Ill Stand By You - Pretenders

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[Intro]
        2/4
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[Verse]
             
Oh, why look s

  
o sad
              
Tears are in y

    
our eyes
              
Come on and co

        
me to me  now
           
Don't be asham

      
ed to cry
              
Let me see you

 
 through
              
Cause I've see

            
n the dark sid

  
e too


[Bridge]
           
When the night

       
 falls on you
           
Don't know wha

     
t to do
              
Nothing you co

 
nfess 
              
Could make me 

         
love you less


[Chorus]
              
I'll stand by 

             
you, I'll stan

     
d by you
              
Won't let nobo

   
dy hurt you
            |
I'll stand by 

      |
you


[Verse]
             
So if you're m

  
ad get mad
              
Don't hold it 

      
all inside
              
Come on and ta

             
lk to me  now
           
And hey, what 

           
you got to hid

e
            
I get angry to

o
            
Well I'm a lot

      
 like you

[Bridge]
            
When you're st

              
anding at the 


crossroads
            
Don't know whi

           
ch path to cho

ose
             
Let me come al

(
ong
              
Cause even if 

       
you're wrong

[Chorus]
              
I'll stand by 

             
you, I'll stan

     
d by you
              
Won't let nobo

   
dy hurt you
             
I'll stand by 


you
              
Baby, even to 

     
your darkest h

our
              
And I'll never

   
 desert you,
            [
I'll stand by 

  ]
you.

[Solo]
                2/4
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[Bridge]
         
And when, when

           
 the night fal

               
ls on you baby
              
You're feeling

             
 all alone, yo

              
u won't be on 

              
your own


[Chorus]
              
I'll stand by 

             
you, I'll stan

     
d by you
              
Won't let nobo

   
dy hurt you
             
I'll stand by 


you
              
Take me in int

       
o your darkest

 hour
              
And I'll never

   
 desert you,
             
I'll stand by 

             
you, I'll stan

     
d by you
              
Won't let nobo

   
dy hurt you
            |
I'll stand by 

  |  |  |
you

             
I'll stand by 

             
you, I'll stan

     
d by you
              
Won't let nobo

   
dy hurt you
             
I'll stand by 


you - no, no n

o, no
              
Baby, even to 

     
your darkest h

our
              
And I'll never

   
 desert you,
             
I'll stand by 

             
you, I'll stan

     
d by you
              
And I'll never

   
 desert you ..

.

(fade out over last lines)

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