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Dont Go Please Stay

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Please Stay:The Drifters.
#14 Pop Charts and #13 on R&B Charts in 1961.
INTRO:
BbDon't Fgo, please Bbstay..don't Fgo, please Bbstay..
#1.
BbIf I got on my knees, and I Dmpleaded with you..
not to Bbgo, but to stay in my Dmarms.
Would you Ebwalk out the F7door, like you Bbdid once beEbmfore?
Or wBbould this time, be F7different..would you Bbstay?
(BbDon't Fgo, please Bbstay..don't Fgo, please Bbstay..)
#2.
BbIf I called out your name, like a Dmprayer in the night..
would you Bbleave me alone with my Dmtears?
Knowing EbI, I need you F7so..would you Bbstill turn and Ebmgo?
Or would Bbthis time, be F7different, in some Bbway?
(BbDon't Fgo, please Bbstay..don't Fgo, please Bbstay..)
CHORUS:
BbYou Ebtook me away from the Bbrest of the world,
when you F7taught me to love you like Bbthis.
Now I Ebhang by a thread, in the Bbcanyon of doom,
but I Gm7still..can be Cmsaved.. by your Dmki...ss.F.
#3.
FIf I Bbgot on my knees, and I Dmpleaded with you..
not to Bbgo, but to stay in my Dmarms.
Would you Ebwalk out the F7door, like you Bbdid once beEbmfore?
Or wBbould this time, be F7different..would you Bbstay.ay.ay?
OUTRO:
BbDon't Fgo, please Bbstay..don't Fgo, please Bbstay..
BbDon't Fgo, please Bbstay.y.y.y.y.y..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Dont Go Please Stay

by The Drifters

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Ebm

Gm7

Please Stay:The Drifters.

#14 Pop Charts and #13 on R&B Charts in 1961.

INTRO:

Bb F Bb F Bb

Don't go, please stay..don't go, please stay..

#1.

Bb Dm

If I got on my knees, and I pleaded with you..

Bb Dm

not to go, but to stay in my arms.

Eb F7 Bb Ebm

Would you walk out the door, like you did once before?

Bb F7 Bb

Or would this time, be different..would you stay?

Bb F Bb F Bb

(Don't go, please stay..don't go, please stay..)

#2.

Bb Dm

If I called out your name, like a prayer in the night..

Bb Dm

would you leave me alone with my tears?

Eb F7 Bb Ebm

Knowing I, I need you so..would you still turn and go?

Bb F7 Bb

Or would this time, be different, in some way?

Bb F Bb F Bb

(Don't go, please stay..don't go, please stay..)

CHORUS:

Bb Eb Bb

You took me away from the rest of the world,

F7 Bb

when you taught me to love you like this.

Eb Bb

Now I hang by a thread, in the canyon of doom,

Gm7 Cm Dm F

but I still..can be saved.. by your ki...ss..

#3.

F Bb Dm

If I got on my knees, and I pleaded with you..

Bb Dm

not to go, but to stay in my arms.

Eb F7 Bb Ebm

Would you walk out the door, like you did once before?

Bb F7 Bb

Or would this time, be different..would you stay.ay.ay?

OUTRO:

Bb F Bb F Bb

Don't go, please stay..don't go, please stay..

Bb F Bb

Don't go, please stay.y.y.y.y.y..(Fade.)

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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