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[INTRO]
C Am7 G C
C Am7 G C
[VERSE]
CLife is like a cAm7ircuGs Cwheel
CAnd I never know Am7how Gto Cfeel
CYou're still livin' in the way back then
CBut I Am7never meant Gto hurt you Cor to lose a friend
CCause times gone by on a runaway train
CAnd there's Am7nothing Gwe can do to Cbring it back again
[PRE-CHORUS]
FBut you, you're looking at Gme
Just say what you Emwant
Just say what you Fneed
FCause I, was meant to be frGee
And come as I Emgo
And go as I Fplease
[CHORUS]
Did you think I'd FstayG?
Well you should turn the other wEmay
Cause we're never going back agFain
All you did was FstayG  
Holding on to yesterdEmay
Well it's never coming back agFain
[VERSE]
CLife, a couple hundred Am7mileGs awCay
CAnd I remember you like it was Am7yestGerdaCy
[PRE-CHORUS]
FSo why, why you looking at Gme?
It's not what you Emwant
It's not what you Fneed
[CHORUS]
Did you think I'd FstayG?
Well you should turn the other wEmay
Cause we're never going back agFain
All you did was FstayG  
Holding on to yesterdEmay
Well it's never coming back agFain
[BRIDGE]
FYou can stay in the past
You can live a lGie
GSay I've changed
GCall me cold
Call me what you Emlike
And never know what it's like on the other Fside
FOh, you can stay in the past
You can live a Glie
GSay I've changed
GCall me cold
Call me what you Emlike
And never know what it's like on the other Fside
[CHORUS]
Did you think I'd FstayG?
Well you should turn the other wEmay
Cause we're never going back agFain
All you did was FstayG  
Holding on to yesterdEmay
Well it's never coming back agFain
[OUTRO]
FYou can stay in the past
You can live a lGie
GSay I've changed
GCall me cold
Call me what you Emlike
And never know what it's like on the other Fside
FOh, you can stay in the past
You can live a Glie
GSay I've changed
GCall me cold
Call me what you Emlike
And never know what it's like on the other Fside

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Stay

by Gabrielle Aplin

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

[INTRO]

C Am7 G C

[VERSE]

C Am7 G C

Life is like a circus wheel

C Am7 G C

And I never know how to feel

You're still livin' in the way back then

C Am7 G C

But I never meant to hurt you or to lose a friend

Cause times gone by on a runaway train

C Am7 G C

And there's nothing we can do to bring it back again

[PRE-CHORUS]

F G

But you, you're looking at me

Just say what you want

Just say what you need

F G

Cause I, was meant to be free

And come as I go

And go as I please

[CHORUS]

F G

Did you think I'd stay?

Well you should turn the other way

Cause we're never going back again

F G

All you did was stay

Holding on to yesterday

Well it's never coming back again

[VERSE]

C Am7 G C

Life, a couple hundred miles away

C Am7 G C

And I remember you like it was yesterday

[PRE-CHORUS]

F G

So why, why you looking at me?

It's not what you want

It's not what you need

[CHORUS]

F G

Did you think I'd stay?

Well you should turn the other way

Cause we're never going back again

F G

All you did was stay

Holding on to yesterday

Well it's never coming back again

[BRIDGE]

You can stay in the past

You can live a lie

Say I've changed

Call me cold

Call me what you like

And never know what it's like on the other side

Oh, you can stay in the past

You can live a lie

Say I've changed

Call me cold

Call me what you like

And never know what it's like on the other side

[CHORUS]

F G

Did you think I'd stay?

Well you should turn the other way

Cause we're never going back again

F G

All you did was stay

Holding on to yesterday

Well it's never coming back again

[OUTRO]

You can stay in the past

You can live a lie

Say I've changed

Call me cold

Call me what you like

And never know what it's like on the other side

Oh, you can stay in the past

You can live a lie

Say I've changed

Call me cold

Call me what you like

And never know what it's like on the other side

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