Chords for Lisa Loeb “Stay” Live on the Howard Stern Show (2006)
Tempo:
79.175 bpm
Chords used:
C#
D#m
F#
A#m
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
You were hanging out, being a musician, and you were friends with Ethan Hawke.
And he got, uh, was he directing a movie?
He was in the movie Reality Bites.
Right, Reality Bites.
And he was starring in it.
The Ben Stiller movie.
He was starring in it.
Ben Stiller was the director, right?
Ben Stiller was the director, and he was in it.
And Ethan asked me for a copy of one of the songs that I was playing out at my shows a
lot called Stay.
Right, and you were just like an unsigned artist.
You were somebody starting out with a musical career.
Yeah, actually there were some record companies interested in college.
But they weren't quite
Well, I wasn't signed to a record deal yet.
Okay, so Ethan Hawke is a friend of hers, likes the song Stay, and says to Ben Stiller,
you put this on the soundtrack for the movie Reality Bites.
When Ben Stiller heard your song, did he right away say, I've got to have this on my soundtrack?
Or was he like, kinda like, uh, I don't know.
I don't know, I think he liked it, and because I wasn't signed to any kind of record company,
they were able to make a deal with me to put the song in the movie and put the entire song
in the credits of the movie.
And then all of a sudden when the song's on the soundtrack, this radio station down in
Houston starts playing Stay on the radio.
And then other stations started playing it, and all of a sudden I was an unsigned artist
with the song going up the charts.
And when my song was number one, that's when I was making my record deal.
This is a song that holds up.
It's not
It holds up.
I mean, it's still relevant today.
Yeah, it's about arguments with boyfriends.
Was this written about Ethan Hawke?
No, it wasn't written about Ethan Hawke.
This is you trying to tell some guy to stay?
It's that argument.
It's like, you know, you're only hearing
Well, the lyric is, I only hear what I want to.
And it's the argument back and forth.
You know, the person's saying you're naive, you're this, you're that, you're trying to
be too clever.
He's criticizing you, and yet he's telling you to stay.
Yeah, because
But that's what happens in a strong relationship.
You have to be able to argue, I think.
So here's the song Stay.
And just think back to Lisa's life.
She's hanging out, knows Ethan Hawke.
This song gets on the soundtrack.
Song goes to number one in every record company in the country wants her.
I love that story.
Here we [C#] go.
[A#m] [D#m] [C#]
[F#] [C#] You say, [A#m] I only hear what [D#m] I want to.
[C#]
[F#] [C#m] You say, [A#m] I talk so all the [D#m] time.
[C#] So.
[F#] [D#m] [C#] And I thought what felt [D#m] simple.
[C#] And I thought that I don't [F#] belong.
[C#] And now that [F#] I leave it.
[C#] Now I know that I did [F#] something wrong.
Cause I missed you.
[F#m] Yeah, [D#m] yeah.
I missed [C#] you.
And you say, [A#m] I only hear [D#m] what I want to.
I don't [C#] listen hard.
Don't pay attention [F#] to the distance that you're running.
[C#] To anyone, [D#m] anywhere.
I don't [C#] understand.
If you [F#] really care, I'm only hearing naked.
No, no, no bad.
So [C#] I turn the radio [F#] on.
I turn the radio up.
[C#] And this woman was singing my [D#m] song.
[C#] Lovers in love and the [D#m] others run away.
[C#] Lover is crying cause the other [F#] won't stay.
[C#] Some of us hover and we weep for the [D#m] other.
Who is [C#] dying since the day they were [D#m] born.
Well, well.
[C#] This is not that I [D#m] think that I'm throwing.
But I'm [C#] thrown.
[D#m] And I thought I looked clever.
But now [C#] I'm not so sure.
You [F#] try to tell me that I'm clever.
But that won't take me [D#m] anyhow.
Or [A#m] anywhere [F#] with [C#] you.
[D#m] [C#] You said that I was naive.
[D#m] And [C#] I thought that I was strong.
[D#m] Oh, [C#] I thought, hey, I can [F#] leave.
I can leave.
Oh, [C#] now I know that I was wrong.
[F#] Cause I missed you.
[F#m] Yeah, [F#] [D#m] I [C#] missed you.
[F#] [C#]
[D#m] You said you caught me cause you want me.
And one day [F#] you let me go.
You try to give away a keeper.
Forgive me cause you know [D#m] you're just so [C#] scared to [F#] lose.
[C#] And you say, [A#m]
say.
[D#m] [C#] [F#]
[C#] And you say.
[A#m]
I only hear what I [D#m] want to.
[C#] [F#] [N]
And he got, uh, was he directing a movie?
He was in the movie Reality Bites.
Right, Reality Bites.
And he was starring in it.
The Ben Stiller movie.
He was starring in it.
Ben Stiller was the director, right?
Ben Stiller was the director, and he was in it.
And Ethan asked me for a copy of one of the songs that I was playing out at my shows a
lot called Stay.
Right, and you were just like an unsigned artist.
You were somebody starting out with a musical career.
Yeah, actually there were some record companies interested in college.
But they weren't quite
Well, I wasn't signed to a record deal yet.
Okay, so Ethan Hawke is a friend of hers, likes the song Stay, and says to Ben Stiller,
you put this on the soundtrack for the movie Reality Bites.
When Ben Stiller heard your song, did he right away say, I've got to have this on my soundtrack?
Or was he like, kinda like, uh, I don't know.
I don't know, I think he liked it, and because I wasn't signed to any kind of record company,
they were able to make a deal with me to put the song in the movie and put the entire song
in the credits of the movie.
And then all of a sudden when the song's on the soundtrack, this radio station down in
Houston starts playing Stay on the radio.
And then other stations started playing it, and all of a sudden I was an unsigned artist
with the song going up the charts.
And when my song was number one, that's when I was making my record deal.
This is a song that holds up.
It's not
It holds up.
I mean, it's still relevant today.
Yeah, it's about arguments with boyfriends.
Was this written about Ethan Hawke?
No, it wasn't written about Ethan Hawke.
This is you trying to tell some guy to stay?
It's that argument.
It's like, you know, you're only hearing
Well, the lyric is, I only hear what I want to.
And it's the argument back and forth.
You know, the person's saying you're naive, you're this, you're that, you're trying to
be too clever.
He's criticizing you, and yet he's telling you to stay.
Yeah, because
But that's what happens in a strong relationship.
You have to be able to argue, I think.
So here's the song Stay.
And just think back to Lisa's life.
She's hanging out, knows Ethan Hawke.
This song gets on the soundtrack.
Song goes to number one in every record company in the country wants her.
I love that story.
Here we [C#] go.
[A#m] [D#m] [C#]
[F#] [C#] You say, [A#m] I only hear what [D#m] I want to.
[C#]
[F#] [C#m] You say, [A#m] I talk so all the [D#m] time.
[C#] So.
[F#] [D#m] [C#] And I thought what felt [D#m] simple.
[C#] And I thought that I don't [F#] belong.
[C#] And now that [F#] I leave it.
[C#] Now I know that I did [F#] something wrong.
Cause I missed you.
[F#m] Yeah, [D#m] yeah.
I missed [C#] you.
And you say, [A#m] I only hear [D#m] what I want to.
I don't [C#] listen hard.
Don't pay attention [F#] to the distance that you're running.
[C#] To anyone, [D#m] anywhere.
I don't [C#] understand.
If you [F#] really care, I'm only hearing naked.
No, no, no bad.
So [C#] I turn the radio [F#] on.
I turn the radio up.
[C#] And this woman was singing my [D#m] song.
[C#] Lovers in love and the [D#m] others run away.
[C#] Lover is crying cause the other [F#] won't stay.
[C#] Some of us hover and we weep for the [D#m] other.
Who is [C#] dying since the day they were [D#m] born.
Well, well.
[C#] This is not that I [D#m] think that I'm throwing.
But I'm [C#] thrown.
[D#m] And I thought I looked clever.
But now [C#] I'm not so sure.
You [F#] try to tell me that I'm clever.
But that won't take me [D#m] anyhow.
Or [A#m] anywhere [F#] with [C#] you.
[D#m] [C#] You said that I was naive.
[D#m] And [C#] I thought that I was strong.
[D#m] Oh, [C#] I thought, hey, I can [F#] leave.
I can leave.
Oh, [C#] now I know that I was wrong.
[F#] Cause I missed you.
[F#m] Yeah, [F#] [D#m] I [C#] missed you.
[F#] [C#]
[D#m] You said you caught me cause you want me.
And one day [F#] you let me go.
You try to give away a keeper.
Forgive me cause you know [D#m] you're just so [C#] scared to [F#] lose.
[C#] And you say, [A#m]
say.
[D#m] [C#] [F#]
[C#] And you say.
[A#m]
I only hear what I [D#m] want to.
[C#] [F#] [N]
Key:
C#
D#m
F#
A#m
F#m
C#
D#m
F#
You were hanging out, being a musician, and you were friends with Ethan Hawke.
And he got, uh, was he directing a movie?
He was in the movie Reality Bites.
Right, Reality Bites.
And he was starring in it.
The Ben Stiller movie.
He was starring in it.
Ben Stiller was the director, right?
Ben Stiller was the director, and he was in it.
And Ethan asked me for a copy of one of the songs that I was playing out at my shows a
lot called Stay.
Right, and you were just like an unsigned artist.
You were somebody starting out with a musical career.
Yeah, actually there were some record companies interested in college.
But they weren't quite_
Well, I wasn't signed to a record deal yet.
Okay, so Ethan Hawke is a friend of hers, likes the song Stay, and says to Ben Stiller,
you put this on the soundtrack for the movie Reality Bites.
When Ben Stiller heard your song, did he right away say, I've got to have this on my soundtrack?
Or was he like, kinda like, uh, I don't know.
I don't know, I think he liked it, and because I wasn't signed to any kind of record company,
they were able to make a deal with me to put the song in the movie and put the entire song
in the credits of the movie.
And then all of a sudden when the song's on the soundtrack, this radio station down in
Houston starts playing Stay on the radio.
And then other stations started playing it, and all of a sudden I was an unsigned artist
with the song going up the charts.
And when my song was number one, that's when I was making my record deal.
This is a song that holds up.
It's not_
It holds up.
I mean, it's still relevant today.
Yeah, it's about arguments with boyfriends.
Was this written about Ethan Hawke?
No, it wasn't written about Ethan Hawke.
This is you trying to tell some guy to stay?
It's that argument.
It's like, you know, you're only hearing_
Well, the lyric is, I only hear what I want to.
And it's the argument back and forth.
You know, the person's saying you're naive, you're this, you're that, you're trying to
be too clever.
He's criticizing you, and yet he's telling you to stay.
Yeah, because_
But that's what happens in a strong relationship.
You have to be able to argue, I think.
So here's the song Stay.
And just think back to Lisa's life.
She's hanging out, knows Ethan Hawke.
This song gets on the soundtrack.
Song goes to number one in every record company in the country wants her.
I love that story.
Here we [C#] go. _ _
_ [A#m] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ You say, [A#m] _ I only hear what [D#m] I want to.
[C#] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ You say, [A#m] _ I talk so all the [D#m] time.
[C#] So.
_ [F#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ [C#] And I thought what felt [D#m] simple.
[C#] And I thought that I don't [F#] belong.
[C#] And now that [F#] I leave it.
[C#] Now I know that I did [F#] something wrong.
Cause I missed you.
_ [F#m] _ Yeah, [D#m] yeah.
I missed [C#] you.
_ _ _ _ _ _ And you say, [A#m] _ I only hear [D#m] what I want to.
I don't [C#] listen hard.
Don't pay attention [F#] to the distance that you're running.
[C#] To anyone, [D#m] anywhere.
I don't [C#] understand.
If you [F#] really care, I'm only hearing naked.
No, no, no bad. _
_ So [C#] I turn the radio [F#] on.
I turn the radio up.
[C#] And this woman was singing my [D#m] song.
[C#] Lovers in love and the [D#m] others run away.
[C#] Lover is crying cause the other [F#] won't stay.
[C#] Some of us hover and we weep for the [D#m] other.
Who is [C#] dying since the day they were [D#m] born.
Well, well.
[C#] This is not that I [D#m] think that I'm throwing.
But I'm [C#] thrown.
_ [D#m] And I thought I looked clever.
But now [C#] I'm not so sure.
You [F#] try to tell me that I'm clever.
But that won't take me [D#m] anyhow.
Or [A#m] anywhere [F#] with [C#] you.
_ _ [D#m] [C#] You said that I was naive.
[D#m] And [C#] I thought that I was strong.
[D#m] Oh, [C#] I thought, hey, I can [F#] leave.
I can leave.
Oh, [C#] now I know that I was wrong.
[F#] Cause I missed you.
_ [F#m] _ Yeah, _ [F#] [D#m] I [C#] missed you.
_ _ [F#] _ [C#] _
_ [D#m] You said you caught me cause you want me.
And one day [F#] you let me go.
You try to give away a keeper.
Forgive me cause you know [D#m] you're just so [C#] scared to [F#] lose. _
[C#] _ And you say, _ _ [A#m] _ _
say.
_ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ And you say.
[A#m] _
I only hear what I [D#m] want to.
_ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
And he got, uh, was he directing a movie?
He was in the movie Reality Bites.
Right, Reality Bites.
And he was starring in it.
The Ben Stiller movie.
He was starring in it.
Ben Stiller was the director, right?
Ben Stiller was the director, and he was in it.
And Ethan asked me for a copy of one of the songs that I was playing out at my shows a
lot called Stay.
Right, and you were just like an unsigned artist.
You were somebody starting out with a musical career.
Yeah, actually there were some record companies interested in college.
But they weren't quite_
Well, I wasn't signed to a record deal yet.
Okay, so Ethan Hawke is a friend of hers, likes the song Stay, and says to Ben Stiller,
you put this on the soundtrack for the movie Reality Bites.
When Ben Stiller heard your song, did he right away say, I've got to have this on my soundtrack?
Or was he like, kinda like, uh, I don't know.
I don't know, I think he liked it, and because I wasn't signed to any kind of record company,
they were able to make a deal with me to put the song in the movie and put the entire song
in the credits of the movie.
And then all of a sudden when the song's on the soundtrack, this radio station down in
Houston starts playing Stay on the radio.
And then other stations started playing it, and all of a sudden I was an unsigned artist
with the song going up the charts.
And when my song was number one, that's when I was making my record deal.
This is a song that holds up.
It's not_
It holds up.
I mean, it's still relevant today.
Yeah, it's about arguments with boyfriends.
Was this written about Ethan Hawke?
No, it wasn't written about Ethan Hawke.
This is you trying to tell some guy to stay?
It's that argument.
It's like, you know, you're only hearing_
Well, the lyric is, I only hear what I want to.
And it's the argument back and forth.
You know, the person's saying you're naive, you're this, you're that, you're trying to
be too clever.
He's criticizing you, and yet he's telling you to stay.
Yeah, because_
But that's what happens in a strong relationship.
You have to be able to argue, I think.
So here's the song Stay.
And just think back to Lisa's life.
She's hanging out, knows Ethan Hawke.
This song gets on the soundtrack.
Song goes to number one in every record company in the country wants her.
I love that story.
Here we [C#] go. _ _
_ [A#m] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ You say, [A#m] _ I only hear what [D#m] I want to.
[C#] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ You say, [A#m] _ I talk so all the [D#m] time.
[C#] So.
_ [F#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ [C#] And I thought what felt [D#m] simple.
[C#] And I thought that I don't [F#] belong.
[C#] And now that [F#] I leave it.
[C#] Now I know that I did [F#] something wrong.
Cause I missed you.
_ [F#m] _ Yeah, [D#m] yeah.
I missed [C#] you.
_ _ _ _ _ _ And you say, [A#m] _ I only hear [D#m] what I want to.
I don't [C#] listen hard.
Don't pay attention [F#] to the distance that you're running.
[C#] To anyone, [D#m] anywhere.
I don't [C#] understand.
If you [F#] really care, I'm only hearing naked.
No, no, no bad. _
_ So [C#] I turn the radio [F#] on.
I turn the radio up.
[C#] And this woman was singing my [D#m] song.
[C#] Lovers in love and the [D#m] others run away.
[C#] Lover is crying cause the other [F#] won't stay.
[C#] Some of us hover and we weep for the [D#m] other.
Who is [C#] dying since the day they were [D#m] born.
Well, well.
[C#] This is not that I [D#m] think that I'm throwing.
But I'm [C#] thrown.
_ [D#m] And I thought I looked clever.
But now [C#] I'm not so sure.
You [F#] try to tell me that I'm clever.
But that won't take me [D#m] anyhow.
Or [A#m] anywhere [F#] with [C#] you.
_ _ [D#m] [C#] You said that I was naive.
[D#m] And [C#] I thought that I was strong.
[D#m] Oh, [C#] I thought, hey, I can [F#] leave.
I can leave.
Oh, [C#] now I know that I was wrong.
[F#] Cause I missed you.
_ [F#m] _ Yeah, _ [F#] [D#m] I [C#] missed you.
_ _ [F#] _ [C#] _
_ [D#m] You said you caught me cause you want me.
And one day [F#] you let me go.
You try to give away a keeper.
Forgive me cause you know [D#m] you're just so [C#] scared to [F#] lose. _
[C#] _ And you say, _ _ [A#m] _ _
say.
_ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ And you say.
[A#m] _
I only hear what I [D#m] want to.
_ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _