...I AIN'T GONNA STAND FOR IT... by Stevie Wonder
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*from 'Hotter Than July' (1980)*


*CAPO 2nd FRET*

(Original Key: A)


Verse 1:

G (320003@1)Don't wanna believe,
                     Bm7What (x20202@1)they're telling me;
C (x32010@1)Somebody's been pickin',
             D7sus (xx0213@1)DIn (xx0232@1)my cherry tree.

G (320003@1)Don't wanna mistrust nobody,
       Bm7By (x20202@1)mis-take;
C (x32010@1)But I hear tell someone's been,
                    D7sus (xx0213@1)B7Diggin' (x21202@1)round in my cake.

Chorus 1:

      EmAnd (022000@1)I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
  EmI (022000@1)ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
  EmI (022000@1)ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
    C6 (03221x@1)B7Nah-ah. (x21202@1)
      EmAnd (022000@1)I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
  EmI (022000@1)ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
  EmI (022000@1)ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
    C6Nah-ah, (03221x@1)    D6 (xx04xx@1)D7susNah-ah. (xx0213@1)
Verse 2:

G (320003@1)Don't wanna believe,
              Bm7What (x20202@1)somebody said,
C (x32010@1)But somebody said,
Somebody's shoes,
             D7sus (xx0213@1)DWas (xx0232@1)under my bed.

G (320003@1)Don't wanna cause nobody,
          Bm7No (x20202@1)bodily harm;
C (x32010@1)But somebody's been rubbin',
                D7sus (xx0213@1)B7On (x21202@1)my good luck charm.

Chorus 2:

      EmAnd (022000@1)I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
  EmI (022000@1)ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
  EmI (022000@1)ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
    C6 (03221x@1)B7Nah-ah. (x21202@1)
      EmAnd (022000@1)I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
  EmI (022000@1)ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
  EmI (022000@1)ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
    C6Nah-ah, (03221x@1)    D6 (xx04xx@1)D7susNah-ah. (xx0213@1)
Break:

        GOh, (320003@1)oh, oh...
                        Bm7Oh, (x20202@1)oh, my, my, my, my, my, my.
    C (x32010@1)                       Am7 (x02010@1)D7Oh, (xx0212@1)oh... my, my, my, my, my, my.

        GOh, (320003@1)oh, oh...
                        Bm7Oh, (x20202@1)oh, my, my, my, my, my, my.
    C (x32010@1)                       Am7 (x02010@1)D7Oh, (xx0212@1)oh... my, my, my, my, my, my.

Chorus 3:

     EmNo (022000@1)I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
  EmI (022000@1)ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
  EmI (022000@1)ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
    C6 (03221x@1)B7Nah-ah. (x21202@1)
      EmAnd (022000@1)I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
  EmI (022000@1)ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
  EmI (022000@1)ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
    C6 (03221x@1)B7Nah-ah, (x21202@1)
Break:

(Bass)

(Em  E+, Em7  A7) (x3), C6, B7

Em  E+, Em7  A7 x3

C6 (03221x@1)     B7 (x21202@1) Nah-ah...

Chorus 4:

       EmAnd (022000@1) I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
  EmI (022000@1)ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
  EmI (022000@1)ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
    C6 (03221x@1)B7Nah-ah. (x21202@1)
       EmAnd (022000@1) I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
  EmI (022000@1)ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
  EmI (022000@1)ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7 (x02020@1)Stand for it, baby,
    C6 (03221x@1)B7Nah-ah. (x21202@1)
(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G (320003@1)     Bm7 (x20202@1)   C (x32010@1)    D7sus (xx0213@1)  D (xx0232@1)     B7 (x21202@1)    Em (022000@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  x24232  x32010  xx0213  xx0232  021200  022000

   E+      Em7     A7 (x02020@1)    C6 (03221x@1)    D6 (xx04xx@1)    Am7 (x02010@1)   D7 (xx0212@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 021000  020000  x02223  x32210  xx0202  x02013  xx0212


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)