...PLEASE STAY... by The Drifters
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Released 1961
Intro:
(Don't [F]go), please [Bb]stay,
(Don't [F]go), please [Bb]stay.
Verse 1:
If I [Bb]got on my knees, and I [Dm]pleased with you,
Not to [Bb]go, but stay in my [Dm]arms.
Would you [Eb]walk out the [F7]door, like you [Bb]did once be-[Ebm]fore?
But [Bb]this time, be [F7]different; would you [Bb]stay?
Interlude:
(Don't [F]go), please [Bb]stay, (don't [F]go).
Verse 2:
If I [Bb]call out your name, like a [Dm]prayer in the night,
Would you [Bb]leave me alone with my [Dm]tears?
Knowing [Eb]I, I love you [F7]so; would you [Bb]still turn and [Ebm]go?
Or would [Bb]this time, be [F7]different, in some [Bb]way?
Interlude:
(Don't [F]go), please [Bb]stay,
[F] (Please [Bb]stay).
Bridge 1:
You [Eb]took me away from the [Bb]rest of the world,
When you [F7]taught me to love you like [Bb]this.
Now I [Eb]hang by a thread, in the [Bb]canyon of doom,
But I [Gm]still can be [Cm]saved.. by your [Dm]kiss..[F].
Verse 3:
If I [Bb]got on my knees, and I [Dm]pleased with you,
Not to [Bb]go, but stay in my [Dm]arms.
Would you [Eb]walk out the [F7]door, like you [Bb]did once be-[Ebm]fore?
But [Bb]this time, be [F7]different; would you [Bb]stay?
Coda:
(Don't [F]go), please [Bb]stay,
(Don't [F]go, please [Bb]stay.
(Don't [F]go), please [Bb]sta-ay-ay-ay-ay...
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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[F] [Bb] [Dm] [Eb] [F7][Ebm][Gm][Cm]
[EAD]x810[G]10[B]10[E]8 [EADGBE]688766 [EADGBE]x57765 [EADGBE]x68886 [EAD]x810[GB]810[E]8 [EADGBE]x68876 [EADGBE]355333 [EADGBE]x35543
____
_ __ __ | __| __ __
| | _ _ | \ / | | |__ \ \ / /
_____ | | | | | | | | |__ | \ \/ /
| ___| | | | | | | | |\_/| | __| | \ /
| | | | | |_| | | | | | |____| | |
| | | | |_____| | | | | | |
| |___ | | | | | | | |
|_____| | | |_| |_| | |
|_______| Joel from cLuMsY, 2009
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Released 1961
Intro:
(Don't [F]go), please [Bb]stay,
(Don't [F]go), please [Bb]stay.
Verse 1:
If I [Bb]got on my knees, and I [Dm]pleased with you,
Not to [Bb]go, but stay in my [Dm]arms.
Would you [Eb]walk out the [F7]door, like you [Bb]did once be-[Ebm]fore?
But [Bb]this time, be [F7]different; would you [Bb]stay?
Interlude:
(Don't [F]go), please [Bb]stay, (don't [F]go).
Verse 2:
If I [Bb]call out your name, like a [Dm]prayer in the night,
Would you [Bb]leave me alone with my [Dm]tears?
Knowing [Eb]I, I love you [F7]so; would you [Bb]still turn and [Ebm]go?
Or would [Bb]this time, be [F7]different, in some [Bb]way?
Interlude:
(Don't [F]go), please [Bb]stay,
[F] (Please [Bb]stay).
Bridge 1:
You [Eb]took me away from the [Bb]rest of the world,
When you [F7]taught me to love you like [Bb]this.
Now I [Eb]hang by a thread, in the [Bb]canyon of doom,
But I [Gm]still can be [Cm]saved.. by your [Dm]kiss..[F].
Verse 3:
If I [Bb]got on my knees, and I [Dm]pleased with you,
Not to [Bb]go, but stay in my [Dm]arms.
Would you [Eb]walk out the [F7]door, like you [Bb]did once be-[Ebm]fore?
But [Bb]this time, be [F7]different; would you [Bb]stay?
Coda:
(Don't [F]go), please [Bb]stay,
(Don't [F]go, please [Bb]stay.
(Don't [F]go), please [Bb]sta-ay-ay-ay-ay...
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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[F] [Bb] [Dm] [Eb] [F7][Ebm][Gm][Cm]
[EAD]x810[G]10[B]10[E]8 [EADGBE]688766 [EADGBE]x57765 [EADGBE]x68886 [EAD]x810[GB]810[E]8 [EADGBE]x68876 [EADGBE]355333 [EADGBE]x35543
____
_ __ __ | __| __ __
| | _ _ | \ / | | |__ \ \ / /
_____ | | | | | | | | |__ | \ \/ /
| ___| | | | | | | | |\_/| | __| | \ /
| | | | | |_| | | | | | |____| | |
| | | | |_____| | | | | | |
| |___ | | | | | | | |
|_____| | | |_| |_| | |
|_______| Joel from cLuMsY, 2009
