Stay (acoustic) chords

Gabrielle Aplin

Simplify chords 

  			 



Intro 

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2------2-----2-----2-| X2 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0------0-----0-----0---| 
B|----------------------------------0-----2----/3------3-----3-----| 
D|--0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----------------------------------| 

Verse 

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2------2-----2-----2-| x4 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0------0-----0-----0---| 
B|----------------------------------0-----2----/3------3-----3-----| 
D|--0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----------------------------------| 

Life is like a circus wheel  
And I never know how to feel  
You’re still woven in the way back then  
But I never meant to hurt you or to lose a friend  
The times gone by on a runaway train  
And I don’t know where he’s going or if he’s back again 

Pre-Chorus 

D|------------0---------------0----------------0---------------0-----| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------4---------------4----------------6---------------6-----------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--/7------7-----7---7-----7-----7---| 

D|------------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-----| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------2---------------2---------------4---------------4-----------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-------|  
B|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5~--| 

D|------------0---------------0----------------0---------------0-----| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------4---------------4----------------6---------------6-----------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--/7------7-----7---7-----7-----7---| 

D|------------0---------------0---------| 
B|--------------------------------------| 
G|------2---------------2---------------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-----| 
B|--------------------------------------| 
D|--4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---5~--| 

But you, you’re looking at me  
Just say what you want,  
just say what you need  
Cause I, I need to be free  
To come as I go and go as I please 

Chorus 

D|------------0---------------0----------------0---------------0-----| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------4---------------4----------------6---------------6-----------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--/7------7-----7---7-----7-----7---| 

D|------------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-----| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------2---------------2---------------4---------------4-----------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-------|  
B|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5~--| 

D|------------0---------------0----------------0---------------0-----| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------4---------------4----------------6---------------6-----------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--/7------7-----7---7-----7-----7---| 

D|------------0---------------0---------| 
B|--------------------------------------| 
G|------2---------------2---------------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-----| 
B|--------------------------------------| 
D|--4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---5~--| 

Did you think I’d stay?  
Well you should turn the other way  
Cause we’re never going back again  
All you did was stay  
Holding on to yesterday  
Well it’s never coming back again 

Verse 

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2------2-----2-----2-| x4 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0------0-----0-----0---| 
B|----------------------------------0-----2----/3------3-----3-----| 
D|--0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----------------------------------| 

Life, a couple hundred miles away  
And I remember you like it was yesterday  
I didn’t want to leave you on your own in the end  
But we’re not supposed to feel this, I can’t pretend  
But times gone by on a runaway train  
And there’s nothing we can do to bring it back again 

Pre-Chorus 

D|------------0---------------0----------------0---------------0-----| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------4---------------4----------------6---------------6-----------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--/7------7-----7---7-----7-----7---| 

D|------------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-----| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------2---------------2---------------4---------------4-----------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-------|  
B|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5~--| 

D|------------0---------------0----------------0---------------0-----| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------4---------------4----------------6---------------6-----------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--/7------7-----7---7-----7-----7---| 

D|------------0---------------0---------| 
B|--------------------------------------| 
G|------2---------------2---------------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-----| 
B|--------------------------------------| 
D|--4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---5~--| 

So you, why you looking at me?  
I’m not what you want  
It’s not what you need  
Cause I, I need to be free  
To come as I go and go as I please 

Chorus 

D|------------0---------------0----------------0---------------0-----| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------4---------------4----------------6---------------6-----------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--/7------7-----7---7-----7-----7---| 

D|------------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-----| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------2---------------2---------------4---------------4-----------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-------|  
B|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5~--| 

D|------------0---------------0----------------0---------------0-----| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------4---------------4----------------6---------------6-----------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--/7------7-----7---7-----7-----7---| 

D|------------0---------------0---------| 
B|--------------------------------------| 
G|------2---------------2---------------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-----| 
B|--------------------------------------| 
D|--4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---5~--| 

Did you think I’d stay?  
Well you should turn the other way  
Cause we’re never going back again  
All you did was stay  
Holding on to yesterday  
Well it’s never coming back again 

Bridge X2 

D|------------0---------------0----------------0---------------0-----| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------4---------------4----------------6---------------6-----------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--/7------7-----7---7-----7-----7---| 

D|------------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-----| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------2---------------2---------------4---------------4-----------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-------|            
B|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5~--| 

D|------------0---------------0----------------0---------------0-----| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------4---------------4----------------6---------------6-----------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--/7------7-----7---7-----7-----7---| 

D|------------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-----| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------2---------------2---------------4---------------4-----------|  X2 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-------|  
B|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5~--| 

You can stay in the past  
You can live a lie  
Say I’ve changed  
Call me cold                                         X2 
Call me what you like  
And never know what it’s like on the other side  

Chorus 

D|------|------|------|------| 
B|------|------|------|------| 
G|--4~~-|--6~~-|--2~~-|--4~~-| 
D|--0~~-|--0~~-|--0~~-|--0~~-| 
B|------|------|------|------| 
D|--5~~-|--7~~-|--4~~-|--5~~-| 


D|------------0---------------0----------------0---------------0-----| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------4---------------4----------------6---------------6-----------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--/7------7-----7---7-----7-----7---| 

D|------------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-----| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------2---------------2---------------4---------------4-----------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-------|  
B|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5~--| 

D|------------0---------------0----------------0---------------0-----| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------4---------------4----------------6---------------6-----------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--/7------7-----7---7-----7-----7---| 

D|------------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-----| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------2---------------2---------------4---------------4-----------|   
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-------|  
B|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5~--| 

Did you think I’d stay?  
Well you should turn the other way  
Cause we’re never going back again  
All you did was stay  
Holding on to yesterday  
Well it’s never coming back again 

Bridge 

D|------------0---------------0----------------0---------------0-----| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------4---------------4----------------6---------------6-----------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--/7------7-----7---7-----7-----7---| 

D|------------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-----| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------2---------------2---------------4---------------4-----------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-------|            
B|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5~--| 

D|------------0---------------0----------------0---------------0-----| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------4---------------4----------------6---------------6-----------| 
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--/7------7-----7---7-----7-----7---| 

D|------------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-----| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------2---------------2---------------4---------------4-----------|   
D|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-------|  
B|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5~--| 

You can stay in the past  
You can live a lie  
Say I’ve changed  
Call me cold                                          
Call me what you like  
And never know what it’s like on the other side  

Outro  

D|------|------|------|------| 
B|------|------|------|------| 
G|--4~~-|--6~~-|--2~~-|--4~~-| 
D|--0~~-|--0~~-|--0~~-|--0~~-| 
B|------|------|------|------| 
D|--5~~-|--7~~-|--4~~-|--5~~-| 

You can stay in the past  
You can live a lie  
Say I’ve changed  
Call me cold                                          
Call me what you like  
And never know what it’s like on the other side  

D|---------| 
B|---------| 
G|--0------| 
D|----2/4--| 
B|---------| 
D|----0----| 


************************************ 
| /   Slide up 
| ~   Vibrato 
************************************