[Intro] G  D  A  Bm

G                            D
 People like you always want back
                    A
The love they gave away
                           Bm
And people like me wanna believe you
A                      G
When you say you cha-a-anged
                          D                    A
The more I think about it now the less I kno-o-ow
                       Bm     A
All I know is that you drove us off the road

G
Stay, hey
                     D
All you had to do was, stay
                           A
Had me in the palm of your hand, hand
                         Bm                A
Why'd you have to go and lock me up when I let you in?

G
Stay, hey
                       D
Now you say you want it, back
                       A
Now that it's just too late
                           Bm
Well, it could've been easy
               A           G
All you had to do was, stay
                           D
All you had to do was, stay
                           A
All you had to do was, stay
                           Bm
All you had to do was, stay
               A
All you had to do was stay

G                            D
 Here you are now calling me up
                         A
But I don't know what to say
                         Bm
I've been picking up the pieces
       A            G
Of the mess you made
                            D
People like you always want back
                      A
The love they pushed aside
                            Bm 
And people like me are gone forever
A
When you say goodbye

G
Stay, hey
                     D
All you had to do was, stay
                           A
Had me in the palm of your hand, hand
                         Bm                A
Why'd you have to go and lock me up when I let you in?

G
Stay, hey
                       D
Now you say you want it, back
                       A
Now that it's just too late
                           Bm
Well, it could've been easy
               A           G
All you had to do was, stay
                           D
All you had to do was, stay
                           A
All you had to do was, stay
                      Bm
All you had to do was

Let me remind you
G        D        A           Bm      A
This was what you wanted ohohoh,  you ended it
G        D     A            Bm     A            G 
You were all I wanted ohohoh,  but not like this
         D     A 
Not like this
             Bm  A
Not like this

Oh, all you had to do was

G
Stay, hey
                     D
All you had to do was, stay
                           A
Had me in the palm of your hand, hand
                         Bm                A
Why'd you have to go and lock me up when I let you in?

G
Stay, hey
                       D
Now you say you want it, back
                       A
Now that it's just too late
                           Bm
Well, it could've been easy
               A           G
All you had to do was, stay

G
Stay, hey
                     D
All you had to do was, stay
                           A
Had me in the palm of your hand, hand
                         Bm                A
Why'd you have to go and lock me up when I let you in?

G
Stay, hey
                       D
Now you say you want it, back
                       A
Now that it's just too late
                           Bm
Well, it could've been easy
               A           G
All you had to do was, stay
                           D
All you had to do was, stay
                           A
All you had to do was, stay
                         Bm
All you had to do was, ooooo
               A      
All you had to do was stay