Joseph Vincent is an up-and-coming acoustic ARTIST striving to make a name for himself in the world of MUSIC. Growing up, Joseph had an open EAR for music, listening to all types of genres from hip-hop to rock. He picked up his first GUITAR at the age of 15 and started off by playing covers of some of his main musical influences, Jack Johnson and Jason Mraz. He began writing and COMPOSING his own original songs at the age of 16.  

IF YOU STAY


Verse: 

       Ab
I was standing on the other side
Cm
Watching you leaving
 C#                 D#
I couldn't see you go
              Ab
You know that I was so sincere
Cm
when I said I need you here
C#                  D#
'Cause this is your home now



Pre-chorus: 

            Cm    C#   D#
You're the one my everything
        Cm          C#      D#
If you stay you'll make me sing



Chorus:


                  Ab
I'll give you my life
                   Cm
I'll give you my heart
              C#
Nothing will ever come between us
D#
Ever come between us 
    Ab                     Cm
Tonight, I'll show you the way
       C#
Just promise me that you'll 
   D#
Promise me that you'll stay



Bridge:  
   
        Cm         C#
And I know that I found so true 
     Ab              D#
You are to me as I am to you
       Cm         C#
And I know that we can't just stay
       Ab           
Even though we ain't together
     D#
Our love still remains



When you're with me I feel so alive
You're the Bonnie to my Clyde
We can paint the town
But you're so far. You're so far
And that can't even hold me down
You're the one my everything
If you stay you'll make me sing

If You Stay

Intro:        
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E|-1/3-----3/5-3/5--3-----3/5-3--------------|
C|--------------------3-4--------------------|
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Verse 1:
C           Am
I feel that I should tell ya
Dm        G          
A warning to prepare ya
C          Am, Dm     G                 C, Am, Dm
About this song, it's when love goes wrong

# (goes wrong...)
A|------------
E|-3-5-3-0-3--
C|------------
G|------------

G              C, Am, Dm, G
But I'll carry on
C       Am
I gotta keep it real
Dm       G      C
Of how I really feel
Am         Dm           G          C, Am, Dm
About this day, I don't want it to stay
          G      C, Am, Dm, G
So please go away

Pre-chorus
F                    G
When cupid aimed his arrow at me
F                      G
He missed by a hundred thousand feet....oh

Chorus:
C            Am
This ain't a song about love
      Dm                        G
It is actually the opposite I'm thinkin' of
        C                           Am
I don't care 'bout the cards or the candy hearts
Dm                        G
Oh no no no I'll tell you right from the start oh
F                G
Reminds of how I don't have a date
    C       Em       Am                         F
The 14th of February gets in the way, cause for me
G
It's Single Awareness Day


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E|-1/3-----3/5-3/5--3-----3/5-3--------------|
C|--------------------3-4-------2------------|
G|-----5--------------------------5-7-5-2-5--|


Verse 2:
C             Am
With all the red and pink
Dm                G   C
It's just so hard to think
   Am           Dm          G             C, Am, Dm
Oh why should I care, about what I should wear
G                C, Am, Dm, G
For nobody who's there

Bridge:
C
I need love,
Am
I need you
Dm                  G
I need someone to hold me too
C
I need love
Am
It's so true
Dm             G
I need ya to say I love you

Pre-chorus
F                    G
When cupid aimed his arrow at me
F                      G
He missed by a hundred thousand feet....oh

Chorus:
C            Am
This ain't a song about love
      Dm                        G
It is actually the opposite I'm thinkin' of
        C                           Am
I don't care 'bout the cards or the candy hearts
Dm                        G
Oh no no no I'll tell you right from the start oh
F                G
Reminds of how I don't have a date
    C       Em       Am                         F
The 14th of February gets in the way, cause for me
G      C, Am, Dm
It's Single Awareness Day
G, C, Am, Dm
Oooohhhhh....
G
I said

Verse 3:
C   Am        Dm       G
S.A.D No valentine for me
         C    Am                 Dm   G
And Imma be alright if you could only see
     C              Am              Dm       G
That today's just a day and if it's meant to be
               C               Dm       G       A
There's always next year, just wait and see...wait and seeeeee..oh 

oh ohoooh

Chorus:
D            Bm
This ain't a song about love
      Em                        A
It is actually the opposite I'm thinkin' of
        D                           Bm
I don't care 'bout the cards or the candy hearts
   Em                     A
Oh no no no I'll tell you right from the start oh
G                A
Reminds of how I don't have a date
    D       F#m      Bm                         G
The 14th of February gets in the way, cause for me
A
It's Single Awareness Day

Outro:
D, Bm, Em
A,    Dm, Bm, Em
oh no no no no
A      D   Bm, Em    A        D
I said S A D no valentine for me
Bm,Em          A     D
      But imma be alright...

S.a.d. (single Awareness Day)

# Second tab! I absolutely adore this song! Its adorable (:
# Joseph Vincent is amazing ! (:

# NOTE: This song would sound really good with a capo on 2nd,
# but that's entirely up to you (:
# ENJOY! :D

# VERSE
      F
I was standing on the other side
 Am                       Bb
watching you leave and I,
                 C
couldn’t see you go
          F
Know that I was so sincere
Am                           Bb
when I said I need you here
                    C
cause this is your home

# PRE-CHORUS
            Am    Bb   C
You’re the one my everything
       Am          Bb      C
If you stay you’ll make me sing

# CHORUS
                 F
I’ll give you my life
                 Am
I’ll give you my heart
                 Bb
and nothing will ever come between us,
C                      F
ever come between us tonight
                  Am         Bb
I’ll show you the way, Just promise me that you’ll
C                      F
Promise me that you’ll stay

Am, Bb, C

# VERSE
            F
When you’re with me I feel so alive
Am                             Bb
You’re the bonnie to my clyde
                 C
We can paint the town
          F
But you’re so far (ohhh)
          Am
You’re so far (woah ohhh)
     Bb                     C
And that can’t even hold me down

# PRE-CHORUS
           Am     Bb   C
You’re the one my everything
       Am          Bb      C
If you stay you’ll make me sing

# CHORUS
                 F
I’ll give you my life
                 Am
I’ll give you my heart
                 Bb
and nothing will ever come between us,
C                      F
ever come between us tonight
                  Am        Bb
I’ll show you the way, Just promise me that you’ll
C                      F
Promise me that you’ll stay

# BRIDGE
      Am            Bb
And I know that our bond’s so true
    F              C
You are to me as I am to you
      Am        Bb
And I know that we can sustain
      F
even though we ain’t together
     C
our love still remains

# CHORUS
                 G
I’ll give you my life
                 Bm
I’ll give you my heart
                 C
and nothing will ever come between us,
D                      G
ever come between us tonight
                  Bm        C
I’ll show you the way, Just promise me that you’ll
D                      G
Promise me that you’ll stay

Bm, C, D, G, Dm, C

D                      G
Promise me that you'll stay

Blue Skies

[intro]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

C#                                A                   E
Mass romantic fool, wears Foster Grants, his books on tape ring true,
                               F#                          C#
Like everyone wants to say "I love you" to someone on the radio.
                                                A
His choice of hollowed stars, now the one true loves,
           E                                     F#
And author of "My Life Among the Kids Who Go to Shows".
        C#
This is not the way.

                   B
In the streetlight dawn 
F#                 C#
In the streetlight dawn 
                G#  F#  C#
this beat turns on.

C#  D#  C#  B  C#

C#                                A
Mass romantic fool, separated by sheets.
                 E
When the curtain calls
                                     F#                       C#
you speaking on the themes of stolen virtue, missing from the radio.
                                   A                  E
Now this romantic duel is into the streets. Bon appetit.
                F#
You've eaten me alive.
                    C#
You realize this is not the way.


                   B
In the streetlight dawn
F#                 C#
In the streetlight dawn 
                G#  F#  C#
this beat turns on.

C#  D#  C#  B  C#

C#                               A
Mass romantic fool, separated by sheets.
                 E
When the curtain calls
                                     F#                       C#
you speaking on the themes of stolen virtue, missing from the radio.
                                   A                  E
Now this romantic duel is into the streets. Bon appetit.
                 
You've eaten me alive.
     F#              C#
You realize this is not the way.


                    B
In the streetlight dawn
F#                  C#
In the streetlight dawn 
                 G#  F#  C#
this beat turns on.

C#  D#  C#  B  C#


B                A               E
This boy's life among the electrical lights.

Mass Romantic

Riff:
|3-----------6-------------------|3-----------6---------------|
|3-------6/8-6-----------8-------|3-------6/8-6-----------8---|
|3-------5/7-7-----------7-------|3-------5/7-7-----------7---|
|0-------------------------------|0---------------------------|
Repeat 2x


| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo joo eyeball he one holy roller

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He wear no shoe shine he got toe jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot Coca-Cola

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He say,"I know you and you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me



Repeat Riff



| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me


Repeat Riff

Come Together

F Am Dm C

    F              Am            Bb          C
The skirts go up, before the wall  among the madding crowds, 
    
     F                      Am                    Dm     C
They ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin
          F                      Am           Bb           C
You are a living doll riding the circle tracks  behind the walls of clocks, 
        F                      Am                   Dm     C
In your ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin     

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistlng part)

F Am Dm C

        F                     Am               Bb            C     
Now the candle's end, you are a light turned low  and like the rest of us,
                 F            Am               Dm     C
You've got those old, eternity blues, eternity blues
      F                              Am         Bb                C
Your fingers raised, you're looking for the word, what you want is accident
            F                 Am                 Dm    C
And not the drag, spectacular view, what you can lose

 Bb                         F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                            F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ruuuule
 Bb                         F         C
Windows will close in the crash years 

Bb                          F        C      Dm     C
    Honey child, you're not safe here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (whistling part)

Bb 

F Am Dm C

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistling part)

        F                   Am            Dm                  C
And the ruins the wild, the ruins the wild, tonight will be an open mic.

# (Repeat six times and end on an F)

Crash Years

D G D A D x 2

D
I been loved and I been alone
G
all my life I been a rolling stone
D
done everything a man can do
G	                       C	D
everything but get a hold on you
C			D
done everything a man can do
G	D 	A 	D
everything but get a hold on you

D
I've been blessed and I've been cursed
G
all my lies have been unrehearsed
D	
a wall of fire that I walked through
G			C	D
only trying to get a hold on you
C				D
a wall of fire that I walked through
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D

A
I saw you waiting at the gate
D
but I arrived a moment late 
A
I saw you shed a single tear
G	D	A	D
but still I can't get there from here

D
I been high and I been low
G
I been people that I don't know 
D
I been to China and to Peru

G			C    D
only trying to get a hold on you
C			D
I been to China and to Peru
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

Hold On You

Intro: F#, D

F#                             D
Pinwheel spark break loose and roll 
E         A           D
where you stop nobody knows 
       E                B
just a thought but gone down 
          D             (Dsus)     D
it's been carved into a point understand 

            A                             F#
turned into someone that you only know 
            D                    E
when you're falling through your clothes 


run run run deep breath then jump 
roll with your vertigo stomp 
now you're clear but gone down 
you've been cleared of every charge understand 

you've turned into someone that you only know 
when you're falling through your clothes

End with A

Falling Through Your Clothes

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

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