VERSE 1

G5              Eb5
DOESN'T IT EVER STAY
A5                  D5
MUST IT ALWAYS FADE AWAY
G5                 Eb5
COULDN'T LOVE EVER BE
A5                     D5
SOMETHING TANGIBLE AND REAL
G5   C5               Eb5
FAREWELL, FAIRWEATHER FRIEND
      A5                D5
ABANDONMENT RETURNS TO TAUNT ME AGAIN

CHORUS 1


G5     C5            F5
I ONLY WANTED YOU TO STAY
           Bb5       A5        G5
LINGER AND MEAN THE WORDS YOU SAID
          C5       F5
FOOLISHLY I ROMANTICIZED
            Bb5     A5              G5
SOMEONE WAS SAVING MY LIFE FOR THE FIRST TIME
       C5            A5           
I ONLY WANTED YOU TO BE THERE WHEN I
D5                 G5 
OPENED UP MY EYES

VERSE 2


  G5                 Eb5
I WAS CAUGHT IN YOUR MASQUERADE
     A5                    D5
WISH I'D STAYED BENEATH MY VEIL
G5                         Eb5
BUT IT JUST SEEMED SO EASY TO 
 A5               D5
OPEN UP MYSELF TO YOU
G5   C5               Eb5
ONCE MORE INTO THE WIND
           A5
THE EMBERS SCATTER
        D5
AND THE CHILL SETTLES IN

CHORUS 2


G5     C5            F5
I ONLY WANTED YOU TO STAY
           Bb5       A5        G5
LINGER AND MEAN THE WORDS YOU SAID
          C5       F5
FOOLISHLY I ROMANTICIZED
            Bb5     A5              G5
SOMEONE WAS SAVING MY LIFE FOR THE FIRST TIME
       C5            A5           
I ONLY WANTED YOU TO BE THERE WHEN I
D5                 G5 
OPENED UP MY EYES

GUITAR SOLO

CHORUS 3


Bb5    Eb5           Ab5
I ONLY WANTED YOU TO STAY
           C#5       C5        Bb5
LINGER AND MEAN THE WORDS YOU SAID
          Eb5      Ab5
FOOLISHLY I ROMANTICIZED
            C#5     C5              Bb5
SOMEONE WAS SAVING MY LIFE FOR THE FIRST TIME
Eb5                  Ab5
I ONLY WANTED YOU TO BE
           C#5     C5           Bb5
THE ONE TO GET ME THROUGH THAT NIGHT
Eb5
I ONLY WANTED YOU
F5
TO BE THERE WHEN I
                 Bb5 
OPENED UP MY EYES

OH

DOESN'T IT EVER STAY?

I ONLY WANTED YOU TO 

STAY