Playing Notes

For the intro part, I just play octaves (i.e. for E I play x7×9xx, D is x5×7xx, etc.)
The Chords

The Tragically Hip
Stay

E D C B A G \
F   F   C   / x2

F                               C
You did the best that you could do.
G
You were a great crew,
F
who tried to nurture and preserve your
G
faith in you.
F                         C
And with the bureau chiefs
G
and the shrugging spies
F                    G
You could stay, but why.

G

C
You see a light and then another
F
and everything you fought for
         C
naught's uncovered.
You're not a fighter, you're a lover.
                    Am
You got no business in here, brother
      F      G
so... stay.
Stay.

E D C B A G C
E D C B A G \
F F C       / x2

F                              C
Is it the worst that you could do?
G
You were a great you,
F
who tried to nurture and preserve your
G
faith in you
F                         C
and with the bureau chiefs
G
and the shrugging spies
F                  G
you could stay and why.

C
Cause you see a light and then another.
F
Everything you thought you
         C
sought's uncovered.
You're a fighter and a lover
                      Am
and there's no one up above her
      F      G
so ...stay.
Stay.

E D C B A G C

F C

F
All things being balanced,
                         C
it's balanced and called balancing
                            F
somewhere beyond everything it's being
balanced not for the
                    C
sake of balance but balancing between
the throes of learning
        Bb
and the entire thing
          C
entirely
Bb
balancing.

E D C B A G C

Tabbed by Matthew Gruman
http://matthewgruman.com