Key: C
Introduction:
C C/B
I have seen you at the window
Am Am/G
I've heard you at the door
F
I've felt the world convince you
G
You could even up the score
C C/B
Watched you carry all the mem'ries
Am Am/G
Of a life that came before
G
Then went away
F/G C
But I will stay
C C/B
I remember how you told me
Am Am/G
You felt it all might fall apart
F
You barely made it into this world
G
And you've been fighting from the start
C C/B
It's not easy to believe
Am Am/G
But I will protect your heart
F G
In every way
C
I will stay
C C/B A C
Warm rain on the water
C/B Am
A lone star in the night
C C/B Am
Brave dreams to hold on to
G
It will be alright
C C/B
And it's hard to keep believing
Am Am/G
All the stories you've been told
F
And to watch the way you try, babe
G
Is a sight to behold
C C/B
And sometimes you will get angry
Am Am/G
And sometimes you will get cold
F F/G
But that's okay
C
I will stay
Em
There's a ghost in every garden
Am
And a lock on every door
F
And all of them remind you
G
Of the ones who came before
Em
There's a pain in every mem'ry
Am Am/G F
You don't have to hold no more
C C/B
Now the summer sun is fading
Am
And the autumn's in the hall
F
And if time would just stop moving
F/G
It wouldn't bother you at all
C C/B
But your story isn't finished
Am Am/G
You got so much more to say
F G
And I can't wait
F G
So I will stay
C
I will stay