Verse 1:
[C]You've gott[Bm]a g[Em]o Barbie dol[G]l castles are closing do[C]wn
[(C)]You're off to th[Bm]e show An[Em]d I'd ne[G]ver tell you to turn aro[C]und now
[(C)]Remember your [Bm]coat, I [Em]Remember the [G]winter that you came [C]around
[(C)]Before you hit the [Bm]road [Em]Why don't yo[A7]u dance with m[C]e now'
Chorus:
Why don't yo[Em]u s[A7]tay' [G]The song only lasts for[C] so long
All I can [Em]say[A7] Is I'l[G]l miss you the moment you?[C]?re gone
So [Em]show me that smile and [A7]hang for awhile You'r[G]e headed a lifetim[C]e away
Why don't yo[Em]u s[A7]tay?[G]?
Verse 2:
[C]Don't draw th[Bm]e shade[Em]s Let the kin[G]g lie in the setting s[C]un
[(C)]I've got so much t[Bm]o say n[Em]ow It's funny [G]the days when the courage c[C]omes
[(C)]Before you fly [Bm]away [Em]Know it goes [G]on, everything you'v[C]e begun
[(C)]The band is still [Bm]playing [Em]Why don't w[A7]e wait till they?[C]?re done'
Chorus:
Why don't yo[Em]u s[A7]tay' [G]The song only lasts for[C] so long
All I can [Em]say[A7] Is I'l[G]l miss you the moment you?[C]?re gone
So [Em]show me that smile and [A7]hang for awhile You'r[G]e headed a lifetim[C]e away
Why don't yo[Em]u s[A7]tay?[G]?
Instrumental
Verse 3:
[C]One more for the [Bm]road [Em]Some soldiers won'[G]t die 'til the light of[C] day
[(C)]And drinking [Bm]alone, is [Em]For only the [G]loneliest anyway[C]
[(C)]So here's to th[Bm]e ghost[Em]s And here's to the games that[G] we lost and[C] we loved
[(C)]We come and we [Bm]go But a [Em]lifetime is [A7]never [C]enough
Chorus:
Why don't yo[Em]u s[A7]tay' [G]The song only lasts for[C] so long
All I can [Em]say[A7] Is I'l[G]l miss you the moment you?[C]?re gone
So [Em]show me that smile and [A7]hang for awhile You'r[G]e headed a lifetim[C]e away
Why don't yo[Em]u s[A7]tay? [G]
[C]You've gott[Bm]a g[Em]o Barbie dol[G]l castles are closing do[C]wn
[(C)]You're off to th[Bm]e show An[Em]d I'd ne[G]ver tell you to turn aro[C]und now
[(C)]Remember your [Bm]coat, I [Em]Remember the [G]winter that you came [C]around
[(C)]Before you hit the [Bm]road [Em]Why don't yo[A7]u dance with m[C]e now'
Chorus:
Why don't yo[Em]u s[A7]tay' [G]The song only lasts for[C] so long
All I can [Em]say[A7] Is I'l[G]l miss you the moment you?[C]?re gone
So [Em]show me that smile and [A7]hang for awhile You'r[G]e headed a lifetim[C]e away
Why don't yo[Em]u s[A7]tay?[G]?
Verse 2:
[C]Don't draw th[Bm]e shade[Em]s Let the kin[G]g lie in the setting s[C]un
[(C)]I've got so much t[Bm]o say n[Em]ow It's funny [G]the days when the courage c[C]omes
[(C)]Before you fly [Bm]away [Em]Know it goes [G]on, everything you'v[C]e begun
[(C)]The band is still [Bm]playing [Em]Why don't w[A7]e wait till they?[C]?re done'
Chorus:
Why don't yo[Em]u s[A7]tay' [G]The song only lasts for[C] so long
All I can [Em]say[A7] Is I'l[G]l miss you the moment you?[C]?re gone
So [Em]show me that smile and [A7]hang for awhile You'r[G]e headed a lifetim[C]e away
Why don't yo[Em]u s[A7]tay?[G]?
Instrumental
Verse 3:
[C]One more for the [Bm]road [Em]Some soldiers won'[G]t die 'til the light of[C] day
[(C)]And drinking [Bm]alone, is [Em]For only the [G]loneliest anyway[C]
[(C)]So here's to th[Bm]e ghost[Em]s And here's to the games that[G] we lost and[C] we loved
[(C)]We come and we [Bm]go But a [Em]lifetime is [A7]never [C]enough
Chorus:
Why don't yo[Em]u s[A7]tay' [G]The song only lasts for[C] so long
All I can [Em]say[A7] Is I'l[G]l miss you the moment you?[C]?re gone
So [Em]show me that smile and [A7]hang for awhile You'r[G]e headed a lifetim[C]e away
Why don't yo[Em]u s[A7]tay? [G]
