Rihanna - Stay

this chord chart is from her snl performance

chords

C – 032010
Dm – 000231
Am/G – 302210
Am – 002210
F – 133211
G – 320003
Em – 022000

for the Am/G i usually hammer on the G bass note on the top E string .

intro
C Dm Am Am/G Am Am/G Am Am/G Am Am/G x2

verse 1
C Dm Am Am/G Am Am/G Am Am/G
all along there was a fever
C Dm Am Am/G Am Am/G Am Am/G
a cold sweat hot headed believer
C Dm Am Am/G Am Am/G Am Am/G
i threw my hand in the air and said show me something
C Dm Am Am/G Am Am/G Am Am/G
he said if you dare come a little closer

pre – chorus
F Dm Am
round and around and around and around we go
F Dm G
ohhhh now tell me now tell me now tell me now you know

chorus
C Dm
not really sure how to feel about it
Am F
something in the way you move
C Dm
makes me feel like i cant live without you
Am F
it takes me all the way
C Dm Am Am/G Am Am/G Am Am/G
i want you to stayyyyy

verse 2
C Dm Am Am/G Am Am/G Am Am/G
its not much of a life you’re living
C Dm Am Am/G Am Am/G Am Am/G
its not just something you take , is giving

pre – chorus
F Dm Am
round and around and around and around we go
F Dm G
ohhhhh now tell me now tell me now tell me now you know

chorus
C Dm
not really sure how i feel about it
Am F
something in the way you move
C Dm
makes me feel like i cant live without you
Am F
it takes me all the way
C Dm Am Am/G Am Am/G Am Am/G
i want you to stayyyyyyyyyy

bridge
F Am Dm Em
ooooohhhh the reason i hold on
F Am Dm
ooooohhhh cause i need this hole gone

F
funny you’re the broken one
Dm Am
but im the only one who needed saving
F
cause when you never seen the light
Dm G
its hard to know which one of us is caving

C Dm
not really sure how to feel about it
Am F
something in the way you move
C Dm
makes me feel like i cant live without you
Am F
it takes me all the way
C Dm Am F
i want you to stayyyyyyyyyy
C Dm Am F
stayyyyyyyyyyy
C Dm
i want you to stay
Am F
ohhhhhh

end on F