Stand By Me, Yeah - Sloan

(Drums for 3 seconds)

Intro (x2, without the mutes second time):
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Rhythm Figure 1:                                       |1.           
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  |2. 
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(Rhy. Fig. 1)
You got to roll with the punches to get to what is real
Knock down the bastards and show them how it feels, cause you know

Rhythm Figure 2:
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(Rhy. Fig. 2)
It's not easy, when you feel they go out of their way to get you
It's not easy, when you feel they go out of their way to get to you
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*Riff 1 (with Rhy. Fig. 1)
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B|----------------------------------------------------
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D|-7-7-9-----9-------x---9br--9-7-9----9br--9-7-9-7---
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E|----------------------------------------------------

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(Rhy. Fig. 1)
And all your dreams are coming true
And now you wish they'd stayed inside you

(Rhy. Fig. 2)
It's not easy when you feel they go out of their way to get you
It's not easy when you feel they go out of their way to get to you
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Chorus:                                         |1-4 
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  |5.
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Chorus riff:
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G|-------9-7----------7----7----6--------7----7----6--------7----7----6-
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Chorus:
Stand by me, stand by me yeah
Stand by me, stand by me yeah
Stand by me, stand by me yeah
Stand by me

Line them up, knock them down
They all come running when the word gets around

(Rhy. Fig. 1 and Riff 1)

Repeat verse 1

Chorus

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