Chords for Ryan Adams - All You Had To Do Was Stay (from '1989') (Official Audio)

Tempo:
64.9 bpm
Chords used:

Ab

Eb

Bb

Cm

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Ryan Adams - All You Had To Do Was Stay (from '1989') (Official Audio) chords
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[Ab]
[Eb] [Bb] [Cm] I'm gonna [Ab]
sing [Eb] a song that I wrote.
People like you [Bb] always want [Cm] the bad luck [Ab] to get away.
[Eb] People like me [Bb] want to believe [Cm] when you say,
[Ab] that you've changed the more I [Eb] think about [Bb] it.
[Cm] [Ab] All I know [Eb] is that you're done.
[Bb] It's off the road.
[Cm] All you had [Ab] to do was stay.
[Eb] All you had [Bb] to do was stay.
[Cm] Have me in [Ab] the palm of your hand.
[Eb] Why'd you have to [Bb] go and lock me [Cm] up
when I let you [Ab] in?
Say, [Eb] hey, now you say you [Gm] want [Cm] it,
but it's just too [Ab] late.
[Eb] Well, it could have been [Bb] easy.
[Cm] All you had to [Ab] do was stay.
[Eb] Yeah, you are now [Bb] calling me up,
[Cm] but I don't know [Ab] what to say.
[Eb] I've been picking up the [Bb] pieces of [Cm] the mess you [Ab] made.
People like [Eb] you always want the [Bb] bad luck [Cm] to get away.
Push aside the [Ab]
people like me.
You're gone [Bb] forever when you say [Cm] goodbye.
[Ab]
Stay.
[Eb] All you had to [Bb] do was stay.
[Cm] Have me in the [Ab] palm of your hand.
[Eb] Why'd you have to [Bb] go and lock me [Cm] up
when I let you [Ab] in?
Say, [Eb] hey, now [Bb] you say you want it,
but [Cm] it's just too [Ab] late.
[Eb] Well, it could have been [Bb] easy.
[Cm] All you had to [Ab] do was stay.
[Eb] Well, it could have been [Bb] easy.
[Cm] All you had to [Ab] do was stay.
[Eb] Could have been [Bb] easy.
[Cm] All you had [Ab] to do was stay.
[Eb] [Bb] Stay.
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Bb] [Cm] All you had [Ab] to do was stay.
[Eb] All you had to [Ab] do was stay.
[Eb] [Bb] All you had [Ab] to do was stay.
[Cm] [Bb] All you had to [Ab] do was stay.
[Cm] [Bb] All you had to [Ab] do was stay.
Key:  
Ab
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Eb
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Bb
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Cm
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Gm
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Ab
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Eb
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Bb
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To learn Ryan Adams - All You Had To Do Was Stay chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: Bb, Cm, Ab, Eb, Bb, Ab, Bb and Ab. A strategic approach would be to train at 32 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 65. With the song's key of Eb Major, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] I'm gonna _ [Ab]
sing [Eb] a song that I wrote.
People like you [Bb] always want [Cm] the bad luck [Ab] to get away.
[Eb] People like me [Bb] want to believe [Cm] when you say,
[Ab] that you've changed the more I [Eb] think about [Bb] it.
_ [Cm] _ [Ab] All I know [Eb] is that you're done.
[Bb] It's off the road.
[Cm] All you had [Ab] to do was stay.
[Eb] All you had [Bb] to do was stay.
[Cm] Have me in [Ab] the palm of your hand.
[Eb] Why'd you have to [Bb] go and lock me [Cm] up
when I let you [Ab] in?
Say, [Eb] hey, now you say you [Gm] want [Cm] it,
but it's just too [Ab] late.
[Eb] Well, it could have been [Bb] easy.
_ [Cm] All you had to [Ab] do was stay. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] Yeah, you are now [Bb] calling me up,
[Cm] but I don't know [Ab] what to say.
[Eb] I've been picking up the [Bb] pieces of [Cm] the mess you [Ab] made.
People like [Eb] you always want the [Bb] bad luck [Cm] to get away.
Push aside the [Ab]
people like me.
You're gone [Bb] forever when you say [Cm] goodbye.
_ [Ab]
Stay.
[Eb] All you had to [Bb] do was stay.
[Cm] Have me in the [Ab] palm of your hand.
[Eb] Why'd you have to [Bb] go and lock me [Cm] up
when I let you [Ab] in?
Say, [Eb] hey, now [Bb] you say you want it,
but [Cm] it's just too [Ab] late.
[Eb] Well, it could have been [Bb] easy.
_ [Cm] All you had to [Ab] do was stay.
[Eb] Well, it could have been [Bb] easy.
_ [Cm] All you had to [Ab] do was stay.
[Eb] Could have been [Bb] easy.
_ [Cm] All you had [Ab] to do was stay.
[Eb] _ [Bb] Stay.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] All you had [Ab] to do was stay.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] All you had to [Ab] do was stay.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] [Bb] All you had [Ab] to do was stay.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] [Bb] All you had to [Ab] do was stay.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] [Bb] All you had to [Ab] do was stay. _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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