[Intro]
Em7 G/C Dsus4 Em

[Verse 1]
Em7             G/C
Eight years old loaded up car
Dsus4               Em
headed on down that country road
           Em7                       G/C
it was the last time we'd call that old farm home
       Am7                            Dsus4 D
had to go had to leave everything I'd ever  known

[Chorus 1]
                  Cadd9
why can't we just stick around stick around for a while
Dsus4                Em7 Cadd9
tell me why we gotta go    what's the hurry anyway
             Em7       Dsus4              D
why can't we take this slow oh oh oh oh  oh
                      Em7  G/C  Dsus4 Em
and just stick around

[Verse 2]
Em7              G/C
I was 28 raising kids alone
Dsus4                        Em
two little girls you'd never get to know
        Em7            G/C
by your bedside as you felt so cold
       Am7                                 Dsus4     D
had to go had to leave this world you were breathing slow

[Chorus 2]
                  Cadd9
why can't you just stick around stick around for a while
Dsus4                 Em7 Cadd9
tell me why you gotta go    what's the hurry anyway
              Em7       Dsus4             D
why can't you take this slow oh oh oh oh  oh
                      Em7  G/C  Dsus4 Em
and just stick around

[Verse 3]
           Em7       G/C
you turned eighteen my little girl
Dsus4                  Em
my everything you were my whole world
    Em7                          G/C
you said it was time to head out on your own
       Am7                            Dsus4 D
had to go had to leave try to make it all alone

[Chorus 3]
                  Cadd9
why don't you just stick around stick around for a while
Dsus4                 Em7 Cadd9
tell me why you gotta go    what's the hurry anyway
              Em7       Dsus4             D
why don't you take this slow oh oh oh oh  oh

[Bridge 1]
Cadd9                        Dsus4 Em7
doesn't anyone doesn't anyone         ever stick around
Cadd9                 Dsus4  Em7
doesn't anyone doesn't anyone ever stick around
Cadd9                        Dsus4 Em7
doesn't anyone doesn't anyone         ever stick around
Cadd9                 Dsus4  Em7              Dsus4
doesn't anyone doesn't anyone ever stick around

[Bridge 2]
Am7                   Cadd9  Dsus4 Em7                      Dsus4  D
   I know you've been hurting       I know you've felt all alone
Am7                    Cadd9  Dsus4 Em7                    Dsus4 D
   weighed down by the burdens      that you've carried so long
Am7                  Cadd9  Dsus4 Em7                   Dsus4 D
  there's no need to hurry         no you don't have to go
Am7                    Cadd9  Dsus4 Em7                  D  -->hold
  there's a Love never-ending        you can always call home

[Chorus 4]
                  Cadd9
why don't you just stick around stick around for a while
Dsus4                 Em7 Cadd9
tell me why you gotta go    what's the hurry anyway
              Em7       Dsus4             D
why don't you take this slow oh oh oh oh  oh
                      Em7  G/C  Dsus4 Em
and just stick around