"Why Don't You Stay" is track 8 from Candice's album "It's Always the Innocent Ones"
released in 2007.
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
B - x12341 Fret : 2
F# - 134211 Fret : 2
E - 023100
Dbm - x13421 Fret : 4
G - 210034
A - x01230
Strumming the intro:
B (DOWN UP DOWN)
F# (DOWN UP DOWN)
E (DOWN UP DOWN DOWN UP DOWN UP)
B (DOWN UP DOWN)
F# (DOWN UP DOWN)
E (DOWN UP DOWN DOWN UP DOWN UP)
B (DOWN)
Intro: B F# E B F# E B
[Verse 1:]
B F# E
It’s been awhile since I’ve really cared
B F# E
About something I never knew was there
B F# E
And I tried, oh how I tried
Dbm E
But now I gotta see you go and walk away
F# B E
Why don’t you stay?
[Verse 2:]
B F# E
Lonely day laying on my floor
B F# E
Your favorite shirt is hanging on my door
B F# E
And all I can do is cry
Dbm E
Thinkin' ‘bout the things I never got to say
F# B E
Why don’t you stay?
B F# E
Why don’t you stay?
[Verse 3:]
G A
Now that it’s too late
G A
Bring on the heartbreak
A B E
The sun don’t ever wanna shine
E B F# E
The sun don’t ever wanna shine
[Interlude:]
B (DOWN UP DOWN UP)
F# (DOWN UP DOWN UP)
E (DOWN UP DOWN UP DOWN UP DOWN UP)
B (DOWN UP DOWN UP)
F# (DOWN UP DOWN UP)
E (DOWN UP DOWN UP DOWN UP DOWN UP)
B (DOWN)
[Bridge:]
B E B
I never thought it’d be so hard to let go
B F# E
Just like Dylan sang on my radio
B F# E
I wish I could just hit rewind
Dbm E
But now I gotta see you go and walk away
F# B
Why don’t you stay?
E B F# E
Why don’t you stay?
[Verse 4:]
G A
Damn the chance that I didn’t take
G A
Go on and bring on the heartbreak
G A
It won’t be the same without you
B E
I wish that I could make you mine
E B F# E
If I could only make you mine
E B F# E
Why don’t you stay?
E B F# E (Strum DOWN once and ring out)
Why don’t you stay?
:)