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Why stay?

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Why stay? So ^F5steadfast and stolid And ^Eb5stoic and solid For ^C5day after every day ^{Bb5 Ab5}Why ^F5stay? ^Ab2Why ^F2stay? Why ^Eb5/Fnot simply give in ^F5/EbAnd ^Eb5get ^F5on with living? Cause ^F5everyone knows you tried^Bb But ^Eb/Bbsomehow ^Bb7some-^Eb/Bbthing ^Bb die^Eb/Bbd ^Bb On the ^C7way So tell me why you stay

^AbWhy ^F5stay? ^AbWhy ^F5stay? En-^Eb5/Fdur- ^F5ing and coping ^F5/EbAnd ^Eb5hurt-^F5ing and hoping For day after fucking day ^Bb

^AbWhy ^F5stay? ^AbWhy ^F5stay? Why ^Eb5/Fnot simply end it? ^F5/EbWe'd ^Eb5all ^F5comprehend it And most of the world would ^F7say ^Bb He's ^Eb/Bbbetter ^Bboff ^Eb/Bbthat ^Bb w^Eb/Bbay ^Bb To be ^C7susfree And maybe so is ^F5she ^F7sus

A ^F5promise a boy says for^F7susever A ^F5boy says whatever may ^Dbmaj7come we'll come ^Csusthrough And ^F5who can know how When ^Bb2all I know now to be ^Csustrue ^C Is this ^Bbm7promise that I make to ^F5you ^F7sus

A ^F5question, a boy wonders ^F7suswhether The ^F5two stay together the w^Dbmaj7ay that they ^Csusstay For ^F5year after year From ^Bb2love or from fear, either w^Csusay ^C That's the ^Bbm7promise that I made th^F5at d^Fsusay

^FHere's what I say To the g^Amirl who was burning so ^Fbrightly Like the li^Amght from Orion abo^Fve And ^Bbstill I will search for her ^F2nightl^Fy ^F2 If ^Fyou ^Csussee her, please ^Csend her my ^F7love And the b^Amoy was a boy for all ^Fseasons That ^Amboy is long lost to me n^Fow And the m^Dman has forgotten his ^Gsusreasons ^G But the m^Bbm7an still remembers his ^C7susvow

A ^F5promise, a man says for^F7susever A ^F5man says I'll never regret^Dbmaj7 or let ^Csusyou The ^F5promise I made to s^Amtay and ^F/AI stay^Bbed tru^Bb2e ^Gm7Knowing one day we'd rem^Csusember that joy You'd re^Gm7member that girl, I'd rem^Aember that ^Asusboy Ti^Al we d^Dm9o, the ^Dmpromise I ^Dm9/Cmade I'll ^Dm/Cmake it brand ^Bbnew The ^C7suspromise that I made to ^F5you