D                                       A
  I've been sitting here staring at the clock on the wall
D                                    A
  And I've been laying here praying, praying she won't call
           Em
It's just another call from home
       G                              D     A
You’ll get it and be gone and I'll be crying
D                           A
  I'll be begging you baby, beg you not to leave
D                                     A
  But I'll be left here waiting' with my heart on my sleeve
           Em
Oh for the next time we'll be here
      G                                     D      A
Seems like a million years, and I think I'm dying

[Pre-Chorus]
Em                        G
  What do I have to do to make you see
Em          G             A
  She can't love you like me

[Chorus]
               D
Why don't you stay
                G
I'm down on my knees
                 D/F#   Em
I'm so tired of being lonely
                           A
Don't I give you what you need
          A#dim         Bm
When she calls you to go
                   A          G
There's one thing you should know
                  D/F#     Em   G
We don't have to live this way
       A           (D)
Baby, why don't you stay

[Interlude]
D   A   Em   G  A

[Verse 2]
D                          A
  You keep telling me baby there will come a time
D                                     A
  When you will leave her arms and forever be in mine
       Em
But I don't think that's the truth
      G                                      D        A
And I don't like being used and I'm tired of waiting

[Pre-Chorus]
Em                      G
  It's too much pain to have to bare
Em          G                A
  To love a man you have to share

[Chorus]
               D
Why don't you stay
                G
I'm down on my knees
                 D/F#  Em
I'm so tired of being lonely
                            A
Don't I give you what you need
         A#dim          Bm
When she calls you to go
                   A          G
There's one thing you should know
                  D/F#     Em   G
We don't have to live this way
       A             D
Baby, why don't you stay

[Bridge]
        Em
I can't take it any longer
       G
But my will is getting stronger
      D                                 A
And I think I know just what I have to do
        Em
I can't waste another minute
      G
After all that I've put in it
     D
I've given you my best
             A
Why does she get the best of you
   Em
So next time you find
    G                             A
You want to leave her bed for mine

[Chorus]
               D
Why don't you stay
                G
I'm up off my knees
                 D/F#  Em
I'm so tired of being lonely
                          A
You can't give me what I need
          A#dim            Bm
When she begs you not to go
                   A           G
There's one thing you should know
                D/F#      Em    G
I don't have to live this way
      A             D       A   Em   G   A   D
Baby why don't you stay

[Outro]
D   A    Em          G A
   Yeah,    Oh, woah
D