I'll Stand By You

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

+7  +7  -8   +8  -9  +9
Oh, why you look so sad?
 +9    -9 +8 -8  -9 
Tears are in my eyes
 +7  -9 +8   -8  +7 +8  -8  
come on and come to me now!
 +7   +7 -8   +8   -9 -10 +9
Don't be  a-shamed to cry___
+9  -9  +8 -8    -9 
let me see you through
  +7   -8    +8  -9   +8   -8   +8 -8 
'cause I've seen the dark side too___!
+6 -9  +9   -9  -9    +8   +7  -8 +7 
      When the night falls on you___
+6 -9 +9   -9    +8   -8  +8 -8 +7 
      you don't know what to do___, 
+9   -9  +8   -8  -9
noth-ing you con-fess,
-5   +9  -9  +8  -8  -9    
can make me love you less: 

REFRAIN:
 -9   +8   +7  +7  
I'll stand by you,
 +7   +9   +7  +7 
I'll stand by you
 +7    -8 +8 -9 +8  -8  -8 
won't let no-bod-y hurt you
 +8    +8  +7  +7 
I'll stand by you!

+7  +7   -8   +8   -10 +9 -10
So, if you're mad, get mad___,
 +9    +9  -9 +8  -8  -9
don't hold it all in-side
 +7  -9 +8   -8  +7 +8 -8 
come on and talk to me now.
+6 +7   -10 -10 -10 +8  -10 +9 
Hey__, what you got to hide___?
+9 -9   +8 -8  -9 
 I get ang-ry too,
+7    +7 +8  +8  -8   +8 -8  
well, I'm a lot like you___.
 +6   +9     +9   -9  +8 -8   -8    +7
When you're stand-ing at the cross-roads
 +6  +9    +9    -9   +8  -8   -8  +7 
and don't know which path to choose__,
 +9 -9  +8 -8  -9
let me come a-long
  -5   +9 -9 +8   -8    -9 
'cause ev-en if you're wrong: 

REFRAIN 

 +9  +9 +9 +9  +9  -10  +8  -8  +8
Take me in-to your dark-est hour__
 +7  -8  +8  -9 +8  -8  -8
and I'll nev-er de-sert you 
 +8    +8  +7 +7
I'll stand by you 

+9   +9
and when... 
+10â€™ +10 +10â€™   +8  -10 -10 +9 +9 -10
When the night falls on you, ba-by___
 +9     +9   -9 +8 -8  -9 
you're feel-ing all a-lone
-5   +9   -9 +8  -8  -9 
you won't be on your own:

REFRAIN 

+9  +9 +9 +9  +9  -10  +8  -8  +8
Take me in-to your dark-est hour__
 +7  -8  +8  -9 +8  -8  -8
and I'll nev-er de-sert you 
 -9    +8  +7 +7
I'll stand by you 
 +7   +9   +7 +7
I'll stand by you 
+7    -8 +8 -9 +8  -8  -8 
won't let no-bod-y hurt you
 +8    +8  +7  +7 
I'll stand by you!
+7    -8 +8 -9 +8  -8  -8 
won't let no-bod-y hurt you
+7   +9   +7  +7 
I'll stand by you!

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