Please Stay

...PLEASE STAY... by The Drifters

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*Released 1961*





Intro:



       F           Bb

(Don't go), please stay,

       F           Bb

(Don't go), please stay.



Verse 1:



     Bb                     Dm

If I got on my knees, and I pleased with you,

       Bb                 Dm

Not to go, but stay in my arms.

          Eb           F7             Bb          Ebm

Would you walk out the door, like you did once be-fore?

    Bb            F7                   Bb

But this time, be different; would you stay?



Interlude:



       F           Bb           F

(Don't go), please stay, (don't go).



Verse 2:



     Bb                         Dm

If I call out your name, like a prayer in the night,

          Bb                     Dm

Would you leave me alone with my tears?

        Eb            F7            Bb             Ebm

Knowing I, I love you so; would you still turn and go?

         Bb            F7                 Bb

Or would this time, be different, in some way?



Interlude:



       F           Bb

(Don't go), please stay,

F        Bb

 (Please stay).



Bridge 1:



    Eb                    Bb

You took me away from the rest of the world,

         F7                         Bb

When you taught me to love you like this.

      Eb                       Bb

Now I hang by a thread, in the canyon of doom,

      Gm           Cm              Dm    F

But I still can be saved.. by your kiss...



Verse 3:



     Bb                     Dm

If I got on my knees, and I pleased with you,

       Bb                 Dm

Not to go, but stay in my arms.

          Eb           F7             Bb          Ebm

Would you walk out the door, like you did once be-fore?

    Bb            F7                   Bb

But this time, be different; would you stay?



Coda:



       F           Bb

(Don't go), please stay,

       F           Bb

(Don't go,  please stay.

       F           Bb

(Don't go), please sta-ay-ay-ay-ay...





CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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     F        Bb      Dm      Eb       F7       Ebm     Gm      Cm



 EAD G B E  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EAD GB E  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE

 x81010108  688766  x57765  x68886  x8108108  x68876  355333  x35543





Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2009 ([email protected])