-Standard Tuning-
-Capo 2-
The chords are played as follows:
C: x32033
Bm#5: x20033 I will call this Bm in the sheet
Em: x22033
G: 320033
A7sus4: x00233 I will call this A7 in the sheet
Verse 1:
C Bm Em G C
You’ve gotta go Barbie doll castles are closing down
(C) Bm Em G C
You’re off to the show And I’d never tell you to turn around now
(C) Bm Em G C
Remember your coat, I Remember the winter that you came around
(C) Bm Em A7 C
Before you hit the road Why don’t you dance with me now?
Chorus:
Em A7 G C
Why don’t you stay? The song only lasts for so long
Em A7 G C
All I can say Is I’ll miss you the moment you’re gone
Em A7 G C
So show me that smile and hang for awhile You’re headed a lifetime away
Em A7 G
Why don’t you stay?
Verse 2:
C Bm Em G C
Don’t draw the shades Let the king lie in the setting sun
(C) Bm Em G C
I’ve got so much to say now It’s funny the days when the courage comes
(C) Bm Em G C
Before you fly away Know it goes on, everything you’ve begun
(C) Bm Em A7 C
The band is still playing Why don’t we wait till they’re done?
Chorus:
Em A7 G C
Why don’t you stay? The song only lasts for so long
Em A7 G C
All I can say Is I’ll miss you the moment you’re gone
Em A7 G C
So show me that smile and hang for awhile You’re headed a lifetime away
Em A7 G
Why don’t you stay?
Instrumental
Verse 3:
C Bm Em G C
One more for the road Some soldiers won’t die ‘til the light of day
(C) Bm Em G C
And drinking alone, is For only the loneliest anyway
(C) Bm Em G C
So here’s to the ghosts And here’s to the games that we lost and we loved
(C) Bm Em A7 C
We come and we go But a lifetime is never enough
Chorus:
Em A7 G C
Why don’t you stay? The song only lasts for so long
Em A7 G C
All I can say Is I’ll miss you the moment you’re gone
Em A7 G C
So show me that smile and hang for awhile You’re headed a lifetime away
Em A7 G
Why don’t you stay?
