Song Title:         Wish I Could Stay
Music and Lyrics:   Joss Whedon
Source : TV Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Episode Title:      Once More With Feeling (AKA Buffy the Musical)
Season:             6, Episode: 7
Original Airdate:   November 6, 2001
Written,Directed by:Joss Whedon
Transcribed by: Jeff Burke the Bassoon
Player
Thanks To: J?rg Plate  at  http://www.psyche.kn-bremen.de for the
             transcription script from which I gleaned the lyrics.

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Wish I Could Stay
Joss Whedon


Tempo : 96 bpm {part 1}, 136 bpm {part 2}
Key : Bm - B {part 1}, Gb - A {part 2}

{Intro}
|4/4  Bm9 |Bm9 |Bm9


{part 1}
     |Bm  D         |A
TARA: I'm under your spell.
                 |Em
God, how can this be?
        D      |C
Playing with my memory.
   |Bm        D           |A
You know I've been through hell.
                 |Em
Willow, don't you see?
D                  |C          Em
There'll be nothing left of me.

          |B        |F#              |C#m     |G#m
TARA: You made me believe.
GILES:            Believe me, I don't want to go,

|B             |F#                |C#m       |G#m
TARA: And it'll grieve me 'cause I love you so.
GILES:And it'll grieve me 'cause I love you so.

         |C#m      |G#m
TARA: But we both know...
GILES:But we both know...

{part 2}
  Abm              |Gb            |Ab
GILES: Wish I could say      the right words
TARA:                 Wish I could trust that it was

         |Fm                      |Gb
GILES: To lead you through this land.
TARA:     just  this once   but I  must

                     |Bbm             |Ab
GILES: Wish  I  could play       the fa-ther
TARA:  do what I must.   I can't  ad-just to this

           |Db                    |Gb
GILES: And take you     by   the hand.
TARA:  dis-gust.  We're done and I just

                           |C#m7 |B6 |A6
TARA & GILES: Wish I could  stay      here.

|A6              |C#m7 |B6 |A6
     Wish I could stay      here.

|A6              |C#m7 |B6 |A6/9  |A6/9
     Wish I could stay      here.

|A6/9          |E      |E   ||
   Wish I could stay.


Source: Jeff Burke the Bassoon Player
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