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If you (Am)want me to stay, I’ll be a (Gm)round to day to be a (Fmaj7)vail a ble for you to see.
I’m a (Am)bout to go and (Gm)then you’ll know for me to (Fmaj7)stay here, I’ve got to be me.
You’ll nev er be in doubt, that’s what it’s (Gm)all a bout.
You can’t (Fmaj7)take me for grant ed and smile.
Count the (Am)days
I’m gone.
For (Gm)get ’bout reach in’ me by phone be cause I (Fmaj7)prom ise I’ll be gone for a while.
When you (Am)see me a gain, I hope (Gm)you have been the kind of (Fmaj7)per son
that you real ly are (E7)now.
You got to (Am)get it straight.
How could I (Gm)ev er be late when you’re my (Fmaj7)wom an tak in’ up my time?
(Am)How could you ev er al low ’cause I (Gm)won der how I’d for (Fmaj7)get out of pock et for fun.
When you (Am)know that you’re nev er num ber two,
num ber (Fmaj7)one gon na be num ber one.
I’ll be good, I (Gm)wish I could.
I get this (Fmaj7)mes sage, oh, what do you know?
When you (Am)see me a gain, I hope (Gm)you have been the kind of (Fmaj7)per son you real ly are (E7)now.
I’ll (Am)be so good.
I (Gm)wish I could get the (Fmaj7)mes sage o ver to you now.
This page shows “If You Want Me To Stay” by Sly And The Family Stone in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 100 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.