Stay (Rihanna)

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

5   6   6   5 -4 4 -4 3
All a-long it was a fe-ver.
3    5   5     5   5   -4 4 -4 3
A cold sweat, hot head-ed be-lie-ver.
5   5    6   6   6   6   -6
I threw my hands in the air.
5   5   -4   4   4     5
I said show me some-thing.
5    5    6   6   6     5 -4 -4 4   -4 3
He said, "If you dare, come a lit-tle clo-ser."

-4     -4 4 -4   -4 4 -4    -4 4 -4 5 4
Round and a-round and a-round and a-round we go.
3    4
Oh, oh.
-4   -4   4 -4 -4 4   -4   -4 4 -4    5 -5 5
Now tell me now tell me now tell me know you kn-ow.

5    5   6    6   5 -4 -4 4 -4 3
Not rea-lly sure how to feel a-bout it.
4      4   3 -2   4   -4 -4
Some-thing in the way you move.
6     5    6    5 -4 5    -4   4   -4   3
Makes me feel like I can't live wi-thout you.
4    4   -2 4   -4   -4
It takes me all the way.
4   5   -4 4   5
I want you to stay.

5     6    6   5 6   -6   5     -4 5
It's not much of a life you're liv-ing.
4     5    5    5   -4    4   -4    3    4 3
It's not just some-thing you take, it's gi-ven.

-4     -4 4 -4   -4 4 -4    -4 4 -4 5 4
Round and a-round and a-round and a-round we go.
3    4
Oh, oh.
-4   -4   4 -4 -4 4   -4   -4 4 -4    5 -5 5
Now tell me now tell me now tell me know you kn-ow.

5    5   6    6   5 -4 -4 4 -4 3
Not rea-lly sure how to feel a-bout it.
4      4   3 -2   4   -4 -4
Some-thing in the way you move.
6     5    6    5 -4 5    -4   4   -4   3
Makes me feel like I can't live wi-thout you.
4    4   -2 4   -4   -4
It takes me all the way.
4   5   -4 4   5
I want you to stay.

-6 7 6
Oh oh oh.
4    5   -4 -4 -4 3
The rea-son I hold on.
-6 7 6
Oh oh oh.
4     5 -4   4   -4    3
Cause I need this hole gone.
3   -3 3     -3   3 -3   3
Fun-ny you're the bro-ken one.
-3   4   -4 4 -4 4 -4 4   -4 5   5
But I'm the on-ly one who need-ed sa-ving.

3      3    -3 3 -3 3   -3   3
Cause when you ne-ver see the light,
-3    4   -4 4    -4    4 -4 4 -4 5   5
it's hard to know which one of us is ca-ving.

5    5   6    6   5 -4 -4 4 -4 3
Not rea-lly sure how to feel a-bout it.
4      4   3 -2   4   -4 -4
Some-thing in the way you move.
6     5    6    5 -4 5    -4   4   -4   3
Makes me feel like I can't live wi-thout you.
4    4   -2 4   -4   -4
It takes me all the way.
4   5   -4 4   5
I want you to stay.