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I Want You To Stay

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Step 1 / 183Position: 13
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
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tuning: standard
Intro/Verse1
"I rewrite my life beneath the..." "There are many things that..."
" A double bluff you fed me lines." "A mesh of tones surround your..."
e|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|14141414--14141414--14141414--14141414--|
A|15151515-15151515-15151515-15151515|12121212--12121212--12121212--12121212--|
E|13131313-13131313-13131313-13131313|----------------------------------------|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e|-----------------------------------|
B|----------x-x-x-x------------x-x---|
G|----------x-x-x-x------------x-x---|
D|----------x-x-x-x------------x-x---|
A|15151515--x-x-x-x--15151515--x-x---|
E|13131313--x---x----13131313--x-x---|
+ + + + + - + - + + + + + -
"I always said you could..." "I want you to stay" "...stay with me."
e|------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
G|---8---8----------------------|---6---6------------|---8---8----------------|
D|--8-8-8-8-(8-times)-----------|--6-6-6-6-(6-times)-|--8-8-8-8-(2-times)-----|
A|-6---6------------------------|-4---4--------------|-6---6------------------|
E|------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
+-+-+-+- +-+-+-+- +-+-+-+-
"Cos nothing works round here." "You know the way I feel..."
*
e|---8-------8-----11-------11--|-----------------------------13131313--------|
B|---9--9-------11----11--------|----------------6------------13131313--------|
G|--10----10----12-------12-----|----------------6------------13131313(2times)|
D|------------------------------|--8-------------6-(16-times)-13131313--------|
A|------------------------------|--8-(16-times)--4------------13131313--------|
E|------------------------------|--6------------------------------------------|
+ - + -
*Play Arpeggi, and then let it ring until you play the other notes
"Why do you think I over take?"
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------14141414-17\14--(4-times)----|
A|--15151515-17\15--(4-times)-----12121212---------------------|
E|--13131313---------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------13131313------------------|
B|----------------------13131313--------(2times)--|
G|---8---8--------------13131313------------------|
D|--8-8-8-8-(8-times)---13131313------------------|
A|-6---6-------------------------17\15------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
+-+-+-+- + - + -
"The lies we tell are bound on film"
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------14141414-17\14--(4-times)----|
A|--15151515-17\15--(4-times)-----12121212---------------------|
E|--13131313---------------------------------------------------|
"I always said you could rely on me."
e|------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
G|---8---8----------------------|---6---6------------|---8---8----------------|
D|--8-8-8-8-(8-times)-----------|--6-6-6-6-(6-times)-|--8-8-8-8-(2-times)-----|
A|-6---6------------------------|-4---4--------------|-6---6------------------|
E|------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
"Cos nothing works round here." "You know the way I feel..."
*
e|---8-------8-----11-------11----|---------------------------------|
B|---9--9-------11----11----------|--6--6--6------fast-strumming----|
G|--10----10----12-------12-------|--6--6--5--8---play-each-chord---|
D|--------------------------------|--8--6--6--8---16-times----------|
A|--------------------------------|--8--4--6--6---------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--6-----4------------------------|
"You're always my reminder, A lifetime disappears
A lifetime disappears, Can you remember what we had?
As time gets more compressed, You're always my reminder,
You're always my reminder
You know the way I feel,
You know the way I feel"
e|--6--4--6--4------------------------|
B|--6--6--6--6-----fast-strumming-----|
G|--6--6--6--5-----play-each-chord----|
D|--8--6--8--6-----16-times-----------|
A|--8--4--8--6------------------------|
E|--6-----6--4------------------------|
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| - upstroke

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