Stay   Lisa Loeb

 
 
 
 
 
 Date: Wed, 18 Oct 95 01:01:01 -0500
 
 
 STAY (I MISSED YOU) [by Lisa Loeb]
 ----------------------------------
 [Actually in C#; capo 6.]
 
 G(9) Em7 Am7 - Bm C
 [intro; see tab at end]
 
 G(9) Em7 Am7 Bm C
 You say I only hear what I want to
 G(9) Em7 Am7 Bm C
 And you say I talk so all the time, so
 Am7 G
 And I thought what I felt was simple
 Am7 G
 And I thought that I don't belong
 Am7 G
 And now that I am leaving
 Am7 G C(9)
 Now I know that I did something wrong cause I missed you
 Cm Am7 G (Gsus) Am7 G
 Yeah, I missed you
 
 G(9) Em7 Am7
 And you say I only hear what I want to, I don't listen hard
 Bm C 
 I don't pay attention to the distance that you're running or to
 G
 Anyone, anywhere
 Am7 Bm
 I don't understand if you really care
 C(9) C(9)
 I'm only hearing negative, no no no
 
 Am7 G Am7
 So I, I turned the radio on, I turned the radio up
 G
 And this woman was singing my song
 Am7 G
 The lover's in love and the other's run away
 Am7 G
 The lover is crying cause the other won't stay
 Am7 G Am7
 Some of us hover when we weep for the other who was dying
 G 
 Since the day they were born, well
 Am7 G Am7 G
 Well, this is not that, I think that I'm throwing but I'm thrown
 
 Am7 Am7
 And I thought I'd live forever but now I'm not so sure
 C(9) C(9)
 You try to tell me that I'm clever but that won't take me anyhow
 Am7 Bm C(9) C(9)
 Or anywhere with you
 
 Am7 G
 And you said that I was naive
 Am7 G
 And I thought that I was strong, oh
 Am7 G
 I thought "hey I can leave, I can leave"
 Am7 G C(9)
 Oh, but now I know that I was wrong cause I missed you
 Cm Am7 G (Gsus) Am7 G
 Yeah, I missed you
 
 Am7 Am7
 You said you caught me cause you want me and one day you'll let me go
 C(9) C(9)
 You try to take away a keeper or keep me cause you know
 Am7 Bm C(9) C(9)
 You're just too scared to lose
 
 G(9) Em7 Am7 - Bm C
 And you say, stay
 G(9) Em7 Am7 - Bm C.
 And you say I only hear what I want to
 TAB:
 
 I've transcribed two versions of the intro: the first one is
 probably more accurate, the second is probably easier. When I
 play it, I play the G(9) the easy way and the rest the hard way.
 
 accurate:
 
 G(9) Em7 Am7 Bm C
 E --5-------------|----0-----------|----------------|------10--------|
 B ----------------|---0------------|----5-------7---|---8--8---------|
 G -7----7---------|--7-------7----0|--0-------0-----|--0-0-----------|
 D 5---------------|-5--------5-----|----------------|----------------|
 A ----------------|7---------7-----|----------------|----------------|
 E ----------------|--------------0-|5-----5/7-----7/|8---------8-----|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 
 
 easy:
 
 G(9) Em7 Am7 Bm C
 E --5-------------|----0-----------|----0-------2---|---3--3---------|
 B -3----3---------|--30------3-----|----------------|----------------|
 G 0---------------|-0--------0----0|--0-------0-----|--0-0-----------|
 D ----------------|2---------2-----|----------------|----------------|
 A ----------------|----------------|0-----0/2-----2/|3---------3-----|
 E ----------------|--------------0-|----------------|----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 
 
 - Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu
 
 
 
 LaurentG (laurentg@aol.com) wrote:
 : This is my version of "Stay" by Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories
 : (soundtrack of the movie "Reality Bites). I believe not everything is
 : exact but you'll be able to play it if you follow these chords. Any
 : remarks and changes welcome.
 
 Thanks for the chords, Laurent ... for those who are interested, here's
 my tab for the intro and verses. I've also made some minor corrections
 to a couple of chords as pointed out by a previous follow-up post.
 
 C# Bbm Ebm Fm F#
 E------------------------------------------------------------------||
 A-----------------------------6---------8-----------9--------------||
 D--11-----------8---------------8---------10----------11-----------||
 G-----13----------6---6-----------8----------10----------11-11-----||
 B-------------------6-------------7----------9--------------11-----||
 e--------11-------------6---------6----------8--------------9------||
 
 (C#) You say (Bbm) I only hear what I want to (Ebm-Fm-F#)
 (C#) And you say (Bbm) I talk so all the time-so (Ebm-Fm-F#)
 
 (Ebm) And I thought what I (C#) felt was simple
 (Ebm) And I thought that I (C#) don't belong
 (Ebm) And now that I (C#) am leaving
 (Ebm) Now I know that I (C#) did something wrong cause I (F#) missed you
 (F#m) Yeah, I missed you (F#-C#-F#-C#)
 
 (C#) And you say (Bbm) I only hear what I want to
 (Ebm) I don't listen hard
 (Fm) I don't pay attention to the (F#) distance that you're running or to
 Anyone, anywhere
 (Ebm) I don't understand (Fm) if you really care
 (F#) I'm only hearing negative, no no no-bad
 
 So I (Ebm) turned the radio (C#) on I turned the radio up (Ebm)
 And this woman was (C#) singing my song
 (Ebm) The lover's in love and the (C#) other's run away
 The (Ebm) lover is crying cause the (C#) other won't stay
 And (Ebm) some of us hover (C#) when we weep for the (Ebm) other who
 was dying
 Since the (C#) day they were born well
 (Ebm) Well this is not that
 (C#) I think that I'm throwing but I'm (Ebm) thrown (C#)
 
 And I (Ebm) thought I'd live forever but now I'm not so sure
 You try to (F#) tell me that I'm clever but that won't take me anyhow
 (Ebm)
 Or anywhere (C#) with you (Ebm-C#)
 
 And (Ebm) you said that I (C#) was naive
 And (Ebm) I thought that I (C#) was strong
 (Ebm) I thought "hey I can (C#) leave, I can leave"
 (Ebm) But now I know that (C#) I was wrong cause I (F#) missed you
 (F#m) Yeah I (F#) missed you (C#-F#-C#)
 
 You said "you (Ebm) caught me cause you want me 
 And one day I'll let you go"
 You try to (F#) give away a keeper or keep me cause you're know
 you're
 just to (Ebm) scared to (Fm) loose (F#)
 
 And you say (C#), (Bbm) "stay" (Ebm-Fm-F#)
 
 (C#)You say (Bbm) I only hear what I want to.(Ebm-Fm-F#)
 
 Written by Lisa Loeb. (1993 Lisa Loeb, BMI). c1994. Universal City
 Studios, Inc.
 Soundtrack "Reality Bites"