[Intro - BPM 129] [Intro - BPM 127 - Capo 2 for original] [E][E][E][E] (can play low E and pluck these to fill out) B 0-2-3---0-2-3-2-0---3-2-0-----
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[Verse] [A] Where it began [D] I can't begin to knowin' [A] But then I know it's growin' [E] strong [A] Was in the spring, [D] then spring became a summer [A] Who'd have believed you'd come a [E] long
[Chorus] [A] Sweet Caro [D] line, (Run [D-x5777x][D/C#-x4777x][D/F#-2x0232]) good times never seemed so [E] good [A] I'd be inc [D] lined (Run [D][D/C#][D/F#]) to believe they never [E] would [D] But [C#m] now [Bm] I'm
[Verse 2] [A] Look at the night [D] and it don't seem so lonely [A] We fill it up with only [E] two [A] And when I hurt, [D] hurting runs off my shoulder [A] How can I hurt when holdin' [E] you
[Chorus] [A] Sweet Caro [D] line, (Run [D][D/C#][D/F#]) good times never seemed so [E] good [A] I'd be inc [D] lined (Run [D][D/C#][D/F#]) to believe they never [E] would [D] Oh [C#m] no [Bm] no
[Instrumental - Horn intro part] [E][E][E][E]
[Chorus] [A] Sweet Caro [D] line, (Run [D][D/C#][D/F#]) good times never seemed so [E] good [A] Sweet Caro [D] line, (Run [D][D/C#][D/F#]) I believe they never [E] could [A] Sweet Caro [D] line, (Run [D][D/C#][D/F#]) good times never seemed so [E] good
(fade out) [End] [Additional notes] [Horn Intro full for beginning] (pluck all notes and play low E at all times) B--0-2-3---0-2-3-2-0---3-2-0
[Verse 1] [A] You could never know what it's [D/A] like. Your blo [E/A] od like winter freezes [A] just like ice. And there's a [Bm7/A-557777] cold lonely light that [D/A-557775] shines from you. [E] You'll [F#m] wind up like the wreck you [D] hide behind that [A] mask [Bm/A-5xx777] you [A] use. [A] And did you think this fool could [D/A] never win? Well [E/A] look at me, I'm coming [A] back again. I got a [Bm7/A] taste of love in a [D/A] simple [E] way. And if you [F#m] need to know while I'm still [D] standing you just [A] fade [Bm7/A] a [A] way.
[Chorus] Don't you know [Am7] I'm still [Am] standing better than I [Em/G] ever did. Looking like a [Dm7] true survivor, feeling like a [Fmaj7] little kid. [G] [Am7] I'm still [Am] standing after [Em/G] all this time. Picking up the [Dm7] pieces of my life without you [E7] on my mind. I'm still [Am] standing. [Dm7] Yeah [Dm7] Yeah ye [E7] Yeah! I'm still [Am] standing. [Dm7] Yeah [Dm7] Yeah ye [E7] Yeah! [F/E-0-x-10-10-10-x][G/E-0-x-12-12-12-x]
[Verse 2] [A] Once I never could hope to [D/A] win. You [E/A] starting down the road leaving [A] me again. The [Bm7/A] threats you made were meant to [D/A] cut me [E] down. And if our [F#m] love was just a [D] circus you'd be a [A] clown [Bm7/A] by now [A]
[Chorus] Don't you know [Am7] I'm still [Am] standing better than I [Em/G] ever did. Looking like a [Dm7] true survivor, feeling like a [Fmaj7] little kid. [G] [Am7] I'm still [Am] standing after [Em/G] all this time. Picking up the [Dm7] pieces of my life without you [E7] on my mind. I'm still [Am] standing. [Dm7] Yeah [Dm7] Yeah ye [E7] Yeah! I'm still [Am] standing. [Dm7] Yeah [Dm7] Yeah ye [E7] Yeah! [F/E-0-x-10-10-10-x][G/E-0-x-12-12-12-x]
[Chorus/Outro] Don't you know [Am7] I'm still [Am] standing better than I [Em/G] ever did. Looking like a [Dm7] true survivor, feeling like a [Fmaj7] little kid. [G] [Am7] I'm still [Am] standing after [Em/G] all this time. Picking up the [Dm7] pieces of my life without you [E7] on my mind. I'm still [Am] standing. [Dm7] Yeah [Dm7] Yeah ye [E7] Yeah! I'm still [Am] standing. [Dm7] Yeah [Dm7] Yeah ye [E7] Yeah!
