All You Had To do Was Stay

Intro: G  D  A  Bm

G                            D
 People like you always want back 
                    A
The love they gave away
                           Bm
And people like me wanna believe you 
                       G
When you say you cha-a-anged
                          D                    A
The more I think about it now the less I kno-o-ow
                       Bm
All I know is that you drove us off the road

G
Stay, hey
                     D
All you had to do was, stay
                           A
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
Stay, hey
                       D
Now you say you want it, back
                       A
Now that it's just too late
                           Bm
Well, it could've been easy
               A           G
All you had to do was, stay
                           D
All you had to do was, stay
                           A
All you had to do was, stay
                           Bm
All you had to do was, stay
               A
All you had to do was stay 

G                            D
 Here you are now calling me up 
                         A
but I don't know what to say
                         Bm
I've been picking up the pieces 
       A            G
Of the mess you made
                            D
People like you always want back 
                      A
The love they pushed aside
                            Bm*
And people like me are gone forever 

When you say goodbye

G
Stay, hey
                     D
All you had to do was, stay
                           A
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
Stay, hey
                       D
Now you say you want it, back
                       A
Now that it's just too late
                           Bm
Well, it could've been easy
               A           G
All you had to do was, stay
                           D
All you had to do was, stay
                           A
All you had to do was, stay
                      Bm
All you had to do was  

            
Let me remind you 
G        D        A           Bm      A
This was what you wanted ohohoh,  you ended it
G        D     A            Bm     A            G*
you were all I wanted ohohoh,  but not like this
         D*    A*
Not like this
             Bm*
Not like this
                  
Oh, all you had to do was


G
Stay, hey
                     D
All you had to do was, stay
                           A
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
Stay, hey
                       D
Now you say you want it, back
                       A
Now that it's just too late
                           Bm
Well, it could've been easy
               A           G
All you had to do was, stay


G
Stay, hey
                     D
All you had to do was, stay
                           A
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
Stay, hey
                       D
Now you say you want it, back
                       A
Now that it's just too late
                           Bm
Well, it could've been easy
               A           G
All you had to do was, stay
                           D
All you had to do was, stay
                           A
All you had to do was, stay
                         Bm
All you had to do was, ooooo, 
               A*     A*
All you had to do was stay