Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

I've been sitting here staring at the clock on the wall

And I've been laying here praying, praying she won't call

 It's just another call from home

 You’ll get it and be gone and I'll be crying

I'll be begging you baby, beg you not to leave

But I'll be left here waiting' with my heart on my sleeve

 Oh for the next time we'll be here

 Seems like a million years, and I think I'm dying

What do I have to do to make you see

She can't love you like me

Chorus

 Why don't you stay

 I'm down on my knees

 I'm so tired of being lonely

 Don't I give you what you need

 When she calls you to go

 There's one thing you should know

 We don't have to live this way

 Baby, why don't you stay

You keep telling me baby there will come a time

When you will leave her arms and forever be in mine

 Well I don't think that's the truth

 And I don't like being used and I'm tired of waiting

It's too much pain to have to bare

To love a man you have to share

Chorus

 Why don't you stay

 I'm down on my knees

 I'm so tired of being lonely

 Don't I give you what you need

 When she calls you to go

 There's one thing you should know

 We don't have to live this way

 Baby, why don't you stay

 I can't take it any longer

 But my will is getting stronger

 And I think I know just what I have to do

 I can't waste another minute

 After all that I've put in it

 I've given you my best

 Why does she get the best of you

 So next time you find

 You want to leave her bed for mine

 Why don't you stay

 I'm up off my knees

 I'm so tired of being lonely

 You can't give me what I need

 When she begs you not to go

 There's one thing you should know

 I don't have to live this way

 Baby why don't you stay