Ill Stand By You Chords by Pretenders

Artist: The Pretenders
Song: I'll stand by you
Tab: Nick Lyons (nlyons83@hotmail.com) and Mike Danberg (msd10@yahoo.com)


This song has a lot of piano in it. I'll try to tab it as best I can hopefully it will sound close enough.


Intro:

D   A   G


Verse:

D	     A (not positive about this)
Oh, why look so sad
	     G
Tears are in your eyes
                    A - G (slide barred chord)
Come on and come to me now
D		    A
Don't be ashamed to cry
		G
Let me see you through
		       A - G
Cause i've seen the darkside too

Bridge:

 C		     Em
When the night falls on you
 C		Em
Don't know what to do
	     G
Nothing you confess
	A
Can make me love you less


Chorus:
	           D		   C
I'll stand by you, I'll stand by you
			Am
Won't let nobody hurt you
		D
I'll stand by you

Verse:

D		     A
So if you're mad get mad
		   G
Don't hold it all inside
		    A - G
Come on and talk to me now
D		    A
Hey what you got to hide
	     G
I get angry too
	    A - G
Well I'm alive like you

Bridge:

Em				C
When you're standing at the crossroads
Em			C
Don't know which path to choose
	      G
Let me come along
		A
Cause even if you're wrong


Chorus (same)


Solo (over verse riff)
(key of D)
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-5-5-7-5-8P7-5-7-5--7-5-5-7-5-8P7-5-7-5-----------7P5---|
G|-------------------------------------------7-5-7-5------7-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|


Bridge:

C			Em
And when when the night falls on you baby
	G
You're feeling all alone
	A
Won't on your own

chorus repeats over and over first 3 then 4 over and over til end.
At 3:10 the riff playing til the end of the song is just the solo