Taylor Swift – All you had to do was stay Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Taylor Swift – All you had to do was stay Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
G
(Hey, hey, hey)
D
(Hey, hey, hey)
A
(Hey, hey, hey)
Bm     A
 (Hey, hey, hey)

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[Verse 1]
G
 People like you
            D
always want back
                    A
The love they gave away
And people like me wanna
    Bm
 believe you
         A               G
When you say you've changed
                          D
The more I think about it now
              A
The less I know
All I know is that
     Bm
you drove us
A
Off the road

[Chorus]
G
(Stay) Hey, all you
              D
had to do was stay
Had me in the palm of
     A
your hand, then
                         Bm
Why'd you have to go and lock
                A
 me out when I let you in?
G
(Stay) Hey, now you say
            D
you want it back
                       A
Now that it's just too late,
                         Bm
 well, could've been easy
               A
All you had to do was (Stay)


[Post-Chorus]
G
 All you had to do was (Stay)
D
 All you had to do was (Stay)
A
 All you had to do was (Stay)
Bm               A
  All you had to do was stay

[Verse 2]
G
 Here you are now,
            D
 calling me up
                         A
But I don't know what to say
I've been pickin'
        Bm
up the pieces
       A             G
Of the mess you made
People like you always
      D
 want back
                      A
The love they pushed aside
But people like me are
gone forever
When you say goodbye

[Chorus]
G
(Stay) Hey, all you had
         D
to do was stay

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Had me in the palm of
      A
your hand, then
                         Bm
Why'd you have to go and lock
                A
me out when I let you in?
G
(Stay) Hey, now you say
            D
you want it back
                       A
Now that it's just too late,
                         Bm
well, could've been easy
               A
All you had to do was (Stay)

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[Post-Chorus]
G
 All you had to do was (Stay)
D
 All you had to do was (Stay)
A
 All you had to do was
                    Bm
(Stay, stay, stay, stay, stay)

[Bridge]
         A
Let me remind you
G        D        A
This was what you wanted
                   Bm
(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh)
    A
You ended it
G        D     A
You were all I wanted
                   Bm
 (Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh)
    A
But not like this
G        D    A
 Not like this,
               Bm
not like this
Oh, all you had to do was

[Chorus]
G
(Stay) Hey, all you had
          D
 to do was stay
Had me in the palm of
      A
 your hand, then
                         Bm
Why'd you have to go and lock
               A
 me out when I let you in?
G
(Stay) Hey, now you say
            D
 you want it back
                       A
Now that it's just too late,
                         Bm
 well, could've been easy
               A
All you had to do was
     G
(Stay) Hey, all you
              D
 had to do was stay
Had me in the palm of
      A
your hand, then

Why'd you have to go and
 Bm
lock me out when
    A
I let you in?
G
(Stay) Hey, now you
                 D
 say you want it back
                       A
Now that it's just too late,
                         Bm
 well, could've been easy
(All you had to do was stay)
               A
All you had to do was (Stay)

[Post-Chorus]
G
 All you had to do was
(Stay, oh)
D
 All you had to do was
 (Stay)
A
 All you had to do was
(Stay, ooh)
Bm               A
  All you had to do was
 (Stay)

How to play All you had to do was stay: key, chords and progression

These are All you had to do was Stay chords by Taylor Swift on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

All you had to do was stay by Taylor Swift sits in D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯), and you need 4 chords to play it: G, D, A and Bm.

Most of the song cycles through G – D – A – Bm (IV – I – V – vi in D major), a rotation of the four-chord pop progression that starts on the IV chord. In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – lah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes C, G, D, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯

All you had to do was stay chords: questions

What key is All you had to do was stay in?

All you had to do was stay by Taylor Swift is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯).

What chords are in All you had to do was stay?

All you had to do was stay uses 4 chords: G, D, A, Bm.

What is the chord progression of All you had to do was stay?

The main progression is G – D – A – Bm (IV – I – V – vi), a rotation of the four-chord pop progression that starts on the IV chord.

Is All you had to do was stay easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes C, G, D, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo).

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