E B
I've been sitting here staring at the clock on the wall
E B
And I've been laying here praying, praying she won't call
F#m
It's just another call from home
A E B
You'll get it and be gone and I'll be crying
E B
I'll be begging you baby, beg you not to leave
E B
But I'll be left here waiting' with my heart on my sleeve
F#m
Oh for the next time we'll be here
A E B
Seems like a million years, and I think I'm dying
F#m A
What do I have to do to make you see
F#m A B
She can't love you like me
E
Why don't you stay
A
I'm down on my knees
F#m
I'm so tired of being lonely
B
Don't I give you what you need
B C#m
When she calls you to go
B
There's one thing you should know
F#m A
We don't have to live this way
E B F#m A B
Baby, why don't you stay
E B
You keep telling me baby there will come a time
E B
When you will leave her arms and forever be in mine
F#m
Well I don't think that's the truth
A E B
And I don't like being used and I'm tired of waiting
F#m A
It's too much pain to have to bare
F#m A B
To love a man you have to share
Chorus
E
Why don't you stay
A
I'm down on my knees
F#m
I'm so tired of being lonely
B
Don't I give you what you need
B C#m
When she calls you to go
A
There's one thing you should know
F#m B
We don't have to live this way
E
Baby, why don't you stay
F#m
I can't take it any longer
A
But my will is getting stronger
E B
And I think I know just what I have to do
F#m
I can't waste another minute
A
After all that I've put in it
E
I've given you my best
B
Why does she get the best of you
F#m
So next time you find
A B
You want to leave her bed for mine
E
Why don't you stay
A
I'm up off my knees
F#m
I'm so tired of being lonely
B
You can't give me what I need
B C#m
When she begs you not to go
A
There's one thing you should know
F#m B
I don't have to live this way
E B F#m A B E
Baby why don't you stay