...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                                         Bm7
 Don't wanna believe what they're telling me;
C                                     D7sus4  D
 Somebody's been pickin' in my cherry tree.
G                                   Bm7
 Don't wanna mistrust nobody by mis-take,
C                                                   D7sus4  B7
 But I hear tell someone's been diggin' round in my cake.

Chorus 1:

      Em          E+            Em7  A7
And I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
  Em          E+            Em7  A7
I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
  Em          E+            Em7  A7
I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
    C6  B7
Nah-ah.

      Em          E+            Em7  A7
And I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
  Em          E+            Em7  A7
I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
  Em          E+            Em7  A7
I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
    C6       D6  D7sus4
Nah-ah...nah-ah.

Verse 2:

G                                   Bm7
 Don't wanna believe what somebody, said,
C                                                D7sus4  D
 But somebody said somebody's shoes was under my bed.
G                                   Bm7
 Don't wanna cause nobody no bodily harm,
C                                            D7sus4  B7
 But somebody's been rubbin' on my good luck charm.

Chorus 2:

      Em          E+            Em7  A7
And I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
  Em          E+            Em7  A7
I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
  Em          E+            Em7  A7
I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
    C6  B7
Nah-ah.

      Em          E+            Em7  A7
And I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
  Em          E+            Em7  A7
I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
  Em          E+            Em7  A7
I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
    C6       D6  D7sus4
Nah-ah...nah-ah.

Break:

        G                             Bm7
Oh, oh, oh... oh, oh, my, my, my, my, my, my.
    C                         Am7  D7
Oh, oh... my, my, my, my, my, my.

        G                             Bm7
Oh, oh, oh... oh, oh, my, my, my, my, my, my.
    C                         Am7  D7
Oh, oh... my, my, my, my, my, my.

Chorus 3:

      Em          E+            Em7  A7
No, I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
  Em          E+            Em7  A7
I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
  Em          E+            Em7  A7
I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
    C6  B7
Nah-ah.

      Em          E+            Em7  A7
No, I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
  Em          E+            Em7  A7
I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
  Em          E+            Em7  A7
I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
    C6  B7
Nah-ah.

Break:

(Bass)

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

Em  E+, Em7  A7 (x3)

C6       B7 
 Nah-ah...

Chorus 4:

      Em          E+            Em7  A7
And I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
  Em          E+            Em7  A7
I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
  Em          E+            Em7  A7
I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
    C6  B7
Nah-ah.

      Em          E+            Em7  A7
And I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
  Em          E+            Em7  A7
I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
  Em          E+            Em7  A7
I ain't gonna stand for it, baby,
    C6  B7
Nah-ah.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G       Bm7     C      D7sus4    D       B7      Em

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  x24232  x32010  xx0213  xx0232  021200  022000

   E+      Em7     A7      C6      D6      Am7     D7

 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)