Sometimes it's

              
 hard to be a 


woman,
            
giving all you

            
r love to just

       
 one man.
             
You'll have ba

              
d times, and h

 
e'll have good

 times,
             
doing things t

            
hat you don't 

          
understand.

             
But if you lov

              
e him you'll f

  
orgive him,
            
even though he

            
's hard to und

        
erstand.
             
And if you lov

             
e him, oh be p

            
roud of him,
            
'cause after a

              
ll he's just a

        
 man.

             
Stand by your 

   
man, give him 

two arms to cl

ing to,
             
and something 


warm to come t

o,
             
when nights ar

  
e cold and lon

ely.
             
Stand by your 

   
man, and tell 

the world you 

love him,
           
keep giving al

              
l the love you

         
 can.  Stand b

             
y your man.

             
Stand by your 

   
man, and tell 

the world you 

love him,
           
keep giving al

              
l the love you

         
 can.  Stand b

       
y your man.