Tuning:

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:

^GEa^Bch^Am 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

I'll ^Emstay^D ^C#m For s^Che'll ^Dbe c^Emoming back^D ^C#m ^CYou kn^Dow her h^Emead went out to ^Dplay^C#m S^Che'll g^Det ^Emover that^D ^C#m ^C ^D

Chorus:

I k^Gnow that my reward When she ret^Burns Woo-woo! Keeps me h^Amanging on

Verse: Em D C#m C D x2 I'll stay

I'll s^Emtay^D ^C#m Though fr^Ciends ^Dthey ^Emridicul^De ^C#m Y^Cou k^Dnow for ^Emher there is no ^Dsubstitut^C#me T^Calk ^DI c^Eman endure (I must endu^Dre) But t^C#mhat's alright, m^Cother says ^D"Son"

Chorus:

K^Gnow my reward When she ret^Burns (whoo-whoo) She'll still come home, whoaah Keeps me h^Amanging 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

Outro:

You know her ^Emhead went ^Dout ^C#mto play T^Chat's all ^Dright ^EmThe girl ^Dwill get^C#m over that^C ^D ^EmLord, m^Dy reward ^C#mis gonna be m^Cuch gr^Deater ^EmEvery ni^Dght, ^C#mlord, is go^Cnna re^Dplace her ^EmAnd if anoth^Der girl decid^C#mes she wants ^Cto go ho^Dme ^EmWait right there ^DWait right here ^C#mWait right here ^CI ain't goin'^D nowhere ^EmWait right here ^DWait right here ^C#mI'm gonna stand right here On th^Cis ground and ^Dwait ^EmHey^D h^C#mey hey^C h^Dey.

Funkadelic - Ill stay