Stand Up Acoustic chords by James Bay

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Capo 3, Standard Tuning

Verse 1:
    C majorC
We were kids
C majorC            D MajorD
Lookin' out into nothin'
Em/F#     E minorEm      D MajorD
Lookin' for a way to get around at night
    C majorC
We were kids
C majorC            D MajorD
Holdin' out for a dream
E minorEm
We were born to be wild and free
    D MajorD
Or sit alone online

Pre-Chorus 1:
         C majorC
But I don't wanna wait
C majorC              D MajorD
Sit the other side of these flood lights
C majorC
Dreaming up a way to escape
D MajorD   E minorEm
Anyone around?
E minorEm                D MajorD
Get me mission control, give me a sound on the radio

Chorus:
   E minorEm     D MajorD
Stand up and be counted
     G+G      Cmaj7Cmaj7
Before we slip away out here
      E minorEm    D MajorD      G+G G/F#
Before we slip away, slip away
E minorEm     D MajorD
Don't ever doubt it
  G+G     D MajorD    Cmaj7Cmaj7
Even if we're surrounded
      E minorEm  D MajorD     G+G
Don't wanna slip away, slip away

Refrain:
Cma7  D MajorD E minorEm  D MajorD

Verse 2:
    C majorC
We were Kings
C majorC              D MajorD
We were Queens of an empire
E minorEm
We were made out on these streets
    D MajorD
We were all desire

Pre-Chorus 2:
          C majorC
So, if we're gonna break
C majorC               D MajorD
If we're gonna tumble in the gunfire
C majorC
Promise we'll be side by side
D MajorD        E minorEm
Say you'll be there when the school gates close
         D MajorD
Say you'll be there when the rest don't show

Chorus:
   E minorEm     D MajorD
Stand up and be counted
     G+G      Cmaj7Cmaj7
Before we slip away out here
      E minorEm    D MajorD      G+G G/F#
Before we slip away, slip away
E minorEm     D MajorD
Don't ever doubt it
     G+G     D MajorD   Cmaj7Cmaj7
Not even if we're surrounded
      E minorEm  D MajorD     G+G
Don't wanna slip away, slip away

Instrumental break:
Cmaj7Cmaj7  D MajorD  E minorEm Em/F# Em/GEm/G  D MajorD
Cmaj7Cmaj7  D MajorD  E minorEm  D MajorD
C majorC    D7D7  Em/GEm/G  G+G

Bridge:
     C majorC
High on hope and high on fear
    D7D7
We were heartbreak of the year
    Em/GEm/G           G+G
We were stackin' up to fall (oh, oh)
    C majorC
We were summers in the street
    D7D7
We were sunlight through the trees
    Em/GEm/G             G+G
We were born for silver screens (oh, oh)
    C majorC
We were whispers in the dark
    D7D7
We were sleeping under stars
     Em/GEm/G            G+G
Singing, "all of this is ours" (oh oh)
    C majorC
We were rollercoaster screams
     D7D7
'Til our hearts burst at the seams
      Em/GEm/G           G+G
We're not gonna let it all go up in smoke

Instrumental:
Cmaj7Cmaj7 E minorEm D7D7 Em/GEm/G  G+G

Outro:
   C majorC
So stand up and be counted
      D7D7
Before we slip away out here
      Em/GEm/G      G+G
Before we slip away, slip away

C majorC D7D7 Em/GEm/G  G+G
C majorC E minorEm D7D7 Em/F# E minorEm G+G