Stay With Me - Rod Stewart & The Faces.

Rod Stewart and the Faces - Stay With Me.

This was Rod's second hit in the UK, following the #1 mega-hit
"Maggie May" although this was credited to Rod and The Faces.
If my memory's working OK (and it's not usually very far out
where this era's concerned!) it came out about Feb/Mar 72, &
it was from the album "A Nod's As Good As A Wink" and got to
about #6 in the charts.

The hardest part is the intro - once you've got that down,
the rest of the song is just A B and D powerchords, with a
little variation.

Note - this is just the rhythm guitar part - the solos? Well
someone cleverer than me can work those out!

Intro.......

I've divided this into three sections for ease of notation.

Section 1 - mini barre across DGB strings @ 9th fret
E |----------------------------|
B |------9-9-9-10-10-9-9-10-9--|
G |------9-9-9--9--9-9-9--9-9--|
D |-9h11-9-9-9-11-11-9-9-11-9--|
A |----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|

Section 2 - mini barre across DGB strings @ 7th fret
E |----------------------------|
B |-7-7-7-8-8-7-7-8-7----------|
G |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------|
D |-7-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-7----------|
A |----------------------------|

Section 3 - mini barre across DGB strings @ 2nd fret
E |----------------------------|
B |----------------------------|
G |---2-----2------------------|
D |-----2h4---5-5-5-4-2--------|
A |-0---------0-0-0-0-0--------|
E |----------------------------|

(The whole piece played twice!)

Now you have to slide the mini-barre back up to the 9th fret,
and repeat sections 1 2 & 3 - this time you don't play the
hammer-on at the start of section 1.

Third time around, you play sections 1 & 2 exactly the way you
did the second time, then there's a pause where there's a
piano riff (after you've hit an A chord in place of the first
note of section 3) which'll give you time to get your hands up
to the fifth fret and into position to play the main guitar riff.

HOWEVER - I like to add the piano riff into the guitar part,
and I've found a little "cheat" which makes it fairly easy to
get up to the fifth fret, so I'll include that.....
MAIN RIFF(cheat!)
A A5
E |--------------------------------------------|
B |-2-2----------------------------------------|
G |-2-2-4-4-2-2-----2-2---------2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
D |-2-2--------4-4-----4-4-2----2-2-4-2-2-2-4--|
A |-0-0----------------------4-----------------|
E |--------------------------------------------|

B B5 D D5 A A5
E |---------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------|
G |-2s4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------|
D |-2s4-4-6-4-4-4-6-4-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-----------------|
A |-------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|
E |-----------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

Without the cheat that last part would look like this.....
MAIN RIFF
A A5
E |---------------------------------------------|
B |-2-------------------------------------------|
G |-2-------------------------------------------|
D |-2-------------------------------------------|
A |-0---------------------------7-7-9-7-7-7-9---|
E |-----------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|

B B5 D D5 A A5
E |---------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------|
D |---------------------7-7-9-7-7-7-9-----------------|
A |-7s9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|
E |-5s7-7--7-9-9-9-9--9---------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

Repeat the main riff , and then we're into the lyrics.....

From here, the main riff is repeated throughout the song until
the outro. same rhythm as above (A...A5, B...B5, D...D5....)
So it's easy enough to fit the lyrics to the rhythm - I'll just
denote when the major chord changes.

A.................................B
In the morning, don't say you love me,
.............D...................................A
'Cause you know I'll only kick you outa the door,
............................................B
I know your name is Rita, 'cause your perfume's smellin' sweeter,
.......D................................A
Since when I saw you down on the floor.

A...................................................B
You won't need too much persuading, I don't mean to sound degrading,

.............D............................................A
But with a face like that you got nothin' to laugh about,

....................................B
Red lips hair and fingernails, I hear you're a mean old Jezebel,

......D..................................A
Let's go upstairs and read my tarot cards (c'mon, honey!)

CHORUS.....

A...............B
Stay with me, stay with me,
.......D.............................A
For tonight you better stay with me.

A...............B
Stay with me, stay with me,
.......D.............................A
For tonight you better stay with me.

A ............................................B
So in the morning, please don't say you love me,
.............D.................................A
'Cause you know I'll only kick you out the door,
A...............................................B
Yeah I'll pay your cab fare home, you can even use my best cologne,
......D...............................................A
Just don't be here in the morning when I wake up, c'mon, honey,

A...............B
Stay with me, stay with me,
.......D.............................A
For tonight you better stay with me. (get on, get out, get home!)

A...............B
Stay with me, stay with me,
.......D.............................A
For tonight you better stay with me.(What's your name again, honey?)

There's a solo here where the main riff - A to B To D to A - is played
twice . Then we're into the outro......

OUTRO.....this consists of the intro (sections 1 2 and 3) played 7 times
altogether....

1st time, played as in the intro.

2nd time, as above.

3rd time - the riff ont the A chord is played at the 14th fret

4th time - guitar stops on the A chord, piano takes over.

5th time - guitar stops on the A chord, drums take over.

6th time - same as third time

7th time - as intro till the A chord, but finishes so....
E |---------------------------0--|
B |---------------------------2--|
G |-5-4-3-2--5-4-3-2--5-4-3-2-2--|
D |-------2--------2--------2-2--|
A |-------0--------0--------0-0--|
E |------------------------------|

(that last A chords actually hit 3 times with a very brisk D/U/D
action and allowed to ring....then hit it again and immediately mute it.)

As always, any questions, feel free to fire away.

I've left it MUCH too late to record a video clip tonight - I'll do it Sunday afternoon, promise!!!!!

:D :D :D

Vic