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