Staying Still Chords & Tabs

by Noah Kahan

[Version Description]
Capo on 4th fret, simplified chords.

[Intro]
G Em C Em7 C
G Em C Em7 C

[Verse 1]
G                                     Em                   C             G
We drank and I convinced you that the wildfire smog is the northern lights
G                                   Em            C           
But lately I've been looking at you harder, just taking you in
G                                    Em                       C        G  
The callous on your fingers from the handbreak grips on your junkyard bike
G                          Em             C          
Your boots all filled with water, I mean, soaking wet

[Pre-Chorus]
Bm                            C  
But you could punch me in the gut
                          G                 Am             C       
And it wouldn't hurt like watching you grow smaller on the backroad
Am                  C    
And I never ask for much,
                      G                 Am       C      
But I hope that Logan crumbles and gets hit by a tornado

[Chorus]
C  N.C.
Oh I
Em N.C.
Can't keep
G    N.C.   D/F#
On starting over
C   N.C.      Em  N.C.    G
Sleeping in a bed half empty
N.C.      D/F#
Daydreaming
C       
All love
Em        
Must leave
G                  D/F#
Oh, but search for it,
C     
I will
       Em     
Honey, tell me
G               D/F#    C     Em
Are you good at staying still?
G                       D/F#                                     C                               
Are you good at staying still? Or well, will you up and leave or will you be there in the morning

[Instrumental]
G Em C Em7 C

[Verse 2]
  G                Em           C   G
I always hated the sunlight, at 3 pm
G                           Em                C              G       
Where it's too soon to quit thinking, but too late to change anything
    G                        Em                  C           G   
I'm racking my brain for the one line that would change your mind
G                         Em                  C          Bm
Showing you plane crashes online, it couldn't hurt to try

[Pre-Chorus]
Bm                        C  
But the Charles meets the sun
                           G    
And the Harvard track team runs,
        Am              C      
Past my truck, stuck on Storrow
Am                  C    
And I never ask for much,
                      G                 Am       C      
but I hope that Logan crumbles and gets hit by a tornado

[Chorus]
C  N.C.
'Cause I
Em N.C.
Can't keep
G    N.C.     D/F#
On starting over
C   N.C.      Em  N.C.   G
Sleeping in a bed half empty
N.C.      D/F#
Daydreamin'
C       
All love
Em        
Must leave
G                 D/F#  C   
Oh, but search for it I will
    Em      G 
Honey, tell me
                D/F#    C    
Are you good at staying still
    Em       G
Honey, tell me
                D/F#    C    Em
Are you good at staying still
                D/F#    C    Em
Are you good at staying still

[Bridge]
Em                        G               
Put in love, put in hours, put in ceremony
C                      
As it was, how you were
C                       
What was there before me
Em                   G                    
Nevermind, nevermind, I'll forget about it
C                                               
I'll be good, I'll be fine, I can laugh about it

[Chorus]
C  N.C.
I try
Em N.C.
To keep
G    N.C.   D/F#
On starting over (Oh)
C   N.C.      Em  N.C.    G
Sleeping in a bed half empty
N.C.      D/F#
Daydreaming
C       
All love
Em        
Must leave
G                  D/F#
Oh, but search for it,
C     
I will
       Em     
Honey, tell me
G               D/F#    C     Em
Are you good at staying still?
G               D/F#    C    Em
Are you good at staying still
G                       D/F# N.C.
Are you good at staying still or well, will you up and leave,
    C                              
Or will you be there in the morning