Stick Around

Akon

PopMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Em7

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
 
F 
   When the party's over 
C 
   And the lights go down 
G                        Am              Em7 
   When everybody go I'm hoping that you stick around 
F 
   When the high is over 
C 
   And we sober down 
G                        Am              Em7 
   When everybody go I'm hoping that you stick around  
 
verse 1 
F 
   I know we just met 
C 
   I know we just started 
G 
   But there's something here 
Am 
   I can tell we got it 
F 
   We like a classic song 
C                           G 
   I been singing all night long 
Am  Em7 
       And it goes like 
 
Pre-Chorus 
C  Am 
Oh my love 
   F 
My darling 
G             C 
When we sober up 
     Am           G 
Will you still be mine? 
 
F 
   When the party's over 
C 
   And the lights go down 
G                        Am              Em7 
   When everybody go I'm hoping that you stick around 
F 
   When the high is over 
C 
   And we sober down 
G                        Am              Em7 
   When everybody go I'm hoping that you stick around (x2)
 
verse 1 
F 
   I know we just met 
C 
   I know we just started 
G 
   But there's something here 
Am 
   I can tell we got it 
F 
   We like a classic song 
C                           G 
   I been singing all night long 
Am  Em7 
       And it goes like 
 
Pre-Chorus 
C  Am 
Oh my love 
   F 
My darling 
G             C 
When we sober up 
     Am           G 
Will you still be mine? 
 
  
F 
   When the party's over 
C 
   And the lights go down 
G                        Am              Em7 
   When everybody go I'm hoping that you stick around 
F 
   When the high is over 
C 
   And we sober down 
G                        Am              Em7 
   When everybody go I'm hoping that you stick around 
 
Bridge 
 
F                 C 
   So please stay over (stay over) 
        G                            Am   Em7 
   Take care of you through your hangover 
              F                          C            
   Let's make love through the moonlight   until the daylight 
G                                           Am 
   And then we both think back like: what a night 
             Em7 
   Let you decide, alright 
 
Chorus

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Chord set

F · C · G · Am · Em7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.