A                                      E
I've been sitting here staring at the clock on the wall
A                                    E
And I've been laying here praying, praying he won't call
             Bm
It's just another call from home
       D                                 A      E
You’ll get it and be gone and I'll be crying
A                          E
I'll be begging you baby, beg you not to leave
A                                   E
But I'll be left here waiting' with my heart on my sleeve
            Bm
Oh for the next time we'll be here
       D                                     A     E
Seems like a million years, and I think I'm dying
Bm                       D
What do I have to do to make you see
Bm         D           E
He can't love you like me


[Chorus]

               A
Why don't you stay
                D
I'm down on my knees
                        Bm
I'm so tired of being lonely
                           E
Don't I give you what you need
          C#m         F#m
When he calls you to go
                              D
There's one thing you should know
                           Bm      E
We don't have to live this way
                     A        E   Bm   D   E
Baby, why don't you stay


[Verse]

A                          E
You keep telling me baby there will come a time
A                                  E
When you will leave his arms and forever be in mine
       Bm
Well I don't think that's the truth
       D                                       A         E
And I don't like being used and I'm tired of waiting

Bm                     D
It's too much pain to have to bare
Bm        D                E
To love a girl you have to share


[Chorus]

               A
Why don't you stay
                D
I'm down on my knees
                       Bm
I'm so tired of being lonely
                            E
Don't I give you what you need
         C#m          F#m
When he calls you to go
                              D
There's one thing you should know
                           Bm      E
We don't have to live this way
                     A
Baby, why don't you stay


[Verse]

          Bm
I can't take it any longer
        D
But my will is getting stronger
       A                              E
And I think I know just what I have to do
         Bm
I can't waste another minute
      D
After all that I've put in it
      A
I've given you my best
              E
Why does he get the best of you
    Bm
So next time you find
     D                         E
You want to leave his bed for mine


[Chorus]

               A
Why don't you stay
                D
I'm up off my knees
                       Bm
I'm so tired of being lonely
                          E
You can't give me what I need
          C#m            F#m
When he begs you not to go
                               D
There's one thing you should know
                          Bm        E
I don't have to live this way
                    A       E   Bm   D   E   A
Baby why don't you stay