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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.
[Bm] [Am7] [D9] [G7] [F#7] [G7]* [F#7]*
e|-----------------3-------------------|
B|--7----5----5----3----2----8----7----|
G|--7----5----5----4----3----10---9----|
D|--7----5----4----3----2----9----8----|
A|--x----x----5----5----x----10---9----|
E|--7----5---------3----2--------------|
Intro
[Bm] / [Am7] / [D9] / [G7] / [F#7]
[Bm] / [Am7] / [D9] / [G7] / [G7]* / [F#7]*
Verse 1
[Bm]
If you want me to stay
[Am7] [D9]
I'll be around today
[G7] [F#7]
To be available for you to see
[Bm]
I'm about to go
[Am7] [D9]
And then you'll know
[G7] [G7]* [F#7]*
For me to stay here I've got to be me
[Bm]
You'll never be in doubt
[Am7] [D9]
That's what it's all about
[G7] [F#7]
You can't take me for granted and smile
[Bm]
Count the days I'm gone
[Am7] [D9]
Forget reaching me by phone
[G7] [G7]* [F#7]*
Because I promise I'll be gone for a while
Chorus
[Bm]
When you see me again
[Am7] [D9]
I hope that you have been
[G7] [F#7]
The kind of person that you really are now
Verse 2
[Bm]
You got to get it straight
[Am7] [D9]
How could I ever be late
[G7] [G7]* [F#7]*
When you're my woman takin' up my time
[Bm]
How could you ever allow
[Am7] [D9]
I guess I wonder how
[G7] [F#7]
How could you get out of pocket for fun
[Bm] [Am7] [D9]
When you know that you're never number two
[G7] [G7]* [F#7]*
Number one gonna be number one
[Bm]
I'll be good
[Am7] [D9]
I wish I could
[G7] [F#7]
Get this message over to you now
Chorus
[Bm]
When you see me again
[Am7] [D9]
I hope that you have been
[G7] [F#7]
The kind of person you really are now
[Bm]
I'll be so good
[Am7] [D9]
I wish I could
[G7] [G7]* [F#7]*
Get the message over to you now
