All You Had To Do Was Stay

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Taylor Swift - All You Had To Do Was Stay
Capo 3rd
G D A Bm
Intro | | | ||
hey, hey, hey, hey
Verse 1
G D A
People like you always want back the love they gave away
Bm
And people like me wanna believe you when you say you changed
G D A
The more I think about it now the less I know
Bm
All I know is that you drove us off the road
Chorus
G D A
Stay, hey, all you had to do was stay, had me in the palm of your hand, hand
Bm A
Why'd you have to go and lock me up when I let you in?
G D A
Stay, hey, now you say you want it back now that it's just too late
Bm A
Well, it could've been easy, all you had to do was stay
G D
All you had to do was stay, all you had to do was stay
A Bm A
All you had to do was stay, all you had to do was stay
Verse 2
G D A
Here you are now calling me up but I don't know what to say
Bm A
I've been picking up the pieces of the mess you made
G D A
People like you always want back the love they pushed aside
Bm
And people like me are gone forever when you say goodbye
Chorus
G D A
Stay, hey, all you had to do was stay, had me in the palm of your hand, hand
Bm A
Why'd you have to go and lock me up when I let you in?
G D A
Stay, hey, now you say you want it back now that it's just too late
Bm A
Well, it could've been easy, all you had to do was stay
G D
All you had to do was stay, all you had to do was stay
A Bm A
All you had to do was stay, let me remind you
Bridge
G D A Bm A
This was what you wanted ohohoh, you ended it
G D A Bm A
You were all I wanted ohohoh, but not like this
G D A Bm
Not like this, not like this, oh, all you had to do was
Chorus
G D A
Stay, hey, all you had to do was stay, had me in the palm of your hand, hand
Bm A
Why'd you have to go and lock me up when I let you in?
G D A
Stay, hey, now you say you want it back now that it's just too late
Bm A
Well, it could've been easy, all you had to do was
G D A
Stay, hey, all you had to do was stay, had me in the palm of your hand, hand
Bm A
Why'd you have to go and lock me up when I let you in?
G D A
Stay, hey, now you say you want it back now that it's just too late
Bm A
Well, it could've been easy, all you had to do was stay
G D A
All you had to do was stay, all you had to do was stay
A Bm A
N.C.
All you had to do was stay, ooh, all you had to do was stay

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Taylor Swift - All You Had To Do Was Stay
Capo 3rd 
Verse 1
Chorus
Verse 2
Chorus
Bridge
Chorus

All You Had To Do Was Stay Chords by Taylor Swift

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All You Had To Do Was Stay Chords · Taylor Swift