PLEASE STAY: CRYIN’ SHAMES (Bacharach/Hilliard) 73 – 6/4
This song was first recorded by the Drifters, who had a top 20 hit with it in the U.S.A. in 1961.
This is a version by: The Cryin' Shames, who had a minor hit with it in the U.K. in 1966.
Web site: http://www.45-rpm.org.uk/dirc/cryins.htm
|./. |: Repeat the previous Chord and Measure of 6-Counts.
Intro: |G |Bm |G |Bm
Verse 1:
|G |Bm
IF I GOT ON MY KNEE AND I PLEADED WITH YOU,
|G |Bm
NOT TO GO BUT TO STAY IN MY ARMS.
|C |D7 |G |C |
WOULD YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR, LIKE YOU DID ONCE BE-FORE.
G |D7 |G |D7
THIS TIME BE DIFFERENT PLEASE STAY DON'T GO.
Verse 2:
|G |Bm |G |Bm
IF I CALL OUT YOUR NAME LIKE A PRAYER, WOULD YOU LEAVE ME ALONE IN MY FEAR.
|C |D7 |G |C |
KNOWING I NEED YOU SO, WOULD YOU STILL TURN AND GO.
G |D7 |G |D7 |G |G7
THIS TIME BE DIFFERENT, PLEASE STAY DON'T GO, PLEASE STAY.
Chorus:
|C |G |D7 |G
I LOVED YOU BEFORE I EVEN KNEW YOUR NAME, AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU MY HEART.
|C |G |D
BUT NOW YOU CAME BACK, AFTER LEAVING ME ONE TIME. THOUGH I KNEW,
|./. |Bm |D7
OH HOW I KNEW THAT THE HEARTACHE WOULD STA - RT.
Verse 3 + Outro:
|G |Bm |G |Bm
IF I CALL OUT YOUR NAME LIKE A SONG, WHICH WAS WRITTEN FOR YOU YOU A-LONE.
|C |D7 |G |C |
WOULD YOU STILL HURT MY PRIDE, BA-BY AFTER I'D CRIED.
G |D7 |G |D7 |G
THIS TIME BE DIFFERENT, PLEASE STAY, DON'T GO, PLEASE STAY.
|D7 |G |D7 |G
YOU KNOW I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU DARLING, PLEASE STAY, DON'T GO, PLEASE STAY.
Tab by: DAIRYBEAT (André H. Hofman, Purmerend, The Netherlands).
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