If You Want Me To Stay - Sly & The Family Stone
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
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If You Want Me To Stay - Sly And The Family Stone
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Arranged by: Funkynic
Tabbed by: Hostile Apostle
Please send suggestions and corrections to Mareed129@aol.com
Tuning: Standard
Note: I got the idea to write this tab from a video on youtube which can be
viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqlIce56NJw .You don't need to
watch the video but it may help some people with the timing.
Additional note: I don't use the same exact chords in the video.
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B|--7----5----
G|--7----5----
D|--7----5----
A|--x----x----
E|--7----5----
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5----3----2---
5----4----3---
4----3----2---
5----5----x---
-----3----2---
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-10---9----|
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-10---9----|
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
If you want me
to stay
I'll be around
today
To be availabl
e for you to s
#
ee
I'm about to g
o
And then you'l
l know
For me to stay
here I've got
to be me
You'll never b
e in doubt
That's what it
's all about
You can't take
me for grante
d and smile
Count the days
I'm gone
Forget reachin
g me by phone
Because I prom
ise I'll be go
ne for a while
[Chorus]
When you see m
e again
I hope that yo
u have been
The kind of pe
rson that you
really are now
[Verse 2]
You got to get
it straight
How could I ev
er be late
When you're my
woman takin'
up my time
How could you
ever allow
I guess I wond
er how
How could you
get out of poc
ket for fun
When you know
that you're ne
ver number two
Number one gon
na be number o
ne
I'll be good
I wish I could
Get this messa
ge over to you
now
[Chorus]
When you see m
e again
I hope that yo
u have been
The kind of pe
rson you reall
y are now
I'll be so goo
d
I wish I could
Get the messag
e over to you
now