Stand By Your Man:Candi Staton.
#24 on BB Hot 100 and #4 on R&B
on FAME Records in 1970.
INTRO: A
#1.
A E
Sometimes it's hard to be a woman..giving
A
all your love to just one man.
D A
Oh, yeah, you'll have bad times, he'll have
good times.
B E
Doing things that you don't understand.
#2.
A E
Mmm-mmm-mmm-but if you love him, you'll forgive
Gbm E A
him..oh, oh, oh, even though he's hard to understand.
D A D
Mmm-hmm, if you love him, be proud of him, cause
E A
after all he's just a man.
CHORUS:
A Db D
Stand by your man, give him two arms to cling to,
A Gb B E
and something warm to come to, when nights are cold
and lonely.
A Db D
Stand by your man and show the world you love him.
A E A
He's giving you all the love he can.
INTERLUDE: A Db D A E A
CHORUS:
A Db D
Whoaaa, hey, hey, hey, hey..stand by your man, give
A Gb
him two arms to cling to, and something warm to come
B E
to, when nights are cold and lonely.
A Db D
Stand by your man and show the world you love him.
A E A
He's giving you all the love he can.
OUTRO:
A Db D
Stand by your man....(Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.