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Intro:   F    Am    G   Am  
AmYou, you make my life much brighter 
     GYou're always on my mind  
AmYou, you make my load much lighter 
     GTrue love is hard to find 
      AmSometimes I feel I have to get away G  
I change my mind when I look in your eyes Am  
AmAnd when those clouds come in and try to darken our days G  
I'll always want you to 
Stay, sFtay darliGng {reAmpeat 3 times}      
 You saw through my lies and deception 
Yeah I was losing my way 
You, you gave my life some direction 
And now I'm ready to say 
I know there's bound to be some hard times ahead 
I'd be a fool to believe 
But if you go I'd rather think of dying instead 
I never want you to leave 
{Chorus} 
{Intermediate:} 
   FWhen you walked out my door G  
   FI knew you'd be back for mGore 
   FLet's leave the past behGind 
FTrue love is so hard to fiGnd 
{Chorus}

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Stay

by Madonna

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F Am G Am

Intro:

You, you make my life much brighter

You're always on my mind

You, you make my load much lighter

True love is hard to find

Am G

Sometimes I feel I have to get away

I change my mind when I look in your eyes

Am G

And when those clouds come in and try to darken our days

I'll always want you to

F G Am

Stay, stay darling {repeat 3 times}

You saw through my lies and deception

Yeah I was losing my way

You, you gave my life some direction

And now I'm ready to say

I know there's bound to be some hard times ahead

I'd be a fool to believe

But if you go I'd rather think of dying instead

I never want you to leave

{Chorus}

{Intermediate:}

F G

When you walked out my door

F G

I knew you'd be back for more

F G

Let's leave the past behind

F G

True love is so hard to find

{Chorus}

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