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Couldnt Make Her Stay

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Dmajor

90BPM

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1/35

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 35Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Capo on the 3rd fret
e|---Dmaj72-----Gmaj72-----Em0---A0---Bm2---G3---F#m72----Bm7/A2-----C0---|
B|---2-----0-----0---2---3---0---2----3-----1---|
G|---2-----0-----0---2---4---0---2----4-----0---|
D|---0-----0-----2---2---4---0---2----4-----2---|
A|---x-----x-----2---0---2---2---4----0-----3---|
E|---x-----3-----0---x---x---3---2----x-----x---|
[Intro]
Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7
[Verse]
 EmSometimes I Esus4sit and I woDmaj7nder
 EmWhy, things Esus4turned out this Dmaj7way
 EmAll the Esus4times she made me Dmaj7happyBm  
 Gmaj7but I couldn't make hGer Dmaj7stay
 F#m7Now I need some loBmvin'
 F#m7Don't want to spend my life alBmone
 F#m7Yea, yea I need BmsomebodyBm7/A  
 Gmaj7It's so sad to be aClone
 Gmaj7It's so sad to be aAlone
[Solo]
(tabs relative to open strings)
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-------10-12b14~~~~~12s10~~~~~~~~~~~s12s14~~~~-|
D|-10-12-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|-12b14~~~12-10h12p10~~~-|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-----10----10-12b13b12-10----10--------|
D|-s12----12----------------12----10~~~~-|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

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Couldnt Make Her Stay

by Foghat

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Dmaj7

Gmaj7

F#m7

Bm7/A

Esus4

Capo on the 3rd fret

Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Em A Bm G F#m7 Bm7/A C

e|---2-----2-----0---0---2---3---2----2-----0---|

B|---2-----0-----0---2---3---0---2----3-----1---|

G|---2-----0-----0---2---4---0---2----4-----0---|

D|---0-----0-----2---2---4---0---2----4-----2---|

A|---x-----x-----2---0---2---2---4----0-----3---|

E|---x-----3-----0---x---x---3---2----x-----x---|

[Intro]

Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7

[Verse]

Em Esus4 Dmaj7

Sometimes I sit and I wonder

Em Esus4 Dmaj7

Why, things turned out this way

Em Esus4 Dmaj7 Bm

All the times she made me happy

Gmaj7 G Dmaj7

but I couldn't make her stay

F#m7 Bm

Now I need some lovin'

F#m7 Bm

Don't want to spend my life alone

F#m7 Bm Bm7/A

Yea, yea I need somebody

Gmaj7 C

It's so sad to be alone

Gmaj7 A

It's so sad to be alone

[Solo]

(tabs relative to open strings)

e|-----------------------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------------------|

G|-------10-12b14~~~~~12s10~~~~~~~~~~~s12s14~~~~-|

D|-10-12-----------------------------------------|

A|-----------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------|

B|------------------------|

G|-12b14~~~12-10h12p10~~~-|

D|------------------------|

A|------------------------|

E|------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------------|

G|-----10----10-12b13b12-10----10--------|

D|-s12----12----------------12----10~~~~-|

A|---------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------|

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