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[Intro]
C  Am  Dm  C  F
[Verse]
 CYou say
AmI only hear what I want toDm  C  F  
CAnd you say
AmI talk so all the time, DmsoC  F  
DmAnd I thought what I feFlt was simple
DmAnd I thought that I dFon't belong
DmAnd now that I Fam leaving
DmNow I know that I dFid something wrong
'Cause I Fmissed you
Yeah..Fm.. I missed youDm  C  Dm  
CAnd you say
AmI only hear what I want to
I Dmdon't listen hard
I Cdon't pay attention
To the Fdistance
That you're running  to
CAnyone anywhere
I Dmdon't understCand if you really care
I'm F#maj7only hearing negative
No no no, bad....
So I, Dmturned the radio oCn
I turned the radio Dmup
And this woman was Csinging my song
DmLovers in love and the oCther's run away
DmLover is crying 'cause the oCther won't stay
And Dmsome of us hover when we wCeep
For the other who was dDmying
Since the day they were Cborn, well
Well, Dmthis is not that
I Cthink that I'm throwing
But I'm DmthrownC  
And I tDmhought I'd live forever
But now I'm not so sure
You try to Ftell me that I'm clever
But that won't take me anyhowDm  
Or anywChere
With yFou
And Dmyou said that I wCas naive
And DmI thought that I wCas strong
DmI thought, "hey, I can lCeave, I can leave"
Oh Dmbut now I know that I Cwas wrong
'Cause I Fmissed you
Yeah..Fm.., I missed youDm  C  Dm  C  
You said, "you cDmaught me cause you want me
And one day I'll let you go"
You try to Fgive away a keeper
Or keep me 'cause you know you're just soDm  
Scared to CloseF  
CAnd you sayAm  
"Stay...Dm  C  F  
CAnd you sayAm  
I only hear what I want toDm  C  F  

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Stay

by Annie LeBlanc

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#maj7

[Intro]

C Am Dm C F

[Verse]

You say

Am Dm C F

I only hear what I want to

And you say

Am Dm C F

I talk so all the time, so

Dm F

And I thought what I felt was simple

Dm F

And I thought that I don't belong

Dm F

And now that I am leaving

Dm F

Now I know that I did something wrong

'Cause I missed you

Fm Dm C Dm

Yeah.... I missed you

And you say

I only hear what I want to

I don't listen hard

I don't pay attention

To the distance

That you're running to

Anyone anywhere

Dm C

I don't understand if you really care

F#maj7

I'm only hearing negative

No no no, bad....

Dm C

So I, turned the radio on

I turned the radio up

And this woman was singing my song

Dm C

Lovers in love and the other's run away

Dm C

Lover is crying 'cause the other won't stay

Dm C

And some of us hover when we weep

For the other who was dying

Since the day they were born, well

Well, this is not that

I think that I'm throwing

Dm C

But I'm thrown

And I thought I'd live forever

But now I'm not so sure

You try to tell me that I'm clever

But that won't take me anyhow

Or anywhere

With you

Dm C

And you said that I was naive

Dm C

And I thought that I was strong

Dm C

I thought, "hey, I can leave, I can leave"

Dm C

Oh but now I know that I was wrong

'Cause I missed you

Fm Dm C Dm C

Yeah...., I missed you

You said, "you caught me cause you want me

And one day I'll let you go"

You try to give away a keeper

Or keep me 'cause you know you're just so

C F

Scared to lose

C Am

And you say

Dm C F

"Stay...

C Am

And you say

Dm C F

I only hear what I want to

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