(Verse 1) Gm Eb7 Doesn't it ever stay F7 D7 Must it always fade away Gm Eb7 Couldn't love ever be F7 D7 Something tangible and real Gm Cm Eb7 Farewell, fairweather friend F7 D7 Abandonment returns to taunt me again (Chorus) Gm Cm F7 I only wanted you to stay Bb F7 Gm Linger and mean the words you said Cm F7 Foolishly I romanticized Bb F7 Someone was saving my life Gm For the first time Cm A I only wanted you to be there when I D7 Gm Opened up my eyes (Verse 2) Gm Eb7 I was caught in your masquerade F7 D7 Wish I'd stayed beneath my veil Gm Eb7 But it just seemed so easy to F7 D7 Open up myself to you Gm Cm Eb7 Once more into the wind F7 The embers scatter D7 And the chill settles in Gm Cm F7 I only wanted you to stay Bb F7 Gm Linger and mean the words you said Cm F7 Foolishly I romanticized Bb F7 Someone was saving my life Gm For the first time Cm A I only wanted you to be there when I D7 Gm Opened up my eyes A#m D#m G#7 I only wanted you to stay C# G#7 A#m Linger and mean the words you said D#m G#7 Foolishly I romanticized C# G#7 Someone was saving my life A#m For the first time D#m G#7 I only wanted you to be C# G#7 A#m The one to get me through the night D#m I only wanted you F To be there when I A#m Opened up my eyes Oh A#m D#m F Doesn't it ever stay? I only wanted you to A#m Stay