Stand By You

	  		Intro 
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Verse 
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I got a girl who shines like diamonds 
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Cuts right through all the dark in my heart 
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You stand by me, I stand by you 
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There ain't nothing we can't get through (Hey!) 

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Verse 
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When I met you I was worse for wear 
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Torn and afraid but you did not care 
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You stand you'll stand by me and I'll stand by you 
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There's nothing in this world that we could not do 

 
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If life is what love gets you through 
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There ain't nothing we can't do 
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So be the one I hold onto 
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Stand by me and I stand by you 


Solo 
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Verse 

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Now trouble will come and troubles will go 
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If I keep on dancing and never grow old 
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So you sing a song and I'll sing it too, yeah 
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Stand by me and I stand by you 

 
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If life is what love gets you through 
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There ain't nothing we can't do 
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So be the one I hold onto, yeah 
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Stand by me and I stand by you 
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Stand by me, ah, ah 
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Hm, hm 
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Ooh, ooh, ooh 
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Ooh, ooh, ooh 


Verse 

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Years from now when we look back 
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Tears of joy, we'll raise our glass 
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And say these words, still bring true 
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Stand by me and I stand by you 


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If life is what love gets you through 
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There ain't nothing we can't do 
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So be the one I hold onto, yeah 
C        G        D        G 
Stand by me and I stand by you 
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All we ever have to do 
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Is stand by me and I stand by you 
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Oh right by you 

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