Stay Awhile

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[Verse 1]
Am        C         G        Am
Hell on earth ain't hard to find
            C    G       Am
But you can save me from mine
         C      G    Am
Stop the time's bayonet
              C     G          Am
From stabbing all that's delicate


[Verse 2]
            C         G      Am
I won't be afraid of growing old
     C         G       Am
If I have your hand to hold
             C   G    Am
I'm looking for eternity
         C       G     Am
Will you find it with me


[Chorus]
Dm       F      C    G
Please stay awhile
Dm       F     C       G
Show me    how to smile
Dm     F       C     G
Please stay awhile

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[Verse 3]
     C      G    Am
I am not a great man
         C        G        Am
But I'll give you all I can
            C      G        Am
I'll be the lashes on your eyes
            C       G      Am     Am7
Catch every tear that you cry


[Chorus]
Dm     F        C   G
Please stay awhile
Dm      F         C   G
Show me how to smile
Dm     F        C   G  G  G  G
Please stay awhile


                Dm                             F                               C   G
Let's fill this room with empty coffee cups so we don't ever have to go to sleep
        Dm                           F                            C     G
Because if I close my eyes I fear tomorrow won't let this day repeat
       Dm                           F                            C    G
Listen to the clock’s electric buzz counting both of our lives away
          Dm                      F                             C     G
Let’s not waste a single word on nothing but “I love you” everyday
   Dm                                            F                                C     G
My life's been filled with turned out lights and haunted by the hurt of closing doors
      Dm                                 F                         C       G
Let's turn the locks and lose the keys I don't want them open anymore, anymore!
      Dm                                 F                             C
I see you in an antique wedding gown and me slowly walking down the aisle
        G
Can you see us now?
              Dm                          F                         C
And won't you be the mother of my child,  I can see you every time she smiles



G     Dm    F       C    G
Oh please… stay… awhile
Dm       F          C    G
Please… stay……. Awhile
    Dm                     F                        C      G
Oh please won’t you stay, please won’t you stay… awhile?
    Dm                    F                                  Am
Oh Please won’t you stay, please won’t you staaaaaay...... awhile


[Outro]
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