GBmCEmCDGC\G 2x
GBm
Now the seats are all empty,
CEm
Let the roadies take the stage.
CGC\G
Pack it up and tear it down.
They re the first to come,
Em
And last to leave.
CEm
Working for that minimum wage.
CGC\G
They ll set it up in another town.
EmB7
Tonight the people were so fine.
CA7
They waited there in line,
GEm
And when they got up on their feet
CG
They made the show.
Bm
And that was sweet but I can hear the sound,
CEm
Of slamming doors and folding chairs.
CDGC\G
And that s a sound they ll never know.
GC
Now roll them cases out and lift them amps.
GC
Haul them trusses down and get em up them ramps.
GBm
Cause when it comes to movin me,
CD
You know, you guys are the champs.
GC
But when that last guitar s been packed away,
GCEm
You know that I still want to play.
CEm
So just make sure you got it all set to go,
DG
Before you come, for my piano.
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EmB7
But the band s on the bus,
CA7
And they re waiting to go.
GEm
We ve got to drive all night,
DCG
And do a show in Chicago.
GBm
Or Detroit, I don t know,
CEm
We do so many shows in a row.
CDG
And these towns all look the same.
C
We just pass the time in the hotel rooms,
GCEm
And wander round backstage.
C
Till those lights come up,
Em
And we hear that crowd,
GD
And we remember why we came.
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GCEm
Now, we got Country & Western on the bus, R & B.
C
We got Disco and 8-tracks,
G
And cassettes in stereo.
C
We've got rural scenes & magazines,
GEm
And we've got truckers on CB.
CD
And we got Richard Pryor on the video.
GC
We got time to think of the ones we love,
GEm
While the miles roll away.
CEm
But the only time that seems too short,
GD
Is the time that we get to play.
G
People you've got the power,
C
Over what we do,
G
You can sit there and wait,
C
Or you can pull us through.
GC
Come along, sing the song,
GEmC
You know that you can't go wrong.
GC
Cause when that morning sun comes beatin down,
GEm
You're going to wake up in your town.
CEm
But we'll be scheduled to appear,
DCG
A thousand miles away from here.
GEmCDGEmCD
People stay just a little bit longer.
GEmCDGEmCD
We want to play ay just a little bit longer.
GEmCD
Now, the promoter don't mind.
GEmCD
And the union don't mind.
GEm
If we take a little time,
CD
And we leave it all behind,
Em
And sing (one more song...)
GEmC
Oh oh, won't you stay ay.
DGEmCD
Just a little bit longer er-er er.
GEmCDEm
Please, please, please, say you will.
(Say you will.)
solo
GEmC
Oh won't you stay-ay-ay.
DGEmCD
Just a little bit longer.
GEmC
Oh-oh, please, please, stay-ay-ay.
DGEmCD
Just a little bit more.
Ay-ee-ay-ee-ay.
Wooo!
GEmCD
Now, the promoter don't mind.
GEmCD
And the roadies don't mind.
GEm
If we take a little time,
CD
And we leave this all behind,
Em
And sing one more song.
GEmCD