All You Had To Do Was Stay Chords
by Taylor Swift
All You Had To Do Was Stay by Taylor Swift is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords G, D, A and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
STANDARD TUNING w/
Capo on 3
Intro-
G D A Bm
G D
People like you always want back
A
The love they gave away
Bm
And people like me wanna believe you
G
When you say you cha-a-anged
D A
The more I think about it now the less I kno-o-ow
Bm
All I know is that you drove us off the road
G
Stay, hey
D
All you had to do was, stay
A
Had me in the palm of your hand, hand
Bm A
Why'd you have to go and lock me up when I let you in?
G
Stay, hey
D
Now you say you want it, back
A
Now that it's just too late
Bm
Well, it could've been easy
A G
All you had to do was, stay
D
All you had to do was, stay
A
All you had to do was, stay
Bm
All you had to do was, stay
A
All you had to do was stay
G D
Here you are now calling me up
A
but I don't know what to say
Bm
I've been picking up the pieces
A G
Of the mess you made
D
People like you always want back
A
The love they pushed aside
Bm*
And people like me are gone forever
When you say goodbye
G
Stay, hey
D
All you had to do was, stay
A
Had me in the palm of your hand, hand
Bm A
Why'd you have to go and lock me up when I let you in?
G
Stay, hey
D
Now you say you want it, back
A
Now that it's just too late
Bm
Well, it could've been easy
A G
All you had to do was, stay
D
All you had to do was, stay
A
All you had to do was, stay
Bm
All you had to do was
Let me remind you
G D A Bm A
This was what you wanted ohohoh, you ended it
G D A Bm A G*
you were all I wanted ohohoh, but not like this
D* A*
Not like this
Bm*
Not like this
Oh, all you had to do was
G
Stay, hey
D
All you had to do was, stay
A
Had me in the palm of your hand, hand
Bm A
Why'd you have to go and lock me up when I let you in?
G
Stay, hey
D
Now you say you want it, back
A
Now that it's just too late
Bm
Well, it could've been easy
A G
All you had to do was, stay
G
Stay, hey
D
All you had to do was, stay
A
Had me in the palm of your hand, hand
Bm A
Why'd you have to go and lock me up when I let you in?
G
Stay, hey
D
Now you say you want it, back
A
Now that it's just too late
Bm
Well, it could've been easy
A G
All you had to do was, stay
D
All you had to do was, stay
A
All you had to do was, stay
Bm
All you had to do was, ooooo,
A* A*
All you had to do was stay