And you said that G5 I was naive
  Am7 And I thought that I G5 was strong
  Am7 I thought "hey G5 I can leave, I can leave"
 But Am7 now I know that G5 I was wrong cause I Cadd9 missed you
  Cm Yeah Am7 I missed you G5 Am7 G5
  Am7 You said "you caught me cause you want me
 And one day I'll let you go"
 You try to Cadd9 give away a keeper or keep me cause you're know
 you're
 just too Am7 scared to G/B lose Cadd9
 And you say, "stay" G9 Em7
  Am7 (G/B0 C2
 (Intro)You say I only hear what I want to.
 Tell me what you think!!!!

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Readable chord sheet for Stay by Lisa Loeb

[Am7]     Low [E], [G], [B], Low [E]
[G/B]     Low [E], [G], [B]
[C2]      Low [E], [D], [G], [B], [D], High [E](pinky on low [E], 10fr)

 Gadd9 You say  Em7 I only hear what I want to
 [Am7]Gadd9 [G/B]And yo[C2]u say Em7  I talk so all the time-so
 Am7 so  G/B   C2

 Am7 And I thought what I  G  felt was simple
 Am7 And I thought that I  G  don't belong
 Am7 And now that  G  I am leaving
 Am7 Now I know  G that I did something wrong  Cadd9  cause I missed you
 Cm Yeah,  Am7 I missed you  G   Am7   G

 Gadd9 And you say  Em7 I only hear what I want to
 Am7 I don't listen hard
 G/B I don't pay attention  Cadd9 to the distance that you're running or  G to
Anyone, anywhere
 Am7 I don't understand  G/B  if you really care
 Cadd9 I'm only hearing negative, no no no - bad

 Am7 So I turned the radio on  G5  I turned the radio up
 Am7 And this woman was  G5 singing my song
 Am7 The lover's in love  G5 and the other's run away
 Am7 The lover is crying  G5 cause the other won't stay
 Am7 And some of us hover when  G5  we weep for the other  Am7  who
was dying
 G5 Since the day they were born well
 Am7 Well this is not  G5 that
I think that I'm throwing  Am7 but I'm thrown  G5

 Am And I thought I'd live forever but now I'm not so sure
You try to  Cadd9 tell me that I'm clever but that won't take me anyhow
 Am7 Or anywhere  G/B with you  Cadd9

 Am7 And you said that  G5  I was naive
 Am7 And I thought that I  G5  was strong
 Am7 I thought "hey  G5 I can leave, I can leave"
But  Am7 now I know that  G5 I was wrong cause I Cadd9  missed you
 Cm Yeah  Am7 I missed you  G5   Am7   G5

 Am7 You said "you caught me cause you want me
And one day I'll let you go"
You try to  Cadd9 give away a keeper or keep me cause you're know
you're
just too  Am7 scared to  G/B lose  Cadd9

And you say, "stay"  G9   Em7
 Am7  (G/B0  C2

(Intro)You say I only hear what I want to.

Tell me what you think!!!!

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