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If You Want Me To Stay - Sly And The Family Stone
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Arranged by: Funkynic
Tabbed by: Hostile Apostle
Please send suggestions and corrections to [email protected]
Tuning: Standard
Note: I got the idea to write this tab from a video on youtube which can be
viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?vUqlIce56NJw .You don't need to
watch the video but it may help some people with the timing. Also I tried my
best to get the most accurate chord names but I couldn't find the last two
chords in any book or online chord finder so I just named them after the root
note. If anyone has the correct chord names please send it to the e-mail above.
Additional note: I dont use the same exact chords in the video.
[Bm] [Am7] [D9] [G7] [F#7] [D] [C#]
e|-------------------3-------------------|
B|----7----5----5----3----3----8----7----|
G|----7----5----5----4----3----10---9----|
D|----7----5----4----3----2----9----8----|
A|----x----x----5----5----x----10---9----|
E|----7----5---------3----2--------------|
Intro: Bm / Am7 / D9 / G7 / F#7
[Bm] [/] [Am7] [/] [D9] [/] [G7] [/] [D] [/] [C#]
If you [Bm]want me to stay
I'll be [Am7]around [D9]today
To be [G7]available for you to [F#7]see
I'm about to [Bm]go
And [Am7]then you'll [D9]know
For me to [G7]stay here I've got to be [D]me[C#]
You'll never [Bm]be in doubt
That's what it's [Am7]all a[D9]bout
You can't [G7]take me for granted and [F#7]smile
Count the [Bm]days I'm gone
Forget [Am7]reaching me by [D9]phone
Because I [G7]promise I'll be gone for a [D]while[C#]
When you [Bm]see me again
I hope that [Am7]you have [D9]been
The kind of [G7]person that you really are [F#7]now
You got to [Bm]get it straight
How could I [Am7]ever be [D9]late
When you're my [G7]woman takin' up my [D]time[C#]
How could you [Bm]ever allow
I guess I [Am7]wonder [D9]how
How could you [G7]get out of pocket for [F#7]fun
When you [Bm]know that you're never number [Am7]two[D9]
Number [G7]one gonna be number [D]one[C#]
[Bm]I'll be good
I [Am7]wish I [D9]could
Get this [G7]message over to you [F#7]now
When you [Bm]see me again
I hope that [Am7]you have [D9]been
The kind of [G7]person you really are [F#7]now
[Bm]I'll be so good
I [Am7]wish I [D9]could
Get the [G7]message over to you [D]now[C#]
