Capo 2nd Fret
- 4/4 Time
Verse:
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D A
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B|-------|-3---3---3---3---|-2---2---2---2---|
G|-------|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|
D|-----0-|-0---------------|-----------------|
A|-0h2---|---0---0---0---0-|-0-0---0---0---0-|
E|-------|-----------------|-----------------|
I've been sitting here staring
at the clock on the wall and
D A
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G|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|
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A|---0---0---0---0-|-0-0---0---0---0-|
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I've been laying
here praying, praying she
won't call It's just
Em G
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G|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|
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E|-0-0---0---0---0-|-3-3---3---3---3-|
another call from
home You’ll
get it and be
gone and I'll be
D A
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B|-3---3---3---3---|-2---2---2-------|
G|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2-------|
D|-0---------------|-----------------|
A|---0---0---0---0-|-0-0---0---------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
crying
D A
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E|-----------------|-----------------|
I'll be begging you baby,
beg you not to leave. But
D A
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G|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|
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A|---0---0---0---0-|-0-0---0---0---0-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
I'll be left here
waitin' with my heart
on my sleeve Oh for the
Em G
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D|-2---------------|-0---------------|
A|-2---------------|-2---------------|
E|-0-0---0---0---0-|-3-3---3---3---3-|
next time we'll
be here Seems like
a million years,
and I think I'm
D A ASus4
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B|-3---3---3---3---|-2---2---2---2h3p0---|
G|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2-----------|
D|-0---------------|-2-------------------|
A|---0---0---0---0-|-0-0---0---0-------X-|
E|-----------------|---------------------|
dying
Pre Chorus:
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Em G
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B|-0---0---0---0---|-3---3---3---3---|
G|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|
D|-2---------------|-0---------------|
A|-2---------------|-2---------------|
E|-0-0---0---0---0-|-3-3----3--3---3-|
What do I have to do to make you see
Em G A
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B|-0---0---3---3---|-2---------------|
G|-0---0---0---0---|-2---------------|
D|-2-------0-------|-2---------------|
A|-2-------2-------|-0---------------|
E|-0-0---0-3-3---3-|-----------------|
She can't love you like me
*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*
Lyrics and Chords
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Verse 1:
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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 ASus4]
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 ASus4]
Seems like a million years, and I think I'm dying
Chorus:
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D
Why don't you stay
[G
I'm down on my knees
G/F# ] Em
I'm so tired of being lonely
[A
Don't I give you what you need
F#m ] [Bm
When she calls you to go
A ] [G
There's one thing you should know
G/F# ] Em [G
We don't have to live this way
A ] D A Em [G A]
Baby, why don't you stay
Verse 2:
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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
Well I don't think that's the truth
G D [A ASus4]
And I don't like being used and I'm tired of waiting
Pre Chorus:
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Em G
It's too much pain to have to bare
[Em G ] A
To love a man you have to share
Chorus:
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D
Why don't you stay
[G
I'm down on my knees
G/F# ] Em
I'm so tired of being lonely
[A
Don't I give you what you need
F#m ] [Bm
When she calls you to go
A ] [G
There's one thing you should know
G/F# ] Em [G
We don't have to live this way
A ] D
Baby, why don't you stay
Bridge:
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Em
I can't take it any longer
G
But my will is getting stronger
Em 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
Em
I've given you my best
A
Why does she get the best of you
Em
So next time you find
G A (hold)
You want to leave her bed for mine
Chorus:
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D
Why don't you stay
[G
I'm down on my knees
G/F# ] Em
I'm so tired of being lonely
[A
You can give me what I need
F#m ] [Bm
When she begs you not to go
A ] [G
There's one thing you should know
G/F# ] Em [G
I don't have to live this way
A ] D A Em [G A] D
Baby, why don't you stay
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