Bass Intro 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + G --|----------------| D 5-|------5-------5-| A --|3-3-----3-3-----| E --|----------------| x4
Guitar lick: - first bar (C chord only) is repeated in Intro and Instrumental - the combination of C and F parts is used in the Verses
easy (first position, no shifting) more like the original (no open strings) C F C F 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------------| e|----------------|----------------| B|--------------1-|----------------| B|----------------|----------------| G|----------0-2---|----------------| G|--------------5-|----------------| D|------0-2-------|------------0-3-| D|----------5-7---|--------------3-| A|3---------------|--------0-3-----| A|3-----5-7-------|----------3-5---| E|----------------|1-----3---------| E|----------------|1-----3-5-------|
[Intro] | C | % | % | % | (Bass) (+ Verse lick)
[Verse 1] C F C F I've got sunshine on a cloudy day C F C F And when it's cold outside, I've got the month of May
[Chorus] C Dm7 F G I guess you say, C Dm7 F G What can make me feel this way? C(maj7) My girl ... 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Dm7 | G N.C. F F G G | Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl)
[Verse 2] (F) (G) C F C F I've got so much honey, the bees envy me C F C F I've got a sweeter song, than the birds in the trees
[Chorus] C Dm7 F G Well, I guess you say, C Dm7 F G What can make me feel this way? C(maj7) My girl ... 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Dm7 | G N.C. F F G G | Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl)
[Solo] C F C Hey hey hey F Dm7 Hey hey hey |(Dm7) | G | Em | A A A (break) [Verse 3] D G D G I don't need no money, fortune or fame D G D G I've got all the riches, baby, one man can claim
[Chorus] D Em G A Well, I guess you say, D Em G A What can make me feel this way? Dmaj7 My girl ... (Walk down on the bass) Em A G F#m Em Dmaj7 Talkin' 'bout my girl Talking 'bout my girl
[Outro] Dmaj7 Em I've got sunshine on a cloudy day with my girl A G F#m Em Dmaj7 I've even got the month of May with my girl Em A G F#m Em Talking 'bout, talking 'bout, talking 'bout my girl Dmaj7 (My girl) My girl
[Verse 1] When the night [G] has come [G] [Em] and the land is dar [Em] k And the mo- [C] on is the on- [D] ly light we'll [G] see [G] No, I wo - [G] n't be af- [G] raid, no, I [Em] won't be af [Em] raid Just as [C] long as you st- [D] and, stand by [G] me So [G] darlin', darlin'
[Chorus 1] [G] Stand by me, [G] oh, [Em] stand by [Em] me Oh, [C] stand, [D] stand by me [G] , stand by me [G]
[Verse 2] If the sky [G] that we look up [G] on [Em] should tumble and [Em] fall Or the mount- [C] ains should [D] crumble to the [G] sea [G] I won't cry, [G] I won't cry, [G] no, I [Em] won't shed a [Em] tear Just as long [C] as you stand, [D] stand by [G] me And [G] darling, darling
[Chorus 2] [G] Stand by me, [G] oh, [Em] stand by [Em] me Oh, [C] stand now, [D] stand by me [G] , stand by me [G]
[Solo] G G Em Em C D G G G G Em Em C D G G Darling, darling [Chorus 3] [G] Stand by me, [G] oh, [Em] stand by [Em] me Oh, [C] stand now, stand [D] by me, stand [G] by me When [G] ever you're in trouble won't you [G] Stand by me, [G] oh, [Em] stand by [Em] me Oh, [C] stand now, oh, [D] stand, stand by [G] me
