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Lucy Dacus – Please Stay Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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These are the chords for Please Stay by Lucy Dacus on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Verse 1]
     B
Your clothes in the dryer
     Abm                F#  F#7/E
Your hair on the shower wall
     B
Your toothbrush is too much
     Abm                F#  F#7/E
Your shoes empty in the hall
     B
Your keys on the counter
     Abm                E  F#(add4)
Your dirty dish in the sink
B                    Abm
Please don't make me see
      F#    F#7/E
these things

[Verse 2]
    B
The books on your shelf
         Abm
that you never read
    F#                    E
The hunting knife you kept by
your bed
    B                      Abm
The flowers you dried and tied
up with twine
    F#              E
Suspended from the ceiling

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[Pre-Chorus]
                 Abm
You tell me you love me like

it'll be thе last time
             Abm
Like you're playing out
    F#            B       E
thе end of a storyline
                 Abm              F#
I say I love you too because it's true
             B             E
What else am I supposed to do?
      Abm          F#
Maybe bar the door when
              B    E
you move to leave

[Chorus]
                          Abm
I think you mean what you say
         F#            B     E
When you say you wanna die
                          Abm
I think you mean what you say
         F#               B      E
When you say you want to stay alive

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[Bridge]
           B      F#sus4
Quit your job
         Abm
Cut your hair
      E
Get a dog
            B
Change your name
            F#sus4
Change your mind
            E
Change your ways

Give them time
           Abm                F#
Go back to school, go back to sleep
         B                E
Tell the secret you can't keep
Abm       F#
Begin, be done
        B           E
Break a vow, make a new one
        Abm           F#
Call me if you need a friend or
      B           E
never talk to me again

[Outro]
    B       Abm    F#    E
But please stay
    B       Abm    F#    E
But please stay
    B       Abm    F#    E
But please stay
    B       Abm    F#    E
But please stay

How to play Please Stay: key, chords and progression

Please Stay by Lucy Dacus is in the key of B major (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯). The song uses 6 chords: B, Abm, F#, F#7/E, E and F#sus4.

The progression the song keeps returning to is E – Abm – F# – B (IV – vi – V – I in B major). In solfa, that is fah – lah – soh – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes G, Em, D, D7, C, Dsus4 (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 17% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Abm chord on guitar (466444) — A♭mA♭ C♭ E♭

F# chord on guitar (244322) — F♯F♯ A♯ C♯

F#7 chord on guitar (242322) — F♯7F♯ A♯ C♯ E

F#sus4 chord on guitar (244422) — F♯sus4F♯ B C♯

Please Stay chords: questions

What key is Please Stay in?

Please Stay by Lucy Dacus is in the key of B major (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯).

What chords are in Please Stay?

Please Stay uses 6 chords: B, Abm, F#, F#7/E, E, F#sus4.

What is the chord progression of Please Stay?

The main progression is E – Abm – F# – B (IV – vi – V – I).

Is Please Stay easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes G, Em, D, D7, C, Dsus4 (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 17% without a capo).

How to play Please Stay: key, chords and progression

Chord diagrams

Please Stay chords: questions

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