Billy Stay Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A][A][D]

[Verse 1]
[A]Billy won't you stay, we've been up all night
[D]Talking 'bout flowers from '65
That [A]print on that dress that you always liked
We were [D]young enough to go out and

[Interlude 1]
dance at night
[A][D]

[Verse 2]
[A]We'd cross the street and you'd hold my hand
[D]Same man now that you were back then
[A]Young kids good for nothing
but high hoping
[D]Broken, starving plastic ring

[Interlude 2]
Perfect for eloping
[A][D]

[Verse 3]
[A]Years went by fast, you were so good to me
Our [D]children have children,
Billy, how could it be
But [A]ninety years is nothing to some kids like us
So [D]baby, stick around and tell a
story just because

[Chorus 1]
Billy [E]stay a [A]while
[E]Lately, you've [D]been slipping in and [A]out
Billy [E]stay a [A]child
[E]Tell me 'bout [D]that girl you dreamed a[A]bout
Billy [E]stay a [A]while
[E]Tell me of [D]the lovers who once [A]were
And Billy [E]stay a [A]child
[E]Tell me 'bout [D]that girl and how you loved [A]her

[Interlude 3]
[A][D]

[Verse 4]
[A]Billy don't forget, won't you keep on tryin'
I'll [D]keep my ears open to keep from crying
You're [A]more handsome now than you
were back then
And I'm the [D]same girl you fell for when

[Interlude 4]
we were [A]kids[D]

[Verse 5]
If [A]love was enough then you'd stay forever
But [D]I guess sometimes that the end is better
'Cause [A]love turns to loss as the time goes by
You [D]don't know your own name but
you know mine

[Chorus 2]
Billy [E]stay a [A]while
[E]Lately, you've [D]been slipping in and [A]out
Billy [E]stay a [A]child
[E]Tell me 'bout [D]that girl you dreamed a[A]bout
Billy [E]stay a [A]while
[E]Tell me of [D]the lovers who once [A]were
And Billy [E]stay a [A]child
[E]Tell me 'bout [D]that girl and how you loved [A]her

[Interlude 5]
[E][A][E][D][A]
[E][A][E][D][A]
[A]

[Verse 6]
And [A]you went back home in your
sleep last night
And [D]I heard you whisper, "I love you, goodbye"
But [A]maybe your Heaven's 1965
With my [D]hair in your face on a
long summer drive
To [A]me you'll never be the times you forgot
But [D]all of our good times and the
flowers you bought