Stay Lyrics and Chords
Capo on 1st fret
Verse 1
C
… You say
Am
……. I only hear
……………………….Dm  Em  F
What I want to
C
…. You say
Am
…….. I talk so all the time,
Dm  Em  F
… So
Dm
.. And I thought
…C
What I felt was simple
Dm
.. And I thought
….C
That I don’t belong
Dm        C
.. And now that I am leaving
Dm          C
.. Now I know that
I did something wrong
…………….F
Cause I missed you
Fm
…. Yeah, yeah,
…Dm       C  Dm C
I missed you
Verse 2
C
… And you say
Am
…. I only hear what I want to
..Dm
I don’t listen hard
Em
Don’t pay attention
…………..F
To the distance that you’re
Running
…..C
To anyone, anywhere
..Dm       Em
I don’t understand
If you really care
…….F
I’m only hearing negative,
No no no (bad)
………….Dm                C
And so I, I turned the radio on
……………………………..Dm
I turned the radio up
…………………………..C
And this woman was
Singing my song
Dm
Lover’s in love
C
And the other’s run away
Dm
Lover is crying
C
Cause the other won’t stay
Dm          C
.. Some of us hover
When we weep for the other
……………….Dm
Who was dying since the day
C
They were born well
……….Dm         C
Well this is not that
I think that I’m throwing
………….Dm      C
But I’m thrown
…………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        Em    F
.. Or anywhere with you
Dm         C
… You said that I was naive
……Dm           C
And I thought that I was strong
Dm
.. I thought,
……….C
“Hey I can leave, I can leave”
Dm
.. Oh, but now I know
………C
That I was wrong
…………….F
Cause I missed you
Fm
…. Yeah,
…Dm     C   Dm C
I missed you
You said you caught me
Cause you want me
And one day you’d let me go
You try to give away a keeper
But keep me cause you know
You’re just so scared to lose
And you say,
Stay
And you say
I only hear what I want to