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              I’ll Stand By You (Live) – The Pretenders
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Written by: Chrissie Hynde/Tom Kelly/Billy Steinberg
From: “Live in London” (2010)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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CHORDS
           E-A
D/F#       2-x
F#m(add11) 2-4
G(add9)    3-x
Dsus2      x-x
Bm(add11)  x-2

-D-G-B-e
-0-2-3-x
-4-2-0-x
-0-2-0-3
-0-2-3-0
-4-4-3-0

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[Intro]
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[Verse]
         
Oh ... why loo

 
k so 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 mad get mad
              
Don't hold it 

      
all inside
              
Come on and ta

       
lk to me  now
           
Hey ... what y

          
ou got to hide
            
I get angry to

o
            
Well I'm alive

      
 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.

[Instrumental]
                        2/4
|  |  |  |
(spoken)

  |  |  |

  |
Even if you let me down
And I know you’re going to, cause you’re just a man
I’m gonna wait for you right here [?]
So don't be afraid ... [?] ... cause I’m not going wrong[?]


[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
                     Bm add11)
Take me in into 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 

 |  |
stand by you)
|  |  |
              
I won't let no

     
body hurt you

             
I'll stand by 


you, you’re no

t alone
              
Baby, even to 

     
your darkest h

our
              
And I'll never

   
 desert you ..

.
             
I'll stand by 


you