Stand By Me Acoustic tab by Ben E. King

Tabs

Stand by Me -- Ben E. King

A augmentedA straightforward way to get the chords and the bassline together.
I guess you can use a pick or fingers; I use fingers. You can leave
out the passing notes, use a pause instead, and play the upper three
notes of each chord together if you want a loping rhythm instead of
this moving one.

This repeats over and over, including for the chorus, so you can work
out the lyrics placement on your own. I did include the first two words
as though this were just the intro.


  |    |    |    |     |    |    |    |
  D MajorD
e|----------2-----------2-----------|----------2-----------2-----------|
BB|----------3-----------3-----------|----------3-----------3-----------|
G+G|------2-----------2---------------|------2-----------2---------------|
D MajorD|--0-----------0-------------------|--0-----------0-----------0-------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------0---4---|------------------------------4---|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

Tabbed by Alex Ryan. alextryan@aol.com
  |    |    |    |     |    |    |    |
  B minorBm
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB|----------3-----------3-------3---|----------3-----------3-----------|
G+G|----------4-----------4-------4---|----------4-----------4-----------|
D MajorD|------4-----------4---------------|------4-----------4---------------|
A augmentedA|--2-----------2-----------0-------|--2-----------2-----------2---0---|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

  |    |    |    |     |    |    |    |
  G+G                 A augmentedA
e|----------3-----------3-----------|----------------------------------|
BB|----------3-----------3-----------|----------2-----------2-----------|
G+G|------0-----------0---------------|----------2-----------2-----------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------|------2-----------2---------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------2---|--0-----------0-----------0---4---|
E MajorE|--3-----------3-----------3-------|----------------------------------|


  |    |    |    |     |    |    |    |
  D MajorD
e|----------2-----------2-----------|----------2-----------2-----------|
BB|----------3-----------3-----------|----------3-----------3-----------|
G+G|------2-----------2---------------|------2-----------2---------------|
D MajorD|--0-----------0-------------------|--0-----------0-------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------0---4---|--------------------------0---4---|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

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