Ray LaMontagne – Can I Stay (Guitar Live)

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Chords

Chord shapes
    G   D(add9)/F#     Em     A7     D7     E7     Am7     C/G
e|--3-------0-----------0-----0------2------0-------0-------0--------------|
B|--0-------3-----------0-----2------1------3-------1-------1--------------|
G|--0-------2-----------0-----0------2------1-------0-------0--------------|
D|--0-------0-----------2-----2------0------2-------2-------2--------------|
A|--x-------0-----------2-----0-------------2-------0-------3--------------|
E|--3-------2-----------0-------------------0---------------3--------------|
[Riff]
(implied chord)
 (Gno5)   (F#m.no5)    (Cno5/E)     (Dno5)   (G(#4no3no5))(Am.no5/C)
e|7-----------5-----------8-----------------------3-----------5-----------|
B|------------------------------------7-----------------------------------|
G|------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
D|5-----------4-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------7-----------5-----------4-----------3-----------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
OR (observe the (Dno5) "chord")
(implied chord)
 (Gno5)   (F#m.no5)    (Cno5/E)     (Dno5)   (G(#4no3no5))(Am.no5/C)
e|7-----------5-----------8-----------2-----------3-----------5-----------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
D|5-----------4-----------------------0-----------------------------------|
A|------------------------7-----------------------4-----------3-----------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

End riff (with exception of the very last [Riff]
         on G chord. Occasionaly play around with the sus4.
e|----------3--------------------------------------------3----------------|
B|----------0--------------------------------------------1----------------|
G|----------0--------------------------------------------0----------------|
D|----------0--------------------------------------------2----------------|
A|----------x--------------------------------------------x----------------|
E|----------3--------------------------------------------3----------------|
[Riff] [Verse 1a]
          G            D(add9)/F#     Em
Can I stay, here with you, 'til the morning?

  A7                          D7
I am so far from home, and I feel a little stoned
[Verse 1b]
          G            D(add9)/F#    E7
Can I stay, here with you, 'til the morning?

          Am7                          D7
There's nothing I want more, than to wake up on your floor
[Refrain]
Em                    A7
Lay with me in your thinnest dress

Em                    A7
Fill my heart with each caress

D7
Between your blissful kisses, whisper

                   C/G   G
"Darling, is this love?"
[Riff] [Verse 2a]
          G            D(add9)/F#     Em
Can I stay, here with you, 'til the day breaks?

         A7
There's something you should know

          D7
I ain't got no place to go
[Verse 2b]
         G             D(add9)/F#    E7
Can I stay, here with you, 'til the day breaks?

    Am7                         D7
How happy it would make me to see your face when I awake
[Refrain]
Em                   A7
Lay with me in your thinnest dress

Em                 A7
Fill my heart with each caress

  D7
Between your blissful kisses, whisper

                   C/G   G
"Darling, is this love?"
[Riff] [Verse 3a]
         G             D(add9)/F#        Em
Can I stay, here with you, through the nighttime?

      A7                       D7
I've fallen sad inside, and I need a place to hide
[Verse 3b]
         G             D(add9)/F#        E7
Can I stay, here with you, through the nighttime?

   Am7                                   D7
I am so sad it's true, now, won't you take me to your room?
[Refrain]
Em                   A7
Lay with me in your thinnest dress

Em                 A7
Fill my heart with each caress

  D7
Between your blissful kisses, whisper

                   C/G   G
"Darling, is this love?"
[Outro] sung with [Riff]
                                                                             G
 Whis   -    per         to           me,        "is        this...        love?"

e|7-----------5-----------8-----------2-----------3-----------5-----------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
D|5-----------4-----------------------0-----------------------------------|
A|------------------------7-----------------------4-----------3-----------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Riff](No End on G)