The Tragically Hip – Stay (Guitar)

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Playing Notes For the intro part, I just play octaves (i.e. for E I play x7×9xx, D is x5×7xx, etc.) The Chords E D C B A G \ F F C / x2
F                               C
You did the best that you could do.

G
You were a great crew,

F
who tried to nurture and preserve your

G
faith in you.

F                         C
And with the bureau chiefs

G
and the shrugging spies

F                    G
You could stay, but why.
G
Am
You see a light and then another

F
and everything you fought for

         C
naught's uncovered.
You're not a fighter, you're a lover.
                    Am
You got no business in here, brother

      F      G
so... stay.
Stay. E D C B A G C E D C B A G \ F F C / x2
F                              C
Is it the worst that you could do?

G
You were a great you,

F
who tried to nurture and preserve your

G
faith in you

F                         C
and with the bureau chiefs

G
and the shrugging spies

F                  G
you could stay and why.

Am
Cause you see a light and then another.

F
Everything you thought you

         C
sought's uncovered.
You're a fighter and a lover
                      Am
and there's no one up above her

      F      G
so ...stay.
Stay. E D C B A G C F C
F
All things being balanced,

                         C
it's balanced and called balancing

                            F
somewhere beyond everything it's being
balanced not for the
                    C
sake of balance but balancing between
the throes of learning
        Bb
and the entire thing

          C
entirely

Bb
balancing.
E D C B A G C Tabbed by Matthew Gruman http://matthewgruman.com