If I Stay(Chords)

	        (To Match Recording) 
 
Intro:  (C)  (F)  (G) 
 
(C) Lately the ties that bind 
(F) Feel like a (G) noose around my (C) neck (F) (G) 
(C) Chokin' the life from me 
And (F) leavin' my (G) dreams gaspin' for (C) breath (F) (G) 
(F) I've lost sight and so have you 
Of the (G) man you were attracted to 
(C) We lost me some(G)where along the (F) line 
And (Dm) I can't live like this no more 
(G) Knowing just outside that door 
(F) There's a road that (G) leaves this all be(C)hind 
 
 	 There's a (F) half a tank of freedom in my (G) Chevy and I'm leavin' 
 	 And (C) there's nothin' in this (C/B) world you can (F) say 
 	 So (Dm) don't insist on standin' in my (F) way 
 	 I can't (G) find me if I (C) stay 
 
(C) If you really love me if you (F) care at all 
You'll (G) gladly step as(C)ide (F) (G) 
I've (C) given you the best of me and now the (F) rest of me 
Is (G) gonna take a (C) ride (F) (G) 
There's a (F) gravel road that turns into a (G) two - lane blacktop highway 
That (C) stretches out for (G) miles and miles and (F) miles 
And the (Dm) mileposts and the road signs are (G) pointin' out a white line 
To a (F) man I haven't (G) been in quite a(C)while 
 
 	 There's a (F) half a tank of freedom in my (G) Chevy and I'm leavin' 
 	 And there's (C) nothin' in this (C/B) world you can (F) say 
 	 So (Dm) don't insist on standin' in my (F) way 
 	 I can't (G) find me if I (C) stay (F) 
 	 I can't (G) find me if I (C) stay (F) 
 	 I can't (G) find me if I (C) stay (F) 
 	 I can't (G) find me if I (NC) stay  
 
Fade out..
	        

Written by Larry Bastian/Dean Dillon