Stand By Me

	  		 
Intro: (G B7 C G/B D) 2 x 

Verse 1:
 
   G                             B7   C 
 Made a meal and threw it up on Sunday I've 
 G/B                      D 
 Gotta lot of things to learn 
 G                        B7 
 Said I would and I'll be leaving one day  
 C                     G/B           D 
 Before my heart starts to burn 

Pre-Chorus
 
 C                          D 
 So what's the matter with you? 
 G       D/F#      Em 
 Sing me something new.. don't you know 
 A9 
 The cold and wind and rain don't know 
 C                              D 
 They only seem to come and go away 
 

Verse 2:
 
G                                       B7 
 Times are hard when things have got no meaning 
 C                G/B              D 
 I've found a key upon the floor 
 G                          B7                      C 
 Maybe you and I will not believe the things we find 
 G/B             D 
 Behind the door 

Pre-Chorus
 
 C                          D 
 So what's the matter with you? 
 G       D/F#     Em 
 Sing me something new.. don't you know 
 A9 
 The cold and wind and rain don't know 
 C                               D 
 They only seem to come and go away 

 
 G        D             Am                    C F D/F# G 
 Stand by me - nobody knows the way it's gonna be 
 G        D             Am                    C F D/F# G 
 Stand by me - nobody knows the way it's gonna be 
 G        D             Am                    C F D/F# G 
 Stand by me - nobody knows the way it's gonna be 
 G        D             Am 
 Stand by me - nobody knows 
               C 
 Yeah, nobody knows...... 
 D                  G 
 The way it's gonna be 


Verse 3:
  
 G                                   B7 
 If you're leaving will you take me with you 
 C            G/B                     D 
 I'm tired of talking on my phone 
 G                        B7 
 There is one thing I can never give you 
    C               G/B                 D 
 My heart can never be your home 

Pre-Chorus
 
  C                          D 
 So what's the matter with you? 
 G       D/F#      Em 
 Sing me something new.. don't you know 
 A9 
 The cold and wind and rain don't know 
 C                              D 
 They only seem to come and go away 

 
 G        D             Am                    C F D/F# G 
 Stand by me - nobody knows the way it's gonna be 
 G        D             Am                    C F D/F# G 
 Stand by me - nobody knows the way it's gonna be 
 G        D             Am                    C F D/F# G 
 Stand by me - nobody knows the way it's gonna be 
 G        D             Am 
 Stand by me - nobody knows 
               C 
 Yeah, nobody knows...... 
 D                  Em  D C 
 The way it's gonna be 

 
Post-Chorus
                      Em D C 
 The way it's gonna be.... 
 C           Em      D C 
 Maybe I can see yeah....  don't you know 
 A9 
 The cold and wind and rain don't know 
 C                             D 
 They only seem to come and go away 

 
 G        D             Am                    C F D/F# G 
 Stand by me - nobody knows the way it's gonna be 
 G        D             Am                    C F D/F# G 
 Stand by me - nobody knows the way it's gonna be 
 G        D             Am                    C F D/F# G 
 Stand by me - nobody knows the way it's gonna be 
 G        D             Am 
 Stand by me - nobody knows 
               C 
 Yeah, God only knows...... 
 D                  G 
 The way it's gonna be