Can I Stay
Ray LaMontagne
Chord shapes (add9)/ / e|--3-------0-----------0-----0------2------0-------0-------0--------------| B|--0-------3-----------0-----2------1------3-------1-------1--------------| G|--0-------2-----------0-----0------2------1-------0-------0--------------| D|--0-------0-----------2-----2------0------2-------2-------2--------------| A|--x-------0-----------2-----0-------------2-------0-------3--------------| E|--3-------2-----------0-------------------0---------------3--------------| [Riff] (implied chord) (Gno5) (.no5) (Cno5/) (Dno5) ((#4no3no5))(.no5/) e|7-----------5-----------8-----------------------3-----------5-----------| B|------------------------------------7-----------------------------------| G|------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----| D|5-----------4-----------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------7-----------5-----------4-----------3-----------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| OR (observe the (Dno5) "chord") (implied chord) (Gno5) (.no5) (Cno5/) (Dno5) ((#4no3no5))(.no5/) e|7-----------5-----------8-----------2-----------3-----------5-----------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----| D|5-----------4-----------------------0-----------------------------------| A|------------------------7-----------------------4-----------3-----------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| End riff (with exception of the very last [Riff] on G chord. Occasionaly play around with the sus4. e|----------3--------------------------------------------3----------------| B|----------0--------------------------------------------1----------------| G|----------0--------------------------------------------0----------------| D|----------0--------------------------------------------2----------------| A|----------x--------------------------------------------x----------------| E|----------3--------------------------------------------3----------------| [Riff] [Verse 1a] Can I stay here with you ’til the morning? I am so far from home and I feel a little stoned [Verse 1b] Can I stay here with you ’til the morning? There’s nothing I want more than to wake up on your floor [Refrain] Lay with me in your thinnest dress Fill my heart with each caress Between your blissful kisses whisper "Darling is this love?" [Riff] [Verse 2a] Can I stay here with you ’til the day breaks? There’s something you should know I ain’t got no place to go [Verse 2b] Can I stay here with you ’til the day breaks? How happy it would make me to see your face when I awake [Refrain] Lay with me in your thinnest dress Fill my heart with each caress Between your blissful kisses whisper "Darling is this love?" [Riff] [Verse 3a] Can I stay here with you through the nighttime? I’ve fallen sad inside and I need a place to hide [Verse 3b] Can I stay here with you through the nighttime? I am so sad it’s true now won’t you take me to your room? [Refrain] Lay with me in your thinnest dress Fill my heart with each caress Between your blissful kisses whisper "Darling is this love?" [Outro] sung with [Riff] Whis - per to me "is this... love?" e|7-----------5-----------8-----------2-----------3-----------5-----------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----| D|5-----------4-----------------------0-----------------------------------| A|------------------------7-----------------------4-----------3-----------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| [Riff](No End on G)