Notes: Alison does this in F#, (capo on fret #4) 
If you can play the style where you hit the bass string and then 
strum , then (on both verse and chorus) hit the bass notes in the 
D5 to E5 
progression in a descending scale; i.e.,  
D5   A5   B5  A5  G5  D5  E5   
so the bass notes are: 
D5   C#5   B5   A5  G5  F#5   E5  
 

Stay 
 
Verse1: 
D5     A5        B5 
Where have you been, 
   A5         G5 
My long lost friend?  
     D5       E5        A5 
It's good to see you again. 
D5        A5         B5 
Come and sit for a while; 
     A5           G5   
I've missed your smile. 
  D5       E5          A5 
Today the past is goodbye. 
F5    E5     D5  
Time can't erase 
F5    E5      D5    A5 
A lover's embrace. 
                  B5 
Can't you hear it calling? 
          E5 
A new day dawning 
         G5          F5     G5  
You were longing to find. 
 
Verse2: 

Love's taken you far  

Away from my heart,  

And I've been here all alone. 

Have your eyes failed to find 

What took you from mine, 

A vision that's faded through time? 

But you sail away, 

Farther than a summer's day, 

Cause you heard it calling, 

A new day dawning, 

You were longing to find. 
 

D5     A5    G5      D5        G5      
There is a way to make you stay. 
D5      E5          A5  
Darlin don't turn away. 
D5     A5          G5          D5       G5  
Don't doubt your heart, and keep us apart; 
D5         F5         G5 
I'm right where you are. 
D5 
Stay.  
 
(solo over verse) 
(repeat Chorus)