Composition
"I'll Stick Around" is an up-tempo rock song in the key of G major. The song kicks off with a powerful snare and kick drum-roll before the whole band joins in with the intro. The intro is a fast, power chord-based riff, quickly switching from G5-Eb5-Bb5-C5-F5 and repeating until the verse. The verses feature open chords in the key of G major, broken up by repeating the intro riff again or entering the three chord pre-chorus.
The chorus uses the intro riff, over which Grohl shouts the main refrain. The outro adds a new Eb-F7-G-D chord progression that repeats until the main riff returns to end the stop the song dead on the final G.
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