Song: I’ll Stay
Artist: Funkadelic
Album: Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On (1974).
Key: Em
Tabbed by: Alexander Zaytsev
The verse part of this song has following chord progression:
| Em D | C#m C D |.
First chords are Em, D and C#m. Each of them sounds for 2 beats (half of bar). Chords C and D are 1 beat long.
The chorus part has following chord progression:
G B Am
Each of them is 2 bars long.
You can improvise using Em pentatonic scale .
Intro: ( Em D C#m C D )x6 G B Am
Verse:
Em D C#m C D x2
I'll stay
Em D C#m
I'll stay
C D Em D C#m
For she'll be coming back
C D Em D C#m
You know her head went out to play
C D Em D C#m C D
She'll get over that
Chorus:
G
I know that my reward
B
When she returns
Woo-woo!
Am
Keeps me hanging on
Verse:
Em D C#m C D x2
I'll stay
Em D C#m
I'll stay
C D Em D C#m
Though friends they ridicule
C D Em D C#m
You know for her there is no substitute
C D Em D
Talk I can endure (I must endure)
C#m C D
But that's alright, mother says "Son"
Chorus:
G
Know my reward
B
When she returns (whoo-whoo)
She'll still come home, whoaah
Am
Keeps me hanging on
Em D C#m C D x2
I'll stay
Solo: ( Em D C#m C D )x6 G B Am
( Em D C#m C D )x6 G B Am
Em
Ba ba-ba-ba |
D |
Ba-ba-ba | x3
C#m C D |
Ba-ba doo-whoo whoo-whoo |
Outro:
Em D C#m
You know her head went out to play
C D
That's all right
Em D C#m C D
The girl will get over that
Em D C#m C D
Lord, my reward is gonna be much greater
Em D C#m C D
Every night, lord, is gonna replace her
Em D C#m C D
And if another girl decides she wants to go home
Em
Wait right there
D
Wait right here
C#m
Wait right here
C D
I ain't goin' nowhere
Em
Wait right here
D
Wait right here
C#m
I'm gonna stand right here
C D
On this ground and wait
Em D C#m C D
Hey hey hey hey.
