
Bill Withers-Lean On Me
Vox - Double left with variation, normal middle
[Intro - bpm 75 - Just bass drum - hum with chords second time] C---C Dm Em F---F Em Dm C---C Dm Em Em---Dm
C---C Dm Em F---F Em Dm C---C Dm Em G/B--C
[Verse 1 - Just bass drum - Pluck chords] [C]Some ...
[C]times
[Dm]in
[Em]our
[F]lives.....
[F]We
[Em]all
[Dm]have
[C]pain, ...
[C]we
[Dm]all
[Em]have .....
[Em]sor- ...
[Dm]row.....
[C]But, .....
[C]if
[Dm]we
[Em]are
[F]wise,
[F]We
[Em]know
[Dm]that
[C]there's, .....
[C]al-
[Dm]ways
[Em]to-........
[G/B]mor-...
[C]row.
[Chorus 1 - Harder strum] Lean on me,
[C]..........
[C]when
[Dm]you're
[Em]not
[F]strong.......And
[F]I'll
[Em]be
[Dm]your
[C]friend ......
[C]I'll
[Dm]help
[Em]you ..........
[Em]carry
[Dm]on ...........
[C]For ...
[C]it
[Dm]won't
[Em]be
[F]long, ..... 'till
[F]I'm
[Em]gon-
[Dm]na
[C]need .......
[C]Some
[Dm]bo---dy
[Em]to
[G/B]lean
[C]on.
[Verse 2 - Light full drums] [C]Please, ....
[C]swal-
[Dm]low
[Em]your
[F]pride,
[F]If
[Em]I
[Dm]have
[C]things, ....
[C]you
[Dm]need
[Em]to
[Em] bor- ......
[Dm] row.
[C]For, .....
[C]no
[Dm]one
[Em]can
[F]fill, ...
[F]those
[Em]of
[Dm]your
[C]needs......
[C]That
[Dm]you
[Em]don't
[G/B]let ......
[C]show.
[Bridge 1 - Drums BSS pattern] - Play chords mainly just on 1
So, just
[C]call on me brother, when you need a hand;
We all
[C]need somebody, to
[G]lean
[C]on.
I just
[C]might have a problem, that you'd understand;
We all need somebody, to
[G/B]lean
[C]on.
[Chorus 2] Lean on me,
[C]..........
[C]when
[Dm]you're
[Em]not
[F]strong.......And
[F]I'll
[Em]be
[Dm]your
[C]friend ......
[C]I'll
[Dm]help
[Em]you ..........
[Em]carry
[Dm]on ...........
[C]For ...
[C]it
[Dm]won't
[Em]be
[F]long, ..... 'till
[F]I'm
[Em]gon-
[Dm]na
[C]need .......
[C]Some
[Dm]bo---dy
[Em]to
[G/B]lean
[C]on.
[Bridge 2 - Drums BSS pattern] - Play chords mainly just on 1
So, just
[C] call on me brother, when you need a hand;
We all
[C] need somebody, to
[G] lean
[C] on.
I just
[C] might have a problem, that you'd understand;
We all need somebody, to
[G/B] lean
[C] on.
[Verse 3] If, .....
[C]there
[Dm]is
[Em]a
[F]load,
[F]you
[Em]have
[Dm]to
[C]bear.....
[C]That
[Dm]you
[Em]can't
[Em]car-
[Dm]ry......
[C]I'm .....
[C]right
[Dm]up
[Em]the
[F]road;
[F]I'll
[Em]share
[Dm]your
[C]load,
[C]If
[Dm]you
[Em]just
[G/B]call
[C]me.
[Coda] [Dm] (Call
[C] me), if you need a
[Dm] friend,
[Dm] (Call
[C] me), call me - repeat until end