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Stay With Me

Lorraine Ellison

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 22:11:20 -0400
From: Andrew Rogers 
Subject: /e/ellison_lorraine/stay_with_me.crd

                             "Stay With Me"
                     (Jerry Ragovoy - George Weiss)

Intro:

	(piano - arpeggiated chords):

	C                       Dm7
	/ / /  / / /  / / /  / / /

	G                        F
	/ / /  / / /  / / /  / / /

Verse 1:

	  C     D7/C
	Where    did you go
	Fdim7/C                    C
	        When things went wrong, baby
	F     Em
	  Who did you run to
	     Gm                 F
	And find a shoulder to lay your head upon
	      Am7/D          D7
	Baby, wasn't I there
	        Dm7/G       G           Dm7/G   G
	Didn't I take good care of you
	Dm7/G      G                  Dm7/G       G
	No, no, I can't believe you're leaving me

Chorus 1:

	C      Dm7      G   [1: F]
	  Stay with me baby
	  C     Dm7           G
	Please, stay with me baby
	  C     Dm7           G     [2: to bridge]
	Oh!  Stay    with me baby
	        F     C
	I can't go on

Verse 2:

	Who did you touch
	When you needed tenderness
	I gave you so much
	And in return I found happiness
	Baby, what did I do
	Maybe, maybe I was too good - too good to you
	No, no, I can't believe you're leaving me

Chorus 2:

	Stay with me baby
	Oh!  Stay with me baby
	Please, please stay with me baby

Bridge:

	  Dm7           Em7
	Remember   you said you'd always gonna need me
	  Dm7           Em7
	Remember   you said you'd never, ever leave me
	   F                     Ab
	Remember, remember, I'm asking you, begging you, oh, oh

Chorus 3:

	Oh, stay with me baby
	Please, honey, stay with me baby
	Stay with me, baby
	I can't go on

Coda:

	(C)        Dm7 G
	 / / /  / / /  / / /  / / /
	(on..)

	C            Dm7  G   [continue]
	Oh, stay with me baby
	I'm beggin' you, stay with me baby
	Stay - stay - stay with me, baby  [fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers