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Stay Awhile by The Kingston Trio
Stay Awhile
Tuning: E A D G B E
If you are singing this one with a group, sing chorus 1 in unison, throw in some nice harmonies
for choruses 2-4, and slow way down for the last one.
[Intro]
C
[Chorus 1]
C F C C C C F G
Oh, we'll stay awhile to bide awhile. We'll never want to leave ya
C C F C C Am G C
Oh, we'll stay awhile to bide awhile 'til we come back to see ya
[Verse 1]
C F C C C C F G
As we were walkin' down to Wales one day we chanced upon young Tommy Clancy
C C F C C Am G C
And we called to him, "Could you go a drink?" (whoop) Said he "lads, That's my fancy!"
[Chorus 2]
C F C C C C F G
Oh, we'll stay awhile to bide awhile. We'll never want to leave ya
C C F C C Am G C
Oh, we'll stay awhile to bide awhile 'til we come back to see ya
[Verse 2]
C F C C C C F G
Oh, we drank to Tommy and he did the same. We drank to all his hellish brothers
C C F C C Am G C
And we drank to home and the girls we've known, then had one for our mo-thers
[Chorus 3]
C F C C C C F G
Oh, we'll stay awhile to bide awhile. We'll never want to leave ya
C C F C C Am G C
Oh, we'll stay awhile to bide awhile 'til we come back to see ya
[Verse 3]
C F C C C C F G
And then we sang those songs that we sang before (whoop). We sang that we would drink for-e-ver
C C F C C Am G C
When the last drop passed our lips that day, we sang this song to-ge-ther
[Chorus 4]
C F C C C C F G
Oh, we'll stay awhile to bide awhile. We'll never want to leave ya
C C F C C Am G C
Oh, we'll stay awhile to bide awhile 'til we come back to see ya
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