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Stand By Me by Ben E. King - Guitar Chords

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            Stand By Me - words and music by Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
    
     Note: I have taken this from the original score and matched it to the 1961 recording 
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           This was originally written in C with the G7 as a lead-in chord. 
           The singer is singing     E    G   A
                                   "When the night" 
               which I think has confused some the people's different versions here.
           This is a simple 4 chord song that is all about the singers timing so I included.

[Intro]

C   Am   F   G7


[Verse 1]

G7       C                       Am                         
When the night        has come      and the land is da-rk
        F               G7                     C   
And the mo-on    is the on- ly     light we'll see 
   
     C                C               Am             
No I wo-n't     be af-raid, no     I  won't  be af-raid           
        F              G7                   C              
Just as long    as you st-and,     stand by me.      So darl-lin', darl-lin'


[Chorus 1]

C             C                Am                                      
stand   by    me,       oh--h  sta- and  by   me,      
     F        G7             C          
Ohh, stand      Stand by me,   stand by meee.            


[Verse 2]

       C                          Am                        
If the sky   that we look up-on      should tumble and fall
       F                    G7                  C     
Or the mount-ain     should crum-mble   to the  sea 
                     
        C                                Am               
I won't cry,    I won't cry, no--oo-   I won't   shed a tear
        F               G7                  C        
Just as long     as you st-and,    stand by me.     And   darl-ling, darl-ling


[Chorus 2]

C             C                Am         
stand   by    me,       oh--h  sta- and  by   me,      
     F        G7             C          
Ohh, stand      Stand by me,   stand by meee.            
              

[Solo]

C                Am             F        G7       C       
C                Am             F        G7       C       
                                                       Oh darl-ling darl-ling

[Chorus 3]

C             C                Am         
stand   by    me,       oh--h  sta- and  by   me,      
     F        G7             C          
Ohh, stand      Stand by me,   stand by me. Whenever! you're in trouble just

C             C                Am         
stand   by    me,       oh--h  sta- and  by   me,      
      F        G7             C          
Woow, stand      Stand by me,   stand by meee. (fade)

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