PLEASE STAY: CRYIN’ SHAMES (Bacharach/Hilliard) 73 – 4/4

This song was first recorded by the Drifters, who had a top 20 hit with it in the U.S.A. in 1961. 
This is a version of The Cryin' Shames, who had a minor hit with it in the U.K. in 1966.

Web site: http://www.45-rpm.org.uk/dirc/cryins.htm

|./.    |: Repeat the previous Chord and Measure of 4-Counts. 

Intro: |G    |Bm    |G    |Bm

Verse 1:

    |G                    |Bm
IF I GOT ON MY KNEE  AND I PLEADED WITH YOU,
      |G                    |Bm
NOT TO GO  BUT TO STAY IN MY ARMS.
         |C            |D7            |G           |C      |
WOULD YOU WALK  OUT THE DOOR, LIKE YOU DID  ONCE BE-FORE.
G            |D7               |G          |D7
THIS TIME  BE DIFFERENT  PLEASE STAY  DON'T GO.

Verse 2:

    |G                        |Bm               |G                   |Bm
IF I CALL OUT YOUR NAME LIKE A PRAYER, WOULD YOU LEAVE ME ALONE IN MY FEAR.
       |C          |D7            |G              |C     |
KNOWING I  NEED YOU SO,  WOULD YOU STILL  TURN AND GO.
G            |D7               |G          |D7        |G    |G7
THIS TIME  BE DIFFERENT, PLEASE STAY  DON'T GO, PLEASE STAY.

Chorus:

 |C                      |G                   |D7                    |G
I LOVED YOU BEFORE I EVEN KNEW YOUR NAME, AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU MY HEART.
   |C                       |G                            |D
BUT NOW YOU CAME BACK, AFTER LEAVING ME ONE TIME. THOUGH I KNEW,
        |./.                           |Bm    |D7
OH HOW I KNEW  THAT THE HEARTACHE WOULD STA -  RT.

Verse 3 + Outro:

    |G                        |Bm             |G                    |Bm
IF I CALL OUT YOUR NAME LIKE A SONG, WHICH WAS WRITTEN FOR YOU YOU A-LONE.
         |C             |D7       |G            |C     |
WOULD YOU STILL  HURT MY PRIDE, BA-BY  AFTER I'D CRIED.
G            |D7                |G           |D7         |G
THIS TIME  BE DIFFERENT,  PLEASE STAY,  DON'T GO,  PLEASE STAY.
             |D7                             |G          |D7        |G
YOU KNOW I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU DARLING, PLEASE STAY, DON'T GO, PLEASE STAY.

               
This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation
of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship,
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