Stand By Your Man

Carla Bruni

OtherAdvanced for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

GmDiagram coming soon

BbDiagram coming soon

Gm7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
Intro: 
F C F C F 
 
verse 1 
F                          C 
Sometimes it's hard to be a woman 
Gm              C                 F 
Giving all your love to just one man. 
Bb 
You'll have bad times 
F             Bb    F 
And he'll have good times, 
Gm           Dm                       C 
Doin' things that you don't understand 
 
verse 2 
F                          C 
But if you love him you'll forgive him, 
Gm               C                F 
Even though he's hard to understand 
Bb                  F     Bb 
And if you love him oh be proud of him, 
F            C7                F  Bb  F C 
'Cause after all he's just a man 
 
F             A7 
Stand by your man, 
Bb 
Give him two arms to cling to, 
F             Dm 
And something warm to come to 
Gm               C 
When nights are cold and lonely 
 
F             A7 
Stand by your man, 
Bb           Gm 
And show the world you love him 
F            C7                A7  Dm 
Keep giving all the love you can 
Gm Bb  C7        F  Bb  F Bb 
 Stand by your man 
 
F             A7 
Stand by your man, 
Bb                     F 
And show the world you love him 
F  Dm           C7                A7  D7 
Keep giving all the love you can 
Gm7  Bb C7        F  Bb  F 
 Stand by your man

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Chord set

F · C · Gm · Bb · Dm · C7 · A7 · D7 · Gm7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.