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I Wont Stay

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
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Normal Tuning
Capo 5th fret
Chords:
Dsus2 (I don't think this is the right name...)
Lyrics:
If I go hGome
And come back Amanother day
Tell me I woCn't miss you muchD  
And I won't Gstay
And I saw Gdanger
When I went to look the Amother way
Didn't think I'd Cmiss you much
Didn't think, I knoDw I never tEmhink
Didn't think I'd Ammiss you much, DI forgot to thGink
[Chorus]
And I got my Dcats and my carpets
And my Gfish and my brain
I got the waDlls around me
GThey never change
I got my caDts and my carpetsG  
And the walDls around meG  
Well hello Gagain
You're another hour Amlate
You didn't think IC'd notice
You didn't think, I Dknow you never thinkEm  
You didn't think IAm'd notice
DWell you forgot to Gthink
[Repeat Chorus]
Solo:   G   Am   C  Dsus2-H- D  G  
                  ^
                  `-- My way of saying Dsus2 and then hammer-on to D
If I go home and come back another day
Tell me I won't miss you much
And I won't stay
[Repeat Chorus]
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I Wont Stay

by Holly McNarland

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 5 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Dsus2

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

Normal Tuning

Capo 5th fret

Chords:

Dsus2 (I don't think this is the right name...)

Lyrics:

If I go home

And come back another day

C D

Tell me I won't miss you much

And I won't stay

And I saw danger

When I went to look the other way

Didn't think I'd miss you much

D Em

Didn't think, I know I never think

Am D G

Didn't think I'd miss you much, I forgot to think

[Chorus]

And I got my cats and my carpets

And my fish and my brain

I got the walls around me

They never change

D G

I got my cats and my carpets

D G

And the walls around me

Well hello again

You're another hour late

You didn't think I'd notice

D Em

You didn't think, I know you never think

You didn't think I'd notice

D G

Well you forgot to think

[Repeat Chorus]

G Am C Dsus2 H D G

Solo: --

`-- My way of saying Dsus2 and then hammer-on to D

If I go home and come back another day

Tell me I won't miss you much

And I won't stay

[Repeat Chorus]

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