Hayes Carll – Stay Here Awhile (Guitar)

Capo 4
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As recorded by Hayes Carll (2025 release) [Intro] C F G C F G C F G C F F [Verse 1]
G              C       F
Looking out my window

        G    C          F
On this easy afternoon

G       C         F
Just daydreaming

    G            C     F
And humming on a tune

G          C     F
Letting my mind

   G        C            F
Go where it wants to go

    G        C      F
I'm not in a hurry

             F
No reason to worry

        G       C     F
Nothing I gotta know
[Chorus]
        G
I spent so long climbing the hill

      F
But I only started moving when I got still

    Am             G         F
The pace these days suits my style

                           C      F G C   F
So I think I'll stay here awhile
[Verse 2]
G                C         F
Look at that ol' blue jay

G               C    F
Building up her nest

          G              C
She don't take guff from nobody

                   F
Something's on her mind

               G            C             F
You know she's gonna get it off her chest

G              C        F
Let me be that blue jay

G           C    F
Knowing I belong

G             C                         F
And no matter what lies on the road up ahead

      G           C        F
May I always have my song
[Chorus]
G
All those years chasing a thrill

      F
But I never could get my fill

Am          G                F
These days, I can't help but smile

                           Am
So I think I'll stay here awhile
[Instrumental Break] G C F Am G F [Verse 3]
                 C    F
It seems like forever

      G           C       F
I was holding on so tight

G        C
Life was a struggle

F       G              C      F
Oh, and love, it was a fight

G              C        F
Won't somebody save me?

  G         C        F
I cried and I cried

G     C                      F
Turns out what I needed all along

       G            C     F
It was right here inside
[Chorus]
  G
I worked so hard to get that lesson learned

    F
I'd like to spend time with the peace I've earned

Am             G              F
Sounds like my station on the dial

                        C
I think I'll stay here awhile
[Outro] F G C F G C F G C F G C F G C F G C F G C