{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2359681,"song":"Next To Normal - Why Stay - A Promise","artist":"Misc Musicals","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2359681-next-to-normal-why-stay-a-promise-chords-by-misc-musicals/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2359681?type=chord","rating":4.5644,"votes":3,"content":"N.C.\r\nWhy stay?\r\nN.C.\r\nWhy stay?\r\n[tab]   [ch]F5[/ch]\r\nSo steadfast and stolid[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb5[/ch]\r\nAnd stoic and solid[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C5[/ch]                  [ch]Bb5[/ch]\r\nFor day after every day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab5[/ch] [ch]F5[/ch]\r\nWhy stay?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab2[/ch] [ch]F2[/ch]\r\nWhy stay?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb5/F[/ch]\r\nWhy not simply give in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F5/Eb[/ch] [ch]Eb5[/ch] [ch]F5[/ch]\r\nAnd   get on with living?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F5[/ch]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nCause everyone knows you tried[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb/Bb[/ch]   [ch]Bb7[/ch]  [ch]Eb/Bb[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Eb/Bb[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut somehow some-thing  died[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nOn the way[/tab]\r\nSo tell me why you stay\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]  [ch]F5[/ch]\r\nWhy stay?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]  [ch]F5[/ch]\r\nWhy stay?[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Eb5/F[/ch] [ch]F5[/ch]\r\nEn-dur-  ing and coping[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F5/Eb[/ch] [ch]Eb5[/ch]  [ch]F5[/ch]\r\nAnd   hurt-ing and hoping[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nFor day after fucking day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]  [ch]F5[/ch]\r\nWhy stay?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]  [ch]F5[/ch]\r\nWhy stay?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb5/F[/ch]\r\nWhy not simply end it?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F5/Eb[/ch] [ch]Eb5[/ch] [ch]F5[/ch]\r\nWe'd  all comprehend it[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F7[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd most of the world would say[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Eb/Bb[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Eb/Bb[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Eb/Bb[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe's better off that     way[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C7sus[/ch]\r\nTo be free[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F5[/ch]   [ch]F7sus[/ch]\r\nAnd maybe so is she[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F5[/ch]                    [ch]F7sus[/ch]\r\nA promise a boy says forever[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F5[/ch]                    [ch]Dbmaj7[/ch]          [ch]Csus[/ch]\r\nA boy says whatever may come we'll come through[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F5[/ch]\r\nAnd who can know how[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb2[/ch]                  [ch]Csus[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen all I know now to be true[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bbm7[/ch]                   [ch]F5[/ch]   [ch]F7sus[/ch]\r\nIs this promise that I make to you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F5[/ch]                      [ch]F7sus[/ch]\r\nA question, a boy wonders whether[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F5[/ch]                     [ch]Dbmaj7[/ch]       [ch]Csus[/ch]\r\nThe two stay together the way that they stay[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F5[/ch]\r\nFor year after year[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb2[/ch]                        [ch]Csus[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom love or from fear, either way[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bbm7[/ch]                  [ch]F5[/ch]  [ch]Fsus[/ch]\r\nThat's the promise that I made that day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nHere's what I say[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo the girl who was burning so brightly[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLike the light from Orion above[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                          [ch]F2[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F2[/ch]\r\nAnd still I will search for her nightly[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Csus[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nIf you see her, please send her my love[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the boy was a boy for all seasons[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat boy is long lost to me now[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]Gsus[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the man has forgotten his reasons[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bbm7[/ch]                   [ch]C7sus[/ch]\r\nBut the man still remembers his vow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F5[/ch]                     [ch]F7sus[/ch]\r\nA promise, a man says forever[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F5[/ch]                        [ch]Dbmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Csus[/ch]\r\nA man says I'll never regret or let you[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F5[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F/A[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Bb2[/ch]\r\nThe promise I made to stay and I stayed true[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm7[/ch]                     [ch]Csus[/ch]\r\nKnowing one day we'd remember that joy[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Gm7[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Asus[/ch]\r\nYou'd remember that girl, I'd remember that boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Dm9[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]Dm9/C[/ch]     [ch]Dm/C[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTil we do, the promise I made I'll make it brand new[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C7sus[/ch]                  [ch]F5[/ch]\r\nThe promise that I made to you[/tab]","plain_text":"N.C.\nWhy stay?\nN.C.\nWhy stay?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSo tell me why you 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