Key: A
Introduction:
A E
I've been sitting here staring at the clock on the wall
A E
And I've been laying here praying, praying she won't call
Bm
It's just another call from home
D A E
You?ll get it and be gone and I'll be crying
A E
I'll be begging you baby, beg you not to leave
A E
But I'll be left here waiting' with my heart on my sleeve
Bm
Oh for the next time we'll be here
D A E
Seems like a million years, and I think I'm dying
Bm D
What do I have to do to make you see
Bm D E
She can't love you like me
A
Why don't you stay
D
I'm down on my knees
Bm
I'm so tired of being lonely
E
Don't I give you what you need
C#m F#m
When she calls you to go
D
There's one thing you should know
Bm E
We don't have to live this way
A E Bm D E
Baby, why don't you stay
Verse
A E
You keep telling me baby there will come a time
A E
When you will leave her arms and forever be in mine
Bm
Well I don't think that's the truth
D A E
And I don't like being used and I'm tired of waiting
Bm D
It's too much pain to have to bare
Bm D E
To love a man you have to share
A
Why don't you stay
D
I'm down on my knees
Bm
I'm so tired of being lonely
E
Don't I give you what you need
C#m F#m
When she calls you to go
D
There's one thing you should know
Bm E
We don't have to live this way
A
Baby, why don't you stay
Verse
Bm
I can't take it any longer
D
But my will is getting stronger
Bm E
And I think I know just what I have to do
Bm
I can't waste another minute
D
After all that I've put in it
Bm
I've given you my best
E
Why does she get the best of you
Bm
So next time you find
D E
You want to leave her bed for mine
A
Why don't you stay
D
I'm up off my knees
Bm
I'm so tired of being lonely
E
You can't give me what I need
C#m F#m
When she begs you not to go
D
There's one thing you should know
Bm E
I don't have to live this way
A E Bm D E A
Baby why don't you stay