16 Chords used in the song: D, Dsus4, Am, Am6, Am7, D5, C, C/B, F, A, G, E, Esus4, E5, D/C#, Bm
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INTRO: D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Am Am6 Am7 Am6 Am7 Am6
CHORUS:
D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
Will you stay in our Lovers' Story
D Dsus4 D D5 Dsus4 D
If you stay you won't be sorry
C C C/B
Cos we believe in you
Am D Am D
Soon you'll grow so take a chance
Am D Am F C
With a couple of kooks hung up on romancing
REPEAT CHORUS, INTRO
D A
We bought a lot of things to keep you warm and dry
D A
And a funny old crib on which the paint won't dry
D G
I bought you a pair of shoes
D G
A trumpet you can blow and a book of rules
D A
On what to say to people when they pick on you
Cos if you stay with us you're gonna be pretty kookie too
CHORUS, INTRO
And if you ever have to go to school
Remember how they messed up this old fool
Don't pick fights with the bullies or the cads
Cos I'm not much cop at punching other people's dads
And if the homework brings you down
Then we'll throw it on the fire
And take the car downtown
CHORUS (key change):
E Esus4 E Esus4 E
Will you stay in our Lovers' Story
E Esus4 E E5 Esus4 E
If you stay you won't be sorry
D D D/C#
Cos we believe in you
Bm E Bm E
Soon you'll grow so take a chance
Bm E Bm G D
With a couple of kooks hung up on romancing
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About this song: Kooks
The baby was born and it looked like me and it looked like Angie, and the song came out like?if you?re gonna stay with us, you?re gonna grow up bananas.David Bowie, promotional sheet for Hunky Dory.On the last day of May 1971, David Bowie was sitting at home listening to a Neil Young record when someone from the hospital rang to tell him he had become a father. Angela Bowie, after a 30-hour labor, had given birth to a son, who would be named Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones. Read more on Last.fm.