[Verse 1]
             
Made a meal an

           
d threw it up 

on Sunday
             
I've got a lot

          
 of things to 

learn
             
Said I would a

         
nd I'll be lea

ving one day
             
Before my hear

            
t starts to bu

rn

[Bridge]
             
So what's the 

            
matter with yo


u?
          
Sing me someth

  
ing new
            
Don't you know

   
 the cold and 

wind and rain 

don't know
             
They only seem

              
 to come and g

  
o away

[Verse 2]
             
Times are hard

              
 when things h

    
ave got no mea

ning
             
I've found a k

           
ey upon the fl

oor
             
Maybe you and 

       
I will not bel

ieve in
             
The things we 

             
find behind th

e door

[Bridge]
             
So what's the 

            
matter with yo


u?
          
Sing me someth

    
ing new
            
Don't you know

    
 the cold and 

wind and rain 

don't know
             
They only seem

              
 to come and g

  
o away

[Chorus 1]
            
Stand by me, n

            
obody knows th

              
e way it's gon

         
na be
            
Stand by me, n

            
obody knows th

              
e way it's gon

         
na be
            
Stand by me, n

            
obody knows th

              
e way it's gon

         
na be
            
Stand by me, n

          
obody knows
              
Yeah, nobody k

             
nows, the way 

                
it's gonna be

[Verse 3]
             
If you're leav

             
ing will you t


ake me with yo

u?
             
I'm tired of t

             
alking on my p

hone
             
There is one t

            
hing I can nev

er give you
             
My heart will 

              
never be your 


home

[Bridge]
             
So what's the 

              
matter with yo

    
u?
          
Sing me someth

    
ing new

Don't you know

 the cold and 

wind and rain 

don't know
             
They only seem

              
 to come and g

  
o away

[Chorus 1]
            
Stand by me, n

            
obody knows th

              
e way it's gon

         
na be
            
Stand by me, n

            
obody knows th

              
e way it's gon

         
na be
            
Stand by me, n

            
obody knows th

              
e way it's gon

         
na be
            
Stand by me, n

          
obody knows
              
Yeah, nobody k

             
nows, the way 

                
it's gonna be

[Bridge 2]
            
The way it's g

        
onna be, yeah

Maybe I can se

e, yeah

Don't you know

 the cold and 

wind and rain 

don't know

They only seem to come and go away (hey, hey)

[Chorus 2]
            
Stand by me, n

            
obody knows th

              
e way it's gon

         
na be
            
Stand by me, n

            
obody knows th

              
e way it's gon

         
na be
            
Stand by me, n

            
obody knows th

              
e way it's gon

         
na be
           
Stand by me, n

obody knows

Yeah, God only

 knows, the wa

y it's gonna b

e