VERSE 1

Gm              Eb7
DOESN'T IT EVER STAY
Am                  D7
MUST IT ALWAYS FADE AWAY
Gm                 Eb7
COULDN'T LOVE EVER BE
Am                     D7
SOMETHING TANGIBLE AND REAL
Gm   Cm               Eb7
FAREWELL, FAIRWEATHER FRIEND
      Am                D7
ABANDONMENT RETURNS TO TAUNT ME AGAIN

CHORUS 1


Gm     Cm            F7
I ONLY WANTED YOU TO STAY
           Bb       Am        Gm
LINGER AND MEAN THE WORDS YOU SAID
          Cm       F7
FOOLISHLY I ROMANTICIZED
            Bb     Am              Gm
SOMEONE WAS SAVING MY LIFE FOR THE FIRST TIME
       Cm            A           
I ONLY WANTED YOU TO BE THERE WHEN I
D7                 Gm 
OPENED UP MY EYES

VERSE 2


  Gm                 Eb7
I WAS CAUGHT IN YOUR MASQUERADE
     Am                    D7
WISH I'D STAYED BENEATH MY VEIL
Gm                         Eb7
BUT IT JUST SEEMED SO EASY TO 
 Am               D7
OPEN UP MYSELF TO YOU
Gm   Cm               Eb7
ONCE MORE INTO THE WIND
           Am
THE EMBERS SCATTER
        D7
AND THE CHILL SETTLES IN

CHORUS 2


Gm     Cm            F7
I ONLY WANTED YOU TO STAY
           Bb       Am        Gm
LINGER AND MEAN THE WORDS YOU SAID
          Cm       F7
FOOLISHLY I ROMANTICIZED
            Bb     Am              Gm
SOMEONE WAS SAVING MY LIFE FOR THE FIRST TIME
       Cm            A           
I ONLY WANTED YOU TO BE THERE WHEN I
D7                 Gm 
OPENED UP MY EYES

GUITAR SOLO

CHORUS 3


Bbm    Ebm           Ab
I ONLY WANTED YOU TO STAY
           C#       Cm        Bbm
LINGER AND MEAN THE WORDS YOU SAID
          Ebm      Ab
FOOLISHLY I ROMANTICIZED
            C#     Cm              Bbm
SOMEONE WAS SAVING MY LIFE FOR THE FIRST TIME
Ebm                  Ab
I ONLY WANTED YOU TO BE
           C#     Cm           Bbm
THE ONE TO GET ME THROUGH THAT NIGHT
Ebm
I ONLY WANTED YOU
F7
TO BE THERE WHEN I
                 Bbm 
OPENED UP MY EYES

OH

DOESN'T IT EVER STAY?

I ONLY WANTED YOU TO 

STAY