Willy DeVille (born William Paul Borsey Jr. in Stamford, Connecticut, on August 25, 1950; died in New York City on August 6, 2009) was an American singer and songwriter of Basque, Pequot, and Irish descent. During his thirty-five year career, first with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1986) and later on his own, Deville created original songs rooted in various American musical styles. He worked with collaborators from across the spectrum of contemporary music, including Jack Nitzsche, Doc Pomus, Dr.
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From [email protected] Wed Apr 9 12:48:55 1997 Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 18:34:20 +0100 From: Erwin Burgstaller Cc: [email protected] Subject: PRO: STAND BY ME, Willy DeVille version Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
This is differnt from the crd-file found on Olga in the ben_e_king subdirectory not only for the fact, that it's in chordpro format. It describes exactly the way how Willy DeVille did it.
--- cut here ----------- # From Erwin Burgstaller, [email protected] # Please send any corrections back to me. # # This file is thought as input for the utility chord, written by # Martin Leclerc ([email protected]) # Mario Dorion ([email protected]) # # Look for it, at: # http://www.leo.org/pub/rec/music/guitar/songs/olga/resources/misc/ # The, for my taste best results you'll get with # # chord -a -g -2 -t 20 -c 16 #---------------- {t: STAND BY ME} {st: Ben E. King, as performed by Willy DeVille}
{c: Intro, played by bass and the crrrrrrch} [G]/++++/++++[Em]/++++/++++[C]/++++[D]/++++[G]/++++/++++
[G] When the night has come [Em] And the land is dark And the [C]moon is the [D]only light we'll [G]see
No, I won't be afraid, No, I won't be afraid Just as long, Just as long as you stand by me.
{c: + drum with rim shot and muted guitar, on ...sky}
If the sky that we look upon Should tumble and fall And the mountains should crumble to the sea,
I won't cry, I won't cry, No, I won't shed a tear Just as long, Just as long as you stand by me.
{soc:} {c: 2nd guitar played chords, drum plays snare on every 2nd}
So, darling, darling, stand by me, Oh! stand, oh darling won't you stand now Stand by me. {eoc:}
{c: Repeat Verse 1 and 2, drum plays the snare on every 4th} {c: Repeadt Verse 2 and 3, drum plays rim shot} {C: CHORUS}
{c: Full instrumentation, as in Chorus + Hammond organ}
When all your friends they have gone You just stand by me Oh darling, won't you stand now, stand by me.
{c: Don't forget to stay on G, Markus!} [G]When ever you're in trouble You just stand, ohh stand. Won't you stand, won't you stand, won't you stand....