Stay

Tuning: Standard
Capo: 6th Fret

intro
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           you say           i only hear what i want to
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          and you say             i talk so all the time
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             so...

Am7             G
  and i thought what i felt was simple
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  and i thought that i don't belong
Am7       G
  and now that i am leaving
Am7          G
  now i know that i did something wrong
         Am7
'cause i miss you
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  yeah, yeah i missed you
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           and you say          i only hear what i want to
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    i don't listen hard,   don't pay attention
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   to the distance that you're running
to anyone or anywhere
 Am7         G
i don't understand if you really care
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i'm only hearing negative, no no no
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so i, i turn the radio on
                Am7
i turn the radio up
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and this woman was singing my song
Am7            G
lovers in love and the others run away
Am7             G
lover is crying 'cause the other won't stay
Am7                G
  some of us suffer when we weep for the other
         Am7                  G
who were crying since the day they were born, well
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well, this is not bad, i think that i'm throwing but i'm thrown
Am7
and i thought i'd live forever
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but now i'm not so sure you try to tell me that i'm clever
but that won't take me anyhow
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         or anywhere      with you
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  you said that i was not even
Am7              G
  i thought that i was strong no
Am7             G
  i thought hey i can leave, i can leave oh
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oop, now i know that i was wrong
         Am7
'cause i missed you
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  yeah i missed you
             Am7
you said you caught me 'cause you want me
oh then one day you let me go
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you try to take away a keeper
or keep me 'cause you know you're just
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            scared to lose
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   and you say,              "stay..."
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          you say,           i only hear what i want to
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Transcribed by: Jeno & Josef Villanueva
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