[Strophe]
D                                       A 
  I've been sitting here staring at the clock on the wall 
D                                    A 
  And I've been laying here praying, praying she won't call 
           Em 
It's just another call from home 
       G                              D     A 
You’ll get it and be gone and I'll be crying 
D                           A 
  I'll be begging you baby, beg you not to leave 
D                                     A 
  But I'll be left here waiting' with my heart on my sleeve 
           Em 
Oh for the next time we'll be here 
      G                                     D      A 
Seems like a million years, and I think I'm dying
[Pre-Refrain]
Em                        G 
  What do I have to do to make you see 
Em          G             A 
  She can't love you like me
[Refrain]
               D 
Why don't you stay 
                G 
I'm down on my knees 
                 D/F#   Em 
I'm so tired of being lonely 
                           A 
Don't I give you what you need 
          A#dim         Bm 
When she calls you to go 
                   A          G 
There's one thing you should know 
                  D/F#     Em   G 
We don't have to live this way 
       A           (D) 
Baby, why don't you stay
[Instrumentale]
D   A   Em   G  A
[Strophe]
D                          A 
  You keep telling me baby there will come a time 
D                                     A 
  When you will leave her arms and forever be in mine 
       Em 
But I don't think that's the truth 
      G                                      D        A 
And I don't like being used and I'm tired of waiting 
[Pre-Refrain]
Em                      G 
  It's too much pain to have to bear 
Em          G                A 
  To love a man you have to share
[Refrain]
               D 
Why don't you stay 
                G 
I'm down on my knees 
                 D/F#  Em 
I'm so tired of being lonely 
                            A 
Don't I give you what you need 
         A#dim          Bm 
When she calls you to go 
                   A          G 
There's one thing you should know 
                  D/F#     Em   G 
We don't have to live this way 
       A             D 
Baby, why don't you stay
[Pont]
        Em 
I can't take it any longer 
       G 
But my will is getting stronger 
      D                                 A 
And I think I know just what I have to do 
        Em 
I can't waste another minute 
      G 
After all that I've put in it 
     D 
I've given you my best 
             A 
Why does she get the best of you 
   Em 
So next time you find 
    G                             A 
You want to leave her bed for mine
[Refrain]
               D 
Why don't you stay 
                G 
I'm up off my knees 
                 D/F#  Em 
I'm so tired of being lonely 
                          A 
You can't give me what I need 
          A#dim            Bm 
When she begs you not to go 
                   A           G 
There's one thing you should know 
                D/F#      Em    G 
I don't have to live this way 
      A             (D) 
Baby why don't you stay
[Outro]
D   A    Em          G A 
   Yeah,    Oh, woah 
D