[‘70s Southern California folk/rock] [Key: G major (for acoustic guitars, slide, and stacked harmonies)] [Tempo: ~82–88 BPM Feel: laid back 4/4] [vocals: style ‘70s Southern California technique. Smooth tenor voice but also a powerful and raspy sound in climactic parts] [With vocal harmony in 3rds and fifths.] [Instruments: Fender Rhodes electric piano, guitars, slide steel guitar, and standard folk/country/rock drum kit. Gentle acoustic strum with electric guitar backing and steel slide guitar. Light kick + rim clicks, soft keyboard pad, Minimoog synthesizer auxiliary] [verse 1] [| G | D/F# | Em7 | C | | G | D | C | D |] If you can walk away from my dreams I don’t understand what love means. Will you tell me what it was for As you’re walkin’ out the door? [prechorus] [harmony enters, drums open slightly, slide guitar swells] | Am7 | Bm7 | C | D | | Am7 | Bm7 | C | D | Ooh ooh ooh sweet darlin’ Turn around let’s start again [backing harmony in 3rds and 5ths] [chorus] [| G | D | Em7 | C | | G | D | C | D |] Just stop…and wait a minute Before you go and end it. Remember the days I held you tight The way we made love all night [verse 2] [| G | D/F# | Em7 | C | | G | D | C | D |] Is it so easy to forget The moment we first met? You stole my heart that day. Now, you got nothin’ left to say? [bridge (slightly more emotional, pleading)] [| Em | D/F# | G | C | | Em | D | C | D |] [drums drop to toms, slide guitar moans, vocals more exposed] Give us a chance, Baby, please I’m down here on my knees Don’t end it all this way My heart’s askin’ you to stay [interlude] [Slide guitar feature, gentle keyboard pad, drums soft and steady] [| G | D/F# | Em7 | C | | Am7 | Bm7 | C | D |] [prechorus] [harmony enters, drums open slightly, slide guitar swells] | Am7 | Bm7 | C | D | | Am7 | Bm7 | C | D | Ooh ooh ooh sweet darlin’ Turn around let’s start again [backing harmony in 3rds and 5ths] [outro (repeat chorus progression)] [Let the harmonies bloom, slide guitar echo the melody.] [| G | D | Em7 | C | | G | D | C | D | G |] [End on G, soft, with a lingering slide guitar note.] Just stop…and wait a minute Before you go and end it. Remember the days I held you tight The way we made love all night Just stop
