Stay Loose Chords

[Intro]
Ab    Gb    Ebm    Db
Ab    Gb    Ebm    Db
Dbm   B     A      Ab
 
[Verse 1]
Cm                 Bb
I was choking on a cornflake
          Gm                  Ab
You said “Have some toast instead”
Cm                   Bb
I was sleeping maybe three hours
          Gm                  Ab
You said “You should get to bed”
Cm                   Bb
I was waiting at the church door
        Gm            Ab
For the minister to show
Cm                   Bb
I was looking at the new year
          Gm                Ab  Gm  Fm
You said “Walk before you crawl”
 
[Verse 2]
Cm                   Bb
I was feeling like a loser
          Gm                      Ab
You said “Hey, you’ve still got me” 
Cm                   Bb
I was feeling pretty lonely 
              Gm             Ab
You said “You wanted to be free”
Cm                  Bb
I was looking for a good time
          Gm                   Ab
You said “Let the good times start”
Cm                    Bb
With a quiver of your eyelid
          Gm                 Ab
You took on someone else’s part
 
[Chorus]
          Bb   Eb
But what about me
Ab          Bb  Eb
I don’t really see
Ab              Bb Eb
How things will improve
           Ab         Bb
If all you want is to stay
 
[Verse 3]
Cm                 Bb
Maybe I’m a little greedy
          Gm                 Ab
You said “Think before you speak”
Cm                     Bb
Sometimes I’m a little seedy
          Gm          Ab
You said “Everyone is weak”
Cm                  Bb
Now I feel a little better
         Gm                Ab
Is there something I can do?
Cm                    Bb
But I never heard the answer
  Gm            Ab
I never had a clue
 
[Chorus]
          Bb   Eb
But what about me
Ab          Bb Eb
I don’t really see
Ab              Bb Eb
How things will improve
           Ab         Bb
If all you want is to stay
 
[Bridge]
    Fm
The lights are out
       Gm
In the house tonight
      Ab
And I creep around
        Eb               Bb
And I’m creeping to your head
        Ab
All you want is to stay loose
 
[Solo]
Cm  F  Ab  Eb  Ab
Cm  F  Ab  Bb  Dm
Cm  F  Ab  Eb  Ab
Cm  F  Ab  Bb  Dm
 
[Verse 4]
Cm                    Bb
There’s a little echo calling
       Gm                Ab
Like a miner trapped inside
Cm                    Bb
If I tell her of this moment
         Gm                Ab
She will in me doubts confide
Cm                     Bb
And she’s on me like a blanket
       Gm                 Ab
Like a stalk of wilting grass
Cm                     Bb
I’m not sure about her motives
        Gm               Ab  Gm  Fm
I’m not sure about her past
 
[Verse 5]
Cm                     Bb
But my faith is like a bullet
     Gm               Ab
My belief is like a bolt
Cm                          Bb
The only thing that lets me sleep at night
         Gm                Ab
A little carriage of the soul
Cm                    Bb
If it starts a little bleaker
         Gm                Ab
Then the year may yet be gold
Cm                   Bb
Happiness is not for keeping
     Gm               Ab
Happiness is not my goal
 
[Chorus]
         Bb   Eb
So what about me
Ab          Bb Eb
I don’t really see
Ab              Bb Eb
How things will improve
           Ab         Bb   Eb
If all you want is to stay loose
Ab        Bb   Eb
But what about them
Ab         Bb   Eb
You play mother hen
     Ab             Bb  Eb
To a gaggle of gangling youth
           Ab
If all you want is to stay
 
[Bridge]
    Fm
The lights are out
       Gm
In the house tonight
      Ab
And I creep around
        Eb               Bb
And I’m creeping to your head
        Ab
All you wanted to stay
 
[Verse 6]
Cm                       Gm
I was living through the seconds
      Ab           Eb
My composure was a mess
      Fm               Cm
I was miles from tenderness
       Ab                           Gm        Bb
It was dark outside, the day it was broken in pieces
Cm                     Gm
Everything is flat and dreary
           Ab                 Eb
I couldn’t care what’s in the news
    Fm            Cm
Television is the blues
    Ab                   Gm          Bb
Television is hysterical laughter of people
 
[Outro]
      Ab               Bb
And I know it could be me
                      Cm    Bb    Ab    Gm
I’m always asking for more, more, more, more
       Ab               Eb
I keep running round in circles
       Ab            Eb
I keep looking for a doorway
             Ab
I’m going to need two lives
   Ab         Gm              Bb
To follow the paths I’ve been taking
 
[Solo]
Cm  F  Ab  Eb  Ab
Cm  F  Ab  Bb  Dm
Cm  F  Ab  Eb  Ab
Cm  F  Ab  Bb  Dm
Cm  F  Ab  Eb  Ab
Cm  F  Ab  Bb  Dm
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