Tragically Hip – Stay (Guitar Chords)
Photo Credit: Hip Museum.
Playing Notes
For the intro part, I just play octaves (i.e. for E I play x7x9xx, D is x5x7xx, etc.)
The Chords
The Tragically Hip
Stay
E D C B A G \
F F C / x2
F C
You did the best that you could do.
G
You were a great crew,
F
who tried to nurture and preserve your
G
faith in you.
F C
And with the bureau chiefs
G
and the shrugging spies
F G
You could stay, but why.
G
Am
You see a light and then another
F
and everything you fought for
C
naught's uncovered.
You're not a fighter, you're a lover.
Am
You got no business in here, brother
F G
so... stay.
Stay.
E D C B A G C
E D C B A G \
F F C / x2
F C
Is it the worst that you could do?
G
You were a great you,
F
who tried to nurture and preserve your
G
faith in you
F C
and with the bureau chiefs
G
and the shrugging spies
F G
you could stay and why.
Am
Cause you see a light and then another.
F
Everything you thought you
C
sought's uncovered.
You're a fighter and a lover
Am
and there's no one up above her
F G
so ...stay.
Stay.
E D C B A G C
F C
F
All things being balanced,
C
it's balanced and called balancing
F
somewhere beyond everything it's being
balanced not for the
C
sake of balance but balancing between
the throes of learning
Bb
and the entire thing
C
entirely
Bb
balancing.
E D C B A G C
Tabbed by Matthew Gruman
http://matthewgruman.com
Anecdote
About five years ago, Dany introduced me to this song. He was just learning to play guitar and asked if I could figure it out for him. “Sure” I said, “give me a few days”.
About a year later, I was listening to the song and, overcome with guilt, tabbed this out. Dany never learned how to play it, but it’s one of my favourites now.
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Comments
Heya, Thx fer the tab of Stay. Have to love the Hip. Looked all over for it, found it here, thanx again
You’re welcome, Greg! I’m glad people are finding/using it.
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