Key: D
Introduction:
D
I would rather stay here
Bm
where the flowers bloom and the sun, it shines
it shines on you
G A D
It lights up your eyes
BmA G(x2)
Bm A G
Sitting here all by ourselves, counting all the people
Bm A G
As they pass us by
Bm A
They gather all around, stare on down
G D Em
Into a dark, dark, pit
BmA G
Don't go, please don't go
Bm A
But they step on in, they fall all in
G
They walk all over you
Bm A G D Em
One step at a time they walk in a line down a false, false, hope
D
I would rather stay here
Bm
where the flowers bloom and the sun, it shines
it shines on you
G A D
it lights up your eyes
D
I would rather stay here
where the moon, it glows
Bm
soaring doves and falling crows
G A D
laughter is the only sound here
D Em G D
If i had one wish, I'd fill up that pit, I'd fill up that pit
Em
I'd cry till it filled to the brim
G D
You'd swim to the top, and I'd grab your hand
Bm A
Oh how can I, how can I convince you to stay
G
where all the flowers bloom and the grass it sways
Bm A
And the rain, it pours, and the waves all roar
G
and the trees they grow, and the falling crow
Bm A
soars down into that dark cold pit
G
and you follow it in, oh you follow it in
D
I would rather stay here
Bm
where the flowers bloom and the sun, it shines
it shines on you
G A D
it lights up your eyes
D
I would rather stay here
where the moon, it glows
Bm
soaring doves and falling crows
G A D
laughter is the only sound here
D Em G D
If i had one wish, I'd fill up that pit, I'd fill up that pit
Em
I'd cry till it filled to the brim
G D
You'd swim to the top, and I'd grab your hand