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May be dif fer ent but re mem ber
win ter’s (D5)warm where you and I
kiss ing whis key by the (D)fire
with the (D)snow out side.
When the sum (A)laugh mer comes, (G)der the riv er (D5)swims at (D5)mid night,
shiv er (D)cold.
The Touch the (A)bot tom, laugh (G)you and I,
with mud dy toes.
Stay or (G)leave,
I (D)want you
not to (A)go, but you (Em)should.
It was good
as (D)good
goes.
Stay or (G)leave,
I (D)want you
not to (A)go, but you
did.
Wake up na fer ked drink ing cof fee,
mak ing (D5)plans to change the world
while the world is chang ing (D)us,
with was (D)good, good love.
You used to (A)laugh mer un (G)der the cov ers, (D5)may be (D5)not so
of ten (D)now.
The way I (A)used to laugh (G)with you I,
was loud and hard.
Stay or (G)leave,
I (D)want you
not to (A)go, but you (Em)should.
It was good
as (D)good
goes.
Stay or (G)leave,
I (D)want you
not to (A)go, but you
did.
(A)go, but you (A5)did.
So what to (A5)do
(A5)with the rest of to day’s af ter noon?
Hey.
(A5)Is n’t it strange how we change
(A)ev ’ry thing we did?
Did I do all
that I should,
that I could have (Bm)done?
Re mem ber we used to dance and ev ’ry one (Em)want ed to be
you and me?
I want to be, too.
What (G)day is this
be sides the (A5)day you left me?
What (G)day is this
be sides the (A5)day you went?
So what to do with the rest of the day’s af ter noon?
Hey.
(A5)Is n’t it strange how we change ev ’ry thing we did.
Did I do all that I could?
This page shows “Stay Or Leave” by Dave Matthews 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 B at 68 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.