Stay/The Load-Out

Tom : Em
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[Verse 1]
G *
Now the seats are all empty
C
* Em *
Let the roadies take the stage
C * G D
Pack it up and tear it down
G G
They're the first to come and last to leave
C Em
Working for that minimum wage
C G C G
They'll set it up in another town

[Verse 2]
Em * D7 *
Tonight the people were so fine
C * A7 *
They waited there in line
G C G G
And when they got up on their feet they made the show
G
And that was sweet,
G
But I can hear the sound
C Em
Of slamming doors and folding chairs
C G D
And that's a sound they'll never know

[Verse 3]
G C
Now roll them cases out and lift them amps
G C
Haul them trusses down and get'em up them ramps
G Em
'Cause when it comes to moving me
C D
You know you guys are the champs
G C
But when that last guitar's been packed away
Em C
You know that I still want to play
C *
So just make sure you got it all set to go
D *
Before you come for my piano

[Solo]
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[Verse 4]
Em * D7 *
But the band's on the bus
C * A7 *
And they're ready to go
G C G G
We've gotta drive all night and do a show in Chicago
G
Or Detroit, I don't know
C Em
We do so many shows in a row
C G D
And these towns all look the same
G
We just pass the time in our hotel rooms
C Em
And wander 'round backstage
C
Till those lights come up and we hear that crowd
D *
And we remember why we came

[Solo]
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[Verse 5]
G G
Now we got country and western on the bus
Em C G
R&B, we got disco in eight tracks and cassettes in stereo
G
We've got rural scenes and magazines
C Em
And We've got truckers on the cb
C G D
We've got Richard Pryor on the video
G
We got time to think of the ones we love
C Em
While the miles roll away
C
But the only time that seems too short
D
Is the time that we get to play

[Verse 6]
G C
People you've got the power over what we do
G
You can sit there and wait
C
Or you can pull us through
G G
Come along, sing the song
C D
You know you can't go wrong
G
'Cause when that morning sun comes beating down
C Em
You're gonna wake up in your town
C *
But we'll be scheduled to appear
D *
A thousand miles away from here

[Chorus]
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(... People,) stay just a little bit longer.
G Em C D G Em C D
We wanna play just a little bit longer.
G Em C D
The promoter don't mind.
G Em C D
And the union don't mind
G Em C D
if we take a little time and we leave it all behind
Em
sing one more song.

[Chorus 2]
G Em C D G Em C D
Oh, won't you stay just a little bit longer.
G Em C D Em
Please, please, please say, you will. Say you will.

[Interlude]
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[Chorus 3]
G Em C D G Em C D
Oh, won't you stay just a little bit longer.
G Em C D G Em C D
Oh, please, please stay just a little bit more. Hehehe,
G Em C D
now the promoter don't mind.
G Em C D
And the roadies don't mind,
G Em C D
if we take a little time and we leave it all behind
Em
sing one more song.